Charley Harper’s Animal Kingdom

Birds and beasts come to life in a colossal volume of illustrated work

American artist Charley Harper‘s fascination with the natural world kicked off with a childhood spent on a West Virginia farm. In his professional work, Harper rendered natural subjects for “The Golden Book of Biology,” Ford Times, the National Park Service and the Cincinnati Zoo. Ammo Books—who previously released a massive large-format dedication titled “Charley Harper: An Illustrated Life“—recently followed up with an equally expansive volume, …

Interview: Nabil Sabio Azadi

Personal contacts from all over the globe compiled in a handmade, fur-bound travel guide

Nabil Sabio Azadi is interested in a specific form of intrepid, personally connected travel. His new book, “For You The Traveller,” is a painstaking work that combines personal anecdotes with a list of local contacts from around the world, culled from the artist’s five-year stint traveling across five continents. The detailed directory comprises an intentionally varied roster of names, phone numbers and stories, all lovingly …

Link About It: This Week’s Picks

The art of pickpocketing, a vomiting robot and sound trapped in a bottle in our week's look at the web

1. Everest in Two Billion Pixels Take a visual tour of the world’s highest peak through an intriguing two billion pixel interactive image of the Khumbu glacier. Made from 477 individual high res images, the navigable photograph allows for zooming to different site areas for an even closer look. We recommend going full screen to truly explore all the nooks and crannies, and even inside …