Dan Kois writes about the decline in reading books among kids 8 to 12 and the precipitous decline in reading books for fun: Ask anyone who works with elementary-school children about the state of reading… Read More »Why Did Kids Stop Reading for Pleasure?
The advertising trope known as “poster stamps” started in the late 19th-early 20th century. An offshoot of the large street poster craze, for the most part these stamps were faithfully reproduced versions of larger works.… Read More »The Daily Heller: Posters That Fit on a No. 11 Envelope
During a recent visit to London, I visited my “old friends,” The Ambassadors, at the National Gallery of Art. It’s a 16th-century masterpiece of Northern Renaissance painting by Hans Holbein the Younger. Part of its… Read More »From Holbein to Niemann: A 500-Year-Old Marvel Lives
For those in the know within the textile community, the city of Mulhouse in eastern France is already on your radar. But for those textile laymen like myself, who have a surface-level appreciation for textiles… Read More »TASCHEN’s Two-Volume Textile Collection is Pure Coffee Table Eye Candy
There is symbolic beauty in the astrological signs of the Zodiac, and an aesthetic auspiciousness in the Hebrew alphabet. Put the two together, as Mark Podwal has done as mosaic floor art for the Museum… Read More »The Daily Heller: Zodiac Signs Revived as Mosaics
Highlighting the power of creativity to affect meaningful change, this campaign for Melanoma Awareness Month takes an innovative approach to stopping skin cancer. There’s a widespread myth that black and brown skin tones cannot develop… Read More »T&Pm uses nail art to bust skin cancer myths in the UK