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  1. Blown Covers: New Yorker Covers You Were Never Meant to See Francoise Mouly A rare behind-the-scenes look at The New Yorker’s art-science of walking the fine line between keen and crass.

    Blown Covers: New Yorker Covers You Were Never Meant to See

    Francoise Mouly

    A rare behind-the-scenes look at The New Yorker’s art-science of walking the fine line between keen and crass.
  2. The Electric Information Age Book: Mcluhan/Agel/Fiore and the Experimental Paperback (Inventory Books) Jeffrey Schnapp A brief history of The Medium is the Massage and how media theoriest Marshall McLuhan, visionary publisher Jerome Agel, and trailblazing designer Quentin Fiore launched the idea paperback as show business and created a new visual vernacular for the information age.

    The Electric Information Age Book: Mcluhan/Agel/Fiore and the Experimental Paperback (Inventory Books)

    Jeffrey Schnapp

    A brief history of The Medium is the Massage and how media theoriest Marshall McLuhan, visionary publisher Jerome Agel, and trailblazing designer Quentin Fiore launched the idea paperback as show business and created a new visual vernacular for the information age.