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Undo magazine

UNDO™ Visual Thinking is a Bi-Monthly mexican magazine of graphic design and art which focus in social and cultural issues. Is an in-house project of poeticsouvenir, an editorial design studio with base in Puebla, Mexico inspired by the ‘good design is good citizenship” Milton Glaser’s philosophy.

Collaborations
Several designers / artists have collaborated with the magazine […]

Tokion

Tokion is a New York-based magazine covering indie music, art, and fashion. It was originally intended be a cultural bridge between Japan and the United States, introducing Japanese indie art to the American audience and vice versa, but it has shifted focus to covering artists and musicians familiar to many audiences only in recent […]

The Story of Art

The Story of Art is an introduction to art, written by E. H. Gombrich.
First published in 1950, it is widely regarded both as a seminal work of criticism, and as one of the most accessible introductions to the visual arts.[citation needed]It was originally intended for younger readers. It has sold over six million copies […]

The Secret Art of Dr. Seuss

The Secret Art of Dr. Seuss (ISBN 0-679-43448-8) is a collection of visual art created by Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss. It was published in 1995 by Random House of New York.
Visual art
The bulk of this collection consists of painting and drawing. It does, however, include photographs of many sculptures created […]

The Organ Review of the Arts

The Organ Review of the Arts is a quarterly broadsheet from Portland, Oregon founded by Camela Raymond in 2002.
The publication contains small essays about visual and performing arts, short fiction, poetry, architecture, and a 5″ x 7″ print gallery called “make do”. Among those featured, interviewed, and discussed were Brad Cloepfil of Allied Works, […]

The Magic Behind the Voices

The Magic Behind the Voices: A Who’s Who of Cartoon Voice Actors (also known as The Magic Behind the Voices) is a book by Tim Lawson and Alisa Persons, chronicling the artistic achievements and history of cartoon voice actors from past and present.

Drawn from dozens of personal interviews, the book features a unique look […]

The Industry Standard Anthology

The Industry Standard is an art and literature anthology released Summer 2005. It features stories and art from artists who are making their own niche in society observing only their own rules.
Relatively unpublished/ unknown artists/ writers, each with their own stories, visions and most importantly, their own standards. No editor’s notes or letters section, […]

The Great American Adventure

The Great American Adventure is a mural painting created by Victor Horvath in 1976. It was formulated into a media history of America on September 17th, 2001. The book was published upon request April, 2003 by Thorton Publishing. The Great American Adventure spawned Adventur-Cation™ which is a patent pending education method used to teach […]

The Germ (periodical)

The Germ was a periodical established by the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood to disseminate their ideas. It was not a success, only existing for four issues between January and April 1850.
The Germ published poetry by William Michael Rossetti (who also edited the magazine) and other members of the Brotherhood, including his brother Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Thomas […]

The Gentle Art of Making Enemies

The Gentle Art Of Making Enemies is a book by the painter James McNeill Whistler published in 1890. The book was in part a response to, in part a transcript of, Whistler’s famous libel suit against critic John Ruskin. Ruskin, in a review of the inaugural showing at the Grosvenor Gallery, had referred to […]

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