The deconstructed taco
Slow to the touch
From Safire to Zimmer on language
Chunk of print frightens nation
Relaxing the no-applause rule
States of perfection
A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems. …
The face-time theorem
Cartography for an audience of one
Marathon by memory
Public park presence in absence
When every minute is constructed
Bound provocations
MBA is for Monday
How to read more books
Visual funnels
Obama requests Tufte transparency
Outing “it turns out”
Leave the light on
Guidelines for meeting the Dalai Lama
An active silence
Cities designed for happiness
Advice to writers
Recognizing faces runs in the family
Grammar for readers
Innovation
Regarding awkward
What the Fibonacci series sounds like
The Wes Anderson soundtrack
Fear, organized. Brian Rea, organizer of worry, “I discovered like …
The riddle of experience versus memory
Writing for readers
Find the cracks in the wall. Tibor Kalman, New York, …
Istanbul (not Constantinople)
Geodesic spontaneity
Winning words
Points in the real world
Causing a scene
Ellen Burstyn, Lily Tomlin, Actors, 1977. Photographer: Cynthia MacAdams. From Gloria Steinem …
The value of hard
Book-judging constraints
Seeing black
[Image: Title: HWY 66, New Mexico, 2007, 5 ft x 5 ft, …
Things, curated
Inventory of the infinite canvas
A series of public installations from Pete Dungey in Britain …
Think cold cash for less pain
Training the butterflies
To find is the thing
Walking in the woods makes you smarter