Performing Arts
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The World’s Largest Collection of Coffee Cup Lids
With over 500 different disposable plastic lids, the architect-collector has pieced together a history of American innovation and culture
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Political Animals: Republican Elephants and Democratic Donkeys
Politicians and parties may flip-flop but for more than 100 years, the political iconography of the Democratic donkey and the Republican elephant has remained unchanged
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Designing Lives and Building Stories, Chris Ware’s Comic Book Epic
In Building Stories, cartoonist Chris Ware presents the banality of everyday life as a stunning comic epic
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The Pee-Chee Folder: Illustrated by the Most Interesting Man in the World
Illustrator Francis Golden could barely remember the project that became an iconic school supply
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The Scene of Deduction: Drawing 221B Baker Street
From pen-and-ink sketches to digital renderings, generations of Sherlock Holmes fans have undertaken drafting the detective's famous London flat
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A Modern Sherlock Holmes and the Technology of Deduction
A modern Sherlock Holmes requires a modern tool. Today, his iconic problem-solving magnifying glass has been replaced by the indispensable cell phone
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Sherlock Holmes and the Tools of Deduction
Sherlock Holmes’s extraordinary deductions would be impossible without the optical technologies of the 19th century
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The Mystery of 221B Baker Street
Our series on Design and Sherlock Holmes begins with an investigation into the location of the famous detective's London flat
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Music for Airports Soothes the Savage Passenger
Brian Eno's Music for Airports is a sound environment created specifically to complement the experience of waiting in an airport terminal
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Judging an Airline by its Uniform
What flight attendant uniforms say about airline brand identity, cultural attitudes, and passenger psychology
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How Ideas Become Shoes: Creativity in Process
Using shoe design to understand human creativity
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Such Great Heights: The Hidden Architecture of Elevator Shoes
How a shoe designed to address male inadequacy has become a symbol of female fashion sense
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Who Is Linda Tatersmith?
If flashy package design lure people into eating factory-extruded chemical slurries, why shouldn’t it work to trick food addicts into eating vegetables?
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Teller Reveals His Secrets
The smaller, quieter half of the magician duo Penn & Teller writes about how magicians manipulate the human mind
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Teller Speaks on the Enduring Appeal of Magic
The magician famous for being mute as a performer says that magic is all about the unwilling suspension of disbelief
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Costume’s Cultural Reveal
The Los Angeles County Museum aims to draw new visitors and historic insights with a landmark costume acquisition
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On the Job: Broadway Producer
Broadway producer Jeffrey Seller tells us what it takes to stage a hit musical
Stepping Up
Even as he travels the world, dancer and hip-hopper Marc Bamuthi Joseph has stayed close to his musical roots
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Chameleon
Playwright and performer Sarah Jones displays a genius for climbing into other people's skin
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Broadway, Inc.
With shows like Legally Blonde and Wicked, the era of the name-brand musical is in full swing
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