In Stanislas Dehaene’s recent book, Reading in the Brain, the conclusive chapter, titled “The Future of Reading,” begins with the following historic quote from Abraham Lincoln:
Writing – the art of communicating thoughts to the mind, through the eye – is the great invention of the world. Great in the astonishing range of analysis and combination [...]

Paula Scher began her career with a passion for designing without the type face Helvetica. A graphic design and typographic specialist who now works at Pentagram, NYC, Scher is a significant contributor to the field.
I’ve always felt a sense of play and looseness in her work, so it was not surprising to hear her speak [...]

My favorite section of Malcolm Gladwell’s latest masterpiece, Outliers: The Story of Success, is the second chapter, The 10,000-Hour Rule. Gladwell makes a strong argument for the role of practice in the success of people you have heard of – Bill Gates and the Beatles, and high achievers whose names may be unfamiliar to you. [...]