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E-Books Still No Match For Printed Books
With smartphones, tablets and e-readers reaching mass adoption over the past few years, many have predicted that printed…
Top 7 Most Beautiful Libraries In The World
Libraries have been a core part of human existence with its origin dating back to 2600 BC. This…
Read A Book: How To Find And Analyze Information From The Books Fast
Without any doubt, reading is vital for educating and developing a personality. It is one of the best…
The Cities Where Libraries Are Thriving
These are the top 12 cities which recorded the most number of books loaned in public libraries for…
The 14 Epic Must-See Libraries Of The World
A cab driver once told me that, at the age of eight, he walked 10 miles from his…
Why Education Is Key To Preserving The Planet
“The evidence is clear: education changes lives, in ways that are often not fully understood.” For instance, quality…
The Top 10 Kingmakers Who Shaped The Course Of History
The term “kingmaker” is used to describe a person of power and influence who plays a pivotal role…
What Writers Can Take Away From the Bible
The National Book Award finalist Min Jin Lee on how the story of Joseph, and the idea that…
The World Is Poorly Designed. But Copying Nature Helps.
In 1989, Japan’s Shinkansen Bullet Train had a problem. It was really fast, pushing 170 miles per hour.…
Artsy Aussie : 98% of Young Australians Into The Arts
The arts play a role in the lives of 98% of the Australian population, according to a new…
The Number Of Books You’ll Read Before You Die, Charted
Every good bibliophile lives in a hamster wheel of literary pressure: There have always been, and will always…
Once Upon A Time, Information Was Literally Chained In Libraries
Before the printing press made books cheap and easily available, books in the Middle Ages were incredibly scarce…
For The Book Lover In You, The World’s Top 10 Bookshops
Feed your inner bookworm with these magnificent bookshops. Atlantis Books, Santorini, Greece A decade ago, a group of…
Vertical Urban Farms Finds Cute Endorser In Snoopy, Finally
A Montreal-based architecture firm has Snoopy make the case for turning New York’s MetLife Building into the world’s…
Why Mobile Internet Only Is Encouraging Inequality
For many of us, access to the Internet through a variety of means is a given. I can…
Why The Idea Of Simply Reading In A Library Has Become Obsolete
In Seattle, a new private library — the first of its kind in a century — is based…
The Top 50 Colleges In The US With The Best Professors, Part 1
“Professors can be some of the most influential figures you will ever meet.” While many school rankings include…
Sublime Photography With iPhone And Herman’s Brilliance
For decades, Robert Herman shot street photography mainly in New York and primarily on Kodachrome film. Mr. Herman…
Is This The Final Chapter For London’s Independent Bookshops?
Driven from the city by rising rents and online competition, a little over 100 independent bookstores remain. How…
How Africa’s Libraries Can Be Its Launchpad To The World
South African librarians were shocked in 2013 when one of the top researchers at the Cape Peninsula University…
How To Build In Neighbourhoods With Lean Methodology
In some ways, is a rejection of wonk — a way to show and not tell. That characterization comes…
The 25 Must-See Libraries In The World
“True, knowledge is power. But we forget, knowledge is also beautiful in the abstract and in real.” These…
Tech-Forward, Eco-Friendly, Community Hub Modern Library
Libraries have long been community gathering spaces where all members of society can gather around the pursuit of…
Secret Libraries Of Paris
From majestic medieval towers and chandelier-lined 17th-century reading rooms, to medical collections that will make your skin crawl,…
Science For Designers: Scaling And Fractals
With apologies to real estate agents, we’d like to say that the three most important factors in design…
Science For Designers: The Meaning Of Complexity
Today’s designers seem to love using new ideas coming from science. They embrace them as analogies, metaphors, and…