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by jacques-noris 1113 days ago
The books from taschen are usually pretty, with very shallow texts, most of them sound like PR pieces
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tokai 1113 days ago
They publish the quintessential coffee table books. Pretty but shallow.
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ccppurcell 1113 days ago
They published Oliver Byrne's modernist visual take on the first six books of Euclid's elements. It's not all shallow.
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Xenoamorphous 1113 days ago
Yep probably, still room for some light and visually pleasing reading I guess! Just like I might enjoy watching some John Wick movie knowing full well it won’t go down in history like Citizen Kane.
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rchaud 1113 days ago
The text appears in 3 languages side by side, so there is not much space for exposition.
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