Leaf through John Derian Picture Book and you will inevitably arrive at images that resonate. Almost all of them date back to the 18th and 19th centuries, feature engraving or hand- painting ...

It turns out master of minimalism John Pawson also has a painterly approach to pigment. We first saw hints of such a trait in his first tome A Visual Inventory (2012) – a journey through the details, ...

The 1874 book, compiled and written by Michigan physician Robert C. Kedzie, is filled with samples of wallpaper that are filled with poison.