{"product_id":"a-history-of-the-world-david-byrne-9781838665111","title":"A History of the World (in Dingbats): Drawings \u0026 Words","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAs featured in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eT Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe phenomenally creative musician and filmmaker David Byrne presents new artwork that explores daily life in surprising ways, with unique reflections on shared human experiences - a book for our time from a highly influential artist \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough striking and humorous figurative drawings, the iconic artist and musician David Byrne depicts daily life in intriguing ways. His illustrations, created while under quarantine, expand on the dingbat, a typographic ornament used to illuminate or break up blocks of text, to explore the nuances of life under lockdown and evoke the complex, global systems the pandemic cast in bright light. Edited and designed by Alex Kalman in close collaboration with Byrne, this unique book reflects on shared experiences and presents history as a story that is continually undergoing revision.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Byrne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1838665110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781838665111\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Phaidon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/16\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.31h x 8.65w x 0.91d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2021","brand":"David Byrne","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44055300276479,"sku":"9781838665111","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6de74c88-3885-4fc0-94b7-81a29681a9a0.jpg?v=1685034878","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-history-of-the-world-david-byrne-9781838665111","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}