On July 4, 2026, the United States of America celebrate their Semiquincentennial: 250 years of inde-pendence. To mark this milestone, this book highlights pivotal moments from this period, opposing ongoing attempts to rewrite the history of the Unite...

Through a series of essays, photographs, and archival content, this book highlights the diverse young and old diaspora communities of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) around the world. Drawing on topics from the ten-year archive of Brownbook m...

Switzerland is well-known as one of the safest countries on earth and as a prime example of efficiency and efficacy. One of the central reasons that such a country exists is the development of a culture based on protection, which is supported by the...

With "Ultimate Atlas", Theo Deutinger architect, designer and author of the acclaimed "Handbook of Tyranny" illustrates the basic data of Earth and its inhabitants to create a total portrait of the planet. How can we keep track of everything that hap...

"100 Words for Water: A Projective Ecosocial Vocabulary" delves into the urgent and intertwined relationship between water systems and human life amidst the escalating climate crisis. Drawing on the United Nations' assertion that "the climate crisis...

As humanity grapples with the escalating challenges of climate change, the discipline of architecture finds itself at a critical juncture. The urgency of the situation demands that schools of architecture not only contribute to envisioning more seren...

Otto Neurath's famous "Modern Man in the Making", first published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1939, captures and describes the state of the world in the 1930s by using text and figurative illustrations. From 1925 onwards, Neurath and his team had worked on...

The way things flow: exploring the movement of bodies, data and goods. Mobility shapes society in countless ways. Looking at society from the perspective of mobility reveals that its key moments of development coincide with the removal of obstacles...

Theo Deutinger's ingenious continuation of Neurath's info-design classic "Modern Man in the Making" tracks the successes and failures of modernity. Brilliantly adapting and updating Otto Neurath's pioneering 1939 study "Modern Man in the Making", Th...

Life in the digital economy of information and images enriches us but often induces a sense of being overwhelmed. "Sensing the Future: Moholy-Nagy, Media and the Arts" considers the impact of technology by exploring ways it was addressed in the pract...