Infinite City

Infinite City is one of those books it's practically impossible to write about, because it is too eloquent to be summarized. As Rebecca Solnit's title suggests, it simply cannot be contained. So accept these meager photographs as valentines to what has been the most enchanting read I've had in years. The most conceptually-pristine project of recent memory. The perfect integration of three passions of mine: writing, design and cartography. Each map in this atlas is juxtaposed in a manner that evokes more than their literal meanings.

Loveliest flourish of the whole book: not placing a period at the end of the essays. Rather, each essay ends with the glyph for infinity ∞

iGutenberg

This charming infographic spans two and one-half millennia of printing. From China's wood type to Germany's Gutenberg Bible to the good old American iPad. I've had my iPad less than a month and am still in the honeymoon phase. It's the perfect format for magazines, and magazine reading. I love the seamless nature of leaving an article to visit a Web site and promptly returning. I love the layout options and dynamic content expressions without the commotion of Web publishing. It's another example of every day magic.

The graphic is produced by Visual Loop and designed by Flávia Marinho.