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Literature Talk
Literature TalkForget logos—what if passports and money are design's most powerful creations? Designer Chris Lee presents his book tracing how documents have shaped statecraft and colonialism across 5,000 years, from Mesopotamian tablets to blockchain.
Design history
Critical theory
Book launch
Thought-provoking
Tips
📜explores blockchain as latest evolution of document design
🪑venue has seats to browse publications before the talk
⏰arrive early—easy to lose track of time in this bookstore
Immutable: Designing History by Chris Lee
Chelsea
Literature TalkLiterature TalkForget logos—what if passports and money are design's most powerful creations? Designer Chris Lee presents his book tracing how documents have shaped statecraft and colonialism across 5,000 years, from Mesopotamian tablets to blockchain.
Design history
Critical theory
Book launch
Thought-provoking
Tips
📜explores blockchain as latest evolution of document design
🪑venue has seats to browse publications before the talk
⏰arrive early—easy to lose track of time in this bookstore
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