DUp 📣 Issue 156 > Live & Open #StepUpTo24 + Frugal to Ornate, Parenting (mis)adventures, Andol, HBD Pentagram, Plus much more

From the Frugal to the Ornate: Stories of the Seat in India, is a book by Sarita Sundar that examines the seat from a design history and material culture perspective. This website is an engaging compilation of “100 seats of India” through narrative and interactive experiences.

Animation filmmaker Vivekananda Roy Ghatak started making stories about his real-life experiences as a new father, in the form of comics told from the long-suffering parents’ point of view.

Pentagram turned 50. This design powerhouse - the world's largest independent design consultancy with 24 partners is celebrating this milestone with an edition of Living by Design. Five years in the making, this is a two-volume compilation of The Biography and The Directory, and an in-depth study of the group from when it started in 1970s London to now.

Every artist thinks their competition of a different age bracket has an advantage. But how does aging really impact creativity?

Startups offer tons of value to designers if they know how to handle the extra work. Wearing a hat means solving a problem instead of understanding a field, says Kai Wong.

Dr. Kirell Benzi is a data artist, science communicator, and researcher. He has been creating soulful visualizations of data that can otherwise be plain vanilla information. “Together” is his visualization of organizational hierarchy as a network in a leading global communications group.

Is taking selfies an obsession? Experts say, posting your selfies on social media is a way to compensate for the lack of self-esteem. Take a look at this repository of selfies investigated in six cities of the world across demographics, pose, features, and mood.