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The Little Prince in braille

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publiccollectors:

One of the joys of buying used records is finding things that the previous owner left inside the sleeve. This card, typed in Braille, was inside a copy of Bitches Brew by Miles Davis that I picked up yesterday at a flea market. Huge thanks to koda-cub for translating it:

“It’s a list of songs. Vivaldi’s Virtuosi di Roma, Concerto Grosso in A Minor (Op. 3 No. 8), Bela’s Violin Concerto #2, and Vivaldi’s Il Sospetto in C Minor. The writer of the paper consistently spells ‘minor’ with an e.”

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marsico:

Blind Desire, bilingual artist book printed in English and Braille. Letterpress, archival pigmented prints.

soldieronpond:

The Black Book of Colors by Menena Cottin

I stumbled across this while looking for a book for my cousin’s new baby. I was so intrigued by the whole idea. On each left page there was words written in braille and then again in white text. It was the description of colors, according to how a blind child would experience. On the right there were raised etchings of what each page was describing. It’s so beautiful.

One page in particular that really caught my attention was the one describing the color red. It talked about how red is how it feels to bite into a ripe strawberry, or the stinging on your knee after you fall down.  Blue was the feeling of sunshine on your face. 

It’s just so astounding that someone managed this, as the idea of how to describe a color to someone who has no reference has always fascinated and baffled me.

Picture source here

Available to purchase here

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printed-ink:

A page from Playboy in Braille.

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