Mad Men to the golden age of sitcoms like
All in the Family, Bloomberg lived it. And when he was in his mid-70s, he added a third chapter â as playwright, becoming a fixture of the Santa Fe theater scene.
Despite his achievements, helping people has given him the greatest satisfaction.
Activism first, comedy later
Bloomberg was born in Philadelphia in 1930. Even as a young man, his passion was for comedy. He grew up watching variety programs like
Your Show of Shows, and his mind was always racing one step ahead as he came up with his own ideas for making the comedy work better. âWell, theyâre missing this,â he would say, and âWhy arenât they doing that?â
30 of the Best Art and Design Books of 2020
Got some shelf space?
We hope you have a lot of it. Because the amount of great design books that were published this year is daunting. (Really as I glance to my left, I see a teetering column of hardcovers that’s a Darwin Award in the making.)
But to start: disclaimer time! When we write “The Best Books of 2020,” what we really mean is “our favorite design books that we came across in 2020.”
Though many publications might be hesitant to admit it, lists like this are wildly subjective, and there are no doubt brilliant books that we didn’t come across. But these are the ones we did, and these are the ones we fell in love with this year as we’ve hunkered down in quarantine.