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The Black Book, Octopolis & Babylon
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Three adventures celebrating curiosity, knowledge, and imagination.
The Black Book is a hand-illustrated exploration of forgotten inventions, abandoned technologies, and alternative paths of human progress. Co-created with Noah Charney, it brings real but overlooked ideas back to life through original artwork, historical research, and stories of human ingenuity that never became part of everyday history.
Babylon is a puzzle with unique knife design inspired by The Last Book, a visionary guide to humanity’s eternal quest for meaning and survival that invites you to reconstruct fragments of knowledge, myth, and imagination as you assemble the legendary city.
Octopolis is an immersive journey into the multiverse of The Book. Piece it together to reveal Lev Kaplan’s breathtaking illustrations, and complete your adventure with an exclusive collectible coin.
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Fact-checked by engineers
Hand-drawn illustrations
Co-authored with Pulitzer-nominated author
Infinite set
REIMAGINE THE FUTURE THROUGH 180 LOST, REAL INVENTIONS
Every invention you use today beat a hundred others to get there. The atmospheric train lost to the steam engine or self-pouring teapot lost to the ordinary kettle. We went looking for the ones that didn't make it, drew them out and gathered them into one beautiful book you can actually hold.
The Black Book
The Ultimate Guide to Alternative Inventions
A hand-illustrated book, co-created with Noah Charney, dedicated to inventions that never became part of everyday life. Some arrived before the world was ready for them, and others simply lacked the context, support, or funding needed to succeed. Rather than viewing these ideas as failures, the book reconsiders them as fully realized alternative paths of human ingenuity. Through original illustrations and carefully researched stories, it brings forgotten concepts back into focus, showing the creativity, ambition, and vision behind each one.
Babylon
Babylon is a dense, cinematic panorama of civilization in motion. Myth and machinery. Power and everyday life. One image containing dozens of stories unfolding at once.
Babylon The Puzzle
The puzzle inspired by The Last Book. Echoing the monumental themes of civilization's rise and fall, this breathtaking illustration invites you to reconstruct fragments of knowledge, myth, and imagination as you assemble the legendary city.
The puzzle
Octopolis
This puzzle invites you to embark on an enthralling journey through the vast multiverse of The Book. Piece together the puzzle and uncover the breathtaking illustrations hand-drawn by Lev Kaplan. And as a grand finale, complete the puzzle with a collectible minted coin.
Octopolis The Puzzle
Mysterious and intriguing world filled with allusions from The Book: The Ultimate Guide to Rebuilding a Civilization. The breathtaking illustration by Lev Kaplan invites you to piece together the puzzle and uncover them all. Embark on an enthralling journey through the vast multiverse of The Book and endeavor to spot every nod to the Ultimate Guide!
