All About U.S. 250 Years of the United States of America

All About U.S. 250 Years of the United States of America, by architect, writer and curator Theo Deutinger. Published by Lars Müller Publishers. I don’t think I would have been tempted to open the book if it had been covered in “Republican Red” and “Lincoln Memorial pool Blue”. White and grey was a smart move. It gives nuances, subtlety, anything but the brashness of the current POTUS. Now that I think of it, his name and even his existence are mostly alluded to rather than directly mentioned in the book. That alone is quite an achievement. Nor do I think I would have been tempted to open it if it had not be authored by Theo Deutinger. The architect, illustrator and academic conceived the book as a birthday gift from Europe to the U.S. A European perspective on the country at a moment when the U.S. is bullying and alienating its long-standing allies, waging new wars and leaving much of the rest of the world to deal with the consequences. Theo Deutinger, A composite of U.S. state flags…