Imagine reading a novel told entirely through symbols, icons and logos. Actually, you don't have to - a 112-page "novel" by renowned Chinese artist Xu Bing does just that.
Book From The Ground: From Point To Point recounts the day in the life of an office worker using thousands of pictograms such as emojis, arrows, punctuation and images of objects such as toilet paper, alarm clocks and tea cups.
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