The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet include drawings, charts, and lists accompanying the written elements. These drawings are purported to be done by T.S. himself, who also provides each with an explanatory caption that deepens the book's narrative. This is designed to mimic T.S.'s own habit of quantifying the world around him using cartography. Larsen has stated that this technique was not originally intended to be included in the book's format, finishing a complete first draft of the work before he "discovered the margins as a playground of T.S.’s mind." Larsen's parents were both visual artists (his mother a painter and photographer, his father a printmaker),
Moscow Pavilion Moscow Pavilion The Moscow Pavilion (former 70 Pavilion) was designed as an exhibition pavilion for the Soviet Union at the international exhibition Expo 67 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The project was designed by a team of architects led by . Since the 1990s, the pavilion it has been commonly called the Moscow Pavilion. After the end of Expo 67 Pavilion of the USSR, it was decided to reconstruct the building in Moscow, Russia at the Exhibition of the Achievements of the National Economy (VDNKh) at the northern entrance. During the reconstruction, the height of the roof was raised by over