Vintage soul. Modern nonsense.

Being human ought to come with instructions. Preferably short ones.

QuirkWorksBooks is a growing world of illustrated books and useful nonsense, created by Freddie Crick. It finds the funny in the everyday things that somehow become complicated—and slips in ideas you can actually use.

The look has the painterly charm of the 1950s. The problems belong firmly to today. Phones, forms, dinner decisions and the peculiar business of living with other people.

For anyone who has ever thought, “Surely everyone else finds this easier?”