An illustration by Tom Gauld with 479,001,600 different possibilities

“Myriorama” might have just overtaken “zootrope” as our favourite word, and for that we’ve got illustrator Tom Gauld to thank. We’re also expressing our gratitude for his Endless Journeys creation – itself a myriorama – which in 21st Century parlance is a series of illustrated cards that can be arranged in thousands of different ways to form numerous visual narratives. Endless Journey clocks up a whopping 479,001,600 different landscapes, formed from 12 beautifully illustrated cards. The series is based on the works of Laurence Sterne, the 18th Century novelist behind Tristram Shandy. Tom was commissioned to create work for the Shandy Hall Museum in York, which is currently hosting a show celebrating Sterne’s work. Designed by Brighten the Corners, it’s a charming little project, made even more endearing to our easily amused teenage boy inner child by the addition of a sign bearing the word: “Coxwold.”