Book.

Asterios Polyp is the first graphic novel by David Mazzucchelli. He has been making comics his whole life. A super beautiful book.

The main character in the story is an architect. During his life his aim for simplicity / reduction is confronted with a holistic way of going.
In the book a figurative graphical style (like movie stills showing a situation) is mixed with a diagrammatic graphical style (like a presentation explaining a situation).

(see for more info about David Mazzucchelli: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mazzucchelli)