Posts Tagged ‘design’
us vs uk: The True History of Tea
October 26, 2009
I’ve been inspired to try out a new kind of post. It may or may not be a regular thing, but I’m interested in comparing US and UK covers of the same book.
2009 | books, culture, design, publishing | Tags: book cover design, book covers, book design, books, design, publishing, reading, thames & hudson, the true history of tea, uk covers, us coversComments (8)
frankfurt books
October 22, 2009
I spent 120€ on 290€+ worth of books. Not bad!
2009 | books, design, publishing, reading | Tags: ammo books, blue apple, books, children, children's books, chronicle books, design, Frankfurt Book Fair, little brown, mark batty, non-fiction, phaidon, princeton architectural press, publishing, reading, simply read books, tate, templar, thames & hudson, unbridled booksComments (1)
frankfurt recap
October 21, 2009
The Frankfurt Book Fair was HUGE.
2009 | books, publishing | Tags: books, design, Frankfurt, Frankfurt Book Fair, Germany, messe, publishing, readingComments (2)
the font of change
January 30, 2008
This is so great: What font says ‘Change’? Two type designers examine the typography and logos of the top U.S. presidential candidates to determine who should/will win the nominations. Not only do I agree, but I’m hoping they’re right. McCain vs. Obama might actually make me feel a little bit better about U.S. presidential elections [...]
2008 | culture, design, history, text art | Tags: Clinton, design, Edwards, font, Giuliani, Huckabee, logos, McCain, Obama, politics, presidential election, Romney, typography, United StatesComments (0)
sign language matchbooks
January 21, 2008
Sign Language Matchbooks by JK Keller. Cool. (via Drawn!)
2008 | books, culture, design, text art, writing | Tags: art, design, language, matchbooks, matches, sign language, signingComments (0)
the chalk vase
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2008 | design, text art, writing | Tags: chalk, chalk vase, design, text, writingComments (0)
2008 usps stamps
January 16, 2008
Ray and Charles Eames 2008 Stamps: In recognition of their groundbreaking contributions to architecture, furniture design, manufacturing and photographic arts, designers Charles and Ray Eames will be honored next summer with a pane of 16 stamps designed by Derry Noyes of Washington, DC. If you’ve ever sat in a stackable molded chair, you’ve experienced their [...]
2008 | culture, design, history | Tags: design, eames, ray and charles eames, stamps, uspsComments (3)
bierut on typography
January 14, 2008
Check out this video interview with Michael Bierut talking about typography (of course) with The Atlantic. I’m not a big Bierut fan, but it’s worth a listen/watch, especially the part about the cover design of The Catcher in the Rye. (via swissmiss)
2008 | books, culture, design, history, publishing, text art, writing | Tags: design, Michael Bierut, The Atlantic, The Catcher in the Rye, typographyComments (0)
sustainable writer’s retreat
I love, love, love this ‘Watershed’ Sustainable Writer’s Retreat.
2008 | culture, design, writing | Tags: architecture, design, sustainable, writer's retreatComments (0)
the escroll
January 07, 2008
The Core77 Design Blog recently hosted a design contest for eReaders. This eScroll was chosen as the winner. Unfortunately, this is just a theoretical design, as in no production plans. Pretty neat, though, eh? You can see all the submissions here.
