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Alcohol, Creative, Drugas, Fraudsters, Funny, History, Hmmn Interesting, Literature, Politics, Sex, Skills, Words etc Book Design, Comedy, Dark Side, Hunter S. Thompson, Letters
Thompson’s letter is among hundreds — to friends, family, lovers, editors and debt collectors — published in The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967 (Ballantine, 1997). TO JACK SCOTT, VANCOUVER SUN October 1, 1958 57 Perry Street New York City Sir, I got a hell of […]
Actual News Headline, Events, Hmmn Interesting, Illustration, Weird News Actual News Headline, Book Design, Frankfurt Book Fair, Literature, Steal This Book
Clip: FRANKFURT (Reuters) | The Frankfurt Book Fair has an indicator to help publishers gauge public interest in the new offerings presented at the annual exhibition – the unofficial “most stolen book” index. Bild am Sonntag and Germany’s ZDF television have come up with lists of titles most stolen from […]
California, History, Photography, San Francisco Bay Area, Skills Book Design, Frederic Larson, Mystical San Francisco, Photography, San Francisco
Frederic Larson: Mystical San Francisco Frederic Larson is a former San Francisco Chronicle photographer known for his iconic shots of the Golden Gate Bridge and other landmarks. Check back for regular updates of some of his incredible images. Be a Friend of Photography and take images such as these, get details here. Buy […]
Arts, Illustration, Skills Book Design, Buenos Aires, Chicago, Collages, Drawings, Isaac Tobin, Sketches, Typography
I’m a senior designer at the University of Chicago Press. I have a BFA in Graphic Design from RISD (2002). I worked as a Book Designer at Beacon Press and then freelanced for a year in Buenos Aires before settling in Chicago in 2005. Link to Isaac Tobin’s website.
Arts, Design, Sculpture, Words etc Art, Book Design, Creative, Melbourne
Interview and more pictures found on The Design Files Melbourne artist Nicholas Jones is a modern bohemian, if ever there was one. He would almost certainly cringe at this description, but it’s true. With a passion for history, and distinctly old fashioned sensibilities, Nick is one of Melbourne’s truly unique creative characters. Working from his studio […]
Arts, Design, Illustration, Words etc Arts, Book Design, Design
Link to the The Book Cover Archive.
Arts, Entertainment, Funny, Hmmn Interesting, Words etc Book Design, Literature
The Sorted Books project began in 1993 years ago and is ongoing. The project has taken place in many different places over the years, ranging form private homes to specialized public book collections. The process is the same in every case: culling through a collection of books, pulling particular titles, […]
Events, Hmmn Interesting, Illustration, Literature, San Francisco Bay Area, Words etc Book Covers, Book Design, Design, Graphic Design, Haruki Murakami, Japan
Haruki Murakami at Cal Performances Oct 11, 2008. Link to Cal Performances website. Click here to see more Murakami book covers by John Gall and Chip Kidd.
Arts, Creative, Design, Entertainment, Graphic Arts, Illustration, Typography, Words etc Book Design, Marion Bataille, Pop-Up Books, Typography, Video
From the lenticular cover that changes with the angle of your hands, all the way to the Z, ABC3D is as much a work of art as it is a pop-up book. Each of the 26 dimensional letters move and change before your eyes. C turns into D with a […]