I am a Haruki Murakami fan in a big way. I am a Matt Forsythe fan in a big way.
I have often wondered if there was some way to combine my fanship for both Matt and Murakami into one concise, whimsy-filled image.
What if Matt left his glasses on a Murakami book? And then found them [...]
UK cover for Jaron Lanier’s book, You Are Not a Gadget, by designer Olly Moss:
[from Creative Review, via Dan Wagstaff]
This is a guest post from Chris Hughes.
At one time, I was probably the biggest typographical snob (and bore) you were ever likely to meet. I grew up in a house littered with books about typography, and beautiful books. My grandfather typeset private press books, using hot metal, well into his eighties. My father had [...]
Does design matter? Yes:
What does that mean for books?
Does design matter? Yes:
What does that mean for books?
The good fellows at Apt Studio, who seem to make much of the best booky stuff on the web, have released Enhanced Editions, “new books from great writers, with all the extras only the iPhone can provide.”
These are ebooks+ … with audio, video, and extras. As well as … well .. that other stuff, [...]
A Flickr set of public signage typography, from goenetix:
Creative Director C.S. Richardson at Random House of Canada on book cover design:
From the Architects’ Journal, comes a top 10 list (neat idea!) of the best comic book cities, with descriptions, as in this bit about Daredevil’s New York:
But Miller and Mazzuchelli captures the city’s glamour too: Hotel lobbies have magenta-coloured walls and exotic potted plants. A penthouse office overlooks Manhattan’s twin towers. Slick high rise towers [...]
I got up at an ungodly hour last Saturday to make it in time for the 9am start of BookCamp Toronto, and I wasn’t disappointed. An intense day of discussions, arguments and debates — all in the name of books — meant that by the time I was sitting at my gate on the last [...]
