Archive for the 'Books' Category

7-20-2010

Wim Crouwel

So, so cool. Via Flyer Goodness.

6-21-2010

Colors in Cultures

Handy and pretty. There’s a Web version, too. By Always with Honor for information is Beatiful..

8-19-2009

Unit Editions

A new design publisher just launched. Judging from the look of this first title, their stuff is gonna be great.

11-16-2007

Workers Quarterly – Design for Then

It sounds like a Commie rag, and maybe the regular Quarterly was. But this is a “hymnal” with what amount to church songs for hippies. I found this amidst my dad’s boxed-garage-crap years ago. He was neither a Commie nor a hippie, but he played the guitar and was raised catholic. Ironically, it was printed [...]

10-7-2007

Abstract Book Cover Art, 1

I’ll be the first one to admit that I have a problem. I can’t control myself around used book stores. Their pull is magnetic, and it clouds my judgement. I can spend hours in one. First I look for old logo books. Then I start wandering aimlessly looking for raw material for my collages, which [...]

1-22-2007

Inspiring Book Cover Design

Since Shawn and I both worked at Chronicle Books (Shawn as a designer, me as a Web Director), we both still stop and paw through stacks of new books every chance we get, checking out the new covers. Readerville has started a thread of inspiring book covers. They’ve come up with some interesting covers I [...]