Comments on: Midweek Miscellany

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 29 May 2010 13:46:39 +0000

Hi Stuart. Thanks so much for your comment! I discovered Gil Scott-Heron while I was at Edinburgh University thanks to my flatmate (who now works at the Telegraph!) and the lingering influence of Jamie Byng no doubt. I haven’t heard much of his new work — maybe a couple of tracks — but it sounded OK, if not up there with the classics.

If you’d be willing to talk about the design process for the books here on the blog, let me know. They’re great covers and I would be interested to know how they came about! Thanks again… :-)

By: Stuart Bache

Stuart Bache — Fri, 28 May 2010 23:21:37 +0000

Gil Scott-Heron is one of my favourite authors since I was a teenager. My English teacher allowed me to borrow The Vulture and Nigger Factory during a discussion on race and Civil Rights in the States.

Then, almost thirteen years later, I get to design the covers for the reprints. I hope I did them justice.

Have you listened to his new work? I would be interested to know what you think.

Regards

Stuart

By: Davidikus

Davidikus — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:21:41 +0000

Thanks for sharing these quotes & links, some of which are highly enlightening. The point made about innovation is very valid! Innovation should be about making good products. If a company does not have the set-up to make good products, innovation will be pointless, and wasted. Why does this remind me of the Apple v. MS debate? I wonder.