From the monthly archives:

March 2011

DODOcase

by Dan on March 31, 2011

In yesterday’s round-up I briefly mentioned DODOcase who use traditional bookbinding techniques to produce iPad and e-reader covers locally in San Francisco. Here’s a video introduction to the company and their products:

Another reason (were one needed) to get an iPad (right after Swords & Sworcery!).

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Kazuo Ishiguro | Jamie Keenan

by Dan on March 31, 2011

The super-talented Jamie Keenan has done a beautiful redesign for Vintage’s Kazuo Ishiguro backlist. You can see them in their full glory at Art Director John Gall’s blog Spine Out.

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Midweek Miscellany

March 30, 2011

L’Exception Française –  The Guardian on an exhibition in Paris celebrating the centenary of French publisher Gallimard: Gaston [Gallimard] himself always protested that he had never had any ambition or even vocation to be a publisher. And when in 1910 he was invited to join the “adventure” of the Nouvelle revue française (Nrf), it was [...]

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Wim Crouwel: A Graphic Odyssey

March 29, 2011

Phaidon Books has posted a short profile of the original “Gridnik”, graphic designer Wim Crouwel: Crouwel, who appeared in Gary Hustwit’s documentary Helvetica, is famous for his innovative approach to typography and his 1967 ‘New Alphabet’. The New Alphabet font was adapted by designer Peter Saville for the cover of Joy Division’s album Substance, released by [...]

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Akira Revisited

March 29, 2011

New York Times movie critic A. O. Scott discusses Katsuhiro Otomo’s 1988 anime classic Akira and Japan’s pop culture obsession with apocalyptic disaster: The film was based on Otomo’s original six-volume, 2182-page epic, which is thought to be one of the first works of manga to be translated into English in its entirety. Tweet

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