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Midweek Miscellany, November 11th 2009

November 11, 2009

The Nabokov Collection — Art Director John Gall on the Vintage Nabokov redesign at Design Observer: Nabokov was a passionate butterfly collector, a theme that has cropped up on some of his past covers. My idea was also a play on this concept. Each cover consists of a photograph of a specimen box, the kind [...]

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The World’s Most Advanced E-Reader or the Worst Product Name Ever?

October 22, 2009

Despite being lumbered with “the worst product name in recorded history”, Barnes & Noble‘s new dual screen e-reader the ‘Nook’ is getting a lot of favourable reviews. An appallingly kept secret, the Nook was officially unveiled earlier this week and is being widely touted as a ‘Kindle Killer’ (whatever that actually means). Direct comparisons with [...]

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Missed Things: Wednesday

October 14, 2009

Henry Sene Yee, Creative Director of Picador, discusses the elegantly understated cover design for Time by Eva Hoffman, the latest addition to Picador’s BIG IDEAS // small books series. And I’ve mentioned this before but it bears repeating: Picador are putting their catalogues — and, therefore, their outstanding cover designs — on their Facebook page. [...]

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Midweek Miscellany September 16th, 2009

September 16, 2009

Rejected Covers by Klas Ernflo — Typography to make you weep (with either joy or envy). (via ISO50) Poet of Desolate Landscapes — Author Jonathan Lethem on J.G. Ballard in the New York Times: [V]ery few writers I’ve encountered, even those I’ve devoted myself to, have burrowed so deeply in my outlook, and in my [...]

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Midweek Miscellany, July 29th, 2009

July 29, 2009

Geometric books covers at Design Daily. The Debate That Will Not Die — Mike Shatkin weighs in on DRM and tries to find that elusive middle-ground. The discussion continues into the comments (of course)… Unputdownable — A nice ad campaign by Saatchi & Saatchi for Penguin Books in Malaysia (via The 26th Story). Great Ideas [...]

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