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There’s No Place Like Here

July 12, 2011

Here’s a wonderful Etsy video about Brazenhead Books, a secret secondhand bookstore located in Michael Seidenberg’s apartment on the Upper East Side, New York: (Thanks Kate!)

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Last Thursday The New York Times hosted an exhibition of rejected book jacket designs called ‘Killed Covers’. Fortunately for those of us who don’t live in New York they’ve also posted a gallery of 20 covers from the show. (Pictured above left: design by Roberto de Vicq, Wetlands. Right: design by John Gall and Leanne [...]

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Something for the Weekend

April 8, 2011

FF Spinoza — A nice looking new type family designed by New York-based art director Max Phillips: With the goal of readability in mind, Phillips named the typeface after 17th century rationalist and lens-grinder Baruch Spinoza, a man whose job it was to help people see clearly. The family is meant as an elegant workhorse, [...]

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The French Connection | Critics’ Pick

April 6, 2011

The New York Times movie critic A. O. Scott looks at the enduring appeal of The French Connection: William Friedkin’s 1971 film was a fictionalized adaptation of the nonfiction book The French Connection: A True Account of Cops, Narcotics, and International Conspiracy by Robin Moore, first published in 1969.

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Patti Smith 1969-1976, Photographs by Judy Linn

April 6, 2011

“I was eager to be Judy’s model and to have the opportunity to work with a true artist. I felt protected in the atmosphere we created together. We had an inner narrative, producing our own unspoken film, with or without a camera.” — Patti Smith Here’s a short promotional trailer for Patti Smith 1969-1976, Photographs by [...]

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