October 31, 2011
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David Drummond designed the covers for the University of Chicago Press recent reissues of Richard Stark’s ‘Parker’ novels. Now David has designed great new covers for the reissues of Stark’s ‘Alan Grofield’ novels as well – The Dame, The Damsel, Blackbird … Continue reading
June 29, 2011
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Film critic Dave Kehr discusses the cinema of the 1970′s and his book When Movies Mattered: Reviews from a Transformative Decade with Colin Marshall for The Marketplace of Ideas podcast: THE MARKET PLACE OF IDEAS: Dave Kehr When Movies Mattered mp3
May 14, 2010
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David Drummond’s Parker Series for University of Chicago Press. “a little bit Warhol, a little bit Factory Records” – Christian Schwartz explains why he started type foundry Commercial Type at I Love Typography: It’s much easier to be an “armchair … Continue reading
April 14, 2010
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McGraw-Hill paperbacks designed by Rudolph De Harak — A nice Flickr set of vintage covers from Joe Kral, who apparently has an amazing book collection (via Words & Eggs). Free Libraries Are Full of Books That No One Reads — … Continue reading
November 17, 2009
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To my embarrassment, it wasn’t until his wonderful design for Obsession by Lennard J. Davis that I really began to pay attention to Isaac Tobin‘s work. There was something about the lettering — painstakingly created with pin pricks into thick … Continue reading