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Something for the Weekend, August 21st, 2009

August 21, 2009

Picador Paperback have posted their fall catalogue to Facebook. Apparently they also did this with their spring list too . Needless to say, I think this is  a great idea. Is any one else doing it? (via Arthur’s Design) Control — An interview with Alan Rapp, former senior editor of art, design, and photography at Chronicle [...]

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Midweek Miscellany, August 19th, 2009

August 19, 2009

‘The 100 Best Comic Book Covers’ Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4 at Kelly Thompson’s 1979 Semi-Finalist blog. I am not a comics nerd (believe that if you will), but there’s some great stuff (new and old) in this epic list… Open to Question — The New York Times reports on Sony’s [...]

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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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Midweek Miscellany, July 15th, 2009

July 15, 2009

Vintage Camus — Seen at Bente Miltenburg‘s Flickr photostream (via A Journey Around My Skull). An Intricate Dance — Author Sonya Chung describes her experience of the cover design process (and the weird — slightly tortured — anxieties that accompany it) for her debut novel Long For This World at The Millions blog (via Duke [...]

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Something for the Weekend, July 3rd, 2009

July 3, 2009

Who Was Abner Graboff? –  Frustrated with the lack information available online about artist, designer and illustrator Abner Graboff, Ward “Ward-O-Matic” Jenkins decided to do some digging himself. His research — now available in a three part series –  includes a host of great images of Graboff’s children’s books and book cover designs, as well [...]

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