book design
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Seeing Literature
In the New Yorker, Peter Mendelsund talks about designing book covers for iconic works of literature. The thing that surprised me was how dogmatic people were. They felt that when they read a book they loved, they saw every aspect…
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70 Years of Penguin Design
We all have a few Penguin books on our shelves, with their characteristic splash of orange and that cute little black-and-white Antarctic avian. But how well do you really know Penguin’s cover design? On her graphic-design blog Design Context, Lizzy…
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Morning Coffee
It is hard to imagine any better way to start a day than with pictures of sleeping bugs covered in rain. I am linking to this because it is called Fun With Burgers. Flat San Francisco. There is some dang…
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Morning Coffee
Big Picture has a rad look at the buildings of the shanghai expo. US vs UK book covers, no-holds-barred cage match. I heart Japanese train station design. There is no good reason not to look at pictures of the Great…