The above images is from Karel en Mienet (in Dutch) by Marietje Witteveen with illustrations by Eddy Dukkers circa 1950. We love its flat, friendly, and oddly mature geometry. Said wonderful image was found on the equally wonderful 50 Watts, a blog rich in book design and illustrative … Read More →
Monthly Archives: March 2011
Drool Worthy: Brian Dettmer’s Book Sculptures
Whoa. Artist Brian Dettmer on his breathtaking book sculptures, process. Stop by Artinfo.com for a very nifty time-lapse video of a work in progress or hear him speak about “celebrating” and sculpting books here. (via HuffPo Books, Brian Dettmer on Flickr)
Welcome to the Jungle
Presenting The Jungle Book: The Story of Mowgli & Shere Khan. Now on the App Store. Deep in the leafy thick of the jungle lived a wild little boy. He could squawk, roar, and hiss like his animal friends and was loved by all—except a toothy, angry … Read More →
E-Book Lending Takes Off
Whoa. Book lending isn’t limited to friends and family anymore. The world’s getting its crack. Sites like Booklending.com and Lendle.me let you share/swap your e-books to perfect strangers. (via WSJ)
Drool Worthy: A Brief History of Title Design
Ian Albinson of The Art of the Title Sequence compiled this excellent collection of film titles and delivered it yesterday at the opening of the SXSW “Title Design Finalists Screening”. Enjoy. (via The Casual Optimist)
The Future of Social Reading
Whether or not “marginalia” is your thing, this article is worth a read. It highlights one of the basic and much-debated questions in e-literature: can/should we read socially? (via NYTimes)
