Serendipitously nabbed a copy of The Principles of Uncertainty at our local bookstore. Maira Kalman is an American author/illustrator, children’s book-er, New York Times blogger extraordinaire, and visual diarist. The Principles of Uncertainty is part travelogue, part sketch-scrapbook. Wonderful concept, wonderful execution. Really, though, she had … Read More →
Category Archives: Drool Worthy
Drool Worthy: Clip/Stamp/Fold
Come explore the “radical architecture of little magazines 196X-197X” at Clip/Stamp/Fold. If your interest is in production/design/zines, this site is worth a stroll. (via C/S/F)
Hyperkit
Fresh book layout and production for a generation of web and design 2.0 connoisseurs isn’t easy—but London-based graphic design (graphic desire, more like) outfit Hyperkit gives us plenty of inspirational selects to galler-ize (see above). We love their typography and identity work, full stop. All of … Read More →
Drool Worthy: 2010′s 21 Coolest Book Covers
No digital book cover entries this year, but hoping 2011 will bring about a broader definition of ‘book cover’. As we art direct Electric Type’s Book #1, we can’t help but pull ideas from the beautiful work Anis Shivani has compiled for the HuffPo Books. … Read More →
Drool Worthy: Dalton Ghetti’s Pencil Sculptures
Dalton Ghetti sculpts each pencil nib to resemble a letter of the alphabet. Result: fine, heady miniatures. Check them out at The Donut Project. (via The Donut Project)
Drool Worthy: Dali Meets Disney
In 1946, two legendary artists began collaboration on a short film. More than half a century later, their creation has finally been completed. Dali, meet Disney. Disney, meet Dali.
Drool Worthy: Tokyo Illustrators Society
Although we here at Electric Type are hard at work on our first book, we always have time to putter about the internet looking for inspiration. In doing this, we come across a lot of great visuals—one such luxury is great illustration. How we wish … Read More →
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)