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: Illustration
Lisa Brown’s 3 Panel Reviews
It’s Thursday, and we’re wading through a copyedit that won’t quit. Our good idea: take a break from all the eye-blearing and the pen smudging and introduce you to 3 Panel Book Reviews. 3PBR is penned by New York Times best-sellling illustrator/author Lisa Brown for the … Read More →
Your Moment of Zen: The Book Cover Archive
The BCA: a one-stop shop for all things book covers and their designers. It’s a favorite online haunt of ours and a great source of design inspiration. Enjoy. (via BCA)
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 →
Babar at 80
We ♥ Babar. (via NYTimes)