Spine Out

10/6/10

When the future of music was a rainbow hued parabola

Many were found here.

10/5/10

10/4/10

More Lustig

Born Modern: The Life and Design of Alvin Lustig by Steven Heller and Elaine Lustig Cohen. Out now from Chronicle.

Heller talk tomorrow at SVA.

10/1/10

Odds and Sods

Awful Library Books via Brett Yasko

Paul Sahre designs Rick Moody's Website

Leif Parsons paints on old paper and other stuff

If you find yourself in Brno, apparently I have work in this show. Good thing I Flickr searched me.

9/29/10

Back covers of three Ed Ruscha books

Thirty-Four Parking Lots, Every Building on the Sunset Strip, and Broken Glass

via an ambitious project collapsing.

9/28/10

I thought I was tired of this...

Now comic books get the Penguin-y/mid-century Modern/70s Swiss minimalist book cover treatment. Do love some of these, esp. The Hulk.

9/23/10

The Art of Seduction

An article for Print Magazine that reveals many of the secret and unsavory techniques we use to get design approvals.

Written by Peter Terzian and Peter Mendelsund. Accompanying art by Tamara Shopsin and Jason Fulford.

9/21/10

NaNoWriMo

I'm helping out with National Novel Writing Month's "30 Covers in 30 Days". Stay tuned. Amazing participants are promised. Starts November 1.

9/15/10

Lustig Chapbook

A new book on Alvin Lustig. By Ned Drew and Paul Sternberger, authors of By Its Cover: Modern American Book Cover Design. Published by Cary Press, who also sell some pretty cool Lester Beall postcards.

Who Died and Made You Boss?

In case you didn't know, James Victore has a monograph out that you should all immediately drop what you are doing and buy. Designed by Paul Sahre.

A cover he did for Grove Press back when I was there:

9/13/10

Another plug for Breathless Homicidal Slime Mutants-The Art of the Paperback. Just bought my copy. Tons of great covers accompanied by an entertaining and thorough written history of the genre by Steven Brower. Intro by Steve Heller. If you have any interest in book covers or slime mutants you will want this.

9/9/10

Postcards by Tim

9/7/10

Contest

Found these two Freud books at a used bookstore in Massachusetts. Tell me who designed the covers and I'll send you the books.

9/2/10

Echo Letterpress

If you find yourself in Jeffersonville, NY in need of letterpress printing or restaurant recommendations, stop in and see the fine folks at Echo Letterpress in their restored 1950s gas station studio. For the less wayfaring type, here's their website.

9/1/10

Short Short Stories

By the great collagist Lou Beach. Read them at 420characters.com

Some of Lou's collage work:

8/31/10

Mort Meskin

Preview the book From Shadow to Light: The Life & Art of Mort Meskin. Beautiful package and great story of this visionary yet forgotten artist. Coming from Fantagraphics in September. Written and designed by Steven Brower.

8/30/10

You're a Horrible Person

Showcasing one of our books at the Faceout Books blog. This one designed for us by Christopher King.