From 100 Books That Should Be Written I’ve just found this blog of books that should be written, and I think it’s pretty great. Moral of the story: If you start a blog about making book covers, I’m gonna be all over that. (see From Cover to Cover) I love this one too! Although…if Jessica …
This Marc Johns drawing makes me happy. I’ve been working on my 635 project for a couple days now, and I’m really happy with how it’s going.I wrote an article this week for the Kendall blog. It’s about collaborative design! You should read it!I went to TEDxGR yesterday, and it was amazing and inspiring and …
It’s Friday, and that means that it’s time for some links to things that I love (or have strong feelings about) from the internet! Minimally Minimal talked to Dieter Rams. Is this pretty fantastic? Yes. Would that be the coolest thing? Yes. If you were wondering how Transformers are made, now you know. I want …
This Creative Mornings talk articulates some opinions that I’ve had for a while about copyright laws, and why they need to be changed.The Digital Public Library of America just went live, and it seems like it’s a fantastic resource for researching…things. It’s also making me consider information, how we access and view it, and how that’s changing.Damn …
Anger is sometimes a good thing. Anger gets you fired up, gives you something in the world to change. This article made me angry. The gist of it is “The mystical creative monkey is a necessary evil in your business. Treat them just well enough to get a bare minimum of innovation out of them.” By “Creative …
I am going to here! FLdub, in Chicago. Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, ILL,16-OAKPA,3-4 I missed two posts this week. It’s finals time, and I have a big project that’s nearing the due date. I’m hoping to get at least one post up next week, but posting may be irregular until the beginning …
The Grand Rapids Public Museum has some pictures of their recent acquisitions right here. They have a penny horse from Meijer! They have a thing about the new (I think the building is empty now?) Grand Rapids Press office! It’s interesting stuff. I’m pretty obsessed with Stefan Sagmeister right now. Minimally Minimal got to go …
I’ve been obsessed with From Cover to Cover for the past few days. She designs a new cover for every book she reads! She put some major constraints on the project, so they all feel like they go together a bit. It’s wonderful! This project is giving me a whole bunch of ideas for a secret project …
Robert Coombs has a piece in the Huffington Post about being an artist and the accident that left him paralyzed. Read it here. My interview with him, about his work for ArtPrize, is here. John Waters, on what is cool. Why don’t hacktivists have a signature style? Knolling in the Deep, er, um 90 Degrees. …
Inequality by (interior) Design? It’s my favorite parts of Sociological Images mixed with my favorite parts of 99% Invisible, so it’s pretty wonderful. There was a discussion on Branch about how much writers deserve to be paid, and how much they are paid. It’s an interesting look into an industry where few discuss what the pay is …