This poster won the 2006 Margo (Maroon and Gold) Award from the University of Minnesota's Communicators Forum.Christopher James was the project lead/copywriter and Mark Fox was the graphic designer.Happy Halloween!
The City of Dreaming Books
Walter Moers. The City of Dreaming Books. Woodstock, New York: The Overlook Press, 2007. First American Edition. 456 pp. Maroon spine over yellow boards. Illustrated throughout by the author.Walter a biblio-fantasy of the highest order.
Anselm Kiefer Moves into the Louvre
It is the first time in over 50 years that the Louvre has allowed a living artist to mess with the interior.In 1953 George Braque painted a ceiling of Henri II’s former antechamber and now Anselm Kiefer will have a permanent installation in a stairwell the links the Egyptian and Mesopotamian antiquities.Kiefer's installation consists of the his large painting Athanor and two sculptures Danae and Hortus Conclusus.The Danae piece consists of a large depetaled sunflower emerging from a pile of Kiefer's signature lead books.Who is Danae? In greek mythology she is the daughter of the King of Argos. She was...
God’s Longpen
Kuka writing the Martin Luther bible (2007) Meet Kuka - a robotic arm created by RobotLab whose calling is to silently write a version of the Martin Luther bible. The text is written in a calligraphic style similar to the original font used in the printing.Thanks to Boing Boing for the lead Originally uploaded by Marc Wathieu
A Peek Into Thurston Moore’s Library
He might be best known as one of the pillars of the influential band Sonic Youth but Thurston Moore is also one hell of a book collector.Over at VBS.TV Lance Bangs has s a great 5 minute video of Moore giving a tour of his collection. Highlight:A 1964 anti-war protest sign that belonged to Allen Ginsberg: Down with Death!War is Black Magic! Belly Flowers ToNorth and South VietnamMoore also shows off some great small press stuff and literary magazines. One of the reasons Moore is drawn to this subject matter is because as he says "alot of this work is...