Here's to Steph Sabo and his cleverly designed visuals for an imaginary line of craft beers. Produced by Old Inkwell Artisan Brewers these handcrafted brews beer explore the "connection between an author's escalating success and troubled life." Sabo explains: Aleing Authors is a a unique assortment of craft beers inspired by influential authors of the 19th and 20th centuries. Subtle references to the six authors are incorporated on each bottle. The beer name and ingredients relate to each author as well as their literary works. To flesh out the beer's identity, famous quotes and iconic imagery from their novels...
Graphically Speaking: The Benefits of a Library Card
September is National Library Card Sign-Up Month and the folks at The Pinal County Library District have come up with a novel way to promote the benefits of a library card. They compiled a list of 30 solid benefits offered by the public library and then transformed the list into a visual feast based on the minimalist, and retro design style of Penguin and Pelican classic paperback novels. All graphics were done by Pinal County Library District Emerging Technologies Librarian, Ann Leonard. More images and info: Benefits of a Library Card | Pinal County Reads h/t Boing Boing
Saul Bass at the Movies
"The Man with the Golden Arm" (Otto Preminger, 1955). Based on the novel by Nelson Algren. Film.com recently paid tribute to legendary graphic designer Saul Bass by featuring the graphic work he did for the movies. Remembered for his incredible skill and seemingly unending creativity, a man who cared deeply about making things beautiful, even if no one else did. His work exists as a testament to the idea that good design can exist even in the most monetarily concerned places. From the late 1940’s until the early 1990’s, he created more than a dozen campaigns for films, with an...
“The Right Book Will Always Keep You Company”
Talk about curling up with a good book! The latest ad campaign for the Israeli bookstore chain Steimatzky wonders what it would be like to take your favorite literary character to bed with you. Good night... via Adrants, Bookstore Chain Helps You Sleep With Your Favorite Book Characters. h/t Book Riot
Frankenstein leads the way at poster auction
One of the highlights of the upcoming movie poster auction at Heritage Auctions is this rare 14" X 36" insert produced for the 1931 film version of Frankenstein. How rare is it?: At last this great poster has surfaced! After 82 years of lying dormant, the Monster has finally arrived in the form of this amazing and stunning insert. For years, collectors have been searching for the lost poster sizes on this immortal and legendary horror classic but to date, only a few one sheets, a single six sheet, a partial half sheet and lobby cards have surfaced! This is the only confirmed...