Nowadays, the visualization of data is all the rage. It seems each new study or piece of research is turned into an image.I'm not so sure this was as common in the 1930's and 40's when these visual aids were printed.The series of 28 posters were produced under the supervision of noted librarian Ruby Ethel Cundiff for the Library School Course in Teaching the Use of the Library at the George Peabody College for Teachers.These examples were salvaged by Char Booth from a throw-away pile at her library school in 2003 and were digitized by Gabriel Jaramillo at the Claremont...
Joe McKendry illustrates Angelika Taschen’s favorite reads
Stefan Zweig’s Marie Antoinette; by the pool in Argentario, TuscanyLast year the arts and culture website Nowness had a chat with Angelika Taschen on the novels that shaped her life.Taschen, the former wife of the renowned publisher Benedict Taschen and the daughter of bookshop owners, chose eight gems and then Joe McKendry went to work illustrating them.Here are the fruits of his labor. The captions refer to the book and the place read:Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables; in hospital, CologneGottfried von Strassburg’s Tristan; a camping site, EnglandHans Fallada’s The Drinker; Ayurvedic resort, Sri LankaThomas Bernhard’s The Loser; in my bed, BerlinHans...
remembering futurism
From Grant Snider of Incidental Comics fame comes a new series for Medium called "Who Needs Art?" First up, remembering futurism.Previously on Book Patrol:Day Jobs of the PoetsPerformance-Enhancing Drugs for Writers and more from Grant Snider
Why Buy Used Books?
“All in all, it looks like the used book market creates a lot more value than it destroys” - Professor Hal Varian, University of California, Berkeley “Reading Between the Lines in Used Books Sales.” New York Times, 2005
Curt Lund: Book Surgeon
Exhibition Title Graphics, Minneapolis Central LibraryFrom his graphic design work to his altered book pieces Curt Lund is pretty adept at handling his scalpel. He turns some of his hand-cut works into elaborate book dioramas. Here is a sampling from his work:Poster for MCBAFrom the series The West, (2007-08). Hand-cut and burned books, found images, found objects.Stones from the River, (2010). Hand-carved altered book, stones.Chemistry, (2010). Hand-cut altered book, glass.Field Guide, (2010). Hand-cut altered book, glass.Curt Lund on Behance