"Confessions of a Book Fiend," 2010 by Grant Snider(click to enlarge)11"x17" color prints are available for $15 plus shipping. Ordering info hereThanks to @luxmentis for the lead
Typography and the Album Cover
Enoch Light. Discotheque, 1964. Designed by George Giusti.Book design is not the only casualty in the rush toward digitization. Cover design in the music world has been pretty much relegated to a thumbnail image for a digital download or an image for a CD case but back in the heyday of the LP the cover design was a vital component to the accompanying music.Over at psd tuts+ Sonali Vora takes on a trip through 50 Years of Typography in Album Covers. With examples from the 1960's up to the present we get a vivid reminder of what we are losing in the...
Students take over library to protest tuition hikes and education cuts
Students at Goldsmiths University in southeast London have taken control of the campus library. As many as 150 students entered the library on Monday night to begin their peaceful occupation. The occupation comes days before tomorrow's scheduled national protest on the massive cuts.Here is the official statement from the students:We have occupied the university library in opposition to the increase in university fees and cuts in education as a whole. We act in solidarity with all those facing cuts across the social sphere.We oppose the proposed change in fees structure and the cuts to teaching subsidy across education in the...
Line of Sight: The World of Timothy Ely
Photo: Young Kwak for The Pacific Northwest InlanderNow on view at the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture is the largest exhibition of the work of Timothy C. Ely ever assembled under one roof.Since the early 1970's Ely has been creating unique, one-of-a-kind mind-bending bookworks. On the form of his work Ely says “I became really aware that the atlas form would be the springboard — the point of departure — for everything I needed to deal with.” Using few, if any, words and drawing heavily from science, geometry, and religion one can spend a lifetime reading and comprehending each...
"Lolita" Accompanies Natalie Portman to "Black Swan" premiere
Natalie Portman at the "Black Swan" premiere Nov. 30 in New York. Credit: Evan Agostini / Associated Press Got to love the purse Natalie Portman brought with her to the premiere of her new film Black Swan.The purse comes to us from the French designer Olympia Le-Tan. Interestingly enough, the green Lolita cover design is from the first edition of Lolita which was published in France by the Olympia Press in 1955.Each of Le-Tan's purses are produced in an edition of 16 and retail around $1250 Jacket Copy has more on Le-Tan and the rise of book-themed purses. Slideshow of...