click to enlargeAltered books are one thing but altered bookmarks open up a whole new can of worms.Back in November of 2007 the Book Design class from Cornish College of the Arts paid a visit to Wessel & Lieberman. One of the students, Mare Odomo, grabbed a bookmark and went to work. I am not sure where the glove part comes from but; nonetheless, what a treat to see.See more of Mare Odomo's work at Flickrand here's an Altered Bookmark project for the kids via suite101.com
DIY : Letterpress
The folks at Boing Boing Gadgets turn their attention to the letterpress and offer instructions on how to build your own letterpress and screw press.In case you haven't noticed while the "death of the book" scream permeates our landscape there has been a flat-out resurgence in letterpress printing; both on the gift shop and fine printing level.The future looks bright for this segment of the book world.Now get printing!
Notes from the Fair : Codex & The California Antiquarian Book Fair
It was a big book week in San Francisco with both the book arts and antiquarian segments of the book trade hosting their largest events of the year. I was interested to see how these events would fair in the current economic climate of doom and gloom.Well, I got good news. Books are still alive!The Codex Foundation kicked things off with The Second Biennial Codex International Book Fair and Symposium. The book fair took place on the Berkeley campus of the University of California and the symposium was held at the Berkeley Art Museum. Over 125 fine presses and book...
Book Bracelets : Then and Now
From the April, 1930 issue of Popular Science (p.38)Handy Bracelet Serves As Magazine HolderWhat might be a convenience to readers is a unique wrist attachment recently designed for holding magazines and small periodicals open before the eye at arm's length. This novel book holder is a bracelet fitting snugly about the forepart of the wrist, to which is fixed a small bracket firmly supporting the periodical just as the "lyre" of a cornet supports sheet music.The device is adjustable to any wrist and may be obtained in sterling silver or nickel, silver, or gold plated.Megan Dunn. The Book Bracelet. 20...
The "Titan of Typography"
Richard Hollis has a nice piece in the Guardian UK on Jan Tschichold. Though probably best known for his reworking of the design of Penguin paperbacks Tschichold was at the forefront of the new typography movement of the late 1920's.Slideshow from the Guardian articleJan Tschichold at WikipediaAlso of note: Thames & Hudson's recently published Jan Tschichold - Master Typographer: His Life, Work and Legacy