Once upon a time flying wasn't such a hassle. At its height the airline industry was the bees knees of postwar culture. From the mid-forties to the the mid-seventies flying was the way to go. The world got smaller as new opportunities and possibilities connected the four corners of the globe. It was also a time of some stunning graphic design. The posters and printed detritus that accompanied the golden age of air travel mark a high-spot in the history of advertising and corporate design. It is the graphic side of these times that M. C. Hühne chronicles in Airline Visual Identity...
Another clue that Barnes & Noble is circling back to its print origins
Coming soon to a Barnes & Noble near you are these newly redesigned shopping bags featuring the first pages from classic novels. The goal of the new design is to promote the physical experience of visiting a store and handling printed books while sharing text and illustrations from select classics. "The bag serves as advertisement and reminder of the bookstore and thus is an essential part of the brand's communications...However, this new shopping bag series does more than promote the brand itself; it reflects the love of books and itself provides a book experience -- you can even start reading them...
Looking Good: Best Designed Books Covers of 2012
The folks at Design Observer have announced the winners of their annual 50 Books/50 Covers contest and as is par for the course they have chosen some amazing book and cover designs. As writers, we know just how important the graphical design of a book cover can be - it can influence buying decisions and improve response to the book. It's always been our priority to recommend Graphic Design Companies to authors - to ensure book launches are successful. With that said, here's a healthy sampling of some my favorites from the book cover selections: Art without Artists Authors: John Foster, Roger...
Memory Palace: A walk through Hari Kunzru’s new novella
Johnny Kelly Talk about immersing yourself in a book. Welcome to what might be the world's first walk-in book. Sky Arts Ignition: Memory Palace is a collaboration between author Hari Kunzru and 20 internationally acclaimed graphic designers, illustrators and typographers. Kunzru wrote a dystopian novella set in a a futuristic London where recording, writing, collecting and art are outlawed. Then each artist was given a different passage to fuel their muse. The results are now on view at the Victoria & Albert Museum Mario Wagner Stuart Kolakovic Frank Laws Åbäke Luke Pearson If you are so inclined there is a...
Rap Lyrics as Street Signs
Jason Shelowitz and his brother run the twitter account @TheRapQuotes where they serve up a regular dose of "Rap Quotes to keep you inspired."A few weeks ago Jason got an idea:I was working in my home studio listening to Big L’s first album Lifestylez Ov Da Poor and Dangerous when I caught myself rapping along to one of the songs, with the lyric “…on 139 and Lenox Ave. there’s a big park, and if you soft don’t go through it when it gets dark…” That’s when I paused and thought that it would be cool if that corner was marked...