On My Reading List
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I keep a running list of books I want to read. It’s a gigantic list that grows faster than I can possibly keep up with, unfortunately, and incl...
Category: Books
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For the month of August, a series of guest posters will be filling in on DWL with daily posts. Today’s posts come to you from Katie Kirk and Na...
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For the month of August, a series of guest posters will be filling in on DWL with daily posts. This week’s posts come to you from the talent...
Draw Your Own Alphabets
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Draw Your Own Alphabets: Thirty Fonts to Scribble, Sketch, and Make Your Own is a new book by Tony Seddon that teaches you how to create your own cu...
The All Day Everyday Project Giveaway Winner
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Congrats Brian! Expect an email from me later today. Thanks to all who participated!...
Eames: Beautiful Details
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Eames: Beautiful Details, a new book from Ammo Books, is definitely on my wishlist....
Hannes Beer: The All Day Everyday Project Book + Giveaway
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This giveaway is now closed. Back in March I posted about Hannes Beer’s All Day Everyday Project, a self-initiated daily illustration and design...
New York Nights
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“No other city in the world stages dusk to dawn like New York City. In this book one can experience New York on foot, the ultimate reward for the no...
Brooklyn Makers
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I just got my hands on a copy of Brooklyn Makers, a new publication from Princeton Architectural Press. The book features the photography of Jennifer...
Cardon Webb: Ralph Ellison Book Series
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Speaking of vintage-inspired design and illustration, I am also loving Cardon Webb’s colorful design for a series of texts by Ralph Ellison. Fo...
Sad Santa by Tad Carpenter
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Just in time for the holidays, Tad Carpenter has written and illustrated a new book. Sad Santa is a story about Santa’s annual holiday blues—...
Popular Lies About Graphic Design
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Designer Craig Ward (who I’ve previously posted about here and here) has written a new book entitled, Popular Lies About Graphic Design. Craig d...
Jessica Hische and Paul Buckley: Penguin Drop Cap Series
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Jessica Hische and Paul Buckley have collaborated on an exciting new project, a series of cover designs for classic literature featuring Jessica’...
Book Review: Graduation Guide for Design Students
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Graduation guide for design students is a palm-sized book that was written and illustrated by Moniek Paus of Netherlands-based Studio Pomp. The bo...
Astrid Stavro Studio: Sol de Ícaro Essay Collection
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I’m loving the minimal, typographic covers that Astrid Stavro Studio designed for this Sol de Ícaro Essay Collection. Get a Free Font Every ...
Golden Cosmos for Nobrow: High Times: A History of Aviation
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High Times: A History of Navigation is a new NoBrow publication designed by the Berlin-based illustration duo Golden Cosmos: This beautiful Leporel...
Chris Silas Neal: Book Covers
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Chris Silas Neal is another artist I’m ashamed to have never featured here before. On my umpteenth visit to his portfolio, his book cover illust...
Jenny Volvovski: From Cover to Cover
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As I mentioned earlier in the week, I am very much interested in designers’ personal projects. So naturally, my interest was piqued by From Cov...
AIGA San Francisco 50 Books/50 Covers Exhibition
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If you’re in the San Francisco area on March 29th (I wish I was!) don’t miss this great event: Fifty Books/Fifty Covers, a juried selecti...
A Chopsticks Novel Giveaway
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Update: This giveaway is now closed. Thanks for your participation! Readers, you’re in for a treat today—I have a new giveaway to share with p...
Student Work: Jon Wong: Beast in a Neon Cage
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This has been a week of stellar student work, and Jon Wong is no exception. He has a particular talent for book and publication design, as evidenced e...
Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich Book Covers
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I’ve long been familiar with the work of Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich through projects such as Bembo’s Zoo and Type Calendar (I also jus...
Etsy Finds: Kring Emporium
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Kring Emporium’s full name is “Kring Emporium of Tiny Literature and Cards”. And they sell just that: miniature storybooks, cards an...
Icinori Artist Books
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Icinori is the publishing project of Mayumi Otero and Raphael Urwiller. Together they produce limited edition artist book that are hand printed and bo...
Maddison Graphic: The Fruitful Field
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The Fruitful Field, by Maddison Graphic, is an identity and book for the Methodist Church introducing their project of the same name. I’m partic...
Recent Grad: Tony Lee, Jr.
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Take a look at this beautiful senior project by Tony Lee Jr., a recent graduate of Carnegie Mellon. He developed visual identities for three Puccini o...
Emily Macrae: Nine Lives Book Design
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Emily Macrae’s Nine Lives is a self-initiated project that examines how older generations are affected by the huge changes in the way we communi...
They Draw and Cook Giveaway
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This giveaway is now closed; the winner will be announced on Monday morning. Thanks to all who participated! For the third week in a row, I have anoth...
Rachell Sumpter: Penguin Book Covers
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I’m blown away by these hand-embroidered book covers that Rachell Sumpter created for Penguin under the art direction of Paul Buckley. Get a clo...
Katie Kirk: Eli, no!
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I actually posted a couple of spreads from Eli, No!, Katie Kirk‘s self-written and illustrated children’s book, way back in 2008 when it w...