One of the few rules I live by is that anything involving Ian Svenonius is going to be good. The guy has never been in a bad band and he dresses better than just about anybody on the planet.
Who Doesn’t Like a Taschen Book Full of Jazz Record Covers?
Is there such thing as an ugly book put out by Taschen? I’m guessing the answer is a big nope, and that logic probably extends to their upcoming two book collection of jazz record covers dating back from the 1940s and onward. Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, Google + and our Tumblr.
Juliana Barwick & Grouper at the Guggenheim
On Friday night I made my way to the Guggenheim for the first night of Divine Ricochet, a three-part series celebrating the work of the sculptor John Chamberlain with live music as a soundtrack. The first evening was a double feature of Juliana Barwick and Grouper, and I was readying myself for an evening of sculpture and noise with cold medicine to cure my chest congestion. My ascent up the rotunda’s famed stairs was dizzier than usual. The security guards […]
Saul Bellow’s Son Will Make You A Vase And Maybe Talk About The Ramones
The coolest part of The Forward’s article on Saul Bellow’s potter son isn’t the fact that spawn of one of the greatest writers of the last century is more content with creating vases and bowls than following in his father’s footsteps, it’s more about how he discovered the craft.
E Is For Edward Gorey Born On This Day
My first recollection of experiencing Edward Gorey’s work came when I was a kid, when I kept watching PBS long after my block of Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers was up. There was a man in a suit that talked for a few moments about becoming a member of the station, then all of a sudden this odd cartoon came on and I was transfixed until it was over and some people with English accents started talking. After that I vainly tried […]
An Essay On A Book About Duck Boots
The company founded in 1912 by Leon Leonwood Bean is, in my mind, the quintessential cozy North American American clothing company. We really like cozy.
Nerd Porn: Look at these beautiful new Truman Capote covers
Truman Capote gets redone.
Nerd Porn: Design nerds discuss the form of the book
Posted by Margarita Korol On a stage at Parsons last night, designer extraordinaire Chip Kidd moderated AIGA’s well-attended “The Next Chapter: The Design and Publishing of the Digital Book.”