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Month: September 2008

The trouble with Paul Feig

The trouble with Paul Feig, a NYT Magazine article on loserdom with one of Hollywood’s go-to geeks.

Posted 2008/09/30 at 8:56pm / interviews / movies / nyt / television

Stewart and Colbert Interview

A solid EW interview with Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert.

Posted 2008/09/30 at 3:31am / colbert / interviews / politics / stewart

Chocolate letterpress

Chocolate letterpress set in SS Fago Normal. Reminds me of a Gerard Unger, when he described the difficulties associated with creating chocolate letters.

Posted 2008/09/23 at 2:39pm

Printing a book in 1947

Printing a book in 1947. It’s pretty awesome to watch all of the machinery in action. The typesetting aspect is different these days (no more hot metal) but the books still need to be printed, trimmed and bound.

Posted 2008/09/19 at 5:29pm / books / design / printing

Long Duration Love Affair

Long Duration Love Affair highlights a number of beautiful abstract photos resulting from NASA‘s LDEF project.

Posted 2008/09/14 at 6:55pm / photography / space

Belfast Signage & Lettering

Fishing & Tackle

Here’s a small photoset (slideshow) featuring lettering and signage from Belfast. I particularly liked the Fishing & Tackle and the Tyrone Produce signs.

Posted 2008/09/11 at 11:20pm / belfast / lettering / signage / typography

A Layperson’s Guide to Design

A Layperson’s Guide to Graphic Design.

Posted 2008/09/10 at 9:32am / design

On Emil Ruder

A Brief History of Emil Ruder, an introduction to one of the founders of the International Typographic Style and proponent of the grid.

Posted 2008/09/10 at 7:28am / design / grids / typography

Cover stories

Three authors and their cover designers, an essay from Stephen Heller.

Posted 2008/09/09 at 10:27am / books / design

Annie gets her shot

Annie Leibovitz’s offers some insight into her portrait-making process and her subjects.

Posted 2008/09/09 at 10:22am / photography

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