The National Film Board of Canada has put their film archive online. The movies are all encoded in Flash and can be embedded, no direct downloads unfortunately.
Month: January 2009
After a slip with the…
After a slip with the bears trimmer, I opted the buzz my head for the first time in six years. Change has come early. Now to the gym.
25th Estate
This is Where We Live — welcome to our city, to our world, of books. A charming video from the folks at 4th Estate Publishing.
5 Rules of Book Cover Design
The Vignelli Canon
The Vignelli Canon, a free pdf from Massimo Vignelli.
The Complex Grid
The Complex Grid, tips for designing a grid system in InDesign. There’s a lot of math that goes into developing a solid layout system.
I’m thinking that I should…
I’m thinking that I should scrape delicious popular every hour for a week or so and see if there’s a trend for numerical top whatever lists.
Tony Almeda with a goatee?…
Tony Almeda with a goatee? Holy shit, it’s facial hair! He must be evil.
Eric Gill’s unreleased typeface
Eric Gill’s unreleased typeface. Dan went digging around the Monotype archives and found some engineering drawings and a trial print.
Ben Hur is on PBS….
Ben Hur is on PBS. Thinking I should watch it.
From Manuscript to Finished Art Book
From Manuscript to Finished Artbook offers a detailed account of the time-limited production of a book for a museum exhibit.
The Book Cover Archive
The Book Cover Archive, a compendium of inspiration.