A six month exposure of the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, was taken by Justin Quinnell, using a pinhole camera strapped to a telephone pole. The photograph resembles a painting, and shows the arc of the sun from winter solstice to summer. Prints are available, as well as those from a few other long exposures.
On diacritics
On diacritics, an article from classmate David Březina, explores the fundamentals behind the use and design of Latin diacritical marks.
National Film Board releases archives
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.
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.
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.
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.