Remember the days of gathering paper bags from a grocery store and custom building a book jacket for each of your school books at the beginning of each school year. What was the best part about that is all of the potential for doodling the paper bag held as it was wrapped around your Algebra […]
9
Jun
Book City Jackets' Artist Series
26
May
Dallas Clayton changing the world one step at a time with "An Awesome Book"
It’s hard to tell the kids whom to look up to these days. In a world of media revolving around criminals on Wall Street, responsibility-averse corporate shills and political figures who are far from knights in shining armor, there aren’t really any tangible figures for children to model themselves after — short of Steve from […]
25
May
"Container Atlas" highlights the best of container architecture
As contemporary architecture continues to influence design, more and more the unlikely becomes reality…such as shipping containers becoming an architectural phenomenon. It makes sense: why not make something that is modular, affordable and virtually indestructible into a living space, even if it was used to transport bars of luxury soap from southern Italy to the […]
13
May
The perfect book for the typography nerd in all of us
I can’t really explain it, but I have a deep love for good typography. Maybe it comes from years in the magazine publishing world, time spent as a graphic designer, or just an adoration of letters and numbers presented in a visually engaging way. It’s an art, and one that makes all the difference in […]
5
May
Watch a paper city grow in front of your eyes
Sort of similar to that awesome ABC3D pop-up book, except instead of infant stimulation Popville aims straight for stimulating adult occipital lobes. Created by Anouck Boisrobert, Louis Rigaud and Joy Sorman, the Sim City-like book has some heady framework aspirations:”The city as a living body that is born, develops and differentiate its buildings and functions: […]
10
Nov
Every belt, bag, and wallet is cut, constructed, and branded by hand by a small team of designers
I’ve got mad respect for what Mark and Sam, the brains behind Portland, Oregon based Tanner Goods, are doing. They’ve got serious dedication to their craft and it shows. All products are made to order in their Portland based leather studio and produced on an individual basis. Every belt, bag, and wallet is cut, constructed, […]
1
Oct
Where did that phrase come from anyway? Etymologists, get on that...
It’s Oct. 1 and why not ring in the new month with a shit load of monkey business. Ok, how about a book load from Monkey Business, the manufacturer behind the Super F@cking Amazing Magnetic Motherf@cking Arrow Bookends. That’s a literal translation from German. Granted, I don’t speak the language, but you can trust me. […]
