Found this pretty cool article about Susan Kare, the woman who gave computing a human face.
Here’s the latest thing I’ve been playing around with. Derived from a sketch (or personal message to myself) I made during a class I was oh-so-diligently paying attention to. It’s still a work in progress but I’m having fun with it!
These are some handmade books by Natalie Stopka that boast a beautiful, unique binding techniques I’d personally love to try. Absolutely gorgeous!
(Source: designersof)
Pelican Bomb features Part II of its two-part series that examines the publications of Loujon Press, a fine-press publisher based in New Orleans in the 1960s:
Insomnia, or the Devil at Large, is a multifaceted art object consisting of a book, a dozen of Henry Miller’s watercolors, and the 19x24” handmade wooden box that contains them. It is a paean to Hoki Tokudo, a twenty-something Japanese lounge singer in Los Angeles with whom Miller became enamored when he was in his seventies. She spoke little English, he spoke no Japanese, and unsurprisingly, the relationship failed. Insomnia is a tribute to their courtship and a physical representation of Miller’s agitated psyche through the process of his longing for, attaining, and losing her.
Full article on Pelican Bomb. Book photography by Akasha Rabut.
(Source: weareconstance)
As usual, I put the pro in procrastination. But I finally did it! I defied the gods of apathy and made myself a blog. It’s quite invigorating really- thinking that someone might be so inclined to take notice of what I have to say. So much so, I’ve forgotten why I put it off for so long. Regardless, here it is! In all its infant glory, just a swaddled, drooling bambino in contrast to the words of my heroes: Steven Heller, Debbie Millman, Jessica Hische, Jonah Lehrer- the list goes on. Hopefully, with time, this blog with become my gateway, not only to them, but also to the world of design as a practice, an art, a culture, a lifestyle. My proverbial life raft to the world, if you will. So let’s just see if this thing floats.
