[Ted Bertz] After recently finishing a personal project, a book commemorating posters completed from 1987 to 2008 for an agricultural fair held each year in Durham, Conn. — Fair Play: Twenty-three years of Durham Fair Posters — Ted Bertz, founder of Bertz Design Group, reflects on the evolution of the graphic design industry over the same period.
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[Alyson Kuhn] Rachel Hazell is a book artist and have-punch-will-travel teacher of book arts. London-born Hazell, who currently lives in Edinburgh, has grand plans for 2012. She is scheduling a bookbinding workshop in a different part of the world each month. January’s was in Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire; March’s will be on the Summer Isles in Northwest Scotland. And February’s — aptly titled Colour of Love — begins today in the Napa Valley. I’ll be right there — writing about paper engineering, stitching and all things Valentinear. Furthermore >
02.02.12
[Tom Biederbeck] Lucky Peach magazine has serious (and seriously funny) writing about food, lavish original illustrations, swell diversions and inserts (issue #2 has a sheet of parody fruit stickers), no online content, no advertising (well, very little) and curious art direction choices (on its cover, issue #1 displayed the south end of a northbound chicken). And it’s wildly successful. Furthermore >
02.01.12
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P.S. Note-worthy Webster’s! [Alyson Kuhn] I just spent 6 glorious minutes and 33 hilarious seconds smiling my way through John Carrera’s new video, “Musical References in Pictorial Webster’s,” brought to my attention by Michael Carabetta at Chronicle Books. I don’t want to spoil even one perfect pairing of 19th century engraving and (mostly) 1960s music as presented in this video. I recommend you get yourself a beverage, get comfortable and click here. After which you might want to read our feature about Carrera and Chronicle’s Pictorial Webster’s project and products. If you scroll down to the very bottom of our post, you can read Johnny’s kind comment on our coverage, complete with creative tip on using the Webster’s rubber stamps. And then you might want to watch the video again and see if you laugh in the exact same spots. Alyson Kuhn cannot thank Michael Carabetta enough for sending this link. But she will try, via post, natch.
01.19.10
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