A feast for your eyes at Art of the Menu

Just as most of us are more likely to leave a bad review for a restaurant we hate than a good review for one we love, Bryony Gomez-Palacio and Armin Vit of UnderConsideration admit that designers and typophiles make a game out of laughing at menus that use Comic Sans or Papyrus, yet are less likely to appreciate a well-designed menu. With Art of the Menu, their first new blog in two years, they’re going to change that.

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PANTONE: The 20th Century in Color — from the publisher’s perspective

[Alyson Kuhn] Last week, we spoke with Leatrice Eiseman and Keith Recker, the authors of PANTONE: The 20th Century in Color. Their encyclopedic, meticulously illustrated book has just been published in eight languages. We also had a chance to chat with designer Brooke Johnson at Chronicle Books, who worked on the book “from November 2010 ’til the last possible second in June 2011.” She tells a Pretty Mesmerizing Story (P.M.S.).

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This is a Reprinting Office!

Last Friday, we took our readers on a scenic tour of Pat Reagh’s remodeled bathroom, resplendent with his “This is a Shower Stall” tile. Check out yesterday morning’s lively après-article by Reagh’s friend Jennifer Kennard on her Letterology blog. She gives a great mini-history of Beatrice Warde’s “This is a Printing Office” manifesto. The very attentive reader will note Kennard’s “user handle”… and laugh at the thematic serendipity. Key benefit: Letterology’s frequent posts about typewriters and the art they inspire — both on paper and on stage! [AK]

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Enter Print’s Creativity + Commerce by October 10th

Print’s Creativity + Commerce competition showcases outstanding business-focused print and interactive design from around the world. This highly selective competition features the best branding campaigns, websites, advertising, corporate brochures, annual reports, identity systems, motion graphics, and signage produced to communicate with a company’s audience, investors, employees, or the public at large.

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Halloween treats, no tricks

It’s that time of year — Halloween is fast approaching. It’s time for trick-or-treating, costume parties and lots of candy! Halloween is the also season that most inspires Diane and Madeline Tompkins of Tag Team Tompkins. They have compiled some spooky treats for your home and your desk in this week’s collection at Felt & Wire Shop. [MD]

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Luck à l’orange: My plastic, fantastic correspondence kit

[Alyson Kuhn] The slightly squishy plastic box you see here was delivered to my doorstep in the Indian summer of 2002. It came in a little corrugated box, and it contained a simple invitation card to the grand opening of the Container Store in San Francisco. I promptly adapted it, as shown above. Here’s the perfect thing: It is thanks to my long loyalty to mini-staples — reserves of which can always be found in my custom kit — that I received the invitation.

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