Bookbook - Twelve South

Laptop cases that look like old, old books. I’m not sure what to think …

“It’s such a fine line between stupid and clever.” (David St. Hubbins, This is Spinal Tap)

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Mike Fleming’s work hones in on those little visual bits that, depending upon your disposition, are either dull or sublime. (I find they fit both definitions, which complicates matters infinitely.) They’re quiet, goofy, honest, and odd; all [ READ MORE ... ]

In more Election 2008 poster-related news, David Friedman over at Ironic Sans has secured permisson from Lucasfilm to print and sell his Obama + Star Wars mashup poster at Zazzle.com.

My [ READ MORE ... ]

Four weeks, people. A scant twenty-eight days. Hopefully, something good will happen then. Something that won’t embarrass America. Again.

The thirty designers participating in 30Reasons.org seem to agree. Each day since Sunday, they’ve [ READ MORE ... ]

I had to smirk when I saw this ad from Americans for the Arts in the New York Times. I can barely remember the few art courses I had as a school kid.

Somewhere around 8th [ READ MORE ... ]

“Padded cushions add the ‘warm, receptive look of a well-used first basemen’s mitt’ that Charles Eames was trying to achieve.”

from the back of the USPS’s Charles and Ray Eames Stamp Sheet

I won’t fuck us over, I’m Mr. November,
I’m Mr. November, I won’t fuck us over.
from “Mr. November” by The National

One of my favorite bands goes to the mat for Barack Obama, with [ READ MORE ... ]

Check out this brilliant, smart, clever, clean, effective design for the cover (yes, that’s the cover image) of a new edition of Benjamin’s “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction.” Having read this [ READ MORE ... ]

By virtue of being someone who’s always quick to point out poor visual or textual communication (the always fun designer/editor combo), I’m considering becoming an official member of Design Police, and I’d encourage everyone to [ READ MORE ... ]

Charles and Ray Eames may be more widely known for their short film Powers of 10, but their architecture, furniture, and graphic design are among the most exciting of the 20th century. The U.S [ READ MORE ... ]

The temptation is always too great – I need to know what some random stranger thinks are the 20 greatest guitar solos of all time or top ten greatest dystopian films. Why I dig these [ READ MORE ... ]