Christopher Jobson (via Jonathan Moore):
A Star Wars reference is rare on Colossal, but this new print by Anton Marrast is exceptionally genius. Pick up a copy via S6.
Photography by Matthias Schaller from an eponymous 330-page retrospective of his work over the past decade, available now for pre-order from Amazon. (via Daily Icon)
Darren Booth’s sparse, Ruscha-inspired cover design for actor Steve Martin’s recent novel An Object of Beauty. Darren describes his process, and the creative freedom he was given by Hachette Book Group’s creative director Anne Twomey, on his blog.
Scott Campbell’s illustration for the Monsters and Dames book at Emerald City Comicon in Seattle. (via Peter Nidzgorski)
Here’s a new Tumblr I’ve launched today: An Illustrated Guide. It’s a review site for picture books that I’ve created with my wife Catherine, covering illustrated books that have caught our eye. We’ll be publishing new reviews regularly, with a selection of titles that will appeal to both parents and collectors of beautiful things. Take a look, follow along. (There’s some extra interactive goodness for those viewing in Safari.)
The good news is I fixed the tag pages. The bad news is I deleted the whole shebang in a fit of impressive Tumblarity. The remaining posts will be restored in the next hour or two are now back.
Portland illustrator and designer Frank Chimero is kickstarting a book about why people make things, entitled The Shape of Design. If you’ve read his blog or seen him speak you’ll know he thinks deeply on this and related topics. I predict he’ll breeze past his target in the next few days today: consider me signed up. Also: ecstatic that Frank is a last-minute addition to this year’s Webstock speaker lineup!
Oregon artist Carson Ellis earlier this month revealed her cover illustration for the first in husband (and Decemberists frontman) Colin Meloy’s forthcoming series of books for young people, entitled Wildwood. The book, “a classic tale of adventure, magic and danger, set in an alternate version of modern-day Portland” will be published by Harper Collins in September.
A new set of minimal Kafka covers by Peter Mendelsund, set in FF Mister K and Times New Roman. (via Stephen Coles)
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An advertorial publication from McSweeney’s editor-at-large John Warner and The Morning News founding editor Andrew Womack that presents paid advertisements for books that pass muster with John and his team of readers. Sharp design by Jason Santa Maria.
Yesterday I wrapped up work on Coming & Crying, the Kickstarter-powered first release from Melissa Gira Grant and Meaghan O’Connell’s Glass Houses Press. The perfect cover photograph is by Nikola Tamindzic, and I handled design duties inside and out.
Oh, also — Dolly is a hell of a typeface.
