A transmission from the deep south.Tumblr (3.0; @matthewb)http://matthewbuchanan.name/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luzv9gEetL1qz6jndo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2011/11/fear-and-loathing-on-tatooine/">Christopher Jobson</a> (via <a href="http://twitter.com/Moore/status/138478851704623105">Jonathan Moore</a>):</p> <blockquote> <p>A <em>Star Wars</em> reference is rare on Colossal, but this new print by <a href="http://www.grape-frogg.com">Anton Marrast</a> is exceptionally genius. Pick up a copy via <a href="http://society6.com/Marrast/Fear-and-Loathing-on-Tatooine_Print">S6</a>.</p> </blockquote>http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/13100164245http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/13100164245Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:00:00 +1300Illustrationhumourmashupstar warsfilmbooks<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luygr4PCHX1qz6jndo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luygr4PCHX1qz6jndo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luygr4PCHX1qz6jndo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Photography by Matthias Schaller from an eponymous 330-page retrospective of his work over the past decade, available now for <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/3869303239/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=bluevelvet-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=3869303239">pre-order from Amazon</a>. (via <a href="http://www.dailyicon.net/2011/11/photography-disportraits-by-matthias-schaller/">Daily Icon</a>)</p>http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/13056140339http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/13056140339Sun, 20 Nov 2011 23:49:00 +1300photographyspacebooks<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhk827w4gI1qz6jndo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Darren Booth’s sparse, Ruscha-inspired <a href="http://www.darrenbooth.com/#747261/An-Object-of-Beauty">cover design</a> for actor Steve Martin’s recent novel <em>An Object of Beauty</em>. Darren <a href="http://www.tamberhouse.com/914768/Process-An-Object-of-Beauty">describes</a> his process, and the creative freedom he was given by Hachette Book Group’s creative director Anne Twomey, on his blog.</p>http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/3647258254http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/3647258254Sat, 05 Mar 2011 13:58:00 +1300booksdesigncoverTypographypaintinghand-drawn<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lh32npGxrL1qz6f9yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Scott Campbell’s <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott-c/5472366726/">illustration</a> for the <em>Monsters and Dames</em> book at Emerald City Comicon in Seattle. (via <a href="http://thisisnthappiness.com/post/3467066537">Peter Nidzgorski</a>)</p>http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/3580742958http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/3580742958Tue, 01 Mar 2011 23:56:01 +1300paintingIllustrationbooksexhibition<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgmomca89O1qz6jndo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Here’s a new Tumblr I’ve launched today: <a href="http://anillustratedguide.com">An Illustrated Guide</a>. It’s a review site for picture books that I’ve created with my wife <a href="http://eskimoandsparrow.tumblr.com">Catherine</a>, 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.)</p> <p><em>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 <del>will be restored in the next hour or two</del> are now back.</em></p>http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/3298050509http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/3298050509Tue, 15 Feb 2011 11:32:00 +1300tumblrtumblelogsbooksIllustrationreview<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfwkb0vgem1qz6jndo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Portland illustrator and designer Frank Chimero is <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/30453381/the-shape-of-design">kickstarting</a> a book about why people make things, entitled <em>The Shape of Design</em>. If you’ve <a href="http://blog.frankchimero.com">read his blog</a> or <a href="http://vimeo.com/17084347">seen him speak</a> you’ll know he thinks deeply on this and related topics. I predict he’ll breeze past his target <del>in the next few days</del> <ins>today</ins>: consider me signed up. Also: ecstatic that Frank is a last-minute <a href="http://www.webstock.org.nz/11/speakers/chimero.php">addition</a> to this year’s Webstock speaker lineup!</p>http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/3034501732http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/3034501732Tue, 01 Feb 2011 08:47:00 +1300booksprintdesigncommerce<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfojdvZJuv1qz6jndo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Oregon artist Carson Ellis earlier this month <a href="http://www.carsonellis.com/blog/2011/01/07/at-long-last/">revealed</a> her cover illustration for the first in husband (and Decemberists frontman) Colin Meloy’s forthcoming series of books for young people, entitled <em>Wildwood</em>. The book, “a classic tale of adventure, magic and danger, set in an alternate version of modern-day Portland” will be <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2010/04/29/126386355/colin-meloy-to-pen-children-s-novels">published</a> by Harper Collins in September.</p>http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/2956653580http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/2956653580Fri, 28 Jan 2011 00:46:43 +1300booksIllustrationprintcover<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfn0ytivTQ1qz5dklo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>A new set of minimal Kafka covers by Peter Mendelsund, set in <a href="http://www.fontshop.com/fonts/downloads/fontfont/ff_mister_k_pro/">FF Mister K</a> and <a href="http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/adobe/times-new-roman/">Times New Roman</a>. (via <a href="http://typetide.tumblr.com/post/2943737538">Stephen Coles</a>)</p>http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/2955769954http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/2955769954Thu, 27 Jan 2011 22:32:41 +1300bookscoverprintdesignminimalismIllustration<a href="http://thestaffrecommends.com">The Staff Recommends</a>: <p>An advertorial publication from <a href="http://mcsweeneys.net/">McSweeney’s</a> editor-at-large John Warner and <a href="http://themorningnews.org">The Morning News</a> founding editor Andrew Womack that presents paid advertisements for books that pass muster with John and his team of readers. Sharp design by <a href="http://jasonsantamaria.com">Jason Santa Maria</a>.</p>http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/1598132453http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/1598132453Wed, 17 Nov 2010 19:15:00 +1300booksreviewadvertisingWEBdesign<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l58mtdQeCd1qzon5ko1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://woods.jezburrows.com/post/784998407/yesterday-i-wrapped-up-work-on-coming-crying" class="tumblr_blog">Jez Burrows</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Yesterday I wrapped up work on <i>Coming & Crying</i>, the <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1829982965/coming-and-crying-real-stories-about-sex-from-the-o">Kickstarter-powered</a> first release from Melissa Gira Grant and Meaghan O’Connell’s Glass Houses Press. The perfect cover photograph is by <a href="http://www.homeofthevain.com">Nikola Tamindzic</a>, and I handled design duties inside and out.</p> <p>Oh, also — <a href="http://www.underware.nl">Dolly</a> is a hell of a typeface.</p></blockquote>http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/810686246http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/810686246Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:15:44 +1200bookswritingcoverdesignprinttypography