Lucky Peach, the new quarterly food magazine from Momofuku’s David Chang and McSweeney’s. Ridiculously excited about this!
(Source: youmightfindyourself)
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.
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)
Neil Kellerhouse is responsible for some of my favorite recent movie posters and Criterion covers.
More evidence that hand-lettering is in: not only is Jeff Bridges on the cover of Esquire UK, so is his typography. The frenetic brushwork is familiar to anyone who has visited Bridges’ website, which has almost no text or type at all. It’s all lettered, written, scribbled by hand.
I think the logo looks great. If they didn’t already have one of the best brands in the mag business, I’d keep it.
First look at next year’s motion-captured Tintin, courtesy of the December Empire cover. (via Phil Coffman)
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.
Italy by Khuan Cavemen Co for Knack Weekend magazine. I think I like France even more. (via Peter Vidani)
