A few months ago I discovered a great new magazine called Good while looking for something worthwhile to read at the airport. Their website also has interesting content. Yesterday I found a Goodarticle by Graydon Carter on his selections for the "smartest, prettiest, coolest, funniest, most influential, most necessary, most important, most essential" magazines. Good magazine article
Today I discovered a great new Firefox plug in called Stumble!. It lets you browse through sites and vote on your favorites.
While using this, I came across this site which amazes me with the way it works:
www.creatif.com
Link: Stumble Upon
I just came across a new site that has interesting interviews with illustrators. Here is a link to an interview with Ugly Doll creators,
Sun-Min Kim and David Horvath.
Its interesting to read about how Sun-Min Kim's relationship with David Horvath let to the creation of the Ugly dolls. Wootini
Here is the interview:
Crown Dozen
Last thurdsday I attended the Type Director's Club salon where Paul Buckley gave a wonderful lecture.
It was interesting to learn that this acclaimed graphic designer/Penguin Art director began his career in illustration.
His passion for illustration is evident in the series he art directs: Penguin Classics Deluxe Editions. This is a beautiful series repackaging the classics, complete with french flaps. Many of these title may be over my head in writing style, but I would love to have them on my shelf. He has collaborated on covers with Charles Burns, Chester Brown, Roz Chast, Frank Miller and Art Spiegelman.
I was especially happy when Paul showed an upcoming title in the series, where he worked with one of my favorite graphic artists, Jordan Crane
Jordan Crane's Homepage
Link: Penguin Group USA
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About Me:
- Working on:
everything but what I should be doing. - Listening to:
television - Reading:
a few too many things at once: The Host by Stephanie Meyer, The End of America by Naomi Wolf, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami - Watching:
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
