Reads tagged with “design”
The Magic and Logic of Color: How Josef Albers Revolutionized Visual Culture and the Art of Seeing
“A thing is never seen as it really is.”
The Comic Book Universe, Distilled in Infographics
What a physical history of saying “Good Grief” has to do with superhero undergarments and the pizza toppings of the Ninja Turtles.
The Best Books on Writing, NYC, Animals, and More: A Collaboration with the New York Public Library
A celebration of timelessly wonderful reads in an elaborate diorama of papercraft book sculptures.
If Gorey and Sendak Had Illustrated Kafka for Kids
A hauntingly beautiful black-and-white adaptation of the beloved author in children’s verses.
The Graphic Canon of Literary Comics: From Virginia Woolf to James Joyce, Visual Artists Take on The Classics
Ulysses in six panels, Colette in pen and ink, Yeats in watercolor, and other literary springboards for art.
The Story of a Cover Girl: Leading Designers and Illustrators Reimagine Nabokov’s Lolita
“Love itself is not selfish, devouring or cruel, but in human beings it suffers a terrible coexistence with those qualities.”
Stunning Handcrafted Felt-on-Felt Typographic Homage to Melville’s Moby-Dick
“Almost forgetting for the moment all thoughts of Moby Dick, we now gazed at the most wondrous phenomenon which the secret seas have hitherto revealed to mankind.”
10 Famous Creators’ Secret Obsessions and Little-Known Talents
Feynman’s sketches, Monroe’s poetry, Plath’s drawings, Magritte’s album art, and more.
Edward Gorey’s Vintage Book Covers for Literary Classics
Melville, Conrad, Colette, Chekhov, Chaucer, Gogol, Kafka, Shaw, Pushkin, and more.
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