Penguin Books + Nicholas Felton = Great New Work

SwissMiss has directed me to a great new book designed by Nicholas Felton. Nice information and beautiful type!

Collections

Wow. I love collecting things, and this photoset by Glen Mullaly makes me want to keep it up! Also, check out his vintage book covers.

Via p+p.

Pop-Up Type Book by Marion Bataille

Popup by Marion Bataille by Jacques Faciale

Awesome!!!

Frank Chimero: The States

Wow, I can't believe I haven't yet posted about this! My good friend, Frank Chimero, is currently creating an illustration of each state of our blessed Union. Nice, smart, and clever - as always.

Frank also has a book of his illustrations that you should purchase.

The History of Visual Communication

Wonderfully ambitious, The History of Visual Communication is a great resource for people that foolishly sold their Philip Megg's book after college.

Custom-Engraved Moleskines

Your favourite Moleskine notebook + your artwork + laser-engraving machine = super-cool custom Moleskine that will make any designer or indie-scenester jealous.

Nina Katchadourian

Artist Nina Katchadourian creates some amazingly creative and really interesting work.

Maira Kalman

How can I describe Maira Kalman? She is a fascinatingly original, simple-minded (in the best sense of the term) creative illustrator, story-teller, speaker, and day dreamer that lives and creates in New York City.

She recently came out with a new book entitled "The Principals of Uncertainty" (based on a series she did for the New York Times) which I just finished reading. I would recommend that everyone pick up this book and read it in one sitting!

The Human Body and How It Works

Thanks to Frank, here is a great Flickr set of Vintage Science Book Illustrations. I have a bunch of these I need to scan in!

Space Alphabet

I ffffound this great little book called "Space Alphabet" with illustrations by Peter P. Plasencia.

Amazing Madness.

Pretty much, Brian Dettmer makes mad-crazy book art. That is all you need to know.

Books. Beautiful Books.

If you are a book nerd like myself, these photos will induce a serious amount of drool. So have a handkerchief ready.

Again, simple and beautiful.

These bookends are so great! Simple and obvious - makes me want to punch myself in the face, but in a good way.

This link was shamefully stolen from a nice new blog called pica+pixel.

rainy afternoon happiness = whimsy and colour

You must check out the work of Miroslav Sasek - an amazing Czech illustrator that did the great "This is..." childrens book series. His whimsical illustrations are some of my most favourite of all mid-century illustrators. Also, having visited many of these cities, it is a wonderful way to remember them - even if I wasn't there in the 1960's.

If (or when) I find out that we are having a child, I will buy every book in this series.

See:

This is.. on Wiki
His official website
And one more...