Some Good Advice

Undoubtedly. Available from PresssureLess ($20).

For the love of Sumo

Oh, letterpress printing! How do I love thee? Well, let me count the ways. Well, first and foremost when it is combined with my love for sumo. To be found, with other amazing stationery at Winged Wheel.

Revolutionary Posters

I have been writing an article about design and graphics in the year of revolutions, 1968, and in my technological wanderings, came across the posters of Atelier Populaire. For more examples, see here. Or to buy one, visit this shop.

All my hummingbirds have alibis

Max Ernst’s A Little Girls Dreams of Taking the Veil, a wonder of surreal collage and story. Includes the above phrase as a caption to one of the images.

e.e. cummings’ library

what do you read? which books do you keep? here, a snapshot of the contents of e.e. cummings’ library, with the entire collection here. (For other collections of dead people, see here.)

The Inside of a Balloon (1863)

Félix Nadar, “Interior of Le Géant Inflating” (1863)

From Art Institute of Chicago.

Babysitting by Elsita

Elsita’s shop is here. (Also see Flying School.)

Surreal Collage

Geometric Parade by Julien Pacaud.

Elephant Paper Book

The Elephant Journal, one in a series of six gorgeous journals by Earmark.

On beautiful books

As an occasional (and very amateur) bookbinder, I am awed by the work of the real professionals, these master craftsman bookbinders. Recently, the V&A had a small exhibition, just outside the National Art Library, of commissioned bookbinding work for the 2007 Man Booker Prize. The one above is On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan, bound by Peter Jones, a Fellow of Designer Bookbinders. The rest of the books can be found here.