Category Archives: Books

Drainspotting

May 23, 2010 – 6:24 pm

The Japanese embrace high design in all aspects of life, including manhole covers. Today, nearly 95% of the 1,780 municipalities in Japan sport their very own customized manhole covers. The covers are part of a 20-year beautification program between the cities to design and create manhole covers that reflect the particular culture of the city in which it’s [...]

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Feeling Romantic?

May 22, 2010 – 11:09 am

Do you remember that first kiss? The one that you waited so long and anxiously for? Well if you like this then you will love this compilation zine created by Marisa Meltzer and Elizabeth Spiridakis. It compiles various excerpts from bloggers and other new media types. Available here!

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48 Hours

May 18, 2010 – 11:09 am

Let’s face it. This is the internet’s world and magazines are hanging on by a thread. Information is out and is almost simultaneously shared with the world through the web. In the magazine world, after pitching an idea, and the writing, editing and art is complete, the info just isn’t relevant anymore. The 48 Hour Magazine [...]

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Regretsy

Apr 22, 2010 – 1:14 pm

I’m sure you’ve all heard of Etsy, a site where ”creative” people (and I use that term loosely), sell their crap handmade arts and crafts for a buck or two. Now meet Regretsy. A site where Etsy rejects come to die, or, get more visibility and possibly more purchases from shoppers. Gawker describes Regretsy best by saying: Imagine shopping at Michael’s on crack. Regretsy, which finds the [...]

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The Monster Engine

Apr 6, 2010 – 8:10 am

Starting in 1998 at the Jersey Shore (*fist pump*), flipping through his sketchbook filled with doodles by his niece, painter and illustrator Dave Devries always wondered what these doodles would look like brought to life with color, texture and shading. Eleven years later, The Monster Engine was born – an art project that includes a [...]

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Taxali

Apr 3, 2010 – 7:09 am

Select awesomeness from Toronto-based artist/illustrator Gary Taxali. via

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Matchbook Stories

Mar 16, 2010 – 12:25 pm

Zürich based illustrator and designer Madeleine Stahel has created a lovely big project in a little medium, match books. Each are to be a vision of the past, future, and friends, although not always so obvious as to how it pertains, these little booklets of joy are just that, delightful. See them all here.

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Secrets Beneath Paris Streets

Mar 9, 2010 – 1:00 pm

The 185 miles of Parisian catacombs supposedly hold the remains of more than 6 million Parisians. Throughout history, this underground network of quarry-stone tunnels has provided refuge for fugitives avoiding persecution, and today it is a treasure trove of urban art created by illicit artists known as “cataphiles”. Some of the art– sculptures, paintings, mosaics, [...]

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Zoobooks!

Mar 5, 2010 – 12:20 pm

Old people like Zoobooks too cause it takes their mind off death… via

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City of Angels and Streets of Saints

Feb 11, 2010 – 1:36 pm

I am constantly enthralled with amazing art books. This one is of the very amazing kind. If a book is good, I pretty much become useless as I scroll the pages in complete awww for hours. All the Saints of the City of the Angels: Seeking the Soul of L.A. On Its Streets by artist [...]

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