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    Table lamps from Schoolhouse Electric.

    I’m sure everyone and their blogger-brother will be talking about these new lamps from Portland-based Schoolhouse Electric over the next few days (or maybe they already are—I’m weeks behind on blog-reading, so…

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    Some stuff I’ve been working on.

    Yeah, I know, I design books (oh, woefully outdated portfolio…sigh), but sometimes I design other stuff, too. Aside from the wedding invitations I mentioned the other day, I’ve also been working on…

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    Consistency.

    Yes, I know this isn’t exhaustive. If exhaustive is what you want, here you go. In the midst of a fit of impatience over the seemingly endless wait for a new Morrissey…

  • Judging Books by Their Covers.

    CBS News Sunday Morning did a very nice segment yesterday about book covers, including insight into the design/marketing process, some talk about the impact of eBooks on cover design, and commentary from…

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    The Story of Eames Furniture.

    “I’m a little taken aback by anyone calling himself an artist because of my feeling that that’s the kind of designation that other people should give. You can be an artist in…

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    Old photos of signs.

    When I was in art school, I had a great professor, Bill Deere, who encouraged me to take notice of “environmental typography”—everyday type on the street, whether good or bad. Salon windows,…

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    Borge Mogensen’s house.

    I keep meaning to share these wonderful photos of Danish furniture designer Børge Mogensen’s house in Gentofte, North Copenhagen. The house was designed and built by Mogensen 1958, and he lived there…

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    Tree of Codes.

    I get asked a lot about eBooks and how the prospect of a shift toward the digital publication of books that would normally be printed on paper makes me feel, and my…

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