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In this final version of @gray318's hardback cover of #MarinaLewycka's #thelubetkinlegacy spot the one–legged pigeon on the parapet opposite the parrot – do they fall in love? The book was partly inspired by the modernist architect Berthold Lubetkin and his vision of rebuilding post-war Britain quote - "Nothing is too good for ordinary people."
Good news in the form of Positive News, a publication designed by @studioblackburn which reports on current affairs “through a lens of progress and possibility.” The latest issue features cover art by @noma_bar about domestic labour. It's a juxtaposition of the charming, always smiling icon of Henry Hoover with a disgruntled workers face.
THE FALL GUYS illustrated by @theapparatus in the latest issue of @empiremagazine - a brillaintly designed opener by Adam Gerrard. ARTICLE 'During the golden age of the stuntman, two of its boldest stars #AJBakunas & #DarRobinson, competed to perform the highest-ever fall: a deadly game that would cost one of them his life.'
Cover Design by @gray_318 for the 20th Anniversary Edition of the genius novel 'Infinite Jest' by David Foster Wallace David Foster Wallace’s #InfiniteJest is a novel known for its length and difficulty, its portraits of addiction and recovery and its many, many footnotes. It is also a novel about Boston. The novel’s various plots center on a halfway house and a youth tennis academy on a hill in the fictional town of Enfield. Publisher @littlebrownuk
Acclaimed author Jonathan Safran Foer is back with his first novel in over a decade : HERE I AM And here’s the cover design by @gray.318 “I lucked out the day I got briefed to design a cover for a first-time novel called Everything Is Illuminated,” Gray told BuzzFeed. “Fourteen years later and I’m still riding that luck. *Synopsis* Here I Am is the story of a family in crisis. As Jacob and Julia confront their collapsing marriage in Washington, DC, a catastrophic earthquake devastates the Middle East, sparking a pan-Arab invasion of Israel. At stake is the very meaning of home – and the fundamental question of how much life one can bear. #gray318 #jonathansafranfoer #bookcoverart #bookdesign #bookjacketdesign #typography #type #handlettering #longcopy
Acclaimed author Jonathan Safran Foer is back with his first novel in over a decade : HERE I AM And here’s the cover design by @gray.318 “I lucked out the day I got briefed to design a cover for a first-time novel called Everything Is Illuminated,” Gray told BuzzFeed. “Fourteen years later and I’m still riding that luck. *Synopsis* Here I Am is the story of a family in crisis. As Jacob and Julia confront their collapsing marriage in Washington, DC, a catastrophic earthquake devastates the Middle East, sparking a pan-Arab invasion of Israel. At stake is the very meaning of home – and the fundamental question of how much life one can bear. #gray318 #jonathansafranfoer #bookcoverart #bookdesign #bookjacketdesign #typography #type #handlettering #longcopy
“A little slash / a little burn / a little never to return" On @thaogetstaydown’s latest album "A Man Alive," Thao Nguyen sings about her father, who ducked out of Thao’s life around the time she was getting the hang of guitar as a kid. To record songs so personal, she sought help from her good friend, the acclaimed songwriter and producer Merrill Garbus (@tuneyards). The two musicians talk to @californiasunday about their collaboration and the near-telepathic quality of their friendship. Illustration by @hsiaoroncheng
Delighted with our copy of ‘Overlooked’ from @PentagramDesign partner Marina Willer (@marinawiller) 'Overlooked’ is a booklet featuring neon rubbings of 22 street covers that celebrates industrial design and London's history. We found our local rubbing, ‘ELECTRICITY’ in Clerkenwell, EC1. Overlooked is the 45th Pentagram Paper, the self-published series shining a spotlight on quirky or vernacular design. Sorry @marina_willer - Our photograph does not do justice for the wonderful flouro ink.
'BATTLE OF HARAPOURI' by Kustaa Saksi Like his earlier Hypnopompic tapestries, those soon to go on show in Asia have been manufactured on a Jacquard loom at the TextielMuseum, Tilburg using natural materials such as mohair, merino and alpaca mixed with cotton + synthetic fibres such as rubber, glow-in-the-dark phosphate and metallic threads. Where the last group were born of night and the ‘sensory confusion leading out of sleep’, these relate to ‘the short-term detachment’ of daydreams. The results are no less surreal, referencing visual delusions, abstract landscapes and optical art with fantastic effect. WOOLGATHERING runs @usagi_hongkong from the 26 March–17 April 2016.
