Category: Books
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Tove Jansson’s “Hobbit” illustrations
Beautiful illustrations … it’s so refreshing to see that Tolkien’s world, although beautifully realized by Peter Jackson, has more than one face. I hope Guillermo del Toro has found a copy of this book. (via Drawn!)
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Grid Systems in Graphic Design, by Josef Müller-Brockmann
Just finished this amazing book, lent by Matt. (Okay, I skipped the part on grids applied to 3D spaces, but aside from that…) I’m a believer. Perhaps the most compelling argument, which caught me completely off-guard, was that grid systems were an aesthetic derived from conviction of some things being objectively better than others. I…
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Mesmerization, by Gee Thomson
Mesmerization: The spells that control us – Why we are losing our minds to global-culture, by Gee Thomson This is on my to-read list for sure. To see why, you really need to go to the page views at the Why Not Associates site. (Don’t worry, I’m just getting all my Why Not links out…