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Saul Bass’ long forgotten children’s book gets reprinted

Saul Bass’ long forgotten children’s book gets reprinted

Saul Bass, the legendary graphic designer, has been getting a lot of play this month. First, his opening title sequence for Anatomy of a Murder has been masterfully restored for Criterion’s new Blu Ray DVD, which also includes a behind the scenes... 

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Nina Fischer: Language Through Time

Nina Fischer: Language Through Time

Old literature meets contemporary design in Nina Fischer’s homage to the German dictionary, which sees the home of all words celebrated in a way that’s bright, beautiful and immediate. Its ten chapters feature different versions of the dictionary... 

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iF Design 2012 Gold Award-Winners: Communications, Materials and Packaging Picks

iF Design 2012 Gold Award-Winners: Communications, Materials and Packaging Picks

Earlier this week, we took a look at some of our favorites from the iF Design 2012 Gold Award-Winners in the Product Design category . Here we have a selection of a few standouts from the other three categories, communications, material and packaging.... 

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Costco Typography

Costco Typography

Welcome to another ‘week’ in type . So much is happening, I can barely keep up. Welcome to another ‘week’ in type. So much is happening, I can barely keep up. If you haven’t already read it, then head on over to Typographica for their brilliant... 

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Design Museum Designs of the Year show opens

Design Museum Designs of the Year show opens

The London Design Museum’s Designs of the Year show opens today with its usual eclectic mix of the useful, the beautiful, the obscure and the obvious The process of selecting work for the Design Museum’s Designs of the Year show, whereby... 

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Setting poetry to music

Setting poetry to music

For the cover of Faber’s landmark edition of The Complete Poems of Philip Larkin, designer Mark Swan played down the poet’s typically austere image by referencing his love of jazz. The result is a beautiful tribute to Larkin’s work.. For... 

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The Devil is in the Details

The Devil is in the Details

Established in 1997 in Portland, OR, Oni Press is a small-ish independent comic books publisher known and respected for its innovative and out of the mainstream titles, including the popular Scott Pilgrim series as well as more nerdy ventures like bringing... 

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Design a BFI Film Classic cover

Design a BFI Film Classic cover

2012 marks the 20th anniversary of BFI Film Classics, the British Film Institute’s renowned series of books on landmarks in world cinema. To celebrate, CR and BFI Publishing are giving one student the chance to design the cover of a special edition... 

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DC may be its own Villain

DC may be its own Villain

Founded in 1934 (originally as National Allied Publications), DC Comics is one of the biggest publishers of comic books and is home to some of the most famed superheroes like Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, and the Flash. This past Summer, DC Comics... 

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Tsutaya Books by Klein Dytham Architects, Tokyo

Tsutaya Books by Klein Dytham Architects, Tokyo

All eyes were on on Japan’s leading book, music and movie retail giant, Tsutaya, as the doors to T-site – promising a new vision of the future of retailing – opened in Tokyo in mid-December. The innovative new-generation complex has... 

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