The Art of McSweeney’s: a new retrospective book of the San Francisco literary publication that is redesigned and reformatted for each issue. In the introduction, editor Dave Eggers writes: “This book is being published at a time when there are some rumblings about the dire future of the book, and of the printed book in particular…”
The next series of the Faber Poetry Hardback Collection features printmaking techniques on the covers and endpapers. Though these covers have a refreshing amount of depth and tactility, I prefer the woodcuts of last year.
Another example of Jessica Hische’s distinctive lettering for Kate Murphy Photography.
I am intrigued but ambivalent about PilotHandwriting, a simple device that allows you to create a font out of your own handwriting.