An image that has been gone through at least four surface treatments: the printed book to microfilm to the printed book to digitization by Google Books.
The frontispiece to A Fresh Suit Against Human Ceremonies in God’s Worship by William Ames (1633).
A reader annotates F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby.
(Source: thestarswillbecomedust, via youcouldfuckingkissme)
Long time, no blog! Here’s a sneak peek at something we’ve been working on with our friends over at Inspire(d) Media - A list of books to Change The World!
(note: all links lead to Goodreads, the best site around for book nerds!* - while you’re there, join our group!)
*My personal opinion. I haven’t been paid to say that!
**This is a pretty contentious point in the book, so just fair warning.
So what do you guys think? I haven’t read all of them, but they’re all high up on my to-read list now! Do you guys have any additions? Subtractions?
“It needs saying that Kafka’s books are, among other things, funny, sentimental, and in their own way, yea-saying. I am so weary of the serious Kafka, the pessimist Kafka. Kafkaesque has become synonymous with the machinations of anonymous bureaucracy- but, of course, Kafka was a satirist (ironist, exaggerator) of the bureaucratic, and not an organ of it. Because of this mischaracterization, Kafka’s books have a tendency to be jacketed in either black, or in some combination of colors I associate with socialist realism, constructivism, or fascism- i.e. black, beige and red. Part of the purpose of this project for me, was to let some of the sunlight back in. In any case, hopefully these colors, though bright, are not without tension.”
Peter Mendelsund on designing Schoken’s forthcoming series of Kafka re-releases. Look out for these
eye-catchingbeauties in the spring.
oh god, I want all of them.
Currently Reading/Listening:
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green // A Rush Of Blood To The Head by Coldplay
Excellent choices!
Do you love a book so much you want everyone to read it?
World Book Night launched in the UK in 2011 and saw passionate readers across that beautiful country, give 1 million books to light or non readers to spread the joy and love of reading. Reading changes lives and at the heart of World Book Night lies the simplest of ideas and acts - that of putting a book into another person’s hand and saying ‘this one’s amazing, you have to read it’.
Now, it’s our time to join the cause.
World Book Night 2012 will be held on April 23 - in the US and the UK - and we’re looking for 50,000 volunteer book givers to hand out 20 copies each - for a total of 1 million free special World Book Night paperbacks!
SIGN UP BEFORE FEBRUARY FIRST!
5 Drawings you won’t soon forget. Look closely. Let your imagination go wild.
(Source: bookspaperscissors, via wbnamerica)
Bradford Morrow in conversation with Edie Miedav.
(via millionsmillions)
