The Rookery
Who ever is behind The Rookery … YOU ARE AWESOME! (And yes, I can use all caps there.) The Rookery is a binding and letterpress studio in Salt Lake City, Utah. From stitching and screenprinting, to bookmaking and letterpress – I want to live in their Flickr page! The above listing is what attracted me to The Rookery on Etsy, thanks to the listing popping up on the front page of the site. But after some digging, I found their website and lovely... Read More
Books
Almost every year mom asks what I want for Christmas, and I always tell her “Books from my wishlist on Amazon.com“. These are the books she chose to get me this year. Thanks Mom! Embroidered Effects by Jenny Hart The Guerilla Art Kit by Keri Smith home, paper, scissors by Patricia Zapata Interaction of Color by Josef Albers Read More
Tyler Bender Book Co.
I L-O-V-E these handmade books by Tyler Bender. He takes abandoned books and gives them new purpose by crafting them into something new. His store on Etsy has lots of good ones but I couldn’t help myself but to look through the history of sold items. Wow! Here is what you can do to order your own custom book from Tyler: -Custom handbound notebooks, journals, sketchbooks, artist portfolios, scrapbooks, baby books, wedding registries, cook... Read More
Ray Fenwick’s Upcoming Books
I am a fan of Ray Fenwick’s occasional email’s and in one recent sending, he announced the release of two books; Hi: 30 Postcards and Fuck You and Your Blog journal. Both books cost just $9.95 and are being released by Chronicle Books on the following dates; June 17 for Hi: 30 Postcards and July 15 for the Fuck You and Your Blog journal. Each book features Ray Fenwick’s great humor and of course his wonderful illustrations. Read More
Melanie Marder Parks
I am in illustrated book cover heaven since finding Melanie Marder Parks’ website (thanks to the simple + pretty blog). I just love the hand-lettered touch and illustrations on them! Read More
The Designers Review of Books
A new blog-style site has entered the web world and it’s The Designer Review of Books. Their most recent post is about the argument of whether they should have or have not, an apostrophe in the site title for the word Designers, evidence that this is a site for designer’s. The site is pretty self-explanatory, they review books on design. My only question is if it is indeed for designers, what’s up with the ad hanging off of the... Read More
Moleskine Stories
Journal If you are an artist or designer you’ve at least heard of Moleskine if you don’t have a library of these books lying around. Moleskine is a staple for the budding designer or the infamous artist. Have you visited the Moleskine site? There is a nice little section called Moleskine Stories featuring users artwork from their Moleskine books. Don’t forget to order more books while you’re on there. Moleskine Art Read More
Czech Book Covers
Cover My favorite? Constructivism, my least favorite? Poetism. A nice page leading to a collection of Czech book covers. Cover Read More
Eclecto
I am really impressed with Uppercase Gallery’s Eclecto Notebooks. With titles like Prim & Proper, Near & Far, they have to be something interesting. Near and Far Eclectonotes are handmade with an eclectic mix of vintage papers and repurposed books to inspire your collection of thoughts. Near and Far The lined papers of the Eclecto notebooks are made from post-consumer waste and each book is 6.25″ x 8.25″ and are priced... Read More
Real bookmarks
S bookmark S bookmark for $7 No, not the bookmark that you add to your browser for safe keeping so that you can recollect it at a moment’s notice. But the real thing, the physical item that you use to mark a page in book that you are reading over a course of time. If you’re like me I tend to pick up an scrap of paper lying around to mark my place in the book (last night it was The Push Pin Graphic: A Quarter Century of Innovative Design... Read More
