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One Minute Spark #72 - Big Book of Fashion Illustration by Martin Dawber


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Just got this book in the mail today from Astrid Mueller in Switzerland. Take a look. It's ultra cool. And guess what - I won it!
posted on Sep 06, 2007    post a comment


One Minute Spark #33 - Dennis Letbetter: Jack Stauffacher's Books


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Dennis took photos of Jack Stauffacher's bookshelves and put them all in a row. Take a look - it's extremely cool.
posted on Jul 13, 2007    post a comment


One Minute Spark #13 - Natalie D'Arbeloff - The God Interviews


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Natalie is promoting her new book 'The God Interviews'. Get it today. It's great.
posted on Jun 13, 2007    2 comments


One Minute Spark #2 - Nikalas Catlow Childrens Book Illustrator


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Nikalas sent us this wonderful video showing his work.
posted on May 22, 2007    post a comment


Courtney Pippin-Mathur


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Courtney is an illustrator on the web at 5elephants.com. We spoke about her work, childrens books and the childrens book community, weblogs, inspiration and more.
posted on Jan 22, 2007    1 comment


Bob Aufuldish - Oblivion


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In part 4, Bob talks about and shows the book Oblivion for photographer David Meisel. The book shows aerial photographs of Los Angeles printed in negative.
posted on Dec 16, 2006    1 comment


Bob Aufuldish - Contemporary Cabinet of Curiosities and Radar


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Bob discusses his alltime favorite book A Contemporary Cabinet of Curiosities, where he not only designed the book but also the typeface. He also showed us the catalog he designed for the recent exhibition 'Radar' at the Denver Art Museum. Bob also discusses the dichotomy of rules vs. what you bring yourself as a designer.
posted on Dec 15, 2006    post a comment


Bob Aufuldish - Icons and Abstraction & Surrealism


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In part 2, Bob discusses and shows his book Icons, an exhibition catalog for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and his book Abstraction & Surrealism. He also discusses the collaborative process of book design.
posted on Dec 14, 2006    post a comment


Bob Aufuldish - In Limbo


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Bob is a designer located in San Anselmo, California and on the web at aufwar.com. He discusses the AIGA 50 Books 50 Covers exhibition and his book In Limbo, which was selected by the jury for the show. This is part one of a four part series of interviews with Bob.
posted on Dec 13, 2006    post a comment


Patrick Roddie: Hips


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Patrick is a photographer located in San Francisco and on the web at webbery.com. He showed and discussed his book 'Hips' - a collection of 250 different hips photographed at Burning Man, giving people at least some sense of the almost impossible to describe festival.
posted on Dec 09, 2006    post a comment


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