Book type

I love great typography. And these book cover designs by David Pearson are top notch.

They have a real letterpress feel about them. Don't you think?

Best of all they really capture the "maleness" of Cormac McCarthy's work.

Click here to check out the full set.

For info on the upcoming film of McCarthy's The Road click here.

Little Golden Books

I remember when my daughty Ruby was little she used to have loads of Little Golden Books.

They always seemed a little old fashioned. Yet kind of timeless at the same time.

Today I stumbled on a great overview of the graphic styling of the books which was primarily set by Gustaf Tenggren.

It's a terrific read and also features many beautiful illustrations.

Click here to take a look.

It's sure to have you nostalgic for your days at primary school.

Play with Penguin

I think you'd have agree that it's almost impossible not to love the classic styling of Penguin books.

So you can imagine how keen I am to get my hands on The Great Penguin Bookchase.

That's bookchase by the way not bookcase.

And guess what - It's a boardgame!


Pretty clever huh?

Click here to learn more and order one for yourself.

Welcome generation next

Douglas Coupland's long awaited sequel to Generation X has just been released. It's called Generation A. If that quote doesn't whet your appetite for it I don't know what will.

Thanx to Russell for his pic.

Pages of perfection

I love a good book cover and I love this Flickr set of classic Penguin covers.

The real Mad Men

This book was recommended to me by at the beginning of my career by one of my early mentors Marcus Tarrant.

I remember thinking it was a cracking read. Especially given it was several years old at the time.

Sadly it's very hard to find these days as it's been out of print for years.

No idea why.

I was flicking through my yellowing copy earlier this evening and I couldn't help thinking that a lot of the inspiration for Mad Men lay within its pages.

Surely there must be an enterprising publisher out there who could repackage the book with a pic of Don Draper and Co on the cover.

And perhaps a tastefully art directed starburst proclaiming Jerry Della Femina as one of the original Mad Men.

I know I'd buy it - even though I already have a copy!