Design by Bruce Robertson Finding it a little hard to get to the bookstore lately, so I turn once again to the incredible Seven Hundred Penguins. Predictably, it didn’t take long to find an example of what has made Penguin such a great publisher over the years. Published in 1964, The Intelligent Woman’s Guide to …
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“There is in this particular region a collection of racesdiverse in feature, language and customs such as cannot,perhaps, be paralleled in any other part of the world”.[Gazetteer of Upper Burma and the Shan States, Sir George Scott, 1899] “We shall never be able to trace all the people whonow inhabit Burma back fully to their …
The Plastic and Plush toy review site has started posting their “Best of 2007” lists and the Milk and Cheese vinyl set nabbed a slot on the list for “Best Packaging”. Plastic and Plush gave the figures a nice write-up back when they were released and the virtual ink they’ve given the project has certainly …
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Tales of the Unexpected #93Tales of the Unexpected #93
It’s the little calendar with the great big name! It’s difficult to imagine a scenario in which this calendar would offer a compelling alternative to a pocket calendar, but the 2008 Super Minimalist Micro Calendar Reduced appeals to my inner ten-year-old, who read and reread Alvin’s Secret Code and kept cipher keys on little rolled-up …
Forbidden Worlds #107Forbidden Worlds #107
Figure out what day any date or month in 2008 lands on with the postage stamp-sized Super Minimalist Micro Calendar, pictured here. It looks like a meaningless grid of numbers and letters, until you learn how to read it: The first column contains numbers for the months of the year. The middle gives the weekday …
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I wish the library had more of this junk. Sure, they’ve got Jane Austen. Who doesn’t? Libraries are stodgy. They need more crap like The Spider. evandorkin: This, That, And The Other Thing
Designer name to come When I first saw American Crescent, I immediately thought of an Economist cover I saw a year or so ago. Turns out the magazine has an archive of their covers, and I was able to find it. In less talented hands, American Crescent would feature a shot of the Statue of …
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