from the motorbooks division of quayside publishing comes ford mustang by brad bowling, a retrospective on every release of the mustang line since its debut in 1964. this book is full of beautiful photography celebrating car design, and for someone like me, who only has superficial knowledge of the history of the mustang, it’s allowed me to pick out many iterations of the car on the road now.
a new release from quayside publishing, black & decker: the complete guide to bathrooms shows the home improvement enthusiast all kind of great bathroom projects with complete step-by-step instructions.
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something truly awesome to start your day: fab by siggi eggertsson
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from underconsideration.com: Providers of witty products and encouragers of creative writing, 826 National has put together that asks a very simple, yet horribly daunting question: Are You Absolutely, Positively, and Wholeheartedly Ready to Publish Your Novel?
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thanks to designworklife.com for this lovely sample of darjeeling, a font release from facetype. this typeface comes with a library of ornaments as seen here that can really dress it up with cute flourishes.
[image: james patrick gibson, newtypeyork.com]
i love this script treatment for this restaurant sign, found by photographer james patrick gibson outside the 4 points sheraton in chelsea.
[photo: oh joy]
sneak peek of the new book creative inc. by meg mateo ilasco and joy deangdeelert cho, due out in september. from the oh joy blog: the book gives focuses on your creative skills in the freelance world and gives the 411 about becoming a successful freelance creative talent. excellent!
save the date for the brand new conference! after much talk, surveys and feedback, under consideration’s brand new division is having a full-day conference. i’ll see if i can work a trip to new york around that time, maybe i can go!
fudge graphics free hi-res clouds photoshop brush set is a good collection for those times when there are never enough clouds in the sky.
designers toolbox is a site that provides all kinds of tools, templates and resources for designers, everything from standard size envelopes to a lorem ipsum generator.
smashing magazine’s current state of web design: trends 2010 has some interesting & fun web design layouts on display.
how design’s top 10 web sites for designers, may 2010 is a great list of design resources online.
[photo: gregory han]
this weekend was off the charts with tweets and posts about everyone trying out their new ipads. i don’t have one and i’m probably not getting one anytime soon, but i thought i’d shout out to my friends gregory han and emily ho over at apartmenttherapy.com who “>reviewed the epicurious app for the ipad for thekitchn.com and it sounds like a winner! i also use my laptop in the kitchen and i love the epicurious site, so i’m glad they’re adapting to new technology.
for my music clients, i thought i’d point to this quick review of forscore for the ipad on unpluggd.com
[photo: lisa hubbard]
with spring foods coming into season, i’ve been trying some different cauliflower recipes out. one on the list to try this week are these cauliflower steaks with cauliflower puree, which are a whole new way to prepare cauliflower, for me anyway. i think this cross-section cut is gorgeous!
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while browsing the wine articles at epicurious.com i found this cute profile of top 5 critter wines, meaning that they all have animals featured on the label. a funny idea on first look, but this is a fun look at 5 affordable table wines that all have pretty nice labels too [the little penguin is my favorite] along with suggested food pairings for each. i love a one-stop resource like this, especially when trying new wine is involved!
if you’re not into making cork boards or trivets or stamps or birdhouses with your old wine corks, whole foods is now recycling wine corks. for those of you who want to recycle, collect them & drop them off!
i thought i’d add this in, since so many of us have thought about work in various ways from different perspectives, here’s dan pink’s 6 favorite books about work. i have to admit, he had me at studs terkel, i can’t wait to read that one!
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check out this spotlight on the thesis new year’s card from underconsideration.com. this letterpress card was printed in only 2 colors, using varied impression depths to create perspective. so subtle and lovely to look at, makes me wish i had one to touch.
have you ever wanted to print your own pattern designs on fabric without going into fabric manufacturing? my friend josh ross linked up spoonflower.com the other day, and it looks like a great way to play around with homemade fabric design.
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have you gotten your <a href="eames century modern catalog from <a href="house industries yet? these catalogs are outstanding visual reference material, and they’ll send one to you for free if you leave your address. follow the link to the house industries blog to see a cool video giving a snapshot to each phase of the print production process. celebrating this font release, they’ve also created a suite of all kinds of fun products to play with as well [from howdesign.com].
[image: the look partnership]
designworklife.com tipped me off to this awesome typeface lodgecode by the look partnership. so clean and clear with a slight retro flair makes it both elegant and endearing. available at youworkforthem.com
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i am really interested in taking a spin through this book, wine labels by eduardo del fraile for index book. follow the link for sample spreads from inside the book, they look great!
coming soon from motorbooks is an all-new how to repair your motorcycle by mark zimmerman, with photos by jeff hackett. this how-to guide covers the gamut, from shopping for a vintage bike, breaking it down, replacing & restoring parts, assembly and care for your newly-restored bike. a great handbook for motorcycle enthusiasts who love to get their hands dirty.
new from creative publishing international is the complete guide to masonry & stonework, featuring a huge selection of home improvement projects for homeowners. learn the basics of pouring concrete, laying stone or setting pavers, choose the best projects from your home, and then follow clearly illustrated how-to instructions to get the job done.
coming soon from creative publishing international is the complete guide to codes for homeowners, a must-have guide before you start for anyone interested in diy home improvement. this guide covers all required and recommended parts, materials, and setups for all types of home improvment building projects with full-color photography for clear and easy identification. keep this resource on hand so you don’t risk losing the value of a home addition that fails to meet building codes.
gear heads and corvette enthusiasts, take note: the latest addition to my collection of colorful book interiors is this motorbooks international release, how to build and modify gm ls-series engines by joseph potak. truly the definitive source on building the ultimate lsx engine, i have never seen so many closeups of pristine engine parts in my career! this was a fun project to work on, i learned a lot about engines i have never even seen before, and though [full transparency here] i don’t own a corvette, i can now say with complete certainty that camshafts are my new favorite car part.
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