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Looking at Sketches from street level by Amanda Wood
Just received a really nice zine from Auckland, New Zealand from Amanda Wood. It’s 22 pages plus cover and is balanced between black & white images of cityscapes and text. …
REVIEW COPY: From Here to There by Hand Drawn Map Association
I really enjoyed reading and looking through From Here to There: A Curious Collection from the Hand Drawn Map Association. The book is divided into six categories of maps: directional …
First impressions of Beyond the Street, the 100 Leading Figures in Urban Art
Before I jump into my reaction to Beyond the Street: With the 100 Most Important Players in Urban Art I think it’s important to explain what I think is good …
The Return of the Interactive PDF Thanks to the iPad
So it hasn’t taken me much time to speculate on some of the uses of the iPad. While there’s going to be a ton of app related goodness coming down …
Talking About Reading One Book a Week for a Year, the Interview
I’ve been friends with Inaki Escudero for almost a year now. He’s a creative’s creative in that he’s extremely genuine, curious and open to new ideas. While a lot of …
It’s Over, the Best Book Ever Written Using Graphic Design: #Emigre70
I haven’t read Emigre 70 from cover to cover yet (it’s going to take a couple months) but I’m pretty confident in saying that a book like this will never …
Double issue of Link Drop (8·14·09) & (8·21·09)
This week’s version of Link Drop was a week late and while I hate excuses there’s a pretty good one. Last weekend I was redesigning the format of Link Drop …
Link Drop (8·07·09)
It’s been a bit of an up and down week over here at DesignNotes. I’ve been under the weather of most of the week which is highly unusual, and on …
Link Drop (7·31·09)
This week’s version of Link Drop has a healthy does of me at the beginning. When I read about other bloggers and their exploits, sometimes I think it’s cool to …
Link Drop (7·17·09) & (7·24·09)
This week’s Link Drop is a double issue as I was preoccupied with being in SF last Friday. For this post I combined the best of what I found in …
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