Absolute Sellout is my favorite new website on the internets. From the business model, to the unapologetic design, to the items therein. It seems to be as simple as a retailer for “objects & literature” procured from their local Salvation Army. I have no idea who runs it but I’d give them each a gold medal in Awesome if I could.
Nice cover for a student project from James Le Beau-Morley.
Books & logos.
The combination thereof is almost enough to send me into a fit.
In order of appearance:
- Alber, Book store, Eugen & Max Lenz
- Textbooks.com, Werner Design Works
- Trees For Life, Gardner Design
- Explosive Technology, Saul Bass
- Gotham Books, Eric Baker
- Simon & Schuster, Prejean Creative
- Imperial Books, Designer unknown
- Asian Arts Publishing Group, Tnop™ Design
- Fleming H Revell Publishing, Wages Design
- Educational Development Corporation, Designer unknown.
(You have no idea how hard it was to not rip off Werner Design Werks and that last one for the BCA non-existent logo. No. Idea.)
Introducing the Barnes & Noble “Nook”:
I’m guessing that this is a leak — the “overview” link goes to Brsnoble’s e-book page, and there’s no mention of the “Nook” on the front page. (more…)
• Comments on this blog have been offline for a little while. They are restored; let the smack resume.
• BCA proper has been quietly rewritten; same design, all of the underpinnings replaced. The transition has been smooth… almost too smooth… so if I overlooked anything please speak up.
• Here is a little video of one dog helping another dog across a swimming pool:
It’s no rare occasion that your book of choice has a horrible cover. In such cases, you could do worse than Book City Jackets. A charming solution straight out of middle school. 12$ for a set of three.
…by Sam Webber. (more images on his site) This is the cover I’ve always felt the book should have. Immensely impressed.
These covers for Kurosagi Delivery Service are disturbingly great. See the full series over at Dark Horse.
Thanks for the headsup, Hexasketch.
