Category Archives: Art

Postcards from the Future

Posted on November 17, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Is this the future of London? A compelling exhibit at the Museum of London offers a series of thought provoking digital “postcards from London’s future”. Created by illustrators Robert Graves and Didier Madoc-Jones, the images suggest a tragic vision of … Continue reading →

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A Tale of Two Cities

Posted on November 7, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Illustrator Vahram Muratyan’s very entertaining new blog, Paris versus New York: A tally of Two Cities, presents a humorous juxtaposition of urban icons exploring the cultural identities of two extraordinary cities. le café le surnom la peste le pain le … Continue reading →

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Art Books + Book Art

Posted on November 4, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Yikes ! I almost missed the exceptional annual NY Art Book Fair, but thanks to a timely email from Jan Voss at Amsterdam’s weird and wonderful Boekie Woekie art bookshop I’m ready. Printed Matter, the world’s largest nonprofit organization dedicated … Continue reading →

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El Dia de los Muertos

Posted on November 2, 2010 by Brian D. Butler
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Only In Philadelphia

Posted on November 1, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Located across the street from the Liberty Bell, and just up the block from Independence Hall, the new National Museum of American Jewish History is the only museum soley dedicated to chronicling the American Jewish Experience. The NMAJH’s grand opening … Continue reading →

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Happy Halloween II

Posted on October 31, 2010 by Brian D. Butler
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Happy Halloween

Posted on October 30, 2010 by Brian D. Butler
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Judge These Books By Their Covers

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Until the early 19th century, most books were purchased in paper covers for the owner to have bound according to his own taste and budget. These books would have been bound by hand in small workshops. During the nineteenth century, … Continue reading →

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Travel By Design

Posted on October 27, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Many thanks to reader Ed Moss for the link to this terrific travel ephemera site. David Levine’s online gallery of 1920s, 30s and 40s travel related ephemera has preserved hundreds of fragile travel brochures, advertisements, maps, time-tables, tickets and various … Continue reading →

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What’s on the Outside Matters

Posted on October 24, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Designers Ben Pieratt and Eric Jacobsen have created a marvelous website devoted to paperback book cover art at the Book Cover Archive  

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