What Color Is Your Penguin

Posted on February 27, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

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This Spring, Penguin will begin reissuing titles from its Classics series with cover designs in a bold, new color palette. The minimalist format will differentiate books by the original language of publication: orange for English, red for Russian, green for German, light blue for Italian, dark blue for French, and so on. Here’s a list of the initial twenty titles:

THE MASTER AND MARGARITA Mikhail Bulgakov
MRS DALLOWAY Virginia Woolf
THE SECRET AGENT Joseph Conrad
THE GOOD SOLDIER SVEJK Jaroslav Hasek
THE LOST ESTATE Alain-Fournier
THE CALL OF CTHULHU H. P. Lovecraft
THE BETROTHED Alessandro Manzoni
METAMORPHOSIS Franz Kafka
THE NOTEBOOKS OF MALTE LAURIDS BRIGGE Rainer Maria Rilke
THE HOUSE OF ULLOA Emilia Pardo Bazan
FATHERS AND SONS Ivan Turgenev
OUT OF AFRICA Karen Blixen
WALDEN Henry David Thoreau
A PARISIAN AFFAIR Guy de Maupassant
THE BEAST WITHIN Emile Zola
THE COSSACKS and HADJI MURAT Leo Tolstoy
THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO Alfred Russel Wallace
THE RAINBOW D.H. Lawrence
MY CHILDHOOD Maxim Gorky
O PIONEERS! Willa Cather

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Brooklyn is a mythological place

Posted on February 26, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

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For me Brooklyn will always be the land of my ancestors; on both sides of my family, we go back more than a century in the city. But for a new generation Brooklyn has become a brand. Brooklyn Made is a short film from the inspirational director Spike Lee and his ad agency Spike DDB, which looks at the commodification of Brooklyn. Take a look, if you’ve got the Brooklyn fever.

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Layover With A Local

Posted on February 25, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

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KLM Royal Dutch Airlines wants to turn your layover into a trip during your brief time in the Netherlands. Although the project’s name may sound a bit salacious, KLM simply wants to offer the air traveler with a stopover of more than six hours at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport an opportunity to meet with locals and build social networks.

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Flyers who meet the criteria for the initiative will just need to download the “Layover with a Local app, which will match the profiles of travelers with a local resident. KLM will arrange the rest, including a free ticket for the airport to Amsterdam train, a personal meet-up, and the first round of drinks.

It may sound to good to be true, but you can sign up on the Layover website to find out more.

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Come to Sweden

Posted on February 24, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

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Many thanks to TBTP follower Kerstin Martinson for the link to the new book of vintage travel posters titled “Come to Sweden”.

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Saint Petersburg by Air

Posted on February 23, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

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While researching an upcoming visit to Saint Petersburg, I stumbled on this wonderful aerial tour of the city by helicopter.

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It’s Fair Use Week

Posted on February 22, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

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Winter Instructions

Posted on February 21, 2016 by Brian D. Butler
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Beautiful Budapest

Posted on February 20, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

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Budapest is a vibrant, exciting, and beautiful city. If you’re on the fence about visiting, or thinking of places to go on your next European trip, these gorgeous photos by landscape photographer Kr

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For Your Next Amazing Adventure

Posted on February 19, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

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Poster by Joshua Graham available here.

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More Than The BBC

Posted on February 18, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

Like many of us in the Americas, graphic designer Tim Ritz is a huge fan of British television programs. He may be a bit more obsessed than the average TV viewer though. Ritz has used his extensive knowledge of British programs to create The Great British Television Map. You can learn more about his project and even purchase prints on his website. I just want to know why he dissed Reginald Perrin.

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