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My Favorite Bookstore

Just beneath the shadow the the TransAmerica Pyramid, on Montgomery Street, lies one of San Francisco's hidden gems: William Stout Architectural Books. Just yesterday, I spent my lunch hour poring through the thousands of volumes, new and rare, and picked up a couple of gems, including this gorgeous 1967 El Lissitzky biography:… MORE

CS4 Video Tutorial Site

Adobe released CS4 this week and their how-to magazine site, Layersmagazine.com, also launched the Adobe Creative Suite 4 Learning Center with forty video tutorials. … MORE

Movie! Movie!

I don't know who this Steven Hill character is, but I think I'm in love. He's got a website of just movie titles--that's it. 

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In Search of the Perfect Notebook

As designers, we're extra-fussy about the little things that others just don't take the time to savor. I spend way too much time pecking away at endless e-mails, so when I do get to put pen to paper, I've become surprisingly particular about exactly what paper that is. I thought I'd found the perfect notebook in the Oh Boy line, with its heavy, lovely-patterned bookboard covers and thick, lined pages, but felt guilty about spending $10 every time around (I mean, it's a notebook). I figured since I don't spend that much time writing on real live paper anymore, I deserved something special.

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Library Love

While researching typography for "a major motion picture," SpotCo art director Darren Cox unearthed a treasure trove of design goodness at the NY Public Library's Digital Archive. In this age of Google Images and big stock agencies, we often forget that the Library's one of the best (and cheapest) places to go--if you're willing to do a little leg work. Take a look at some of the great book covers Darren found--and we'll let you know if our poster sees the light of day....



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