SPD.ORG: What Are You Looking At?

10.01.12posted by
The Editors

All Things Engraved

By Leslie De La Vega, Director of Photography, Fast Company

I was talking to someone recently who told me she had just finished a book and is about to embark on the book tour. She told me it was a book on engraving, not the kind your father once did with an engraving tool on all your worldly possessions like your tricycle or old wooden treasure box. No, this is something more artful and beautiful...art engraved on paper. The book is called The Complete Engraver by Nancy Sharon Collins....

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Photography

02.23.12posted by
Patrick Mitchell

This Is What Sand Looks Like

I spotted these photos on The Daily Mail (London) website and was completely blown away by the beauty of them. This is sand, viewed at a magnification of over 250 times real life. The photos were shot by Professor Gary Greenberg in Hawaii through a powerful microscope. Greenberg has published a book, A Grain of Sand, with these and other photos. You can get it here.

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Inspiration

02.09.12posted by
Photo Editors

LOOK: What's Inspiring the GQ Photo Department, Part 3

Beginning this month, SPD is introducing Look, an ongoing series that will highlight the images that are inspiring, piquing, and stirring up conversation in various magazines' photography departments. Think of it as an ever-changing moodboard. First up: GQ's photography department, led by Dora Somosi.

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Inspiration

02.02.12posted by
The Editors

LOOK: What's Inspiring the GQ Photo Department, Part 2

Beginning this month, SPD is introducing Look, an ongoing series that will highlight the images that are inspiring, piquing, and stirring up conversation in various magazines' photography departments. Think of it as an ever-changing moodboard. First up: GQ's photography department, led by Dora Somosi.

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Inspiration

01.26.12posted by
The Editors

LOOK: What's Inspiring the GQ Photo Department, Part 1

Beginning this month, SPD is introducing Look, an ongoing series that will highlight the images that are inspiring, piquing, and stirring up conversation in various magazines' photography departments. Think of it as an ever-changing moodboard. First up: GQ's photography department, led by Dora Somosi.

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Books

10.21.10posted by
Gail Bichler

Fave Femmes

In 2009, graphics duo Angela Tillman Sperandio and Samira Bouabana of Swedish design studio Hjarta Smarta traveled to New York to meet with, in their words, "a few lady giants of the designing world." Those conversations laid the groundwork for an insightful new book series for Oyster Press... … MORE

Books

08.23.10posted by
Gail Bichler

Typomag: A design library must-have

Barcelona-based publisher Index Book recently released TypoMag,which highlights--you guessed it--magazine typography. Curated by editorial designer Laura Meseguer, the book features an international mix of publications known for inventive font usage... … MORE

Typography

05.26.10posted by
The Editors