REVIEW COPY: From Here to There by Hand Drawn Map Association

I really enjoyed reading and looking through From Here to There: A Curious Collection from the Hand Drawn Map Association. The book is divided into six categories of maps: directional maps, found maps, fictional maps, artful maps, maps of unusual places and explanatory maps. Each map that is a category explains what is going on with the map, and typically a story. What I... Read More

REVIEW COPY: Obsessive Consumption by Kate Bingaman–Burt

At first glance Obsessive Consumption: What Did You Buy Today?by Kate Bingaman–Burt seems pretty straight forward. Kate has drawn objects, things and animals on a daily basis between Feb 2006 to Feb 2009. While each object is different, her recognizable drawing style makes all the miscellaneous consumption consistent. What makes the book worth looking at more than just the... Read More

REVIEW COPY: 3D Typography

Spending time with 3D Typography, I did wonder as a book that is intended to be looked at (and read) I wanted to question how it would compare with what I might see on blogs that deal with typography. As I flipped through the book for the first time there were a couple things I recognized. That wasn’t a coincidence as the authors in their intro described their reason... Read More