I've just been dying for an excuse to blog about the logo for the 2012 London Olympics, and at last I have it: designer and critic Michael Beirut was on WNYC talking about the logo, product packaging, and fonts, and his book Seventy-nine Short Essays on Design. So I can with a clear conscience tell … Continue reading The 80s Weren’t So Good the First Time Around
Author: Anders
Embarassment of Riches
I can't resist a headline like the one I saw today: "Blind author to hold 'clothing optional' book signing."It seems a bookstore in Vermont is holding an after-hours reading by the author of Nudity & Christianity by Jim Cunningham, lifelong promoter of both causes through his "Theology of the Body Retreats." He calls his latest … Continue reading Embarassment of Riches
Hiding in Plain Sight
There's an excerpt from one of the three novellas in Paul Theroux's forthcoming book The Elephanta Suite posted at the Times of London's website.It tells the story of a backpacker's encounter with a kind Indian man who is perhaps more than he seems to be. (The picture at the top of the page gives a … Continue reading Hiding in Plain Sight
Musings from Magers and Quinn 