While in Rome I purchased a "lapinopedia" illustrated by the mysterious paintings and hieroglyphs of Luigi Serafini, titled Il coniglio d'oro.
Design Culture
The Romance of Italian Smoke
Italian cigarette packaging has long had tremendous allure, and the advertising is not just smoke and mirrors.
Ink Tank Fills an Archive
Steven Heller talks with Douglas Dowd about R.O. Blechman’s Ink Tank archive, coming to the Dowd Modern Graphic History Library at Washington University.
Five Decades of Beach Boys Album Art
Start summer the right way with five decades of album art from The Beach Boys. Featuring favorites like Pet Sounds, Summer in Paradise and more!
Design for the Fun of It
Recently, Art Chantry reminded me of the delightful printing, paper FX and typographic concoctions of Mo Lebowitz.
François’ Croc Makes a Comeback
"Crocodile Tears" by the late, great French satirist and cartoonist André François from Enchanted Lion Books is a rarity that is being rereleased.
Weekend Heller: Rand in Italy
The last time Steven Heller saw Paul Rand in Europe was in the mid-1990s near the Musee D'Orsay in Paris.
Chronicle at 50: 25 Book Covers
Chronicle Books is celebrating 50 years with an exhibition of 50 covers. Here are 25.
The REAL Fake News
These days, since all news is fake news unless acceptable to the reigning monarch, it is sobering to look back to 1984 and the parody "Post New York Post."
Idea to Sketch to Miracle
George Giusti (1908–1980) is one of the inspired Midcentury Moderns covered in the forthcoming book "The Moderns" by Greg D'Onofrio and me.