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here is a great collection of premiere issue covers, handy because i threw a lot of these ones (which i owned) away recently

the latest book on the fabulous penguin cover design ‘saga’ turns it’s attention to the illustrators who were involved with many of their best pieces

featuring people like ‘romek marber’ who is one of my personal favourites, here is a short interview with the man himself

UK designers ‘adrian shaughnessy’ & ‘tony brook’ (from spin) have started a small, quality design-related publishing company together entitled ‘unit editions’ and released their first (excellent) book ‘studio culture’ which is a round up of interviews and insights on running a design studio (not the ‘what does the work look like’ stuff but the ‘how & where’ stuff) i read it last week and would definitely recommend it… unit also have a nice collection of their favourite design books on show here, looking forward to their next book already (see the website for links to reviews and better images)

i have been invited to a small presentation by both authors who are in amsterdam this tuesday to talk about the book and their work…

Studio Culture provides a unique glimpse into the inner workings of 28 leading graphic design studios. In a series of penetrating interviews, the mechanics of building and maintaining a vibrant studio culture are laid bare with disarming frankness.

interesting portfolio with some very ‘fashion’ oriented work from this trio: face (tip via ‘uwe’)

the austrian art centre ‘MAK’ has a great collection of classic posters on all kinds of topics, well at least i think so…