1-Hope Edelman
Our lives are shaped as much by those who leave us as they are by those who stay. Loss is our legacy. Insight is our gift. Memory is our guide. Hope Edelman
View Article2-Sas Colby
The complex nature of books as objects is in my bones. I am drawn to their container-like quality, their layered sequential revelation, and their ability to both reveal and conceal. I like the intimacy...
View Article3-Steve Jobs
In most people’s vocabulary, “design” means veneer. It is interior decorating. It’s the fabric of the curtains and sofa. But to me, nothing could be further from the meaning of design. Design is the...
View Article4-Gilbert Highet
These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves. ~Gilbert Highet, writer (1906-1978)
View Article5-Patti Smith
There is nothing more beautiful in our material world than the book. Patti Smith in accepting a 2011 National Book Award for Just Kids: A Memoir
View Article6-sidney poitier
I don’t think we tell our stories enough and I think that it is absolutely essential that we do…When we die, we are going to be taking with us to the grave an enormous amount of information,...
View Article7-frank nuovo
Design in its simplest form is the activity of creating solutions. Frank Nuovo quoted in A Whole New Mind by Dan Pink
View Article8-keith smith
Pacing of the book is the synchronization or syncopation of the content with turning pages. The format can reinforce and even speak aside from the text. Writing specifically in the book format, as...
View Article9 – charles eames
Design is a plan for arranging elements in such a way as best to accomplish a particular purpose. — charles eames
View Article10-Seth Godin
When everyone has the same Mac and the same internet, the difference between hackneyed graphic design and extraordinary graphic design is just one thing—the ability to see. — Seth Godin
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