LIT: CHIP KIDD

Our friends over at From Your Desks featured an interview with designer Chip Kidd. If you aren’t familiar with his name, you are most certainly familiar with his book design.
Here’s a peek at his desk:
Not exactly the office of a minimalist, but charming in its own way. Here’s the interview.

INSPIRATION: KNOLL

Yesterday, Knoll was awarded a much-deserved Cooper-Hewitt Design Award from Michelle Obama. Check out this slideshow from New York Magazine, to see Knoll’s oldest and newest looks. What’s your favorite Knoll design?

GIMME SHELTER

If you didn’t catch yesterday’s article about online shelter magazines, in today’s New York Times, I think you’ll be interested. Already the blogosphere is debating whether these women received a fair shake or were victim, instead, to a patronizing critique by the Gray Lady. Grace Bonney at DesignSponge has a response.
[image via designsponge]
And before you [...]

LIT: Drawn In

Fabulous illustrator (and wallpaper, linen, book, ceramic designer–and more) Julia Rothman has put together a new book of sketchbook extracts, to satisfy the voyeur and/or diarist in you: Drawn In will inspire you to open up your sketchbook or to start a new one.
[via Swiss Miss]

LIT: NEW SCANDINAVIAN ROOMS

Though we can’t exactly “read” the web-site, we know we like it. Here are some pictures from the magazine, NYTTROM [subscription information can be found on the web-site]:

LIT: DOMINO FOLDS

  We would be remiss not to mention that Domino Magazine will be closing its doors. The last issue features Zooey Deschanel’s abode. Her fabulously bright tights are a great part of the photos (they are look from london). We are still enjoying the Domino blog, and we will wait to hear what’s next from Deborah Needleman and crew (And this feels [...]

LIT:NEW YORK INTERIORS

An oldie but goodie from Taschen, New York Interiors can still inspire some drooling. And check out that beautiful sweater-blanket!
 

LIT: MAIL ART

This might fit into many categories, but Abby Clawson over at Hi-and-Low has posted a few great entries on mail art. Of course, it’s quickly becoming a lost art:
    
If you recognize her name, she was senior art director for Kate Spade from 2004 through 2007. 
The Letter writers’ alliance is committed to the cause of letter writing. Another favorite designer [...]

LIT: TO EACH HIS HOME

This book looks interesting. K, at Hoping for Happy Accidents clued us into its imminent appearance in stores. Here is a preview [courtesy of Lena Corwin's blog].

 
  
  

LIT: A Year of Mornings

Here is a sneak peak at a book we are looking forward to holding, come September (you can pre-order now). In many ways this project inspired a lot of other daily photography and drawing projects in the blogosphere:
 
3191, A Year of Mornings began on January 1, 2007 as an almost daily photo conversation, in blog form, [...]