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11/08/2021

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08/03/2020

Some scifi architecture from the designer and architect, Ettore Sottsass. He was one of the members of the Memphis Group, a group of radical designers who basically created the 80s 'look' as we know it.

But these drawings are all from 1972-73. I love it. From _Ettore Sottsass and the Social Factory_, published by Prestel, 2020. It's in print.

I didn't do a thing yesterday. I had so much work to do, tons of chores, PPP applications to complete, and if I got any free time, I really wanted to go dancing (with new abs old friends), bake a pie, and draw, but I didn't do s**t.

08/01/2020

Three versions of Mat Brinkman's _Multiforce_.

Originally serialized in the newspaper comic _Paper Rodeo_ from 2000 to 2005, it was then collected and published by Picture Box in 2009, and then republished as a crazy beautiful hard cover by Hollow Press in 2018.

It is one of my favorites.

07/31/2020

Moe from Barbara Stauffacher Solomon's _Why? Why Not?_ Published by Fun Fog Press, 2013.

07/31/2020

From Barbara Stauffacher Solomon's _Why? Why Not?_ Published by Fun Fog Press, 2013.

Solomon is amazing. She is a landscape architect and designer. She is known for her large scale exterior design, called Supergraphics.

After her husband died, unexpectedly, and young, she moved to Switzerland, and studied with the famous Swiss designer, Armin Hofman, And the student became the master. Beautiful stuff.

07/29/2020

Feeling apocalyptic lately

07/23/2020

A few B. Traven books designed by Milton Glaser.

No one knows who B. Traven is. They know he's German. Wrote in English. Lived in Mexico. He was either an anarchist, communist, or Socialist. His most famous book is still The Treasures of the Sierra Madre.

These books are all from his "Jungle novels." Milton Glaser did a few other covers for B. Traven. There are 6 Jungle novels, but I think there areas only these 4 Milton Glaser covers.

07/20/2020

Three books by Millipede Press. I used to have a bunch of these. Now I just have three.

Roland Topor's _The Tenant_, illustrated by Roland Topor. (Topor is amazing. He also worked on the brilliant animated movie, _Fantastic Planet_. Also, The Tennant was made into a great movie.)

William Hjortsberg's _Falling Angel_, illustrated by Stanislaw Zargorski. (Fallen Angel was turned into a damn good movie called _Angel Heart_. And Zargorski is an amazing designer and poster maker.)

Theodore Sturgeon's _Some of Your Blood_, illustrated by Harry O. Morris.

07/19/2020

Federico Fellini's _The Book of Dreams_.

I saw this years ago in Spain or France and was blown away. I've wanted this ever since, but it was prohibitively expensive. Thankfully, the book is reprinted. Still expensive, but its massive!