Archive - A Book Designer's Notebook

Fuck Stigma. Please Stay Alive

An important project of mine and a suicide prevention campaign

Sep 18 •

I Can Tell Your Book Was Self-Published

And That's Okay, But We Can Make it Better

Sep 15 •

Preschool Germs and Medieval Law and Justice

A September Notebook

Sep 8 •

Do Book Covers Matter?

Of course. Not. Maybe? Meow.

Sep 1 •

August 2024

Do You Read the Book?

And Other Questions about Book Design

Aug 25 •

A Process Video Notebook

What I'm reading, writing, and working on

Aug 18 •

A Big Red Book About the Movies and the People Who Love Them

Designing Cinema Ann Arbor by Frank Uhle

Aug 4 •

July 2024

A Soupy Notebook

Creative Practice Soup; Dreyer's English; So-Bad-They're Good Movies; Killed Book Covers; A Public Domain Field Guide

Jul 28 •

How to Stay Creative in a Summer Depression

Notes on Making Things When It’s the Last Thing You Want to Do

Jul 21 •

Cover Your Book with Beautiful Garbage

When Ugly is a Good Thing in Book Cover Design

Jul 14 •

A Good Reads Notebook

Six book recommendations for six months gone

Jul 7 •

June 2024

How to Keep on Nodding Terms with Yourself

A Book Designer’s Literal Notebook

Jun 30 •

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