Super busy. Since our last update almost six months ago we've worked on so many books that our shelves fell over from all the new additions. No joke. Books and catalogues have been designed for 21st Editions, Shambhala Publications, the Veatchs Arts of the Book, Fence Books, and Smith College (to name but five). The Library of Congress also bought a complete collection of our work. "The Failure of Fine Printing" was published (again) in The Fellowship of American Bibliophilic Societies Newsletter. Our health, too, has been good, although we presently have chest colds. 05.14.08
Type in Cambridge. In keeping with our habit of adding to this site on holidays, we've added a new page to our resources section: A whole page of type and lettering which we've come upon near our Cambridge Offices. See more here. Be sure to check there often for updates—but don't let it get in the way of your social obligations. Thanksgiving.07
Our Thoughts in Print. Part 2. The online e-journal (Is that redundant?) The Bonefolder has reprinted our "The Failure of Fine Printing" with a new postscript in its fall 2007 issue. Download the issue (4.5 MB) here. 11.02.07
New Book! After working on this title for six years, we've just picked up fifteen boxes of books from Acme Bookbinding. For details, consider clicking here. 10.30.07
New Brother Site! We don't use exclamation points lightly, but we've set up a second site to show off Michael Russem's drawings. Yes, there are plenty of more important things upon which we should be working, but it's a holiday. 07.04.07
What I'm Researching? Postage stamps. Every single postage stamp designed by anyone who ever designed a typeface. There are about 500 stamps designed by Hermann Zapf, Eric Gill, Jan van Krimpen, Erik Spiekermann, and Lance Hidy (to name but five). The stamp above is by Walter Brudi. Check back for news of the complete collection which I'll be offering for sale and showing online. 05.30.07
Home Sweet Home. We've moved back to Massachusetts. Listen here. 05.15.07
What Are We Working On Today? Taxes and some design odds and ends for The Bridge, The Odes of Pindar, and Mont-Saint-Michel. 03.27.07M
So Many Awards. So Little Time. Actually, we've never won any awards, but we did design the University of Delaware Library's Ezra Pound in His Time and Beyond by Jesse Rossa, which has won a 2007 Leab Exhibition Catalogue Award. Congratulations to Jesse for being recognized for his fascinating catalogue. 03.26.07M
The Weather. Wicked nice. 03.25.07M
What I'm Reading Now? Penguin Special: The Story of Allen Lane, the Founder of Penguin Books and the Man Who Changed Publishing Forever by Jeremy Lewis. 03.25.07M
Our Thoughts in Print. The February 2007 issue of the Caxtonian, the journal of Chicago's Caxton Club, has my article "The Failure of Fine Printing: Why the beautiful book isn't so beautiful and the ugly book isn't so ugly." The gist of it is that a beautiful book isn't necessarily a well-designed book. It kicked-up some online dust for a few days, and we received too many thoughtful and insightful e.mails to count (or quickly respond to). Consider downloading the article here. It won't take more than a few minutes to read, but it will stay with you forever. 02.15.07M
What I'm Reading Now? An Eames Primer and The Work of Charles and Ray Eames: A Legacy of Invention. Consider downloading a transcription of Design Q & A here. 02.14.07M
The Weather. Nice. 02.13.07M