Comments on: A Little Obsessed

By: Leslie Tane Design

Leslie Tane Design — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:17:18 +0000

You’re in, Claudia. Thanks for stopping by!

By: Claudia

Claudia — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 21:17:47 +0000

Just lurking about here(came from Elizasmom)…

I love me a contest, so I can’t resist. Please put me in the running for the nifty book.

By: Leslie Tane Design

Leslie Tane Design — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 02:56:10 +0000

TT- You’re entered. I’d love to check out that book — why does it seem just like you that it’s your choice?

Hi Huberama, and welcome! Your name’s going into the hat twice.

By: huberama

huberama — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 21:41:58 +0000

oh - please enter me! currently I’m enthralled with Debbie Millman’s “How to Think Like a Great Graphic Designer” … I’m a graphic design student and would LOVE to get into Chip Kidd’s head (figuratively, of course!).

thanks for all the great posts.

By: TT

TT — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 13:35:04 +0000

Enter me in the contest! If I’m a loser, then I’ll peruse your copy some day.

My favorite book of all time - because of design and content - is a 1919 book called “Searchlights on Health: The Science of Eugenics” It is “A Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood Advice to Maiden, Wife and Mother, Love, Courtship, and Marriage”. I believe my copy was given to my great-grandmother as a wedding/shower gift.

The pictures are mostly engravings, with some photographs and drawings that look like 1910s clip art. The subjects run right into another, font size is the only designator that the topic has changed. (One of my favorite sections is “How many young Girls are ruined. Flirting and Its Dangers.”)

By: Leslie Tane Design

Leslie Tane Design — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 02:52:24 +0000

Hi Donna,

I was wondering about that. In my experience designing books, unless it was a re-release, we usually had to design the cover for marketing materials long before the text was done. I worked at a few different publishers, but was never presented with an entire book to inspire the cover.

Some of my favorites from Book One are: Naked, which is gimmicky, but just the perfect gimmick, and the Elmore Leonard series. I’m a big photography lover, and the ugly/beautiful black and white photos with the distressed type really speak to me. Which ones are your favorites?

Thanks for stopping by and commenting! I’m sorry you got dumped into the spam folder at first — Akismet got a little over zealous.

Julia- Thanks for commenting. If you don’t win, I’ll lend you my copy…

Jessica- Welcome! Thanks for the comment. The book you recommend sounds really interesting. I’m going to check it out.

By: elizasmom.com » NaBloPoMo 2.16

elizasmom.com » NaBloPoMo 2.16 — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 02:32:25 +0000

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By: Jessica

Jessica — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 23:43:43 +0000

I would say a book that really made me want to be a designer was Jeff Fisher’s “The Savvy Designer’s Guide to Success.” There’s nothing beautiful or amazing about the way it looks, but I read it when I was just thinking about whether graphic design was for me and just learning the ins and outs of the business gave me enough confidence to go for it! Plus he gave great resources for education.

By: Julia

Julia — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 22:37:29 +0000

I’ve seen this book at your house, and it is really interesting, and provocative. I’d be looking at it from such a different perspective, but I would likely become equally obsessed.

By: Leslie Tane Design

Leslie Tane Design — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:24:58 +0000

Wow, thanks quegirl.

It looks like your chances are pretty good for the book…