Man Made DIY

The New York Times asked a collection of art directors, illustrators, and designers to pick their favorite book covers from 2012. The results is a diverse but consistently awesome list of some seriously great work.… read more

We all know the story. Most of us could recite the narrative from memory, and probably not miss any key points. But, this holiday season, I decided to snuggle up to the original, and read the whole of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. 

And? It's good. It's really good. Dickens is a good writer...duh. It's festive and seasonal, and the template for what many of us think of as an old fashioned Christmas...also duh. But something else happened to me, and I think you should read it, too. Not in the "let's gather 'round the fire while dad recites " 'Twas the Night Before Christmas..." sorta way, but because this is a book about men.… read more

Artist Bob Staake snagged a collection of vintage children's books, then scanned the artwork, fired up Photoshop, and gave them plenty of new, but very, very not child-friendly covers and… read more

This awesome typographic bookshelf by Rachel Ariyavatkul has got me thinking that I really need more typographic decor in my house. This piece, which she calls the 'Book Worm' shelf, spells out the word "worm".  

"Where's the Pixel" is the best browser game...um, ever. The rules? Find the single black pixel. That's it.… read more