It’s a chilling warning: “As if the recession weren’t bad enough, now British readers have the threat of a new series from Mr Snicket hanging over them,” Cally Poplak, director of publisher Egmont, tells The Guardian this week. ”As a responsible publisher, of course we shall put all our efforts into ensuring no child is exposed to [...]
Archive for August, 2009
Caution: More unfortunate events
Posted in Profile, Publishing, tagged A Series of Unfortunate Events, Children, Egmont, film, Lemony Snicket on August 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Discovery of the Week: V&A Pattern book series
Posted in Book design, Discovery of the Week, Treasured tomes, tagged art, design, patterns, print, V&A, William Morris on August 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Retro pattern fiends and curtain makers rejoice! Those lovely people at the Victoria & Albert Museum have thrown open their archives of prints, wallpapers and textiles and laid the dusted-down innards bare in the V&A Pattern book series. The first four installments are published this month. These four titles cover (pictured above, L-R) the mind-boggling [...]