Following Walter Isaacson’s seminal book charting the Steve Jobs’ era, NYT reporter Tripp Mickle does that splendid effort proud with this fascinating book about Apple, After Steve. That Tim Cook, an Alabama native who obsessed over expenses and the supply chain was chosen by Jobs—the unsparing visionary—to lead Apple somehow worked brilliantly, as Cook led …
Here is Murakami T: The T-Shirts I Love. Lovingly designed by Chip Kidd (of course), Murakami T is a wee book wherein Haruki Murakami reminiscences about his t-shirt collection (which is not as extensive as his vinyl collection, by the way). And because it’s Murakami, his “reminiscences” are delightfully quirky and eccentric essays. It’s totally a “WTF is …
Paste Magazine published a gallery of what they consider the 20 best book covers of 2015(so far). Among the covers honored are T. C. Boyle’s The Harder They Come (#2 in the slideshow), designed by Jim Tierney, and Stephanie Kallos’ Language Arts (#11), designed by Greta D. Sibley, illustrated by Anna and Elena Barbusso. None of the designers featured are …
