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Harland Miller’s Penguin Covers

Aaron Schmidt — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:00:18 +0000

Speaking of book covers, I saw a few of Harland Miller’s enormous fictional Penguin book cover paintings in Rotterdam the other week. My favorite one is “Wake Up and Smell the Coffin” also by Poe but I couldn’t find a good image.

Buckram Bindings at MCL

Aaron Schmidt — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:00:44 +0000

Caleb Tucker-Raymond’s curiosity was piqued by books covered in Buckram cloth at Multnomah County Library:

From some point after its incoporation to the early 80s, the Library Association of Portland, which later became Multnomah County Library, operated its own bindery. Besides visually and texturally uniting runs of periodicals and sets of reference books on the shelves, the bindery, together with the mending department, breathed new life into well-read books.

He’s started a collection of these striking covers which is fun to browse. Thanks, Caleb!

Popular Science Archives

Aaron Schmidt — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:05:31 +0000

137 years of archives now available via Google Books.

Majorly distracted over here.

Mini Clothesline

Aaron Schmidt — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:08:37 +0000

Nothing library related, just some inspiration for a Monday morning.

By Slinkachu via unurth.

DIY Blogging

Aaron Schmidt — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 09:00:05 +0000

PAPER: the fifth wonder

Aaron Schmidt — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:00:55 +0000

Typographic Pun

Aaron Schmidt — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:38:29 +0000

Anyone?

i ♥ librarians

Aaron Schmidt — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:39:08 +0000

LIS Students from the University of Toronto are drumming up support for their participation in the A Dare to Remember AIDS awareness campaign by walking around Toronto and photographing people with a giant I ♥ librarians sign.

I ♥ this project!

Check out the I ♥ librarians photostream on flickr because there are some great shots.

thanks, mary!

piano stairs

Aaron Schmidt — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:59:24 +0000

A great example of how fun design can change people’s behavior. Boundless implications for library buildings and services.

my notepods arrived

Aaron Schmidt — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:58:47 +0000

So the IBM Thinkpad was a computer based on a pad of paper.

Here we have pads of paper based on a computer.

These are going to come in handy for my work with the DCPL. We are launching our new website next week and can get around to improving the looks and functionality of our iPhone app.

BOOK CLUB

Aaron Schmidt — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 09:00:04 +0000

A while back I was interviewed by Marie Claire in Italy about libraries. (Your guess is as good as mine). I haven’t seen it in print but the article, Book Club, which appears on the cover (!) is on their website. More stuff about libraries in fashion magazines is a good goal.

Ciao.

walking paper cross stitch

Aaron Schmidt — Mon, 18 May 2009 15:48:28 +0000

An amazing gift! The color scheme matches the site perfectly.

New Creating Future Libraries Notebooks Coming Soon

Aaron Schmidt — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:00:08 +0000

Immediately after the first run of Creating the Future for Libraries notebooks were released and sold out I started taking orders for the next batch. I had an idea of what I wanted to do for the second version but it took me a few attempts to be happy with the design.

They are being printed this week. Here’s a little preview. When they’re available I’ll tell you about the really great library resource I used for inspiration.

lithuanian library websites look nice

Aaron Schmidt — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:38:04 +0000

I don’t speak or read Lithuanian and you probably don’t either. Good thing that nice design transcends language. Take a look at these beautiful sites.

The first image is the homepage of a big Lithuanian library wiki called Grazi tu Mano.

And *this!* This is the start page for a library run Alternate Reality Game called Paskutinis valdovas which makes me really wish I was able to read Lithuanian. The start of the game is a note left for the story’s main character by a girl in the library.

What an inspiration!

batman vs. taxes display

Aaron Schmidt — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:37:40 +0000

I am quite smitten with this display and am even more pleased that it was made by a coworker of mine. Shannon Lee at the Petworth Neighborhood Library of the DCPL put this together. The display is entertaining, eye-catching, and timely.