Now here’s a gem of a discovery that stopped me in my tracks this morning: Rare Book Feast is new short movie series about the timeless character of books. Their message and what they look like are what is celebrated here. Nate Burgos believes that as our culture becomes digital in a lot of ways, it is all the more important (not to mention inviting) to revisit and learn from the early design challenges, creative solutions and general lessons that the “old” print world keeps relevant.
Kicking off this series is the “World Geo-Graphic Atlas” (1953) designed by Herbert Bayer with Martin Rosenzweig, Henry Gardiner and Masato Nakagawa: 2,200 diagrams, graphs, charts, symbols spanning 368 pages about our planet earth. All done before computers.
Video concept, script and narration by Nate Burgos of DesignFeast.com. Video creation, direction and production by Joe Giovenco of BRNeyes.com.
#fantastic
WOW! More like this please :)
Jun 9th, 2011 / 10:27 am
take a closer look at the book here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mstoll/2631727200/in/photostream/
Jun 9th, 2011 / 10:55 am
Great job Nate!
Jun 9th, 2011 / 12:43 pm
This was very CQQL
Jun 9th, 2011 / 12:50 pm
Nice job Nate
Jun 9th, 2011 / 1:55 pm
More Bayer geography here:
http://www.katranpress.com/stamps_bayer_1_1.html
Jun 10th, 2011 / 2:04 pm
This is such a treat both visually and in the content (great editing work!). It is nice to be reminded of our design legacy. The information design presented in the pages you thumbed through is a rare and splendid treat indeed. Keep on keeping on!
Jun 13th, 2011 / 11:57 am