Wednesday, February 28, 2007

iWoz


by Steve Wozniak with Gina Smith

Rejected by Steve Wozniak himself.
Art Director: Ingsu Liu // W. W. Norton & Co.

The cover display font is typeset in CHICAGO, the first font to be developed for the Macintosh. Designed by Susan Kare for Apple Computer.


The original Apple logo featuring Isaac Newton under the fabled apple tree:

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Fever: The Life and Music of Miss Peggy Lee


by Peter Richmond // Picador

Cover design by LeeAnn Falciani + Henry Sene Yee
Cover photograph by Bob Willoughby

Miss Peggy Lee never achieved the same recognition as her pals Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby. This compelling portrait of the artist tries to rectify this. Loud and clear. And in hot pink. Check out this live performance of "Fever" from 1958. It's shot off of a TV monitor so the sound and video is bad. But that just gives it a cool quality that enhances her hot performance.