vintage book and magazine covers designed by Olle Eksell
(above c. 1960, rediscovered via A Journey Round My Skull)

“Bag For Lit” to be used at 74 libraries in Lancashire,
designed by Thom Isom with Oneighty Creative

“Literary Jewels,” rings made from pages of books
designed by Jeremy May (Littlefly).

(first discovered via swissmiss via stylingrooms)

cute metal bird book marks from Our Shop
(first discovered via Design*Sponge)

Steven Heller reviews the new Taschen edition of The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid: In Which Coloured Diagrams and Symbols are Used Instead of Letters for the Greater Ease of Learners.

also see original book c. 1847

(first discovered via Forms and Functions / NYTimes.com)

pages from the Seven Secret Alphabets by Anthony Earnshaw c. 1972
(first discovered via P K)

vintage book cover for De Dodende Stem by Ursula Curtiss,
illustration by Van Oosten (?) c. 1962 (via Uilke)

Coralie Bickford-Smith repackages the classic F. Scott Fitzgerald backlist with striking metallic cover designs for Penguin Press. (via The Casual Optimist)

Paul Rand was born on August 15th, 1914…

“One man drove 12,238 miles across 30 states to scrawl a message that can only be viewed using Google Earth…” —Wired.com

adapted Dutch Little Golden Books endpapers
(via Piet Schreuders)

Jay Walker’s amazing personal home library
(photos by Andrew Moore, via @storybird via Wired)

pinkjetpack:

Our Friend the Atom, 1955. What was lurking under the dust jacket.

A Book of Various Owls illustrated by Tomi Ungerer c. 1963
(via Vintage Kids’ Books My Kid Loves)