From the late 1890s until 1903, New York socialite Peter Marié commissioned portrait miniatures of women whom he believed epitomized female beauty. Read more at Vol. 1.
Our pals at Fortnight Journal have a pretty impressive video series on the history of letterpress and typography.
One of our editors is presently reading Eileen Myles’s The Importance of Being Iceland, which is how he learned of Iceland’s Vatnasafn, or Library of Water. And thus…
You had us at “…a chopped-up hermetic underworld inspired by, among other things, the science fiction of William Gibson, J.G. Ballard, and Philip K. Dick…” (via Jonah Freeman and Justin Lowe’s Latest Work in Chelsea — New York Magazine)
With the book, you give something of yourself—something that may hold some of your thoughts and deliberations in the form of notes, or indicate part of your personal history in that the book may be heavily used or not used at all; it may be a special edition or translation; it may show traces of having been dropped in the bath, speaking to your reading habits. And you’ll think about whether you want to risk handing it over: Will the borrower treat it respectfully, and return this part of you?
Soundsuit horses, everybody. (via Nick Cave to Fill Grand Central With a Herd of Soundsuit Horses)
Sonnenzimmer + featherproof + Greenpoint’s Beginnings gallery. Excellent. (via Warp and Weft: Poster Construction by Sonnenzimmer / Journal / Nothing Major)
