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Coudal Partners Field Tested Books Poster

There was a package on the table when I came home yesterday. I was pleased to find out it was a limited edition (575) print created by Dan and Mike of Aesthetic Apparatus. The print celebrates the latest release of the Coudal Partners’ Field Tested Books which is a project in which people are asked to review books that made a particular impact on them relative to where they were read. A fun idea. Fortunately enough, I recieved my poster free-o-charge by winning the 543612 contest but you can get yours here.

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What A Cat Wants, What A Cat Needs

Since I’ve been doing the dog thing so much, I think it’s only fair that I do the cat thing for a bit. Below you’ll find the “mental model” of a cat (click to make the picture big and legible). The cat’s mental model, as well as the concept of metal modeling, can be credited to Mental Models: Aligning design strategy with human behavior by incredibly smart Indi Young. There are a lot more images from the book on flickr. If any of this sparks your interest, Liz Danzico has a good review of the book.

Cat Brains

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Mystery Book

About seven or eight years ago I was at a party when a girl I had a heavy crush on handed me a small coffee table book. After stating that the book somehow reminded her of me, I flipped through it. I really liked it and was flattered that it was me she thought of when she first viewed it.

Ever since then I have been in pursuit of this book.

Unfortunately, I was never able to remember it’s title (or illustrator). It was a children’s picture book with no words. I’ve searched through entire children’s sections of several bookstores looking to both give the book as a gift and to buy for my own. I haven’t had any luck until today, when I found these scanned-in pages while surfing the internet. Does anybody have any clue who the author/illustrator is? Maybe the name of the book? Any help would be greatly appreciated. I copied the pages for you to view below.

UPDATE: Kasey and Giyjun found it! The book is titled Zoom and is Illustrated by Istvan Banyai (if you’re into design/illustration you should check out his website)

Click to continue reading “Mystery Book”

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2007: The Year In Literature

I haven’t read many novels this year. I think my top five includes every book I read during the whole of 2007. Despite my unfortunate lack of reading, here are my favorite:

1. The Good Times Are Killing Me
2. World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
3. The Kite Runner
4. Freakonomics : A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
5. The March: A Novel

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