Daily Drop Cap Penguin Classics

I've been a fan of Jessica Hische's Daily Drop Cap project since it's beginning. I've even purchased a few prints as wedding gifts for friends. So of course I'm very excited to see her drop cap talent going towards Penguin Classics covers. Match made in book cover heaven.

According to her Twitter, Hische worked with Paul Buckley on the covers and I think they look great so far. Some of the color combinations aren't my favorite but seeing as my lettering talent is near zero, I have slim room to criticize. I can not wait to see the rest of the alphabet.

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Bookstore finds

On a hunt to find my wallet today, I came across a sidewalk sale at The Book Table, a small bookshop in the town I work in. I picked up "The Gang That Wouldn't Write Straight" for $4.

As usual, the cover caught my attention first and the content made me commit to a purchase. The jacket is by Tamaya Perry and I think it works really well for the subject here. I just finished "Eat the City" (review coming soon!) and am on a non-fiction kick now so another journalism book was just what I was looking for.

I also found two covers with lettering by Jessica Hische: Augusten Burroughs' "This Is How" and Dave Eggers' "A Hologram for the King". I have to say both of these were a lot more impressive in person, likely because of the mirror treatment on "This Is How" and the gold shine on "Hologram".

Great work from Jessica as usual. And it's always nice to see designs in person that you liked online. PRINT4LIFE.

Sidenote: a police officer just returned the contents of my wallet to my apartment, minus the actual wallet itself. Super grateful to have everything back though.

(not-so-fancy photos courtesy my iPhone / Hologram & How covers courtesy Jessica Hische)

BREAK TIME

It is break time. But first I wanted to let everyone know about this perfect little planner from Jessica Hische.

CLICK HERE for more info and to purchase.

So cute! I've been a Moleskine girl since I can remember but this planner might lead me to stray.

And now, this blog is officially on a Spring Break of sorts. I'm heading to New York today with some friends to see LCD Soundsystem during their final slew of shows. I am going to be completely wound up in all of that madness and am not taking my computer. Posts should resume on Monday, hopefully with some NYC & book related things!

MORE NEWS !! I am working on a redesign of sorts for posting and little things around the blog. I feel like it is definitely time to give my posts a little more structure and consistency.

I hope everyone enjoys the rest of their week. See you all so soon.

Jessica for Emma

A feminine serif by Jessica Hische for the cover of Emma Magazine.



"The issue is devoted to how some people are caring for girls — saving girls from slavery around the world, mentoring girls who are without a mother, and grandparents and others who take over when parents are out of the picture."

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Design student wizards take on OZ

Jessica Hische is a typographer and illustrator who you might know for her Daily Drop Cap project. She recently posted on her blog about a design class she taught at University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Hische explains she assigned the students one main project: to design the book cover, endpapers, titlepage and bookplate for a special edition novelization of The Wizard of Oz.

An artist I've posted about before, Jim Tierney, was one of her students. His work was among my favorites but they all turned out quite well.

I also really enjoyed Michael Olivo's take on the beloved classic. I love the colors on the cover and the cloud patterns on the inside. The tornado splitting the cover is what really caught my attention, though.






I recommend visiting Hische's blog to see all the work by these up-and-coming designers. I'll definitely be bookmarking some of their blogs and following their work in the future.