Open Conceptual » impulses http://openconceptual.com where creative thinking leads Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:29:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Print Impulses http://openconceptual.com/2009/07/print-impulses/ http://openconceptual.com/2009/07/print-impulses/#comments Wed, 08 Jul 2009 05:00:31 +0000 Brian http://openconceptual.com/?p=465

Won’t lie.

When you package seminal books in a design-conscious concept, I turn into a total sucker.

capote in cold bloodmailer the fighthershey hiroshimachaikin a man on the moontosches hell firethompson hells angels

The latest set to catch my eye is the Penguin Magnum Collection (just a UK & Australia thing?), featuring six narrative non-fiction classics updated with iconic cover photos. [via CR via BMD]

 

A couple of them are on my to-read radar (not exactly on my to-read list). If I saw these seven or eight years ago I might’ve given into the craving to buy; I’d have those barcoded spines planted on my bookshelf, looking at me every day, reminding me of my transaction.

I’m glad I’ve outgrown that impulse.

But now I have a new impulse: making this stuff…

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