http://ubersuper.com Stuff I Like Sat, 21 Jan 2012 20:05:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://ubersuper.com/really-tiny-miniature-books/ http://ubersuper.com/really-tiny-miniature-books/#comments Wed, 23 Feb 2011 16:36:46 +0000 Stefan http://ubersuper.com/?p=4037 Did you know, some people make tiny miniature books?]]> http://ubersuper.com/really-tiny-miniature-books/feed/ 1 http://ubersuper.com/victorian-infographics/ http://ubersuper.com/victorian-infographics/#comments Tue, 01 Feb 2011 01:31:25 +0000 Stefan http://ubersuper.com/?p=3940 This Selection from the Rumsey Map Collection is full of beautiful scans from old books. To take a closer look, click through his Flickr set, the scans are often quite big.]]> http://ubersuper.com/victorian-infographics/feed/ 2 http://ubersuper.com/the-way-of-the-crocodile/ http://ubersuper.com/the-way-of-the-crocodile/#comments Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:24:37 +0000 Stefan http://ubersuper.com/?p=3241 A rather confusing finding. A translation would be nice, or a book title. Anyone? Original size (1440×973 px) Update: Thanks to Michael (in the comments) and Christian (on Facebook), I learned that this is from a book called Codex Seraphinianus. The Codex Seraphinianus is a book written and illustrated by the Italian artist, architect and [...]]]> http://ubersuper.com/the-way-of-the-crocodile/feed/ 4 http://ubersuper.com/tree-of-codes/ http://ubersuper.com/tree-of-codes/#comments Fri, 05 Nov 2010 22:43:42 +0000 Stefan http://ubersuper.com/?p=3081 Our early conversations with Jonathan Safran Foer about Tree of Codes started when Jonathan said he was curious to explore and experiment with the die-cut technique. With that as our mutual starting point, we spent many months of emails and phone calls, exploring the idea of the pages’ physical relationship to one another and how [...]]]> http://ubersuper.com/tree-of-codes/feed/ 0 http://ubersuper.com/abc-3d/ http://ubersuper.com/abc-3d/#comments Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:37:00 +0000 Stefan http://ubersuper.com/?p=2479 What an amazing and innovative book design. Get it at abc3dbook.com.]]> http://ubersuper.com/abc-3d/feed/ 0 http://ubersuper.com/artist-chubby-books/ http://ubersuper.com/artist-chubby-books/#comments Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:45:17 +0000 Stefan http://ubersuper.com/?p=2427 The Chubby Books are back with 3 new designs by fantastic artists Alberto Cerriteño, Crowded Teeth and Piktorama! Pick up your favorite design or collect them all. With enamored whales, afros, critters, bunnies and robot awesomeness there is something for everyone. Beautiful and lovely artworks, especially love the art of Alberto Cerriteño whom I have [...]]]> http://ubersuper.com/artist-chubby-books/feed/ 0 http://ubersuper.com/playing-in-new-york/ http://ubersuper.com/playing-in-new-york/#comments Mon, 19 Jul 2010 22:13:23 +0000 Stefan http://ubersuper.com/?p=2233 Tenement playground in New York by Lewis Wickes Hine.]]> http://ubersuper.com/playing-in-new-york/feed/ 1 http://ubersuper.com/graffiti-markup-language/ http://ubersuper.com/graffiti-markup-language/#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:56:04 +0000 Stefan http://ubersuper.com/?p=1275 #000000book is an open repository for sharing and archiving motion captured graffiti tags. Tags are saved as digital text files known as GML (Graffiti Markup Language), which can be captured through freely available software such as Graffiti Analyisis (marker), DustTag (iPhone), EyeWriter (eye movement) and Laser Tag (laser). Graffiti writers are invited to capture and [...]]]> http://ubersuper.com/graffiti-markup-language/feed/ 0 http://ubersuper.com/nz-book-council-going-west/ http://ubersuper.com/nz-book-council-going-west/#comments Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:50:43 +0000 Stefan http://ubersuper.com/?p=1222 Film for NZ Book Council Produced by Colenso BBDO Animated by Andersen M Studio YouTube – NZ Book Council – Going West]]> http://ubersuper.com/nz-book-council-going-west/feed/ 0 http://ubersuper.com/what-is-beer/ http://ubersuper.com/what-is-beer/#comments Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:38:46 +0000 Stefan http://ubersuper.com/?p=798 To read the Details, view the bigger version.]]> http://ubersuper.com/what-is-beer/feed/ 0 http://ubersuper.com/vintage-ads-from-old-live-magazines/ http://ubersuper.com/vintage-ads-from-old-live-magazines/#comments Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:30:15 +0000 Stefan http://ubersuper.com/?p=783 If you enjoy old stuff as much as I do, check out the huge archive (from 1935 to 1970) of old LIFE Magazines on Google Books! So many vintage Ads, it’s amazing!]]> http://ubersuper.com/vintage-ads-from-old-live-magazines/feed/ 0 http://ubersuper.com/anatomical-diagrams-of-mythical-japanese-monsters/ http://ubersuper.com/anatomical-diagrams-of-mythical-japanese-monsters/#comments Sat, 24 Oct 2009 11:56:35 +0000 Stefan http://ubersuper.com/?p=708 An Anatomical Guide to Monsters, 1967. Text: Shoji Otomo. Illustrator: Shogo Endo. Love it!]]> http://ubersuper.com/anatomical-diagrams-of-mythical-japanese-monsters/feed/ 2 http://ubersuper.com/book-cover-archive/ http://ubersuper.com/book-cover-archive/#comments Sat, 10 Jan 2009 12:07:55 +0000 Stefan http://ubersuper.com/?p=335 The Book Cover Archive presents an archive of book cover designs and designers for the purpose of appreciation and categorization. bookcoverarchive.com]]> http://ubersuper.com/book-cover-archive/feed/ 0 http://ubersuper.com/1979-living-room-of-the-future-2/ http://ubersuper.com/1979-living-room-of-the-future-2/#comments Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:14:06 +0000 Stefan http://ubersuper.com/?p=186 A nice scan from the Book Future Cities: Homes and Living into the 21st Century. I never get enough of this old stuff. 1979 Living Room of the Future]]> http://ubersuper.com/1979-living-room-of-the-future-2/feed/ 0 http://ubersuper.com/creating-art-with-books/ http://ubersuper.com/creating-art-with-books/#comments Sun, 28 Sep 2008 12:53:15 +0000 Stefan http://ubersuper.com/?p=255 Awesome collection of art made with books. Some really amazing ideas! Don’t miss The Bittersweet Art of Cutting Up Books and their article Unusual Books & Book Sculptures is quite interesting too. The Image above is from Georgia Russell.]]> http://ubersuper.com/creating-art-with-books/feed/ 0 http://ubersuper.com/old-logos/ http://ubersuper.com/old-logos/#comments Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:10:17 +0000 Stefan http://ubersuper.com/inspiration/old-logos/ Wow, 120 pages of old logos, scanned from a 1970s book called “World of Logotypes”. There is also a PDF download (23MB) available.]]> http://ubersuper.com/old-logos/feed/ 0