John Gall was kind enough to send over this illustration/collage he and Ned Drew collaborated on in response to the Amazon Kindle.
The piece was rejected, apparently. (What?!)
The dynamic duo of Gall and Drew are also responsible for the absolutely gorgeous Kobe Abe book covers. You might also recognize Drew’s name from his work on By It’s Cover.
Chad I thought this sort of thing was very similar to the sort of abstraction you’re interested in. I doubt the representational parts need any sort of explanation, but your comment sure does.
Also, this wouldn’t be as awesome without the pipe, which, for what its worth, is probably the best book accessory in the world, besides perhaps a loyal and purring cat.
erm… receiving wireless stuff, having access on the move, typing stuff into it and being literary and pipe smokey? am i right there….? john gall is scrummy. i adore his cover here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0679775447/ref=sib_dp_pt/103-1227584-0727057#reader-link and the one for ‘new world’ by amit chaudhuri with the seeds on the front.
Chris, the iconography is obvious, so I guess I should have said “why,” instead of “what” to be more clear. “What” or “wut” are types of Internet expressions to represent the general randomness or pointlessness of a given topic.
John Gall was kind enough to send over this illustration/collage he and Ned Drew collaborated on in response to the Amazon Kindle.
The piece was rejected, apparently. (What?!)
The dynamic duo of Gall and Drew are also responsible for the absolutely gorgeous Kobe Abe book covers. You might also recognize Drew’s name from his work on By It’s Cover.
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— Ben Pieratt, 2007-11-30 08:43:00
This is much better looking than the kindle itself is.
— JRG, 2007-11-30 14:32:00
Something else to love John Gall for.
— Andrea Guinn, 2007-11-30 15:01:00
It’s cute, but, what?
— C Wys, 2007-11-30 19:26:00
Chad I thought this sort of thing was very similar to the sort of abstraction you’re interested in. I doubt the representational parts need any sort of explanation, but your comment sure does.
Also, this wouldn’t be as awesome without the pipe, which, for what its worth, is probably the best book accessory in the world, besides perhaps a loyal and purring cat.
— Chris Papasadero / Fwis, 2007-12-01 05:00:00
erm… receiving wireless stuff, having access on the move, typing stuff into it and being literary and pipe smokey? am i right there….? john gall is scrummy. i adore his cover here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0679775447/ref=sib_dp_pt/103-1227584-0727057#reader-link and the one for ‘new world’ by amit chaudhuri with the seeds on the front.
— photosynthesize, 2007-12-02 07:10:00
Chris, the iconography is obvious, so I guess I should have said “why,” instead of “what” to be more clear. “What” or “wut” are types of Internet expressions to represent the general randomness or pointlessness of a given topic.
— C Wys, 2007-12-02 21:16:00
like it except the pipe. the pipe looks nice but why a pipe? sitting on an armchair reading a hardcover and smoking your pipe?
— rekya, 2007-12-03 22:27:00
Pipe is a reference to “Ceci n’est pas une pipe” by Magritte.
http://la_pell.lamevaweb.info/get/943/fs_Magritte_Pipe.gif
— beauGeste, 2007-12-04 09:02:00
i think it’s pretty rude to say that it’s ‘obvious’. just because one person is a ‘genius’, doesn’t mean everyone is.
magritte reference is brilliant, but i don’t think it’s exactly accessible to the masses.
— photosynthesize, 2007-12-04 09:23:00
“This is much better looking than the kindle itself is.”
Hear, hear. Really nice.
Unfortunately, the people at New York mag wanted the actual gizmo in there apparently.
— Rutherford Jenkins, 2007-12-09 14:50:00
it would have never sold or had as wide an appeal with this artwork. It’s cool. Rauschenbergy… not too original in that regard.
— Ian Shimkoviak, 2007-12-10 15:39:00