Blargity Blog

“These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves.” - Gilbert Highet, Scottish-American classicist

After working like crazy on a project for Monoprint, I unfortunately haven't had much time since Tuesday to work on logos. My goal is to have some solid ideas and sketches by Tuesday which will hopefully evolve into a single great logo by the end of the week.

I have been keeping a little black capstone book though, where I just jot down ideas, and lately I've been thinking about materials. If anyone knows where I can find:

a) A good used bookstore so I can start buying books to fill shelves (and some to commit book violence against and mutilate for collage purposes).

b) A flea market sort of place where I can find cheap and interesting chairs and tables and possibly bookshelves. My cheapest bookself option is WalMart at the moment, and they're just 7ft tall black shelves for $25 each, but if I can find something more interesting than plain flat black that might be nice.

I've also come across another blog that's good for inspiration, Marc Fitten's Indie 100. Mr. Fitten is an author who's traveling across the country to promote his new book at independent bookstores. He does a little write up on each one and includes pictures, so it's cool to see the different personalities these bookstores can take on, from the signage to the interiors.

'Tis all!