December 2011
2 posts
How to read a book
There is a book on how to read a book. Originally written by Mortimer Adler in 1940 and revised with Charles van Doren in 1972 they say:
When you buy a book, you establish a property right in it, just as you do in clothes or furniture when you buy and pay for them. But the act of purchase is actually only the prelude to possession in the case of a book. Full ownership of a book only comes when...
Recrafting the classic Norton logo →
An old article but I love the pen-tracing paper-scalpel approach. Lovely work, to boot.