Book Autopsies

Holy crap. They’re gorgeous and filled with tiny detail.

[thx 37 Signals]

Posted on March 21st, 2008 in Art

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This was the work I was attempting (although not successfully) to describe when we were exploring creative direction for the PDC project, during the mood board phase. It is something I can only wish I had the patience to produce. Simply amazing.

Response on 28 Mar 2008 at 3:44 pm by dshadle

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