Welcome to Meanwhile, in which I bundle together the finest hyperlinks loitering in my tabs and drop them into your inbox – fuel for the week ahead. Check out previous editions for further inspiration, fascination and procrastination.
This week I am mostly obsessed with Le Bon Samaritain by Charles Angrand, 1895. I know nothing about it or him, but there’s something deliciously scifi about its eery glow; like if you plugged a Minority Report precog into a fax machine.
Couple of new posts on The Book Cover Review worth a look see: Joe McLaren on The Jon Pertwee Book of Monsters and Tree Abraham on Parker Mabee’s A Wander in the Woods.
33 1/3 have announced their new batch of titles, including Andi Harriman on The Cure’s Disintegration, Yousef Srour on Frank Ocean’s Blonde and Joel Mayward on Sufjan Stevens’ Carrie & Lowell. I’m amazed they’ve been going this long and still haven’t covered Swift in any way whatsoever. Love her or not, it’s a weird omission.
Excellent thread of behind the scenes shots of classic album covers. Particularly love all the Björk ones, natch.
Agnès Poirier meets the army of artisans tasked with rebuilding the Notre Dame, the 12th-century ‘soul of France’. Incredibly, it looks like they’re going to hit the target date arbitrarily thrown down by Macron the day after the fire.
The Quiet Persuader on iPlayer, a 1965 documentary following New York ad-man Stephen Frankfurt. Half an hour very well spent.
100 of the greatest posters of celebrities urging you to READ; in which James Folta bravely attempts to rank the iconic American Library Association series. The Connery one always cracks me up.
How design’s oldest org torched a decade of discourse – when AIGA Eye on Design vanished overnight, it exposed a troubling lack of stewardship in preserving our industry’s legacy. How can we ensure our design history endures in the digital age?
Do I need these decade-spanning Japanese SNOOPY COMIC SELECTION books? Why yes, yes I do.
That is all.
Enjoyed those READ posters 😂