Personism

Links: Poetry by Design

• Beautiful design can help make great poetry | Books | guardian.co.uk
  Forget expensive marketing campaigns or the rebranding of poets. Quite simply, if you want poetry to seem contemporary and relevant, this kind of design (and good design in general) can make all the difference.
  (tags: books poetry publishing design)

Ahem

Not so bright ideas.

Apparently some people seem to believe that men have cornered the market on being "innovators, entrepreneurs and successful people".

Hey, fellas! Yes, you guys, the ones at AdAge, Yahoo! and, hey while we're at it, all the potential sponsors of the The IDEA Conference and its all dudes, all the time speaker schedule. Judging from your roster, you'd think that when it comes to bright ideas, men are the only ones worth listening to. They aren't.

Links: Do Ho Suh Interview

• Artkrush Interviews Do Ho Suh
  Paul Laster recently sat down with the artist to discuss his work and its sublime interpretation of notions of displacement, identity, and karma.
  (tags: interviews art sculpture exhibitions nyc)

Links: Capitalism in Crisis

• Capitalism in Crisis: The Broken Pact with the People - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International
  This time fundamental issues are at stake. Is a market economy nothing more than an invitation to engage in excessive gambling? And what about the democratic principles that are so closely linked with the market economy, a concept that was used by the West to achieve dominance over the world? This vision of democracy is also at risk.
  (tags: finance economy)

Links: New Auerbach Print + Reissued Rand Books

• Shop | Park Life
  Yes and No and/or Yes or No by Tauba Auerbach. WANT.
  (tags: prints art artists sf)
• Chronicle Books Blog » Blog Archive » From the Design Desk: Children’s Books Designers Love
  Chronicle reissues of children's books written by Ann Rand, illustrated by her husband Paul. They are marvelous looking.
  (tags: design books kids typography)

Links: Mary Heilman @ the New Museum

• Art - Artist Mary Heilmann in Exhibition at New Museum, ‘To Be Someone’ - NYTimes.com
  I can't decide whether to be thrilled or depressed by Heilman's recent recognition, some 40 years in the making. I am definitely thrilled, however, that the New Museum's solo show of Elizabeth Peyton's work is overlapping with Heilman's.
  (tags: paintings museums women art exhibitions artists)