josh berta

I blog about good and bad design. One of each. As often as possible.

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@lauraalbert just watched Author after relistening to your WTF podcast. Have you ever considered/discussed JT or Speedie as tulpas? They seem like tulpas. Worth a look if you don’t know about that phenomenon.

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@joshritter looking forward to seeing you in Chicago! Putting my request in now for a rendition of Tom T Hall’s “I Love”, may he RIP.

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@Dan_Higgins Boom Town by Sam Anderson

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Chairman’s Letter | 2020 IBM Annual Report https://t.co/FvhY0vNj25

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Today marks 100 days of sheltering in place for me, so what better book to do. And this is my 100th cover (not counting that I did all the Game of Thrones books at once, two versions of The Corrections, and a… https://t.co/O7zcsPXhFQ

[josh berta @prttyshtty]

“People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.”
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My penultimate post!
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To Mock a Killing Germ (or To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee)
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#covidbookcover #covidcover #bookcover… https://t.co/h0spzA8yht

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“Therefore, get up; defeat your breathlessness with spirit that can win all battles if the body's heaviness does not deter it.
A longer ladder still is to be climbed; it's not enough to have left them behind; if you… https://t.co/7pbMduNxVI

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Postponement (or Atonement, by Ian McEwan)
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#covidbookcover #covidcover #bookcover #bookcoverdesign #book #bookstagram #covid19 #coronavirus #coronamemes #covidmemes #atonement #ianmcewan https://t.co/PijpROcRrC

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A Life Made Stale (or The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood therealmargaretatwood )
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#covidbookcover #covidcover #bookcover #bookcoverdesign #book #bookstagram #covid19 #coronavirus #coronamemes #covidmemes… https://t.co/6RZ3AwKvIP

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The Dr. Fauci Code (or The DaVinci Code, by Dan Brown)
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#covidbookcover #covidcover #bookcover #bookcoverdesign #book #bookstagram #covid19 #coronavirus #coronamemes #covidmemes #davincicode #danbrown https://t.co/bXRE9DVc1s

[josh berta @prttyshtty]

My pal @billwadman suggested I do this book, and I had to agree. I hope you approve of what I came up with Bill. Thx for suggesting it!
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Zoom and the Art of Conference Call Maintenance (or Zen and the Art of… https://t.co/j05vvL3YQf

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The Concern of the W.H.O (or The Turn of the Screw, by Henry James)
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#covidbookcover #covidcover #bookcover #bookcoverdesign #book #bookstagram #covid19 #coronavirus #coronamemes #covidmemes #theturnofthescrew… https://t.co/Zb4VMXmzJh

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Friend, neighbor, and fellow creative director mikenienow rescued this book from his flooded basement and sent me a pic of it. The illustration looked so much like a human profile, all could think of was those swabs… https://t.co/qcRU9f2F6c

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At the end of the the week I’ll have been sheltering in place for 100 days. On the 100th day I’ll be posting my 100th and final cover. Starting off the final 10...
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The Flours (or The Hours, by Michael Cunningham,… https://t.co/LLpzXogTCT

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The Infirm (or The Firm, by John Grisham)
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#covidbookcover #covidcover #bookcover #bookcoverdesign #book #bookstagram #covid19 #coronavirus #coronamemes #covidmemes #thefirm #johngrisham https://t.co/qyAumf3Pqh

[josh berta @prttyshtty]

Suggested many weeks ago by my pal @bxmarks and finally come to life.
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In Isolation (or Annihilation, by Jeff Vandermeer)
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#covidbookcover #covidcover #bookcover #bookcoverdesign #book #bookstagram #covid19… https://t.co/ES0rrHqYmF

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Exposure (or Disclosure, by Michael Crichton). Original cover design by chip_kidd
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#covidbookcover #covidcover #bookcover #bookcoverdesign #book #bookstagram #covid19 #coronavirus #coronamemes #covidmemes… https://t.co/uWUL3ZPrtL

[josh berta @prttyshtty]

Next weekend, for us in the northern hemisphere, summer begins. I seem to have misplaced a season.
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All the Spring When? (or All the King’s Men, by Robert Penn Warren)
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#covidbookcover #covidcover #bookcover… https://t.co/dWmmqMB9qT

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Man can binge watch everything if he will but try.
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Over Dosage of Media (or A Passage to India , by E. M. Forster)
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#covidbookcover #covidcover #bookcover #bookcoverdesign #book #bookstagram #covid19… https://t.co/z9hDxpxz3d

[josh berta @prttyshtty]

Looking at these screens suddenly dwarfed my own troubles and all the gravities of terrestrial life.
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The Time on Screens (or The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells)
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#covidbookcover #covidcover #bookcover… https://t.co/Vml0j1GJuo