FEATURES/TOC

Bound for Glory
Advances in screen-based reading may make the book as we know it extinct. What will we lose when all that paper melts into zeroes and ones? BY MARK DERY

Agitprop Primer
At first, the new Soviet state welcomed radical changes in children’s book design. Then came the backlash.
BY STEVEN HELLER

The Girls’ Guide to Writing and Publishing
Novels aimed at single women have the sales pitch down, but they haven‘t come a long way, baby. 
TEXT BY JAMI ATTENBERG

CHART BY GIAMPIETRO + SMITH
Acrobat Reader

As novelists include more typographic experimentation in their writing, do audiences read their books or just look at them? BY ANNA GERBER AND TEAL TRIGGS

FIRST PERSON

Back to the Future
Fearless forecasts that PRINT recorded 40 and 50 years ago tell us where graphic design was headed.
ILLUSTRATIONS BY MARIAN BANTJES

Spirits in the Material World
Audrey Niffenegger’s handmade books are the stuff of ghost stories. But the skeletons hanging out in her attic? Those are real. BY JANDOS ROTHSTEIN

Print Ads Cut Loose
The digital magazine doesn’t mean the death knell of the classic print—instead, there’s gonna be a whole lotta shakin’ goin’ on. BY ANTHONY VAGNONI

From My Permanent Collection
No longer content to be consigned to the coffee table, a new cache of rare art books is thrilling dealers, designers, and devotees alike. BY COLIN BERRY

Radical Traditionalists
The newest publishers from Los Angeles are transforming the art magazine—with paintbrushes, 3D glasses, and porn-star air fresheners. BY JAMI ATTENBERG

DEPARTMENTS

Fear Not, Gentle Reader A note about this issue. BY JOYCE RUTTER KAYE

CONTRIBUTORS

Where we’re calling from.

F.O.B.

Toys for the trendy, prostitution ethics in Germany, an Inuit-inspired typeface, and more.

SHELF LIFE

Black-and-white spelling blocks, a pink comic-book cover, and endless yo’s.

MONOLOGUE

Care Packaging Designing with an eye for sustainability needs to be a collective effort. BY JEREMY LEHRER

OBSERVER

Design’s Velvet Rope: Does an elite organization like the AGI still have a place in the industry?BY RICK POYNOR

DIALOGUE
Jonathan Bell, branding expert. INTERVIEW BY STEVEN HELLER