Graphic Poetry is a book of “modern poetry” from around the globe–but that’s not all. International designers, and illustrators, have taken the challenge of creating a “visual response” to each of these written poems, their ideas take up spreads throughout the packed 160 page book. More than 50 designers produced original artwork for the occasion–and the foreword was written by Paula Carson, editor of Creative Review. The project was published by Victionary, and the project looks very well executed.

No, this is not a gun case– it’s a really great new design for a guitar case called “The Calder Original”. The new shape is formed with a “self-reinforcing polypropylene”, which apparently is 50% lighter than ABS, and 30% stronger- and did I mention it’s totally recyclable. This new concept is nicer and more sophisticated than any guitar case I have ever seen. Although the Calder original guitar case is still in the prototype stage, the designer Nick Comer-Cadler, hopes to see it in production this fall. He runs a blog following the progress of production. I’m a big fan, and can’t wait to see one up close.