Amass Blog

August 31, 2009 12:31 PM

AMASSBLOGmy name is james phillips williams. most everyone calls me jp. i have been a designer in new york for 20 years. i started this blog at the urging of my friends and fellow designers who were familiar with my manic collecting. my collections are varied but generally have to do with typography or design.
posted by OmieWise (11 comments total)

This is a beautiful site. There's something about the lighting and white backdrops (and the way the material is photographed and annotated) that makes me feel like I'm thumbing though a museum.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 12:41 PM on August 31

Elegant beyond words. I really enjoy this.
posted by Diagonalize at 12:57 PM on August 31

Oh man, now totally stuck on the reference library blog linked from it. I can relate all too well.
posted by jessamyn at 1:19 PM on August 31

The bike jerseys are fantastic.
posted by fixedgear at 2:52 PM on August 31

Yes. Thank you. Also the linked blogs. Thank you.
posted by sciencegeek at 2:58 PM on August 31

Poor guy doesn't have a shift key.
posted by hypersloth at 3:38 PM on August 31 [1 favorite]

Beautiful and fascinating. I adore stuff like this, and daily I fight the urge to collect.

(Also: I want to read this, but can't— physically. Oh, my aching retinas.)
posted by functionequalsform at 3:52 PM on August 31

Elegant beyond words. I really enjoy this.

yep, i thought the same thing when I first saw it. it definately is. elegant.
posted by Dr. Send at 8:57 PM on August 31

Marvelous, thank you.
posted by faineant at 10:26 PM on August 31

Poor guy doesn't have a shift key.
posted by hypersloth

He explains why in the first post.
posted by flippant at 12:58 AM on September 1

He explains why in the first post.

I'm dubious, though, as to the claim that not using a shift key saves time. After teaching myself how to touch-type when I was 10, whenever I don't use capital letters on purpose it just feels wrong somehow and seems to take longer for my brain to wrap around.
posted by TrishaLynn at 4:05 AM on September 1 [1 favorite]