Blurb prides itself in letting you create beautiful, one-of-a-kind books – and really, we think our customization options are pretty great. But then someone like Flemming Bo Jensen comes along...
Nation of Storytellers, run by the Blurb U.K. team, is going strong and if you want your story to be part of this amazing narrative, there’s still time – entries close on Thursday, 31 May. We’ve rece...
For today’s how-to, Dan Milnor, Blurb’s photographer at large, shares his considerable expertise in how to design a book cover. It’s a little sneak-peek into a what we hope can beco...
Jesse Freidin specializes in pet photography, particularly dog portraiture (though the list of animals he’s photographed includes the occasional elephant). He’s been voted “Beast Do...
Jisike, according to Bradley Ogbonna, “is an Igbo phrase that means ‘use strength’ or ‘try.’” And it forms the title of Ogbonna’s extraordinary book that loo...
#Camerathursdays is our semi-weekly series that lets us, the people behind Blurb, show the cameras we shoot with. Today we feature the return of one of our first contributors to the series, our Inter...
London Festival of Photography opens 31 May and Blurb will be a part of it. So, not only will you see amazing street, documentary and contemporary photography at Museum of London, British Library, Ta...
Blurb photographers come in the full range of experience and skill, but the one thing we all have in common is the ongoing desire to take better photos. We’d like to offer a series of lessons a...
“Leslie presents us with a poignant testimony of a deeply disillusioned nation seeking recovery from a string of political, environmental and economic traumas.” -Myriam Blundell, Curator, London, UK ...
Pop-Up Magazine is one of those events that reminds me of just how incredible it is to live in San Francisco (as if getting to work at Blurb wasn’t enough!) Described as a “live magazine,” Pop-Up is ...
Larry Smith Larry Smith is the founder and editor of SMITH Magazine, and its younger cousin, SMITH Teens. SMITH Magazine is best known for launching the Six-Word Memoir® project, which is a bestselli...
Holding Light by Larry Fodor (click for full preview) I recently read an article about the difficulty of understanding art. I’ve never truly struggled with that issue, but when I hear someone say “I ...
Who wouldn’t want to pack up their laptop, hop a plane, and commune with other creatives in some bucolic setting like Vermont at the the famed Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference or maybe Bali for the ann...
We love type. And judging by the number of books about type we have in our bookstore, you do too. Here’s a round-up of recent books that celebrate typography. Type City is more than just...
A few weeks ago we published our twentieth #camerathursdays post. That seemed like a milestone worthy of a book. So I fired up Blurb BookSmart, slurped in the blog posts, and a book was born (...
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak Beloved author (notice we didn’t say “children’s author,” more on this in a bit) Maurice Sendak died at his home in Connecticut on Tuesday, May 8 at the ag...
Exciting news for fans of contemporary photography – the countdown has begun for the unveiling of the new Photographers’ Gallery space, the largest public gallery in London dedicated to photography. ...
Chip Kidd is legendary in the book design and graphic design world. He’s the genius behind the covers for bestselling books like “Jurassic Park” by Michael Crichton, “Dry” by Augusten Burroughs, and ...
On Mondays we like to take a moment and ask people who are experts in their fields to drop a bit of photographic knowledge on us. Today, we talk with Tiffany Bukowski, territory manager northw...
If you ever get a hankering for design, art, fashion, or craft, you should be checking out N.E.E.T. Magazine, the online publication that showcases independent and eco-friendly creativity. There are ...
Today on #camerathursdays we feature the return of Dan Milnor (a.k.a. @smogranch, Blurb’s photographer at large). But this isn’t a rerun. Last time we featured Dan and his Leica M6. Today...
The Sony World Photo Awards were recently announced and we were lucky enough to talk to David Airob, a Barcelona-based photographer who won the prestigious award for Architectural Photography for his...
Blurb BookSmart® gives you the ability to create blog books from blogs on Blogger, Live Journal, Typepad, and WordPress.com. However, currently it doesn’t work with a self-hosted WordPress blog...
You love books and you want to show it? Here are a few of our favorite ways to wear your love on your sleeve (and elsewhere): "A Book Lover" T-shirt from Threadless Book spines iPhone skin ...
We’re big into birthdays and (of course) into books, and when we heard about the book celebrating the life and work of the soon-to-be-centenarian Walter Chapman, we nearly threw a party of our own. W...
THE NEW BRITISH. Coming Soon from The New British on Vimeo. Kez Glozier, witty Editor-in-Chief, and Neville Brody, ultra creative Art Director, are the men behind THE NEW BRITISH – the latest p...
Instaburb: Hardcover by Misho Baranovic and Oliver Lang | Make Your Own Book For those of you who haven’t already heard, Instaburb was a phenomenal photo event that combined Instagram photos of Austr...
Justin Timberlake has teamed with his longtime interior decorator Estee Stanley to launch HomeMint.com, a new home collection. To kick it off, Justin and Estee are hosting a photo contest. They want ...
Every couple of weeks we ask a photographer five questions about how they get the photos that they get. This week, our subject is Garrick Morgenweck, a US Army Flight Medic whose book, My Year in Afg...
Laura Brunow Miner is a favorite around these parts. She is a former editor-in-chief of JPG Magazine and the founder of Pictory, an amazing online showcase of curated photo stories. She was also one ...
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