West Side Story (1961) poster designed by Joe Caroff.
• “From the very moment of its inception, the Wound Man was an image intimately tied to actual practice. He was in fact many, many things at once: epistemic diagram, medical tool, affective muse, technical spur, international artwork.” Jack Hartnell explores the tortured paths of book illustration known as the Wound Man.
• At The Daily Heller: The late Joe Caroff, who Steven Heller calls “the most prolific designer you’ve never heard of”.
• From V to Vineland and Inherent Vice: John Keenan ranks Thomas Pynchon’s books.
• Sometimes Easy, Sometimes Hard: Toby Manning on Harmonia’s Deluxe at 50.
• At Unquiet Things: The infinite cosmos of Martina Hoffmann.
• Mix of the week: A mix for The Wire by Sanam.
• The Strange World of…Joe McPhee.
• RIP Terence Stamp.
• Gravity’s Angel (1984) by Laurie Anderson | Wounder (2006) by Burial | Melodie Is A Wound (2025) by Stereolab