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Just KidsBook

by Patti Smith

Who uses, recommends or left Just Kids, in their own words: each a verbatim quote with a link to where it was said.

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Jessica Hische
Letterer, illustrator and type designer; creator of Daily Drop Cap and of many hand-lettered book covers.
loved

This month I read both Patti Smith's Just Kids, which I loved also and was also I feel like I'm reading a lot of books about sort of being an artist more so than, uh, being a designer. And that book I found really interesting just sort of like hearing her story of moving to New York and having nothing and just sort of like trying to trying to be an artist and make art and having that be the thing that drove everything that she and Robert Mapplethorpe did.

Lenny's Podcast, "How to see like a designer: The hidden power of typography and logos", lightning round, asked for the books they recommend most; the guest's own spoken answer (YouTube captions).

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