December 1, 2009
McCarthy’s Olivetti
“Cormac McCarthy has written more than a dozen novels, several screenplays, two plays, two short stories, countless drafts, letters and more — and nearly every one of them was tapped out on a portable Olivetti manual typewriter he bought in a Knoxville, Tenn., pawnshop around 1963 for $50.”
“‘It has never been serviced or cleaned other than blowing out the dust with a service station hose. … I have typed on this typewriter every book I have written including three not published. Including all drafts and correspondence I would put this at about five million words over a period of 50 years.’”
NY Times.
December 1, 2009
Dieter Rams: Less and More
There has been a lot of Dieter Rams discussion lately, primarily due to the Less and More show currently at the Design Museum in London, but this interview by Gestalten.tv is one of the better pieces of coverage I’ve seen recently.
Also, this looks good.
















































