Sam Ita is a great american illustrator and paper engineer that I met at the NY Book Fair. His works are full of wonder, irony and fun and they are skillfully designed to create an involving reading moment. His first book is Moby Dick, published in 2007 by Sterling, NY

Yesterday I was waiting for my L train at Union square and I saw a man sticking pieces of black cut paper on the tiles. They were miniature portraits of famous and random people, beautifully crafted with a mix of chinese sensitivity and western irony. As I approached him he gave me his card: I […]