Our latest adventures in book design brings us to Matt Bai's "The Argument: Billionaires, Bloggers, and the Battle to Remake Democratic Politics." I think that the tracking -- the space between the letters -- might be set too high, and that the cerulean blue of the subtitle is somewhat dated. But otherwise it looks just how it should, like the cross between a text book and a manual. "The Argument" is meant to be your essential guide to modern Democratic politics, and that's just what it looks like. Nice job, Matt et al.

With we're on the topic, John Maeda, the associate director of MIT's media lab, explains here his process for designing the most recent cover of Key, the New York Times's guide to real estate you will never, ever be able to afford. (Via J. Kottke.)