DC151 Interview: Memoir Design with David Loehr and Greg Swenson

Design Critique: Products for People

Tim Keirnan interviews author David Loehr and designer Greg Swenson about the new memoir That's How Strong My Love Is: From Rock and Roll to James Dean. The memoir is an insider's perspective of rock and roll history, James Dean legacy, fashion, pop culture, and the counterculture of the 1960s, 70s, and 80s from New York to LA. This book is unique in that David, the world's foremost archivist of James Dean's remarkable life and career, saved so many artifacts from his own interesting life experiences to document them, including ticket stubs, posters, autographed photos, letters, post cards, clothing from various periods, photos, badges, pins, stage designs, newspaper clippings, and more. Greg worked with David to design the presentation of the memoir text and the appropriate artifact photos and scans, plus the cover.

David's memoir is on sale at the following places: The James Dean Gallery (jamesdeangallery.com) Ebay.com (https://www.ebay.com/itm/265176747370?hash=item3dbdc40d6a:g:MMMAAOSw~XhgsUW0) Amazon.com (https://www.amazon.com/Thats-How-Strong-Love-Rock-n-Roll/dp/0578826151/ref=sr_1_1?crid=XH1Q1Z5PUE1D&dchild=1&keywords=that%27s+how+strong+my+love+is+book&qid=1627243483&sprefix=that%27s+how+strong+my+love+is%2Caps%2C200&sr=8-1)

Greg's book, "Recipes for Rebels", is another book design triumph and is available at the following places: The James Dean Gallery (jamesdeangallery.com) Recipes For Rebels site (https://www.recipes4rebels.com/?product=recipes-for-rebels-cookbook) Amazon.com (https://www.amazon.com/Recipes-Rebels-kitchen-James-Dean/dp/0578165139/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1627243823&sr=8-2)

The incredibly good 8 minute documentary "Lenny's Shirts" on Lenny Prussack's fashion design career is at https://youtu.be/eAuNU8npRv0

Lenny's shirts are available at his Etsy store at https://www.etsy.com/shop/LennyShirts