A tour through the Social Novel, Victorian(-ish) literature, and Weimar Autumn.
Designer, reader & writer.
Hi, I’m Daniel, a web designer in Los Angeles. When I’m not obsessing over typography or divs, I’m usually reading a book somebody would have banned somewhere.
Current Interests
Thinking about
Homebrewing
Listening to
Brahms: String Quintets , by Gérard Caussé, Hagen Quartett, & Johannes Brahms
Tinkering with
Latest from the
blog.
Recent Posts
-
My review of The Historical Figure of Jesus by E.P. Sanders.
My review of The Non-Jewish Jew and Other Essays by Isaac Deutscher.
To ring in the new year, I'm excited to share a new version of this site with a fresh design, built with Deno Lume.
This year I devoted almost as much time to building a custom reading tracker app as I did to reading, but I’m still pleased with the quantity and quality of what I read.
Trending Posts
Featured Projects
Raising awareness and restoring microplastics-contaminated environments.
Consulting WebsiteExpanding the image and online capabilities of a large and growing church.
Content WebsiteSpreading the word about a radical book publisher’s vibrant community space.
Marketing CampaignCreating a small business’ identity and online presence from the ground up.
Branding & Small Business Website
Recent Reads
-
Babylon Berlin
Volker Kutscher
Completed on 2/25/2025
-
Mornings in Jenin
Susan Abulhawa
Updated on 2/4/2025
-
Berlin Alexanderplatz
Alfred Döblin
Completed on 1/23/2025
-
Essays
Thomas Mann
Started on 1/6/2025
-
A Short History of the Weimar Republic
Colin Storer
Started on 12/30/2024
-
Years of Theory
Fredric Jameson
Started on 12/28/2024
-
Weimar Culture
Peter Gay
Completed on 12/11/2024
-
The Golden Compass
Philip Pullman
Completed on 11/14/2024