Craig Mod

Particulars

In case you were wondering, "What in tarnation has this loudmouth done?" or "Darnit, why should I give even a second of my attention to this website?" here are some specifics.

Publications

I've written for Wired, The Atlantic, California Sunday Magazine, Eater, New Scientist, The New Yorker, Virginia Quarterly Review, The New York Times, CNN.com, Codex: A Journal of Typography, A List Apart, and other magazines, newspapers, and websites.

Mailing Lists I have two newsletters with about 14,000 subscribers (July 2019):

Roden Explorers, monthly, and a general interest (photography, literature, Japan, meditation) newsletter Ridgeline, weekly, about walking in Japan

Books

I'm the author or co-author (and co-designer) of the following books:

• Koya Bound (2016) — a book of photography + essay on walking the Kumano Kodo pilgrimage route in Wakayama, Japan; in collaboration with Dan Rubin
• Art Space Tokyo (2010) — interviews and essays exploring Tokyo museums and galleries; in collaboration with Ashley Rawlings
• Bokura no Jidai no Hon (2015) (『僕らの時代の本』) — a Japanese collection of my essays on the future of books and publishing

I've created other, odd, small-run books like:

• Pachinko Road, Walk With Me (2019)
• The Flipboard for iPhone Book (2011)
• Honors & Fellowships
• MacDowell writing fellow
• Ragdale writing fellow
• VCCA writing fellow
• 50 Books / 50 Covers, book design winner (Koya Bound)
• General Electric (GE), Digital Advisory Board alumnus
• Prada Feltrinelli Literary Prize judge
• TechFellow grant recipient
• 85th Annual Art Director's Club judge

Affiliations

I'm an advisor for: the Yale Publishing Course and Medium Corp. in San Francisco. I'm also a mentor and LP for The Designer Fund in SF.

Editors

A few of the editors of my work, here and elsewhere: Ross Andersen, Matt Buchanan, Frank Chimero, Liz Danzico, Jane Friedman, Rob Giampietro, Andrew Wommack.