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Dumbo: Acts of Vandalism and Stories of Love
(29 October 2007) - Word on the street is that the prolific graffiti artist Dumbo had to leave Milan for Brooklyn at the risk of arrest. The writer's tag dots lower Manhattan, around Canal on West Broadway, but in Milan it seems like he hit every single building. His recent book documents his life as a vandal, including his tags, art, actions and the like, featuring an intro...
(29 October 2007) - Word on the street is that the prolific graffiti artist Dumbo had to leave Milan for Brooklyn at the risk of arrest. The writer's tag dots lower Manhattan, around Canal on West Broadway, but in Milan it seems like he hit every single building. His recent book documents his life as a vandal, including his tags, art, actions and the like, featuring an intro...
Bruno 9Li
(25 October 2007) - Producing work that is wildly imaginative and meticulously realized, the Brazilian artist known as Bruno 9Li is the latest of the Rojo Magazine group to publish his own monographic book. Entitled Agora Eterno, the book's release is being paired with a month-long solo exhibit, Tormenta, being held in his hometown at the brand new Sao Paulo branch of Rojo's Artspace. The theme encompassing the...
(25 October 2007) - Producing work that is wildly imaginative and meticulously realized, the Brazilian artist known as Bruno 9Li is the latest of the Rojo Magazine group to publish his own monographic book. Entitled Agora Eterno, the book's release is being paired with a month-long solo exhibit, Tormenta, being held in his hometown at the brand new Sao Paulo branch of Rojo's Artspace. The theme encompassing the...
Richard Meier: Houses and Apartments
(18 October 2007) - A follow-up to the book Rizzoli published on pre-eminent modernist architect Richard Meier 10 years ago, their forthcoming Richard Meier: House and Apartments is a hefty volume featuring 28 stunning works. Organized chronologically, each private residence, apartment building and project gets several pages devoted to it that include full-bleed photos, stunning detail shots, brief descriptions and floor plans. A highlight is the section on...
(18 October 2007) - A follow-up to the book Rizzoli published on pre-eminent modernist architect Richard Meier 10 years ago, their forthcoming Richard Meier: House and Apartments is a hefty volume featuring 28 stunning works. Organized chronologically, each private residence, apartment building and project gets several pages devoted to it that include full-bleed photos, stunning detail shots, brief descriptions and floor plans. A highlight is the section on...
Aesop
(17 October 2007) - For the entire month of October, cosmetic retailer Aesop transformed their signature space in Fitzroy, Melbourne into a book store containing nothing but hundreds of copies of "Seventeen Poisoned Englishmen." The store looks amazing, and not only do we love such a quirky statement but we've got the word on how and why. Why was Gabriel Garcia Marquez chosen as the featured author? There are...
(17 October 2007) - For the entire month of October, cosmetic retailer Aesop transformed their signature space in Fitzroy, Melbourne into a book store containing nothing but hundreds of copies of "Seventeen Poisoned Englishmen." The store looks amazing, and not only do we love such a quirky statement but we've got the word on how and why. Why was Gabriel Garcia Marquez chosen as the featured author? There are...
Design: Logos 01
(15 October 2007) - Logos 01 is an "essential primer" by designers for designers with blow-by-blow accounts of the logo design process. Since it showed up on my desk, it's been catching the eye of designers in the office and prompting them to say things like "I love books like this!"Compiled by Minneapolis-based firm Capsule, the book uses six case studies and a logo gallery (both featuring Capsule's...
(15 October 2007) - Logos 01 is an "essential primer" by designers for designers with blow-by-blow accounts of the logo design process. Since it showed up on my desk, it's been catching the eye of designers in the office and prompting them to say things like "I love books like this!"Compiled by Minneapolis-based firm Capsule, the book uses six case studies and a logo gallery (both featuring Capsule's...
Ice Cream
(12 October 2007) - Phaidon has a knack for publishing massive overviews that inform, educate, become trusted resources for years to come, and—as is the case with their "cream" series on emerging artists—boast amazing packaging as well. The latest edition, Ice Cream, is no exception with its rainbow mylar cover that takes us back to our sticker collection days. Fortunately, what's inside the cover doesn't disappoint, including some...
(12 October 2007) - Phaidon has a knack for publishing massive overviews that inform, educate, become trusted resources for years to come, and—as is the case with their "cream" series on emerging artists—boast amazing packaging as well. The latest edition, Ice Cream, is no exception with its rainbow mylar cover that takes us back to our sticker collection days. Fortunately, what's inside the cover doesn't disappoint, including some...
Shaolin: Temple of Zen
(09 October 2007) - Shaolin monks, the guardians of the "vehicle to zen," are the subject of talented and determined photographer Justin Guariglia's new book, Shaolin: Temple of Zen. Having once made the two-day trip from Beijing to the birthplace of Zen Buddhism, the Shaolin Temples of central China, where Guariglia shot the series, I know these images were not easy to get. Walking the grounds as a...
(09 October 2007) - Shaolin monks, the guardians of the "vehicle to zen," are the subject of talented and determined photographer Justin Guariglia's new book, Shaolin: Temple of Zen. Having once made the two-day trip from Beijing to the birthplace of Zen Buddhism, the Shaolin Temples of central China, where Guariglia shot the series, I know these images were not easy to get. Walking the grounds as a...
Design: Intelligence Made Visible
(09 October 2007) - A follow-up to a text originally drafted for the London Design Museum, Terence Conran and Stephen Bayley's new book Design: Intelligence Made Visible is a near encyclopedic reference of design since the Industrial Revolution. Prefaced by a history of design that touches on major influences, including the advent of branding, Colt's "Navy" revolver, William Morris' influence and the role of the U.S., the rest of...
(09 October 2007) - A follow-up to a text originally drafted for the London Design Museum, Terence Conran and Stephen Bayley's new book Design: Intelligence Made Visible is a near encyclopedic reference of design since the Industrial Revolution. Prefaced by a history of design that touches on major influences, including the advent of branding, Colt's "Navy" revolver, William Morris' influence and the role of the U.S., the rest of...
30,000 Years of Art
(25 September 2007) - Phaidon's latest behemoth, 30,000 Years of Art, will have you re-think everything you thought you knew about the world of Art. Spaning the entire history of art, the must-have coffee table book delivers a stunning collection of work from the first examples of human creativity to the future of art in the 21st century. More than 1,000 masterpieces from the greatest artisans of all...
(25 September 2007) - Phaidon's latest behemoth, 30,000 Years of Art, will have you re-think everything you thought you knew about the world of Art. Spaning the entire history of art, the must-have coffee table book delivers a stunning collection of work from the first examples of human creativity to the future of art in the 21st century. More than 1,000 masterpieces from the greatest artisans of all...
Disposable: The History of Skateboard Art
(24 September 2007) - For many skateboard artists the pavement is their only audience. In 2004 renowned skater Sean Cliver attempted to change this with the launch of his book Disposable: The History of Skateboard Art, a 228-page full color text showcasing 1000 of the best skateboard artworks from the last three decades. While local skate stores picked up the text, Cliver found his message wasn't really getting...
(24 September 2007) - For many skateboard artists the pavement is their only audience. In 2004 renowned skater Sean Cliver attempted to change this with the launch of his book Disposable: The History of Skateboard Art, a 228-page full color text showcasing 1000 of the best skateboard artworks from the last three decades. While local skate stores picked up the text, Cliver found his message wasn't really getting...
How To Fly A Plane
(11 September 2007) - Having an idea about How To Fly A Plane has got to be a handy thing, which is why my eyes were drawn to the giveaway title on the front of this new book. It's not a manual, more an introduction to the basics of taking off, flying and landing in easy to understand language for novices like me. Along with tons of pretty...
(11 September 2007) - Having an idea about How To Fly A Plane has got to be a handy thing, which is why my eyes were drawn to the giveaway title on the front of this new book. It's not a manual, more an introduction to the basics of taking off, flying and landing in easy to understand language for novices like me. Along with tons of pretty...
SEND: Interview with Will Schwalbe and Giveaway
(31 August 2007) - SEND, the new bible of email etiquette, was long-awaited by those of us who often feel as if we're drowning in a sea of bad jokes and cheesy chain letters. Written by Will Schwalbe (editor in chief of Hyperion Books) and David Shipley (deputy editorial page editor and Op-Ed page editor of The New York Times, the book is supported by a great site...
(31 August 2007) - SEND, the new bible of email etiquette, was long-awaited by those of us who often feel as if we're drowning in a sea of bad jokes and cheesy chain letters. Written by Will Schwalbe (editor in chief of Hyperion Books) and David Shipley (deputy editorial page editor and Op-Ed page editor of The New York Times, the book is supported by a great site...
Paul Graham: A Shimmer of Possibility
(30 August 2007) - Inspired by Chekhov's short stories—and by his own contagious joy in the book form—photographer Paul Graham created A Shimmer of Possibility, comprised of 10 individual books, each a photographic short story of everyday life. Some are simple and linear: a man smokes a cigarette while he waits for a bus in Las Vegas or the camera tracks an autumn walk in Boston. Some entwine...
(30 August 2007) - Inspired by Chekhov's short stories—and by his own contagious joy in the book form—photographer Paul Graham created A Shimmer of Possibility, comprised of 10 individual books, each a photographic short story of everyday life. Some are simple and linear: a man smokes a cigarette while he waits for a bus in Las Vegas or the camera tracks an autumn walk in Boston. Some entwine...
Hg2 Travel Guides
(22 August 2007) - We're digging the Hg2 series of travel books which take in Paris, London, Rome, Buenos Aires and Miami. The series comes in a half dust jacket (which apparently is meant to be removed once you've settled in to your vacation city), sitting over a Moleskin-like journal chock-full of insidery travel tips. It's fun and informal. A bit like the cities they cover. Hmmm. Now...
(22 August 2007) - We're digging the Hg2 series of travel books which take in Paris, London, Rome, Buenos Aires and Miami. The series comes in a half dust jacket (which apparently is meant to be removed once you've settled in to your vacation city), sitting over a Moleskin-like journal chock-full of insidery travel tips. It's fun and informal. A bit like the cities they cover. Hmmm. Now...
Wolfgang Tillmans: Manual
(16 August 2007) - Manual, the newest monograph from London-based photographer Wolfgang Tillmans, is massive at just over 430 pages. Monumental in size as well as content, it's the most comprehensive view of the artist's work to date and features many previously unpublished works from the past five years. Tillmans, who won the prestigious Turner Prize in 2000, uses the edition to highlight his own experimental approach to...
(16 August 2007) - Manual, the newest monograph from London-based photographer Wolfgang Tillmans, is massive at just over 430 pages. Monumental in size as well as content, it's the most comprehensive view of the artist's work to date and features many previously unpublished works from the past five years. Tillmans, who won the prestigious Turner Prize in 2000, uses the edition to highlight his own experimental approach to...
One Hundred and One Things To Do
(03 August 2007) - Never be bored again with KesselsKramer's latest offering, one hundred and one things to do. Jam packed with plenty to keep you occupied and presented with a stunning collection of simple photographic images, it is as much a coffee table text as a manual for any crafternoon collective. The text is a 40-page essay based on ideas from Do, a label created by KesselsKramer...
(03 August 2007) - Never be bored again with KesselsKramer's latest offering, one hundred and one things to do. Jam packed with plenty to keep you occupied and presented with a stunning collection of simple photographic images, it is as much a coffee table text as a manual for any crafternoon collective. The text is a 40-page essay based on ideas from Do, a label created by KesselsKramer...
Qube Konstrukt: Consort
(01 August 2007) - Since their inception five short years ago Melbourne-based design studio Qube Konstrukt have established themselves as key player in the international market when it comes to ground-breaking design, intelligent illustration, captivating interactive work and original modern art. So it's an exciting announcement that the QK crew have decided to share some of their best work via the release of Consort, a 100-page book and...
(01 August 2007) - Since their inception five short years ago Melbourne-based design studio Qube Konstrukt have established themselves as key player in the international market when it comes to ground-breaking design, intelligent illustration, captivating interactive work and original modern art. So it's an exciting announcement that the QK crew have decided to share some of their best work via the release of Consort, a 100-page book and...
Hair Wars
(27 July 2007) - In his collection of portraits titled Hair Wars, NYC-based photographer David Yellen profiles traditional African American beauty parlor culture and invites us into a world of weaves and braids, where no style is too extreme. The competitions, which began in the mid-'80s when stylist extraordinaire David Humphries (more commonly known as "Hump the Grinder") organized weekly events then known as the "Wednesday Night Hair...
(27 July 2007) - In his collection of portraits titled Hair Wars, NYC-based photographer David Yellen profiles traditional African American beauty parlor culture and invites us into a world of weaves and braids, where no style is too extreme. The competitions, which began in the mid-'80s when stylist extraordinaire David Humphries (more commonly known as "Hump the Grinder") organized weekly events then known as the "Wednesday Night Hair...
Tank Books
(19 July 2007) - At the recent First Exposure brand exhibition I was greeted by the amazing sight of a woman in full '50s cigarette girl outfit: vertiginous heels, nylons, hot pants, little jacket, pill box hat, red lipstick—minus the cigarettes. This lovely lady, in accordance with the very recent smoking ban taking effect in the U.K., wasn't about to light up, but she did produce some beautiful...
(19 July 2007) - At the recent First Exposure brand exhibition I was greeted by the amazing sight of a woman in full '50s cigarette girl outfit: vertiginous heels, nylons, hot pants, little jacket, pill box hat, red lipstick—minus the cigarettes. This lovely lady, in accordance with the very recent smoking ban taking effect in the U.K., wasn't about to light up, but she did produce some beautiful...
AES+F
(22 June 2007) - AES+F is a collective of Russian artists made up of Tatiana Arzamasova, Lev Evzovich, Evgeny Svyatsky and Vladimir Fridkes. Their body of work called "Action Half Life" explores war and heroism in modern times. Taking it's name from a computer video game, Action Half Life blends together visual imagery from science fiction, video games and fashion. The group auditioned over 500 young teenagers from...
(22 June 2007) - AES+F is a collective of Russian artists made up of Tatiana Arzamasova, Lev Evzovich, Evgeny Svyatsky and Vladimir Fridkes. Their body of work called "Action Half Life" explores war and heroism in modern times. Taking it's name from a computer video game, Action Half Life blends together visual imagery from science fiction, video games and fashion. The group auditioned over 500 young teenagers from...
Tord Boontje Giveaway
(18 June 2007) - Tord Boontje's beautiful new hardbound book is helping to cement his place in design history as one of the foremost designers of the era. Like our recent video on the designer, the book is a visual survey of his work and a tour of his studio in rural France. With stunning photography that's anything but white-backdrop conventional (think rings of fire and chairs dotting...
(18 June 2007) - Tord Boontje's beautiful new hardbound book is helping to cement his place in design history as one of the foremost designers of the era. Like our recent video on the designer, the book is a visual survey of his work and a tour of his studio in rural France. With stunning photography that's anything but white-backdrop conventional (think rings of fire and chairs dotting...
Veneer
(11 June 2007) - A new collection of 18 books to be published quarterly over the next five years, Veneer resists easy definition—it's the kind of thing you really shouldn't think to hard about. When we met the founder, Flint Jamison, in Portland a couple months ago, he described Veneer as a venue for experts to write about their area of expertise. It's a 'for geeks by geeks'...
(11 June 2007) - A new collection of 18 books to be published quarterly over the next five years, Veneer resists easy definition—it's the kind of thing you really shouldn't think to hard about. When we met the founder, Flint Jamison, in Portland a couple months ago, he described Veneer as a venue for experts to write about their area of expertise. It's a 'for geeks by geeks'...
The Contemporary Tea House
(04 June 2007) - The tea house is one of Japan’s most original and significant architectural forms—a small, simple space for the tea ceremony that traditionally requires a hearth, straw-mat flooring and a low entrance. Modern Japanese architects have found the challenge of redefining this highly formalized and constrained idiom almost impossible to resist. The Contemporary Tea House features twenty works that reveal the way world-renowned Japanese architects...
(04 June 2007) - The tea house is one of Japan’s most original and significant architectural forms—a small, simple space for the tea ceremony that traditionally requires a hearth, straw-mat flooring and a low entrance. Modern Japanese architects have found the challenge of redefining this highly formalized and constrained idiom almost impossible to resist. The Contemporary Tea House features twenty works that reveal the way world-renowned Japanese architects...
Charley Harper: An Illustrated Life
(30 May 2007) - Set to be released next month Charley Harper:An Illustrated Life is a 420-page behemoth of an art book of illustrations published by AMMO Books. Spanning six decades, Harper's minimalistic style captures the natural world with broad strokes, leaving out the fine details while representing a whole that's greater than its parts. He's said to have famously remarked that when drawing a bird, he doesn't...
(30 May 2007) - Set to be released next month Charley Harper:An Illustrated Life is a 420-page behemoth of an art book of illustrations published by AMMO Books. Spanning six decades, Harper's minimalistic style captures the natural world with broad strokes, leaving out the fine details while representing a whole that's greater than its parts. He's said to have famously remarked that when drawing a bird, he doesn't...
Cool Hunting Video Presents: Tord Boontje
(29 May 2007) - Our latest video spotlights Dutch-born designer Tord Boontje, looking at his relationship with nature, his dislike of furniture fairs and the new retrospective book of his work. Tord takes us on a tour of the NYC's ICFF, sits down for an exclusive interview and has a quick chat with Tom Dixon about their shared profession. Go here to purchase the book....
(29 May 2007) - Our latest video spotlights Dutch-born designer Tord Boontje, looking at his relationship with nature, his dislike of furniture fairs and the new retrospective book of his work. Tord takes us on a tour of the NYC's ICFF, sits down for an exclusive interview and has a quick chat with Tom Dixon about their shared profession. Go here to purchase the book....
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