Royal Remarkable Update

Posted on February 9, 2007 Under Design

Our buddy Royal Remarkable has been a busy man lately. Since you avid joshspear.com readers have grown to know and love RR and his formidable design talent through the site, I thought I would give you a quick update. Recently,…

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D+G Fashion Album

Posted on February 1, 2007 Under Books

In the fashion world, photography is everything. Photos convey the arty and sometimes blurry language of fashion into something seductive and clear to the average eye. The Dolce & Gabbana Fashion Album is a large format (heavy) book that documents…

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Degrees of Separation

Posted on January 18, 2007 Under Books

Degrees of Separation originally started as a simple online postcard website for designers living, originating or somehow connecting to New Orleans area. Read: This project was started pre-hurricane. After Hurricane Katrina, it turned into a creative outlet for many people…

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Jose Parla Cityscapes: The Book

Posted on January 17, 2007 Under Books

I'm still buzzing about my recent art purchase-- a gorgeous Jose Parla watercolor I fell in love with at the Cityscapes exhibit we covered during Art Basel in Miami (recap here). I almost forgot to mention I picked up a…

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Reykjavik Map Books

Posted on January 10, 2007 Under Art

Reykjavik is a new book concept from Scintilla Limited, created by artist, photographer and dreamer Ami Sioux. The concept for the book was originally born in East Berlin where Ami had been living-- she noticed that on a number of…

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Meet the Marks

Posted on January 5, 2007 Under Books

Meet The Marks is a recently finished children's book by our friend Frederic Terral, the genius behind Right Brain Terrain and the Alternative Motivational Posters. The book plays with 'marks'-- a period, question mark, and very cute exclamation point. The…

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From The Vaults: Book Gifts

Posted on November 28, 2006 Under Books

Often times when you get a book as a gift, you smile nervously, file it away into the book shelf and never glance at again. That's not likely to happen with the books pictures above-- so here are our picks…

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Rob Teeters’ Giant Sketch

Posted on November 28, 2006 Under Design

Rob Teeters has some serious design talent. We were impressed with his Skull Coasters last year, and we are impressed with his Giant Sketch this year. I was a little confused when I first looked at the photo of the…

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The Best of Technology Writing 2006

Posted on November 27, 2006 Under Books

Technology is a pervasive part of our daily lives, and increasingly so. It seems as though with each passing year, technology engulfs another portion of each of us. It is an evolution for which I am fearful and uncomfortable, but…

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Without Reason: The Book

Posted on November 22, 2006 Under Books

Without Reason is a limited edition art-book featuring work from graffiti artists, painters, designers, illustrators, photographers and tattoo artists from around the world. Familiar names like Ricky Powell, Bask, Mars One, Future Relic, UPSO and Brendan Monroe grace the 72…

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