Graphic Poetry

Posted on June 2, 2005 Under Books

Graphic Poetry is a book of "modern poetry" from around the globe--but that's not all. International designers, and illustrators, have taken the challenge of creating a "visual response" to each of these written poems, their ideas take up spreads throughout…

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Sneakers: The Complete Collectors Guide

Posted on May 18, 2005 Under Books

I need to give a gracious nod to Cool Hunting for mentioning the new book by Unorthodox Styles--"Sneakers: The Complete Collectors' Guide"-- it's absolutely the best sneaker book I have ever seen. It's organized in an easy to navigate encyclopedia…

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Angry Young Cliche

Posted on May 11, 2005 Under Books

Angry Young Cliche is a 160 page book, exploring the interaction of social and political commentary within the realm of concept-based design. The book is full of work from Colin Smith--an incredibly talented graphic designer, soon to be Savannah College…

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ARKITIP 27

Posted on April 4, 2005 Under Books

ARKITIP magazine's 27th issue is out now. This book is limited edition, hand numbered to 1000. The current issue features artists like Michael Leon, Charles Glaubitz, and Jay Howell. Each issue is packaged with a special Michael Leon and Marc…

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Freewave

Posted on February 28, 2005 Under Books

Oooh fonts, designs, goodies, I totally love the concept of Freewave. It's a book and DVD packaged together full of cutting edge design that "allows immediate access to graphic design applications and provides a close study by peeling back the…

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Installation View

Posted on February 22, 2005 Under Design

I don't have many details right now but it looks like Ryan Mcginness has a new book coming out called installationview Looks like Rizzoli has the exclusive on it. The cover art looks good, anyone have any details on the…

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look at book

Posted on January 20, 2005 Under Books

What a brilliant and beautiful idea. For thirty-six weeks, a sketchbook was sent in random order between four artists: two in Brooklyn, two in Belfast. Each week they would send the book to the next artists giving each artist 5…

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New York Changing

Posted on January 4, 2005 Under Books

Did you ever wonder what it would be like to take a picture of an urban place, and come back 60 years later to take another one and place them side by side and see the result? Douglas Levere has…

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A Matter of Identity

Posted on January 3, 2005 Under Books

Branding, corporate identity and the corporate design process has long been something I've been intrigued by. The designers at Victionary have several great books that spark the imagination and inspire with an awesome collection of real world images. "It's A…

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Sponsorship

Posted on December 29, 2004 Under Books

I'm a big Ryan McGinness fan, he has some great stuff over at SHIFT to see"”he is easily one of the most promising and prominent young designers coming out of NYC. I don't know how to explain this any better…

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