The I LEGO N.Y.. Board Book by Christoph Niemann will be my new favorite NYC Book Gift from now on. Absolutely brilliant and hilarious.
(link and images via bookbyitscover)
Paul Octavious
Not only are these book sculptures stunning, Paul Octavious also has a seriously cool last name.
New Book by Oliver Jeffers!
Oh, look, Oliver Jeffers came out with a new book: The Heart and the Bottle. Must. Order. Now! Ella will be thrilled!
And on a sidenote: Oliver agreed to be one of our speaker’s at an upcoming CreativeMornings. How fabulous is that? I am thrilled!
Want to have a peak into Oliver’s world? Here is a great 3 min short:
(via minordetails)
It’s Nice That Issue #3
Here’s your chance to pre-order Nice That Issue #3 with an exclusive Parra Print. Included in the content are interviews with the likes of Milton Glaser, Sir Paul Smith and Tom Dixon, as well as features from Ken Garland and Geoff McFetridge. The stellar line-up is also complimented by the usual collection of brilliant work from the last six months on the blog.
Every pre-order will also be treated to a free, exclusive large-scale screen print by Amsterdam’s Parra. It has been designed specifically to give anyone who orders a copy of the publication before midnight on March 31st.
swissmiss hearts It’s Nice That.
Speak Human
Eric Karjaluoto is giving away his book “Speak Human”. One Chapter at a time. The first two chapters: Big Isn’t the Only Option and Thank Goodness You’re Small.
Read more about Speak Human. Buy it over on Amazonl
Recommended Design Reading
Jason Santa Maria compiled a list of recommended Design Reading. Wonderful.
Jacket+Bookmark
These Jacket+Bookmarks put a huge smile on my face. An idea by Igor “Rogix” Udushlivy who tought it would be great if we can use dust jackets and bookmarks together to create a unique image of a paper book.
The Incredible Journey that is Consciousness Booklet
The Incredible Journey that is Consciousness is a book by Alex Fuller of the thepostfamily.com and Gabe Usadel of illustrationcorporation.com.
(via FPO)
Food Rules
In Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual Michael Pollan offers an indispensible guide for anyone concerned about health and food. Simple, sensible, and easy to use, Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual is a set of memorable rules for eating wisely, many drawn from a variety of ethnic or cultural traditions. Whether at the supermarket or an all-you-can-eat-buffet, this handy, pocket-size resource is the perfect guide for anyone who would like to become more mindful of the food we eat. A pocket compendium of food wisdom-from the author of The The Omnivore’s Dilemma and In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto.
Read an article about the guide over at the HuffingtonPost. Or enjoy an interview on Jon Stewart’s Daily show:
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The Graphic Artist and His Design Problems Book
Penned and compiled by Brockmann himself The Graphic Artist and His Design Problems, is a cross between his History of Visual Communication book and the monograph Pioneer of Swiss Graphic design. In this book, Brockmann organized his work and notable works of others into categories, and then writes short design theories (ie Uniformity in Advertising), based on the groupings. This book does double duty also as a classic Swiss visual look book with hundreds of images, layouts, logo examples, and more, all placed in Brockmann’s impeccable grid design. 200 pages, 1 chapter in color.
(via JosefMullerBrockmann)
Book Mark
Found this Book Mark over on juststuffifind.com and unfortunately there’s no information on the piece. Does anyone know who we should be giving credit to? Made me look and chuckle.
Quote/Unquote Bookends
Coolest Bookends Ever: Quote/Unquote Bookends by Eric Janssen, manufactured by MERLO-T, Switzerland.
(via bauldoff)
Book City Jackets
These new Book City Jackets caught my eye: Even as you polish off Eat, Pray, Love and dive into the Twilight series, “Reading List” ensures that you always look classy. Perfect for the aspirational reader. $12 for set of 3. Want something a bit more figurative? Check out the Artists Editions.
The Ideal (Kid’s) Bookshelf
Lovely Jane Mount asked me if I’d like to put together my and Ella’s favorite kid’s books for one of her Ideal Bookshelf Drawings. How could I say no to that? The print just went up for sale on 20×200. Check it out.
Jane’s statement from the 20×200 site:
For a while, I’ve been documenting people’s bookshelves as a form of portraiture; you can actually learn a lot about folks by their books’ covers. Now, I’m working on a series of “ideal” bookshelves: sets of favorites—mine or someone else’s—amalgamated in a picture, even if they don’t usually live on shelves anywhere near each other.
This set is Tina Roth Eisenberg’s favorite kid’s books. Tina is more often known as swissmiss, due to the popularity of her excellent blog and design studio. Tina documents all things well-designed and clever, and many things that “made her smile”, including lots of children’s products, since she is the mother of one and expecting another. As a longtime fan of her blog, I know she loves kid’s books as much as I do, so I asked her to pull her favorites from the shelves of her daughter Ella Joy.
The Books from left to right:
Papa Moll
You Can’t Go To School Naked!
Barbapapa
Dr. Seuss’s ABC (I Can Read It All By Myself Beginner Books)
Puzzlehead
A Fish Out of Water
Max und Moritz
Johnny Boo Book 1: The Best Little Ghost In The World
Flight of the Dodo
The Incredible Book-Eating Boy
Auf dem Lande.
The Big Book for Little Hands
365 Penguins
Giant Play and Learn Book (Activity)
This Is New York (This is . . .)
The Graphic Alphabet
The Way Back Home
Zen Shorts
Chowder
Follow the Line
Pippi Longstocking
Mr. Pine’s Purple House
Yummy Yucky
The Going-To-Bed Book
Good Night, Gorilla
Big Rabbit’s Bad Mood
Here’s a Children’s Book I meant to write about for a few weeks now and I was just remembered of it while perusing StickersAndStuff.
Big Rabbit’s Bad Mood is illustrated by Delphine Durand and written by Ramona Badescu. This Big Rabbit is putting a huge smile on my face!
This will make it under our Christmas Tree. I must order now.
Book Harp
Oh, this custom Book-Harp Shelf by swiss designer Hanspeter Steiger makes me swoon. Here’s what he writes about the piece on his site: “The strings of the book-harp are a play of light and statics, three-dimensional picture and bookend, transparent and complete simultaneously. Depending on the angle of the literary instrument it seems once closed, sometimes translucent – and turns to life upon passing. It captures the passer-by at the corner of his eye and draws attention to itself, the variegated content, or out into the sky.”
Andrew Zuckerman | Bird
NYC based Photographer Andrew Zuckerman released another stunning Coffee Table Book, this time on the subject of Birds.
Check out this Behind The Scenes Video:
For more info visit birdbook.org.
The Complete Guide to Google Wave
The Complete Guide to Google Wave is a comprehensive user manual by Gina Trapani with Adam Pash. The book is freely available to view online.
The Book Eating Boy now as Pop-Up Book
My alltime favorite Kid’s Book, the The Incredible Book Eating Boy by Oliver Jeffers
For my London Readers: Oliver Jeffers will be doing a public signing for this book on: Thursday 12th November 4-5pm at The Children’s Bookshop – Muswell Hill 29 Fortis Green Road, London, N10 3HP, 020 84445500.
