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Shanghai’s 50 Best Shops

Chungaiz — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:17:50 +0000

The 50 best shops in Shanghai? According to TimeOut, that is.

I don’t massively disagree with any of these shops, and there are enough places that I’ve not had the pleasure of spending my hard earned Rimbim’s/Rambo’s/Rimbibibibim’s/RMB in that I could spend an afternoon remembering the pleasures of a consumerist society. It’s strange the things you miss…

Check out the article here, but I’ll be referencing it for DVDs, handmade shoes, vintage watches, ceramics, and adult toys.

TimeOut’s 50 Best Shops in Shanghai

Reinterpreting the printed word: Tree of Codes by Jonathan Safran Foer

Chungaiz — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:33:35 +0000

Tree of Codes by Jonathan Safran Foer from Visual Editions on Vimeo.

Tree of Codes is as much a sculptural object as it is a work of masterful storytelling. With the story literally carved out of another book, Tree of Codes has a different die-cut on every single page. Telling the haunting story of “an enormous last day of life”, it is a book that looks every bit like it feels: unlike anything else.

Embacher Collection

Andy — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 19:03:56 +0000

New to the T&H catalogue is Cyclepedia – A Tour of Iconic Bicycle Designs. A wonderful book of Michael Embacher’s incredible bicycle collection. his online archive is really great too. buy the book here.

Weird Book Room – Abebooks

Kai — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 09:16:51 +0000

The purveyors of weird and wonderful books, Abebooks, have put on the Weird Book Room. Well worth a browse, a christmas gift for everyone to be found here, with intriguing titles like these:

101 More Uses for a Dead Cat

50 Ways to Use Feminine Hygiene Products in a Manly Manner

Sodomy and the Pirate Tradition: English Sea Rovers in the Seventeenth-Century Caribbean

And of particular interest for readers of this blog:

Exercises for Gentlemen: 50 Exercises to Do With Your Suit on

ideo on the future of books

Andy — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 10:57:27 +0000

The Future of the Book. from IDEO on Vimeo.

Ipad Magazine Reading

Chungaiz — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 11:31:45 +0000

Mag+ live with Popular Science+ from Bonnier on Vimeo.

Mag+ prototype has teamed up with Popular Science magazine to create a digital magazine app for the iPad. The video above demonstrates how the app works and talks through the thinking behind it. Shame about the lack of search function… that would be most useful.

The video below has a review and demonstration of some other magazine apps (including Popular Science).

(via Magculture) [Popular Science + in iTunes Store]

Making of Fantastic Mr Fox

Andy — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:44:49 +0000

A lovely new book designed by Angus Hyland. More over at the Pentagram blog.

ride journal

Andy — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:31:26 +0000

the ride journal is one of those mags / journals i don’t need to flick through, i pick it up and take it straight to the till; no flicking needed, you know you’re guaranteed a good read. it sounds horribly cliched but you can read the book by its cover, the care and attention to detail that goes into the illustration really is a window on the contents.

highly recommended. go get it > ride journal

Travel Italia

Chungaiz — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:12:40 +0000

The Golden Age of Italian Travel Posters is beautiful. Organised by region, featuring 170 posters from 1920-60, as commissioned by the Italian State Tourism Board and Italian State Railways. Click here to look inside

Huxley, Not Orwell, Was Right About “The Future” (i.e: Today)

Chungaiz — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:34:11 +0000

Related to the notes I’m keeping on The Future Of Media, here’s a great cartoon strip by Stuart McMillan based on words by Neil Postman – as featured in the book “Amusing Ourselves To Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Showbusiness”.

I reckon Postman’s book would go nicely on your reading list with “Everything Bad Is Good For You” by Steven Johnson.