Category Archives: Books

Beautiful Losers

By Chungaiz | Published: March 25, 2008

The trailer has been around for a while now, but it seems as though finally it’s getting a release. Slam X Hype has more. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Beautiful Losers documented – as an exhibition and a book, and now film – some of the best “street” [...]

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We Tell Stories

By Chungaiz | Published: March 19, 2008

Penguin’s gone digital and innovative again. We Tell Stories is a Google Maps mash-up that integrates locations with a story specially written for the project, oh and a bit of Alternative Reality Gaming. The first story is ‘The 21 Steps’ by Charles Cumming. It begins here, in King’s Cross. The Press Release tells more: Over [...]

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Will Self – Backpedalling to the future.

By Andy | Published: March 17, 2008

Great piece by Will Self in The Independent.

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Hyperkit

By Andy | Published: March 10, 2008

I really like hyperkit‘s work – very clean, fun, & functional. I look forward to their updates and journal entries. Good stuff!

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Johnson Banks

By Andy | Published: February 26, 2008

Johnson Banks is a Design Consultancy. They do some really nice work. They also produce a ‘thought of the week’, which is worth reading. so do.

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Six Word Memoirs at SMITH Magazine

By Chungaiz | Published: February 25, 2008

You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Six-Word Memoirs: The Legend Legend has it that Hemingway was once challenged to write a story in only six words. His response? “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.” Last year, SMITH Magazine re-ignited the recountre by asking our readers for their own six-word [...]

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Charley Harper – An Illustrated Life

By Andy | Published: February 19, 2008

Would someone please buy me this - Charley Harper – An Illustrated Life. Read more about Charley (RIP) at the Cincinatti Contemporary Arts centre.

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Penguin Exhibition at Holburne Museum in Bath

By Chungaiz | Published: February 18, 2008

If you want to see some of the Penguin Books for real, take a trip to the 70 years of Penguin Design at Holburne Musem in Bath

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Penguin Covers on flickr

By Andy | Published: February 15, 2008

been checking the Penguin Paperback spotters’ guild on flickr or some time now, it just keeps getting better!! this particular cover is owned by Acejet170.

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Antonio Tapies.

By Silver | Published: February 15, 2008

I’d been meaning to buy this book for some time now, and after a frustrating search i picked up a copy. An exceptional overview of Antonio Tapies exhibition posters.