Browse: Books
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A5 magazine- the Sex Issue- out now
The good folks at A5 magazine let me know about their spanking new edition:
A5 SEX ISSUE IS OUT! Presenting 68 works + a special poster with 30 amazing sex facts and a special new double sex mixtape to download from our site. To buy and order it please visit our site: thea5magazine.com. Full list of [...]
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UK Author has Book Suppressed- Publishes it Online
Craig Murray is no stranger to literary suppression.
The outspoken former British amabassador to Uzbekistan was forced to un-publish certain documents which he claimed exposed “Britain and the CIA’s use of intelligence obtained by torture abroad” (which had been legally obtained by the Freedom of Information and Data Protection acts) from his website after legal threats [...]
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Graffiti colouring-in book
This is an awesome-looking graffiti colouring-in book.
Link to review at LAMJC, Link to buy the book at Amazon.
(via HYB)
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Print Liberation: The Screen Printing Primer
Print Liberation are a design troupe from Philadelphia who just released the paperback- Print Liberation: The Screen Printing Primer- on North Light Books. The book offers a do-it-yourself guide to the fundaments of screenprinting, which also journeys briefly into the history of craft, and comes adorned with lashes of graphic design and visual examples. In [...]
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Whatcha Mean, What’s a Zine?
I just ordered Whatcha Mean, What’s a Zine?: The Art of Making Zines and Mini Comics, by Mark Todd and Esther Pearl Watson.
It’s a journey into the DIY underbelly of print publishing, where creatives rule, and where there are no rules. The book is produced in zine form- complete with cut-n-paste design, three-color printing, and [...]
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Culture Waves: Michael Fordham’s Book of Surfing
INSIDE “THE BOOK OF SURFING” BY MICHAEL FORDHAM. BANTAM PRESS, ISBN: 0593060733.
It was the discovery of vintage surf mags stashed amongst copies of Playboy that drove a teenage Michael Fordham to his obsession with stalking the sea on a board, in quest of the perfect wave.
Twenty years on, his The Book of Surfing- out today [...]
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Fusible Front
Fusible Front are an exciting design team coming out of Glasgow, headed by illustrator Laura Frame and designer Andrew Brown; whose activities include web and book design, publishing, illustration, and a slew of miscellaneous endeavours in the creative world. In their own words:
“We’re collaborating with artists, writers, musicians and campaigners (unless the thing they’re [...]
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Books: Type Addicted
I just ordered “Type Addicted: The new trend of A to Z typo-graphics” which is an amazing looking book published by Victor Cheung’s Victionary group, about the role of typography in contemporary design.
Victionary are renowned for producing what they describe as “highest quality publications focusing on graphics and visual communications”, [...]
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9 Essential Studies on Music, Audio & Soundwaves
“Various sound frequencies were sent through the tube which caused the styrofoam balls to align in different patterns.” Photo by Skippy13.
Minimalist, post-minimalist, rhythm, melody, ambience, abstract, polyphonic, sound-art, counterpoint… the list goes on and on. The world of music study is vast and expansive, ranging from the mathematical to the spiritual, and today’s noise-makers are [...]
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New Book of Radiohead Art
Stanley Donwood has released a new book called “Dead Children Playing“, which chronicles his iconic artwork with the band Radiohead. Donwood has created the sleeve artwork for the band since their album “The Bends” in 1995, including the new pay-what-you-like “In Rainbows”. The book features all of Donwood and his enigmatic partner Dr Tchock’s paintings [...]
