Beautiful but Beastly Verse
Picked up a copy of the beautifully illustrated Beastly Verse by JooHee Yoon. It's a lovely collection of rhymes and poems about animals by various authors. Each has one of Yoon's wonderful, layered and rich illustrations supporting it. Incredibly rich and sumptuous colour.
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Beautiful Derek Beaulieu catalogue
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Another beautiful book from the Princeton Architectural Press
Picked up a copy of The Englishman Who Posted Himself and Other Curious Objects by John Tingey (http://www.papress.com/html/book.details.page.tpl?isbn=9781568988726). Yet another beautifully designed book from Princeton Architectural Press. Hats off to the designer Deb Wood for the great typography and managing to capture that essential 'englishness' in…
Beautiful illustrations by Moonassi for Maison Kitsuné
Last year I bought a wonderful t-shirt by Maison Kitsuné. I fell in love with it the moment I saw it. It's from Kitsuné's K.I.M collection and has a marvelous fox/woman illustration on the front by the Korean artist Moonassi (Daehyun Kim). However, Santa brought…