Christien Meindertsma: PIG 05049 by Christien Meindertsma I've been after a copy of this book for a while. The idea of tracking all the 'uses' of an animal in the modern industrialised food chain was just too fascinating and macabre to miss out on. The book…
Spacesuit, Fashioning Apollo by Nicholas de Monchaux I saw a review of this fascinating book over at Maria Popova's Brain Pickings and I couldn't resist getting a copy. It's a wonderful account of how the ingenuity Playtex trumped the established military contractors in the race…
I picked up this poster a couple years ago, and I must admit I've neglected it a bit. However I've finally got the wall space for it in my new office (it's A0), so it's going up. I love the simplicity of the graphics and…
I quite like this approach for calendars. Having a hand printed single image that remains all year with the months as simple tear off sheets. This one is by Hammerpress ( http://hammerpress.net ).
Spotted these wonderful drawings on the side of the lighthouse at Sandhammaren on the South Eastern tip of Sweden. They depict the different lighthouse types along that stretch of coastline.
Notations 21 by Theresa Sauer, from Mark Batty Publisher. I was really excited to get this in the mail, I'd seen a few blog posts and it looked great. I'm lucky enough to have a couple of issues of Source Magazine which first sparked an interest…
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…