Some unposted gems from 2018 p3

1 January 2019

A spread from The Court. It is a dense black page with a monochrome image of 2 women

Here are a few items that I didn’t feel I could put a full post together for back in 2018. Either it’s because they only have a few pics or they were items I’ve spied elsewhere so didn’t have much extra info for them.

PART 3

The Court by Nirvana Paz from Gato Negro Ediciones

Came across Gato Negro Ediciones at the 2018 SF Art Book Fair at Minnesota Street Project. Fantastic small press from Mexico City specialising in riso print. I picked up this fabulous photo essay book. The black print makes it feel almost like these are charcoal sketches - incredible photography and production work.

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A die cut cover of the catalogu for Arab art, architecture and culture at Louisiana Museum, Denmark

Another great book from Louisiana Museum DK - Arab Contemporary

Superb book and exhibition covering contemporary Arab art, architecture and culture at Louisiana Museum, Denmark. The exhibition was truly inspiring with some amazing and very diverse pieces (more here: http://en.louisiana.dk/exhibition/arab-contemporary ). As always the graphic design around the exhibition was excellent and the accompanying book is…

A newsprint piece titled Immanent in the manifold city

The first thing I bought from Newspaper Club

Here's another gem from the cellar that deserves to see the light of day. It's the very psychogeographically inspired Immanent in the Manifold City from James Bridle. There's more than a touch of 'pataphysics at play here too, with the "manual of operation" enabling you to…

Drivers of change from Arup

This is a few years old now (published in 2009), but they are still a great tool to stimulate strategic and global thinking. The cards are nicely designed as they manage to contain both a bite sized idea and pack in a reasonable piece of…

2 fairy tale books, both black with cut out titles

Gorgeous Fairy Tales from Sybille Schenker

I spotted these over on the always inspiring Brain Pickings. They looked utterly stunning, so had to see if I could get hold of them. Thankfully Amazon has them and considering the UV spot gloss, special papers and laser cutting they are a bargain! First up is…

An open pack of Marshall McLuhans Distant Early Warning playing cards

Distant Early Warning: A deck of cards from Marshall McLuhan

I've always been a big Marshall McLuhan fan. As a young graphic design student the books created in collaboration with Quentin Fiore changed my outlook on what a 'serious book' could look like. They helped me understand that the designer is never neutral or passive…

2 issues of Mondial magazine, the left, issue 1, is pink, the right, issue 3, is yellow

Mondial magazine from Rapha

There's something about cycling that seems to brings out the best in graphic designers. I'd seen a few pieces about Mondial magazine from the British cycling brand Rapha on the design blogs, but hadn't seen it in the flesh until I visited their San Francisco…

a white and red star map, but instead of constellations it's horror movies

Poster goodness from Dorothy

Despite having limited wall space, I can't resist posters and prints. I recently discovered Dorothy (http://www.wearedorothy.com/) and oh boy what a treasure trove. After much deliberation I managed to limit myself to these three posters: But this one is so on my radar for my…