[youtube]http://youtu.be/9l1glIKMtqE[/youtube] Right on the heels of our recent story Biblio Lasagna, about "the first and only Cookbook you can actually read, cook and eat," comes this amazing 'book' produced by JWT Brazil to promote a line of barbecue accessories by Tramontina, the leading brand of kitchen supplies in Brazil. It's "a beautiful book you can put on your shelf or tear to pieces" Called Biblia Definitiva Do Churrasco, or The Bible of Barbecue, and each page plays an important part in maximizing your Brazilian grilling experience. A really important part! Like "one thick sheet shatters into chunks of charcoal, while another...
Art & Sole: Wild shoes for a good cause
“You can take me out of Manhattan, but you can’t take me out of my shoes!”- Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) Sex and the City If shoes are your thing no doubt you've heard of Stuart Weitzman. With retail stores across the U.S.A. and with its shoes sold in over 70 countries the brand is on top of the luxury footwear heap and "has earned a worldwide reputation as the embodiment of great American Style." Since the first shop opened on Madison Avenue in New York in 1995 Jane Gershon Weitzman, Stuart's wife and "sole mate", has been commissioning artists to create fantasy shoes...
An A-Z of book covers
Last Friday on The Independent Book Design Blog Jonathan Gibbs gave a call out for help building an alphabet of book jackets.It started when he looked at a copy of the pre-Valentine's Day release of The Poetry of Sex and was taken by the large "X" on the cover. Enjoy this taste and please, no Sue Grafton jokes. Friday Book Design Blog: Help me build an A-Z of book covers | Jonathan Gibbs | Independent Arts Blogs.
Julian Montague’s invented intellectual history of pest control
As part of his 2010 site-specific installation, Secondary Occupants Collected & Observed at Black & White Gallery, Julian Montague invented a intellectual history of pest control through covers of fictitious paperbacks. In addition to the covers the installation , which examined multiple aspects of animal/architecture engagement, included a rotten garden shed, 48 portrait banners and an assemblage of different specimens found and multiple photographs taken in the process of researching wildlife and architecture. Montague's appreciation for book cover design goes much deeper. Aside from his creations above he also maintains the Daily Book Graphics Project, a blog where he posts "some sort...
Drive this Book
[youtube]http://youtu.be/2vwLB1a8QTA[/youtube] In 2011 graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister teamed up with the folks at BMW to produce CULTURE, a book showcasing BMW’s 40 years of cultural partnerships. The book was published in an edition of 1488 signed copies and none were for sale. Oh, and the book has one other special feature - you can drive it! For it comes equipped with an integrated, remote-controlled car!! Also, if you arranged all the copies in numerical order it "would make a square measuring 7 x 7 metres depicting a graphically abstracted image of the legendary BMW "four cylinder" building - the company headquarters in Munich built...