FUEL is the London design firm of Damon Murray & Stephen Sorrell.In 2005 they launched FUEL publishing and their latest title brings to print a selection of amazing images from the noteworthy blog BibliOdyssey. The book is titled BibliOdyssey: Amazing Archival Images From The Internet"BibliOdyssey’s mission has been to search the dustier corners of the internet and retrieve these materials for our enjoyment. Thanks to the efforts of this singular weblog, a myriad of long-forgotten imagery has now resurfaced. Each of these fascinating images is accompanied by a commentary from PK, author and curator of BibliOdyssey, and a link to...
One for the Cookbook Hall of Shame
Cooking With Pooh: Yummy Tummy Cookie Cutter Treats. Published by Mouse Works in 1995. Target audience: Ages 4-8Yikes. Imagine this in the hands of a young reader who takes the title literally!How did this one get past the editors?Thanks to A Wandering Eye for the lead
Taliban Sexuality
Magnum photographer Thomas Dworzak struck visual gold when he came across these photos at a photo studio in downtown Kandahar after the fall of the Taliban. Photographing any living entity was banned under the strict Islamic code of the Taliban yet there is a long history, whether for identification purposes or for pleasure, of the Taliban being photographed."Kandahar, a city of Pashtuns noted for their gaiety, so to speak, where Mullah Omar had made his final headquarters, has traditions of men in high-heeled sandals, with make-up of kohl and painted nails like sultry silent-movie stars. They liked to have their...
The Book Arch of Romainmôtier
After the yearly bookfair held in Romainmôtier, a small quiet Swiss town near the border with France, artist Jan Reymond takes the remaining books and creates an installation. Reymond says he wanted to give the unsold books "a last life" before they got thrown away.The bookfair is held at the town church, a classic Romanesque structure that dates back to the 5th century. It is in one of these perfect Romanesque arches that house Reymond's installation. For Reymond the arch represents "spiritual power."This year the arch became home to a book framed doorway with books suspended from the top of...
Almost Naked
And the award for best use of a novel goes to this guy.His name is Mark Estes and it was his response to an assignment where he had to come up with a "Representation of a book title.This definitely expands the meaning of book covers.I can see an outbreak on the horizon of people taking photos with their books as coverings much like that viral YouTube thread from last year of people showing off their books to music.