FUEL That’s Good for the Planet October 23, 2007

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…

One for the Cookbook Hall of Shame October 19, 2007

Cooking With Pooh: Yummy Tummy Cookie Cutter Treats. Published by Mouse Works in 1995. Target audience: Ages 4-8 Yikes. 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 October 17, 2007

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…

The Book Arch of Romainmôtier October 5, 2007

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…

Almost Naked September 27, 2007

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…

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