The illustrated poetry magazine adds fiction to the mix in the October issue
For a glimpse at the changing face of poetry, cast aside the dusty anthology and make room for the 21st century’s answer to an ancient art form—Popshot Magazine. Created in 2008, the British-based print magazine is now the flag-bearer for a new generation of creative writers and illustrators. The…
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A conversation with Nick Schonberger on his new book
In part an examination of tattoo’s notable rising stars, Nick Schonberger’s “Forever: The New Tattoo” from Gestalten focuses on 16 of the industry’s most innovative artists. From prominent names like Scott Campbell to underground talents, the work is both a snapshot of evolving trends and a conversation with tattoo…
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Photographer Chris Buck’s revelatory book of hidden celebs
Over the past two decades, Canadian photographer Chris Buck has made his mark by putting famous people in vaguely incongruous situations and snapping at just the right moment. His creative take on portraiture not only exposes an alternative side of his subjects, but it also leads to images that…
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Sure, you can analyze a Peter Saville-designed album cover for days and doodle treble clefs with the best of them, but explaining music is something else entirely (reader, if you asked us to write an album review, we would end up sobbing into a pile of unsuitable adjectives). Not to fear! David Byrne is on the case. The design-minded, art-loving, bike-riding, musical genius, who earlier this week shared with the world his recipe for shrimp tacos, has spent the last few years writing How Music Works, out next month from McSweeney’s.
“It examines how music is affected by a multitude of contexts—financial, technical, social, and architectural,” wrote Byrne in an e-mail he sent this morning to friends and fans. “There are personal anecdotes and pictures and some pie charts, as well.” The book will be available as a physical book, an eBook, an enhanced eBook (embedded with audio snippets), and an audio book. Each format caters to different senses, according to Byrne, who seems partial to the print volume. “The physical book is truly a lovely object—the McSweeney’s folks are known for this—so if you like to touch things, this is your best option,” he said. “It’s large and slightly squishy. I gave my mom my advance author’s copy for her birthday.”
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The Vinyl Factory, in collaboration with The Mott Collection is staging an exhibition of 45 Kraftwerk single covers along with a limited edition publication (cover shown above)
The exhibition will be at The Vinyl Factory Chelsea gallery on September 13 until October 5, featuring 45 covers, from various European countries, drawn from artist and Punk historian Toby Mott’s pop culture collection (regular CR readers may remember we did a piece on his collection of Crass sleeves in our March 2011 issue).
A publication, limited to 300 copies worldwide, will accompany the show, again featuring all 45 covers. This will also feature a 7-inch disc of a 2009 Kraftwerk interview. Each book will be hand signed by Mott and numbered. They will be Risograph printed and ship on September 12.
Here are some sample spreads:
And more examples of some of the sleeves featured:
including this Hungarian release of Pocket Calculator from 1981
Most of the artwork for Kraftwerk’s sleeves was produced by German painter Emil Schult – see his site here
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The August Olympic Special issue of Creative Review contains a series of features that explore the past and present of the Games to mark the opening of London 2012: Adrian Shaughnessy reappraises Wolff Olins’ 2012 logo, Patrick Burgoyne talks to LOCOG’s Greg Nugent about how Wolff Olins’ original brand identity has been transformed into one consistent look for 2012, Eliza Williams investigates the role of sponsorship by global brands of the Games, Mark Sinclair asks Ian McLaren what it was like working with Otl Aicher as a member of his 1972 Munich Olympics design studio, Swiss designer Markus Osterwalder shows off some of his prize Olympic items from his vast archive, and much more. Plus, Rick Poynor’s assessment of this year’s Recontres d’Arles photography festival, and Michael Evamy on the genius of Yusaku Kamekura’s emblem for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
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Such a great idea instead of sending a card to someone send one of these cute little recipe books from Publisher Snor. They are small in size, but big in meaning.
And just what you expect from Snor, great illustrations this time by Jose Luis Garcia, Sue Doeksen and jobjorisenmarieke. Graphic design by Dirk Laucke.
Each booklet contains 7 delicious recipes which go with the theme. Peronalize it, stamp it and send the whole book … a perfect way to send a special message.
Would you like to say Sorry – 7 maximum-effort recipes to make things right again, Hurrah! 7 fun party recipes to shout about or just Wishing you well – 7 heartwarming recipes to help you get back on your feet.
..Snor
The private worlds of prominent illustrators exposed in a new book
“Looking through artists’ sketchbooks is like viewing those artists naked through a picture window. With 20-20 eyesight or high-powered binoculars you’ll see everything: warts, blemishes and all.” So begins the introduction for Steven Heller’s latest book, “Comics Sketchbooks.” Culling 700 private sketches from 80 artists, the collection is billed…
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When Anne Sophie Merryman’s grandmother died in 1980, she inherited a wooden box containing a collection of found postcards. Almost without exception the images were of strange and surreal sights, and they have now been brought together in a new book published by MACK…
Merryman has no recollection of meeting her grandmother, Anne-Marie – who died the same year of Merryman’s birth – but she was told that the small box she’d inherited contained cards collected during the course of her grandmother’s life.
The postcards were not addressed to Anne-Marie, nor were they sent back home from trips abroad that she had taken (apparently she rarely travelled outside of England). Rather, the postcards were collected solely because of the imagery they contained.
The postmark on the card below indicates that it was sent from Lisieux in Calvados, France, but without any sense of scale it’s almost impossible to work out what the subject matter is.
And what’s going on here; why make a postcard out of a picture of someone touching, what looks to be, a pane of clouded glass?
And the surrealism keeps on coming: there’s the disembodied ear; the rabbit’s head in a box (below); photographs of folds of cloth and sheets of paper; the flattened fish; the ventriloquist’s dummy.
With each one the viewer wants to know more, but there is nothing else. Just a snapshot of a moment cut off from what happened before and after, with little hint as to what the story behind the subject matter might be. In that, they’re captivating pictures, and it becomes obvious as to why Anne-Marie once used to pore over the collection in her armchair, and her grandaughter then carried that family tradition on.
Mrs. Merryman’s Collection is published by MACK Books (£35) and is available from mackbooks.co.uk. It is the winner of the First Book Award 2012, an award by the National Media Museum and MACK set up to support the publication of a book by a previously unpublished photographer.
We’ve been sent an update from Jardin de la Connaissance, the garden of decaying books in Quebec which we featured back in 2010: the books are now sprouting enormous orange mushrooms, and this year the designers introduced moss.
The garden was designed by Berlin landscape architect Thilo Folkerts of 100 Landschaftsarchitektur and Canadian artist Rodney LaTourelle.
Books were piled up to create walls, rooms and seats which are slowly rotting to become part of the forest.
Mushrooms are being cultivated on the books to speed up their decay and now moss has been applied with a wet mixture they call ‘moss graffiti’.
The installation was originally designed for the International Festival des Jardins de Metis two years ago – see earlier photos of its decay here.
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Here’s some information from the architect and artist behind the project:
The Jardin de la Connaissance was established in June 2010. Since then, the garden has been interacting with the forest. The book structures have decayed in the natural setting, but have also provided various micro-environments for a range of local creatures.
Seedlings and insects have activated the walls, carpets and benches. Mushrooms – those cultivated and those who have come by themselves – have made the garden their home. Many of the originally bright colours of the books have faded. Culture is fading back into nature.
For the third season of the Jardin de la Connaissance, the authors want to extend the garden’s transformation by applying a technique originating in recent urban culture, following a renewed sense of being active in the open spaces of the city. Sampled moss from the forest is applied onto the walls as a paint mixture, a so-called ‘moss graffiti’. While the success of actual growth is somewhat open – as with all good experiments – the cover of moss material will aesthetically expedite the slow disappearance of the garden back into the forest.
Thilo Folkerts, Rodney LaTourelle, 2012
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Nearly a decade of The Kills captured in photographer Kenneth Cappello’s new book
Following the life of the band The Kills both on stage and on the road, photographer Kenneth Cappello shot more than 600 rolls of film of bandmates Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince in the last nine years. Capturing the raw energy of this garage punk duo is “Dream & Drive,” Cappello’s new book archiving more than 20,000 images culled from his expansive library. The book hits the US this month after being announced this spring.
Cappello began to photograph Mosshart and Hince in 2003 while they were filming scenes for their documentary, “I Hate the Way You Love.” These moments in Paris proved to be the beginning of a bond that led to a fruitful relationship. Cappello came along for the ride in subsequent years, cultivating that special relationship of musician and photographer as the moments of their exploits unfolded.
Known for their intense emotions on and off the stage, The Kills perform with additional drummers or pulsing drum machines to enhance the atmosphere of their bracing songs. This distinct sound of Mosshart’s raw vocals and the intense and frenetic sounds of Hince’s guitar have captivated a loyal fan base over the years. The imagery in “Dream & Drive” offers an intimate glimpse into what makes them tick, capturing not only the magnitude of their sound on stage, but also the quiet moments they share off stage.
Cappello’s “Dream & Drive” will be released in North America to select bookstores on 16 August 2012. Preorder now from Domino or Amazon.
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