american artist bryan nash is very much involved with wood as a material, his latest project has been bundled into a book called woodcut which simply focuses on the inherent beauty of trees
the book is deceptively simple in its premise despite the laborious process involved in the creation of these raw black impressions of tree cross sections
(once again my gratitude to the barking mad, linkmeister ‘jean louis’ for this wooden tip)
a few weeks back a copy of the wonderful design monograph a practice for everyday life arrived in the post, focusing on the output of the influential, yet largely unknown british design agency design research unit
the ‘cr blog’ also posted about them 2 years back right here, although i still haven’t really had a chance to have a proper look yet, i’ll post a review as soon as possible
from the competent hands of dutch graphic designers ‘kummer & herrman’: a beautiful new photo book which follows the trail of the deadly poppy around the world, follow the link which offers a high quality ‘issu’ preview…
in their own words; the story …uncovers the relationship between ‘far-away’ places such as Kandahar, Bishkek and Tirana, and the day-to-day events in our own neighbourhoods, such as street crime, drug addiction and even terrorism. By connecting the dots, Knoth and De Jong disclose the ever more complex patterns of our globalised world. Afghanistan serves as a fearsome model for regions in other parts of the world also affected by violence and conflict. A world in which war, crime, politics and money have become interdependent and entangled in entirely new ways. Conventional methods to solve these conflicts are no longer adequate…
a very touching project and soon-to-be-released book from photographer eddo hartmann, although he is a friend i wasn’t aware of this aspect of his life
…after twenty-one years, he stepped inside the rooms of his childhood once again and saw that, as he did so, everything and nothing had changed. Everything – because a thick layer of papers, folders, letters and books covered the floors, tables, sofas and chairs. Nothing – because under that layer everything was still intact, everything was standing or lying exactly as it did when his brother, his mother and he had left the place in haste on 17 October 1987… …what effect does the confrontation with the rooms, objects and interiors of your childhood have on your memories? And what if those memories are of traumatic events?Hartmann confronts the house and registers in this impressive work in minute detail what he discovers in each room…
…if digital covers as we know them are so ‘dead,’ why do we hold them so gingerly? Treat them like print covers? We can’t hurt them. They’re dead. So let’s start hacking. Pull them apart, cut them into bits and see what we come up with… …an essay for book lovers and designers curious about where the cover has been, where it’s going, and what the ethos of covers means for digital book design…
interesting article on book cover design in the digital age