Yeay! This morning the postman brought my copy of Worldchanging: A Users Guide for the 21st Century and the latest issue of aminima::
aminima:: is edited by Clara Alba and Andrea Garcia Mendez (with José Trascorrales), 2 lovely girls based in Barcelona. I like their way of working a lot: The methodology of the publication resembles […]
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Leni the Pug: The Comet Christmas Caper is a new illustrated holiday ‘tail’ chronicling the adventures of Leni (a female Pug), who leads a pack of pooches to help Santa find Comet the reindeer and deliver his Christmas presents after the magic sleigh crashes in a Central Park dog run.
Written by Keith Fiore, Illustrated by […]
Creepy yet cute, artist-designed and utterly collectible, the designer toy phenomenon is an accurate barometer of currents in pop culture over the last several years. Kidrobot, the most familiar name in the movement, has literally wrote the book on the subject with this month’s release of I Am Plastic, a new hardcover that visually traces […]
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Published by November 1st, 2006 in Books. 0 CommentsAs a (very absent) contributor of World Changing, i should have done a better job at promoting one of the most inspiring books you might get your hands on these days: Worldchanging: A User’s Guide for the 21st Century. The book is a groundbreaking compendium of the most innovative solutions, ideas and inventions emerging today […]
Boogie, a photographer born and raised in Serbia and now based in New York, has a love of chaos, violence and danger, which perhaps can be attributed to growing up in war-torn Yugoslavia. His first book, It’s All Good, is an ode to the gang members, prostitutes and junkies of notorious New York neighborhoods Bushwick, […]
Known for their classic pocketable paperbacks, both Penguin and Pelican also were behind some of the more era-defining book covers of the 60’s and 70’s. Designer Joe Kral’s online collection is a great repository of the retro bold graphics and warm colors for anyone who’s ever bought a book solely for its cover.
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Worldchanging: A User’s Guide for the 21st Century
Published by October 24th, 2006 in Books. 0 CommentsA truly unprecedented endeavor, Worldchanging: A User’s Guide for the 21st Century, provides cutting-edge solutions and ideas for constructing a more livable future. With contributions from more than 60 acclaimed writers, including a forward by Al Gore and an introduction by Bruce Sterling, this volume has been likened to the hippie bible, The Whole Earth […]
New from Phaidon, Spectacle is a detailed exploration of larger-than-life events from around the world. Aiming to capture “the power of real-time, real-space events in today’s highly mediated world,” Spectacle includes over 200 stunning photographs from events as diverse as the Olympic opening ceremonies, the biannual Brussels Flower Carpet (pictured center, click […]
The International Children’s Digital Library is working on a goal to provide people around the world access to a digital library of children’s books that will surpass 10,000 volumes by 2008. By constructing varying interface levels for children 3 to 13, ICDL has created a reading experience that evolves with each child’s individual growth and […]
Fashioning the Future. Tomorrow’s Wardrobe, by Suzanne Lee, a Senior Research Fellow in Fashion at Central Saint Martins, London (UK).
The editor says: Spray-on dresses, growable suits and self-cleaning shirts may soon become everyday items. This visionary exploration of where fashion and clothing are headed provides the first guide to the astonishing ways in which contemporary […]