Don’t miss the video preview of French designer Marion Bataille’s alphabet pop-up book ABC3D, in which letterforms literally leap off the page. Starting with the lenticular cover, letters morph into one another and spring into states of depth, all within a crisp black, white and red palette. The book will be published this fall and is available to preorder from Amazon.
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PSFK SNAPSHOT SAN FRANCISCO is a Snapshot Report by trends publisher PSFK and a print on demand or POD book. Snapshot Reports contain PSFK’s “hand-selected collection of unique and innovative businesses, events, organizations and ideas in one of the most inspirational cities in the world.”. Per the website, PSFK traveled to the West Coast to explore the region and talk with “tastemakers, opinion leaders and new businesses to better understand the cultural, consumer and business trends impacting this hotspot”. A travel and trends book in one, more are planned. Of note, the cyclist on the cover is holding up a brake-less fixed gear bike, practically a religion in San Francisco. Softcover and hardcover, starting at $30 at Blurb.
Spanish designer and artist Jaime Hayon will be one of the most influential designers in the years to come, and this is the first monograph to present the full spectrum of his work. Ranging from clear and harmonious to playfully extravagant, all of the included examples of interiors, furniture, tableware and decorative ceramics attest to his inimitable grasp of form, style and colour. In addition to celebrated collaborations with clients such as Camper, Swarovski and Bisazza, Jaime Hayon Works contains previously unreleased personal sketches, illustrations and productions of new projects that will make its world premiere debut at the annual Milan Furniture Fair in April 2008.
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Sculpture Today is a hefty tome on contemporary sculpture over the past fifty years by Judith Collins. The chapters are arranged thematically and a lot is said about inspiration in the form of the body, light, colour, nature and architecture. Over 500 illustrations highlight the variety of materials and techniques used in this genre of contemporary art that engages by occupying actual space. It is this use of space that allows sculpture to be so diverse in its many forms and to escape set boundaries.
Hardcover, 464 pages. Phaidon, 2007. $44.07 at Amazon.
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