Things

This week’s review is upon us again, enjoy the selection and once again a huge thanks to everyone who has kindly littered our studio with nice things over the past seven days.

APAN ÄR RÄDD by Simon Berg, distributed by by Black Book Publications
Described by the publishers as “An intense portrayal of a seemingly meaningless everyday life. But these intimate close-ups show us something other than just eternally recurring routines.” I very much agree, lush, deep colours and interesting crops make for forty-odd pages of eye-candy. Welcome to the world of Simon Berg.
www.simonberg.com
www.blackbookpublications.com

Elephant Issue 1 Published by Magma Books
I’m as bored as the next person of seeing first issues of magazines spring up left right and centre, but there’s no way you can stay mad at this gem. Rather than sitting aside the other design based mags out there, when you read Elephant you’re reading something of real worth. Five neat sections with articles covering ‘Meetings’ with the likes of Peter Saville, ‘Research’ into Scandinavian fashion, ‘Studio Visits’ with Misaki Kawai, ‘Economies’ case studies and creative city guides. With that much content you’d expect plenty of filler, but I don’t think I can find any. Hats off to Magma for supersede Graphic with a real beauty.
www.elephantmag.com
www.magmabooks.com

Cook With Ken by Chris Leah
Photographer Chris Leah’s documentary book puts short-tempered, cuisine-conscious ‘Ken’ in the spotlight. Dubious recipes and outlandish quotes made me chuckle, rather than make me want to run to the chopping board.
www.chrisleah.com

Peruse Issue 02 by Matt Adams
Simple little piece of print, well pulled off from current Nottingham Trent student Matt Adams. visually interesting, butmore importantly an aid to highlight a really fantastic fact – No numbr from one to ninety-nine when spelt uses the letters ‘a’,‘b’,‘c’ or ‘d’. I don’t care how he knows, I’m just pleased to have some useless pub fodder for tonight.
www.mattadamsdesign.com

Red Design 04 Self Promotion by Red Design
Nice self-promotional poster from Brighton studio Red Design. Outlines a few of their most recent projects as well as showing off a few printing techinques with a reversible poster.
www.red-design.co.uk

Virtual Artifacts by Kristoffer Zetterstrand, published by Biondi Books
Kristoffer is a Swedish artist who relates classic two-dimensional painting to computer-generated worlds. Why didn’t I think of that? OK, so it’s not your normal blurb to introduce a book, but the content is genuinely fascinating. A book that made me want to turn the pages must be some kind of a success.
www.zetterstrand.com
www.biondibooks.com