1. Malcolm Gladwell Collection Love him, hate him (I personally love him but think his ideas on social media are just incredibly misguided) he has some great ideas. As with the Four Corners edition of Dracula this beautifully designed and produced collection of three of Gladwells books (Blink pictured) seems to mark the start of a shift from books as commercial objects back to books as cultural objects. So hopefully books aren’t dead, they just need to remember they’re cultural rather than commercial. [SB]

    Malcolm Gladwell

    Collection

    Love him, hate him (I personally love him but think his ideas on social media are just incredibly misguided) he has some great ideas. As with the Four Corners edition of Dracula this beautifully designed and produced collection of three of Gladwells books (Blink pictured) seems to mark the start of a shift from books as commercial objects back to books as cultural objects. So hopefully books aren’t dead, they just need to remember they’re cultural rather than commercial. [SB]
  2. Dracula Four Corners Edition Dracula is one of those stories that has such a firm place in our cultural subconscious that it’s easy to think we’ve read it. I for one did until I picked up this version and realised I never actually had. If you haven’t read it buy a copy of this beautifully designed and produced edition now. [SB]

    Dracula

    Four Corners Edition

    Dracula is one of those stories that has such a firm place in our cultural subconscious that it’s easy to think we’ve read it. I for one did until I picked up this version and realised I never actually had. If you haven’t read it buy a copy of this beautifully designed and produced edition now. [SB]
  3. A Technique for Producing Ideas James Webb Young A bit size nugget of creative goodness. Once read you’ll find it a constant reference, especially if you get designers block as much as I do! Seán

    A Technique for Producing Ideas

    James Webb Young

    A bit size nugget of creative goodness. Once read you’ll find it a constant reference, especially if you get designers block as much as I do!

    Seán
  4. City Secrets: New York Various authors For anyone who loves New York. As nice to read as it is a guide. Native New Yorkers spill their secrets about what they love to do and see. Scott

    City Secrets: New York

    Various authors

    For anyone who loves New York. As nice to read as it is a guide. Native New Yorkers spill their secrets about what they love to do and see.

    Scott
  5. Exercises in Style Raymond Queneau The same simple story told 99 different ways. An illustration of how form molds and alters our perception of content. Scott

    Exercises in Style

    Raymond Queneau

    The same simple story told 99 different ways. An illustration of how form molds and alters our perception of content.

    Scott
  6. Maps and Legends Michael Chabon An alternative autobiography told through a series of essays about the influences and experiences that map the authors life. Scott

    Maps and Legends

    Michael Chabon

    An alternative autobiography told through a series of essays about the influences and experiences that map the authors life.

    Scott
  7. SuperNormal Naoto Fukasawa & Jasper Morrison an interesting exploration of the idea that the everyday can be elevated not through re-invention but by emphasising the ‘normal’. Scott

    SuperNormal

    Naoto Fukasawa & Jasper Morrison

    an interesting exploration of the idea that the everyday can be elevated not through re-invention but by emphasising the ‘normal’.

    Scott
  8. Elements of Style Strunk, White, Kalman Everything you ever needed to know about the application of grammar (with illustrations of everything you never realised you needed to know). Scott

    Elements of Style

    Strunk, White, Kalman

    Everything you ever needed to know about the application of grammar (with illustrations of everything you never realised you needed to know).

    Scott
  9. do future Various authors – Kesselskramer essays, thoughts and ideas about how we might shape the future (and a fine example of where we could be if we used our imaginations more). Scott

    do future

    Various authors – Kesselskramer

    essays, thoughts and ideas about how we might shape the future (and a fine example of where we could be if we used our imaginations more).

    Scott
  10. Art without Boundaries Gerald Woods, Philip Thompson, John Williams A look at the mid-century artists & designers who showed a healthy disregard for pigeon-holes and presumptions. Scott

    Art without Boundaries

    Gerald Woods, Philip Thompson, John Williams

    A look at the mid-century artists & designers who showed a healthy disregard for pigeon-holes and presumptions.

    Scott
  11. The Master Builder Sara De Bondt & Fraser Muggeridge. Posters & publications by designer Ken Briggs for The National Theatre. British modernism underpinned with can-do common sense. Scott

    The Master Builder

    Sara De Bondt & Fraser Muggeridge.

    Posters & publications by designer Ken Briggs for The National Theatre. British modernism underpinned with can-do common sense.

    Scott

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