100 Notes 100 Thoughts

Documenta Series 100 Thoughts 100 Notebooks.  

Series of notebooks produced in conjunction for the Documenta Exhibit in Germany this June.  

Documenta is an international art exhibition that occurs every 5 years and spans 100 days and is filled with contemporary art of all mediums including sculpture, painting, photography and research.  Webdesign for the event by Leftloft and is filled with lots of previews and hours of "looking".  Notebooks available at Hatjecantz.

USM Haller

I wish USM Haller would sponsor me just for reading.  

I am in serious need of more book space.  Last weekend the Milwaukee Art Museum (to my surprise!) was having their book sale from their private library and this book sale only happens every 2 or 3 years....so, I was in real luck for being there.  The books were cheap and plentiful...so that meant buying all the books to your hearts content while trying to remember how you were going to carry these back to the car!   Well 30 books later......and I am in need of some space.  I just wanted to let USM how beautiful their bookcases are and that I would be great representation of their company! Smile.

all images and bookshelves by USM.

Paris vs New York

French graphic designer, Vahram Muratyan, tells us the tale of 2 cities in his collection Paris vs NYC. Prints available here . As well, Paris vs New York book is also available for pre-order.

VERITIES

Verities - Issue 1 . Booklet now available (12 euro). To quote "Verities explores new ways of seeing the most ordinary and overlooked situations, revealing the arresting and irrational in the everyday.........Finding the new in the old and celebrating the old in the new, rescuing beauty from vulgarity and pushing social issues to the fore."

Paper Promotion

Paper promoting paper. Unusual Printing Surfaces booklet available through Blanka. Promotional papers by Arjo Wiggins.

Karl Martens

This book by Karl Martens, Printed Matter is on my wish list, but the price is very steep. Instead I will just keep looking at these select photographs. I love the journal type entries over-layed with design.





Photos found via flickr: insect54.

NYPL Digital Library

New York Public Library: Digital Libray. I just stumbled across this site and could easily spend hours searching the thousands of images available for viewing. Prints, illustrations, and photographs cataloged from the arts, sciences, architecture and more. Plus almost all images from the gallery can be purchased. From $30-$125 unframed to $145-$375 framed. Here are a just a few........I think we are going to buy the squirrel and the sperm whale print!

Images from L'animal Dans la Decoration


Images from Alexander Anderson, America's first illustrator

Textile

Here are some more images from NYPL Digital Gallergy. This book: Textiles by E.A. Seguy.