ARTIST: Gerry Johansson
CATEGORY: Spotlight / Photography
NOTES: I find Gerry Johansson's photography both morose and energetic, similar to an empty room at the end of a party.
AUTHOR: Heinrich Cornelius
CATEGORY: Books
NOTES: Good old-fashion occult imagery from the 1500s.
ARTIST: Karel Martens
CATEGORY: Design / Publication
NOTES: Sample of issues of OASE while art directed by Karel Martens.
ARTIST: Luke Stephenson
CATEGORY: Photography
NOTES: Personal (100% biased) ranking of modern domesticated pets: 1. Birds, 2. Cats, 3. Birds, 4. Dogs.
AUTHOR: Manuel Lima
CATEGORY: Data
NOTES: Support what Manuel has done over the years at visualcomplexity.com and buy the book.
ARTIST: Thomas Edward
CATEGORY: Books / Mapping
NOTES: A series of castle diagrams/maps from the middle ages.
ARTIST: William Playfair
CATEGORY: Spotlight / Data
NOTES: Noone's written anything yet.
AUTHOR: J. Hooke
CATEGORY: Books / Astronomy
NOTES: Full title: 'The sacred theory of the earth : containing an account of the original of the earth, and of all the general changes which it hath already undergone, or is to undergo, till the consummation of all things...'
ARTIST: Thomas Wright
CATEGORY: Books / Astronomy
NOTES: Wonderful theoretical astronomy illustrations from the 1700s. Full title: An original theory or new hypothesis of the universe : founded upon the laws of nature, and solving by mathematical principles the general phænomena of the visible creation; and particularly the via lactea
AUTHOR: Ramon Llull
CATEGORY: Books
NOTES: Intersting series of illustrations here along with a set of 4 trees.
ARTIST: Guillermo Kuitca
CATEGORY: Mapping
NOTES: Noone's written anything yet.
ARTIST: Unknown
CATEGORY: Books / Astronomy
NOTES: 'This manuscript with beautifully illuminated margins, by an unknown writer, is an 18th century compendium of works on astronomy and astrology. It contains excerpts of several treatises on astronomy and numerology...'
ARTIST: Sebastian C. Adams
CATEGORY: Data
NOTES: Composite image of the 1881 edition.
ARTIST: Various
CATEGORY: Mixed
NOTES: Tandy Belew, Hanns Ebensten, John Alcorn, Frank Eidlitz, Don Snyder, Luis F. Villa, Frank Chesek, Mo Lebowitz
ARTIST: Various
CATEGORY: Stamps
NOTES: A few of these are taken from the wonderful book 'Graphic Stamps' from Unit Editions. Acquire it if you can.
ARTIST: Josef Koudelka
CATEGORY: Photography
NOTES: Another volume of visual documentation that will stay with you for a while after viewing.
ARTIST: William Caxton
CATEGORY: Books
NOTES: Some pretty interesting typography here.
AUTHOR: Albert Dürer
CATEGORY: Books
NOTES: Noone's written anything yet.
ARTIST: Various
CATEGORY: Patterns / Motifs
NOTES: Great collection of textiles and patterns.
ARTIST: Grupo SP
CATEGORY: Architecture
NOTES: A nice looking venue with a better-than-average bookshelf.
ARTIST: Bruno Munari
CATEGORY: Book / Design
NOTES: An exercise in seeing the world through the eyes of others. This artist’s book, first published in 1969 as a gift, contains 25 loose colored cards centered around the theme of faces. The pages can be mixed up as to vary their order and clustered into small groups to change the color of the eyes, turning Bruno Munari’s book the into a game of perspective. –Exile Books
AUTHOR: Henrichus Sellarius
CATEGORY: Book / History
NOTES: Over 100 coin-like illustrations dipicting figures in history up until the book was published (1533).
ARTIST: Various
CATEGORY: Design
NOTES: Randi Shalit, Craig Vosler, Paige Snader, Takenobu Igarashi, J.J Chavda, Herb Lubaliin, Susie Yule, Dorothy Yule, Henk Snoek, Pentagram
ARTIST: Various
CATEGORY: Art
NOTES: The array of compositional techniques and trends found in this book have run full-circle a few times over.
ARTIST: The Ladds, Meagan Bennett (designer), Michael Carridor (photographer)
CATEGORY: Illustration / Photography
NOTES: Something about the set designs, the staged photography and the artistic precision of the cheap-looking toy animals gives me so much joy. This is one of those proejcts where they went for something specific and nailed it.
AUTHOR: Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
CATEGORY: Books / Science
NOTES: Out-of-context insect illustrations.
ARTIST: Karel Martens
CATEGORY: Spotlight / Design
NOTES: Karel Martens is a top-tier iconic graphic designer. His work never seems to age.
AUTHOR: Ruedi Baur, Ulrike Felsing
CATEGORY: Design
NOTES: Noone's written anything yet.