BASTELBOGEN

BASTELBOGEN DESIGN TEMPLATES THAT FORM 3D MODELS. I ACTUALLY PREFER THE FLAT KITS TO THE THINGS THEY ARE MEANT TO BECOME..

GOOD DESIGN WEBSITE

THIS WEBSITE HAS SOME REALLY GOOD DESIGN STUFF ON IT.
http://www.marinsel.ch/marinsel/de/sortiment/comix/planner.html
LOOK UNDER COMIX AND ZINES IN PARTICULAR.
NONE OF IT IS IN ENGLISH BUT IN A WAY IT MAKES YOU LOOK MORE CAREFULLY AT THE WORK....OR JUST USE BABEL FISH TRANSLATOR
CRSIPINFINN IS A NAME TO LOOK FOR.





THIS PERSON IS AS FAR AS I CAN WORK OUT ANONYMOUS - BUT THE TITLE OF THE WORK IS 'AGENDA PAST PRESENT FUTURE'
AGAIN, SOME REALLY INTERESTING, WELL DESIGNED WORK.

MATISSE PAPER CUTS

MATISSE'S PAPER CUTS ARE EXPRESSIVE AND BEAUTIFUL AND ARE LIKE THE PAPER CUTS I WOULD LIKE TO DO FOR BRANDON'S BOOK. I THINK THE BEST WAY TO APPROACH IT WOULD BE TO DRAW SOME FREE HAND SKETCHES AROUND THE WORD E.G AFTERLIFE AND THEN CHOOSE THE ONE I WANT AND CUT THAT OUT AND USE IT AS A TEMPLATE. THAT WAY THE DRAWINGS AND THE CUT OUTS WILL FORM ONE COHESIVE IDEA AND I DON'T HAVE TO FEEL TOO PRESSURED INTO MAKING THE RIGHT DECISION STRAIGHT AWAY.

PAPER CUTS

I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN THE IDEA OF USING PAPER CUTS FOR ONE OF MY A-Z'S (BRANDON'S). HIS A-Z INVOLVED ALOT OF MAGICAL/EXPRESSIVE WORDS THAT I THINK WOULD BENEFIT FROM A MORE FREE WAY OF MAKING IMAGES. THE ONES BELOW ARE BEAUTIFUL BUT WOULD BE TOO TIME CONSUMING AND TECHNICAL FOR ME TO DO NOW, BUT I THINK A MORE SIMPLE AND FREE WAY OF MAKING THE CUT OUTS WOULD WORK BETTER. THERE IS AN INTERESTING SCOPE FOR PLAYING WITH NEGATIVE SPACE AND HOW AN OBJECT SITS IN SPACE TOO WITH PAPER CUTS BECAUSE THEY ARE SUCH A BLOCK OF FLAT COLOUR PUT ON TOP OF ANOTHER LOT OF FLAT COLOUR.
I LIKE THE ALPHABET AND WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE WORDS OUT OF CUT OUT LETTERS FOR MY A-Z.

THIS ONE IS INTERESTING BECAUSE OF THE USE OF COLOUR AND ALSO THE BACKGROUND COLOUR IS SIMILAR TO THE ONE I WILL BE USING.

PAPER SIZES

NINA BEIER AND MARIE LUND

THIS PIECE BY NINA BEIER AND MARIE LUND IS ABOUT THE MERGING OF NINA'S PARENTS BOOK COLLECTIONS WHEN THEY GOT MARRIED. THERE IS SOMETHING FASCINATING ABOUT THIS INSTALLATION AND IT NOW STORED IN MY MIND FOR POSSIBLE TABLE IDEAS.

CRAIG ATKINSON

CRAIG'S WORK IS INTERESTING BECAUSE IN ONE PIECE OF WORK HE CAN DIVIDE MY OPINION COMPLETELY. SOME OF HIS WORK I FIND TOO CLICHED AND SICKLY, BUT THEN HE ALSO MANAGES TO ADD AN ELEMENT OF SLIGHT ROUGHESS AROUND THE EDGES..

STEFAN MARX

I DON'T LIKE IT ALL, BUT WHAT I LIKE, I LIKE ALOT.

ZINE RESEARCH

I'VE BEEN DOING SOME ZINE RESEARCH, TO LOOK AT WAYS OF LAYING OUT PAGES AND THINKING ABOUT PACING IMAGES. THANKS TO PETER WILLIS (THE ZINE KING!) FOR THE LINKS IN THIS POST..

BRITISH LIBRARY - HELP FOR RESEARCHERS
VARIOUS GENRES OF ZINES AND FURTHER REFERENCE POINTS
http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelprestype/news/zines(part1)/zines1.html

THIS IS NEIVES WEBSITE. IT IS AN ONLINE ZINE SHOP BUT IT ALSO LETS YOU LOOK INSIDE THE PUBLICATIONS. SOME REALLY INTERESTING STUFF..

http://www.nieves.ch/

INCLUDING THE WORK OF STEPHAN MARX (SEE ABOVE POST)

CAFE ROYAL BOOKS IS SIMILAR TO NEIVES BUT LETS YOU SEE MORE OF WHAT'S INSIDE THE PUBLICATIONS AND ALSO SEEMS TO BE MORE DRAWING FOCUSED..


www.caferoyalbooks.com/category/publications


SAW CRAIG ATKINSON ON THERE (SEE ABOVE ABOVE)

HAND MADE

THIS IS A REALLY SIMPLE BOOK THAT I FOUND ON A BLOG.

HISTORICAL A-Z'S

AN AMAZING BLOG OF ALPHABETS FROM AS FAR BACK AS 1808.
THERE IS AN INTERACTIVE FEATURE WHICH MEANS THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY LOOK THROUGH THE BOOKS.
THERE ARE SOME REALLY BEAUTIFUL DRAWINGS AND PRINTS AND SOME INTERESTING IDEAS ABOUT COLOUR AND LAYOUT.

http://internetarchive.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/a-is-for-archive-one-hundred-years-of-alphabet-books/

AN ALPHABET OF CELEBRITIES 1899

RONALD KING

RONALD KING, 1984
ALPHABETA CONCERTINA
THIS BOOK IS INTERESTING BECAUSE IT TAKES THE IDEA OF THE A-Z BOOK TO ITS MOST BASIC FORMAT.

MIME ALPHABET BOOK

THE MIME BOOK, 1974
NINA AND CATHY GASIOROWICZ

STEVE MACK ALPHABET BOOK

DIETER ROTH (1930-1998)

"In 1954, the German-Swiss artist Dieter Roth created a book for the son of Claus Bremer, the German dramatist and concrete poet. Known as Kinderbuch, the book consisted of op-art-y geometric shapes and patterns rippling across 28 letterpressed cardboard pages folded in half like album covers--an early boardbook, really. Roth published Kinderbuch himself in Reykjavik in 1956, in an edition of 100, 25 of which were signed and included perforations and cutout design"




DIETER ROTH DESIGNED THE CATALOGUE FOR A KANDINSKY EXHIBITION IN 1955.
THIS IS THE BEAUTIFUL RESULT. AGAIN THE DESIGN IS AMAZING AND SO INSPIRING.

RICHARD ROTH (1955-)

RICHARD ROTH TABLE: MADE OF FOUR LASER CUT TRIANGLES WITH TWO POSSIBLE COLOUR CONFIGURATIONS

TOMOKO AZUMI

TOMOKO AZUMI : THREE STACKING TABLES THAT TOGETHER FORM A BEEHIVE SHAPE

JEAN CLAUDE MATTRAT

FROM THE BOOK A TABLE EXHIBITION: AMAZING TABLE DESIGN BY MATTRAT



TABLE PLIANTE: AND AGAIN

IB GEERTSEN

I FOUND THIS PIECE OF WORK BY IB GEERTSEN REALLY EXCITING. I'M NOT SURE WHAT IT WAS THAT STRUCK ME ABOUT THIS IN PARTICULAR, BECAUSE I DON'T REALLY LIKE THE REST OF HIS WORK. BUT THIS THING HANGING FROM THE CEILING MADE ME THINK ABOUT THE POTENTIAL OF THAT BEING A HUGE BOOK AND HOW MUCH THAT WOULD CHANGE THE CONNOTATIONS AND ASSUMPTIONS SURROUNDING A BOOK. IT WOULD BE SO INTERACTIVE AND THREE DIMENTIONAL - REALLY AMAZING IDEA.

JOHN BALDESSERI

HE WAS FEATURED IN THE BOOK A TABLE EXHIBITION BUT I JUST REALLY LIKE HIS WORK. IT'S THE PERFECT BALANCE OF ALL THE ELEMENTS - AND THE USE OF COLOUR IS AMAZING.