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Pet Shop Boys Catalogue
20 years of image making.
From the iconic photography and seminal graphic design of their record
sleeves to their groundbreaking videos and innovative stage shows, Pet
Shop Boys have set the standards for the visual presentation of pop. Alongside long-term collaborators, designer Mark Farrow and
photographer Eric Watson, some of the leading lights from the visual
and performing arts have played their part in the ongoing Pet Shop Boys
project. Artists, designers and architects such as Wolfgang Tillmans,
Martin Parr, Sam Taylor-Wood, Pentagram, Visionaire and Zaha Hadid;
film directors and photographers such as Derek Jarman, Zbigniew
Rybczynski, Robert Mapplethorpe, Pennie Smith and Bruce Weber; and
theatre directors and designers such as David Alden, David Fielding, Es
Devlin and Ian MacNeil – are just some of those included in the book.
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Print Regional Annual
The Best in American Graphic Design, 2006
The 26th edition of PRINT’s Regional Design Annual, the USA design
profession’s most comprehensive competition annual and the only one
organized by location.
Of the 25,000-plus entries submitted to the
Annual this year, less than five percent (1,100) made the final cut. For a
designer to have work remain standing after a long and rigorous three
rounds of judging is an impressive accomplishment.
320pages. Includes essays by Steven Heller, Rick Poynor and an interview with Rick Valicenti, conducted by Steven Heller.
Visit Print Magazine website.
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Phaidon Design Classics
999 of the best-designed things ever.
‘The battle of design is almost won, but a good book like Phaidon Design Classics can help to finish the war.’ - Philippe Starck, Designer
‘We live surrounded by design objects, familiar characters in our daily routine; the stories behind their creation, however, are rarely commented on and often unknown, but they are narrated here in the 999 `biographies` of the objects presented by Phaidon.’ - Alberto Alessi, General Manager of Alessi SpA
‘…provides exceptional insight into the biodiversity of design. It’s so
well researched; revealing so much that I have never seen before…it is
truly fascinating and reminds me how cultured the art of design can be.’ - Ross Lovegrove, Designer
Find out more.
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