Custom Kicks

Custom Kicks by Kim Smits

Product Description
Customizing is hot. Everything can be customized: from pimped cars to retro furniture. This major trend is especially popular in footwear. Customizing your own shoes is a way of stepping out of the crowd, of showing your personality. Just about every sneaker brand has found a way to put street art into their products; rain boots have never been more hip; and there are even customize festivals and exhibitions.

By inviting 150 artists and illustrators to show/create customized shoes the book will appeal not only to sneaker freaks, fashion fetishists, and trend watchers, but also to the graphic design and art audience. The main focus is on the artwork but the text examines the trend and asks: How did it start? What materials do the artists use? There are also tips and tricks on how to create your very own unique shoes.

Me in My Bag

I got this book a while ago but forgot about it until recently. ‘Me in My Bag’ by Yi Ying Wang features 100 different people and exposes fully the contents of their bags… it’s pretty interesting to look at occasionally and makes an excellent gift too.  OH and its presented in an interesting way too …

In this week’s issue of HK magazine, they did something similar where they also found a few people and got them to expose what was in their bag … although it was still pretty typical.

I Can’t Wait

I Can’t Wait by Serge Bloch is such a cute book!  Check out more images at Amazon or just get the book for $0.01.

Extreme Office Crafts

 

Creative and devious ways to waste office supplies and company time … I already bought my copy (not that I’m going to try them or anything) so get yours here!

IdN magazine

I’m a huge fan of …

 

Once I get back to Hong Kong I am so going to order all of the issues I’ve missed!

 

Where’s Waldo?

I have a really big urge to buy a “Where’s Wally” book … what is his real name … Waldo or Wally?

How to Make Books

For Christmas I received ‘How to Make Books by Esther K. Smith’ … I love this book and I can’t wait to make some of them in my free time!

 Here’s a beautifully made Mini Tag Book … I want! I want! I want! But I must not waste money. 

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Neo Photo

Don’t you just love it when you get a bargain?  I just bought this book on Amazon.com for $1.01 dollars … saving 97% … muhahahaha!

It looks like a pretty interesting book … hurry up and get yours here!

Modern Dog: 20 Years of Poster Art

I saw this book by Robynne Raye yesterday when I was wandering around in the bookstore … I thought that it was quite interesting but not sure if I’m going to buy it since there are so many books that I want to buy!

 

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ABC3D: Typography

 ABC3D was created by Marion Bataille and is the coolest pop-up book ever!  I am so going to buy it when it comes out!

via Drawn!

1000 Journals Project

 

 

 

 

This has got to be one of my (many) favorite books even though I don’t personally own it.  If you haven’t already seen this book … it’s really worth taking a look at!  It is filled with the thoughts and creativity of people all over the world and contains a lot of pretty interesting things! Or simply get it here!

Handmade

Handmade (Poster Collection) by Claude Lichtenstein is the most recent item on my Amazon.com wishlist!  I love handmade things because to me it is so personal and unique.    You not only appreciate the final product but also the thoughts and time put into it.  Maybe there’s just something about getting your hand dirty that really appeals to me.  I think it leaves more room for chance, experimentation, autonomy and spontaneity … to create the creative accidents that may be difficult to achieve otherwise.

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Handjob anyone?

Hand job: A Catalogue of Type by Michael Perry has got to be one of the best typography books out there.  I love Typography and I often find it difficult to find a book with a variety of captivating examples but this book does it for me (although I’ve only flipped through it at the bookstore) …

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If you’re interested you can get it here!