Tristan Manco's Street Sketchbook: Inside the Journals of International Street and Graffiti Artists is just that: a peek into the (often obsessive) minds of more than 60 international graffitos (like Banksy) through their creative-process drafts.
Doesn't take an animal lover to be captivated by the stunning snaps of more than 175 critters in Creature by Andrew Zuckerman. Baby leopard, armadillo, fox, elephant -- they're all shot with insight and wit. (And we love this behind-the-scenes short about the shoot.)
Bizarre Books: A Compendium of Classic Oddities is pretty much just what it sounds like: Writer-researchers Russell Ash and Brian Lake have stumbled on some strange books over the decades, and the results -- from a tome about how to abandon ship to the language manual Correctly English in Hundred Days -- are gathered here.
Sir Hardy Amies, Savile Row tailor, couture pioneer and Dressmaker by Appointment to Her Majesty the Queen, first published his just-reissued ABC of Men’s Fashion in 1964. Sober advice such as "A man should look as if he has bought his clothes with intelligence, put them on with care, and then forgotten all about them" applies today (though we miss the original cover).
written on Monday Dec 17, 2007
stocking stuffers: books
