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Friday, September 28th, 2012

Video: Instant – The Story Of Polaroid

Edwin Land is a name most of you may have never heard before, but you may be familiar with his iconic invention. In 1947 he introduced the Polaroid Land Camera, which was the first instant camera. Not only it revolutionized…

“Alber Elbaz, Lanvin” Book

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After 10 years of Alber Elbaz, the Parisian fashion house, Lanvin, publishes their new book celebrating the designer. The book is available in a hardbound deluxe edition with a handmade cover, “bound in silk grosgrain cloth, black foil stamping on…

Above | Passport, by Zero Publishing

Zero Publishing presents a boxed edition of Above’s book “Passport.” About ABOVE From WIKI (born circa 1981) has been creating public art since 1995. ABOVE is an international contemporary street artist who keeps his identity concealed and is widely known…

Habana Libre by Michael Dweck

Let’s take a break from all of the Terry Richardson hype for a minute and get really raw. Michael Dweck recently published “Habana Libre,” a collection of his photos documenting the social life in modern day Cuba. Dweck’s subject matter…

David Shrigley’s “WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?” at WORD Bookstore

Today, September 22, Glasgow-based street artist David Shrigley will be at WORD Bookstore in Brooklyn to promote and celebrate the launch of his latest book “WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?”, a book of illustrations, drawings, comics, photography and sculpture.…

“Charles Matton: Enclosures” Book

Bringing together some 500 images—including most of artists’s boxes, as well as their details in painting, drawing, and sculpture— Charles Matton: Enclosures invites readers into the intimacy of his creative universe. Charles Matton was a painter, draftsman, sculptor, photographer, filmmaker,…

Since the release of Crack & Shine, London’s first graffiti book, publisher Fred Forsyth and photographer Will Robson Scott have been traveling the globe to bring together some of the worlds most notorious and prolific writers for a second volume,…

Recap | THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN GRAFFITI Book Signing at THE HOLE

“Forty years ago, an article in the July 21,1971 issue of the New York Times ignited the graffiti movement in New York. With its profile on the then 17-year-old Demetrius, a Manhattan teenager who was known locally by his ubiquitous…

“Sketching the Basics” Book

New from BIS Publishing, Sketching the Basics shares drawing techniques from Koos Eissen and Roselien Steur. Eissen is associate professor at Delft University of Technology, where he is responsible for the freehand and digital drawing classes at the Faculty of…

“Color Tattoo Art” Book

My friend, Marisa Kakoulas, has given birth to another mammoth document of tattoo style. Following her three volume ode to everything black and grey, Color Tattoo Art is a slightly more manageable serving with an emphasis on tattoos drawing from…

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Friday, September 28th, 2012

Video: Instant – The Story Of Polaroid

Wednesday, March 14th, 2012

“Alber Elbaz, Lanvin” Book

Wednesday, October 12th, 2011

Above | Passport, by Zero Publishing

Wednesday, September 28th, 2011

Habana Libre by Michael Dweck

Thursday, September 22nd, 2011

David Shrigley’s “WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?” at WORD Bookstore

Friday, July 29th, 2011

“Charles Matton: Enclosures” Book

Curated Q&A | Crack & Shine International

Friday, July 22nd, 2011

Recap | THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN GRAFFITI Book Signing at THE HOLE

Monday, July 18th, 2011

“Sketching the Basics” Book

Tuesday, July 12th, 2011

“Color Tattoo Art” Book