Washington Ballet / Wonderland

Washington DC-based design firm Design Army and photographer Cade Martin team up with the artists of The washington Ballet to create Wonderland, a book that re-envisions TwB’s landmark productions in mystical places throughout Washington, DC. Jake from Design Army tells us, “We only printed 2000 copies for sale to the public and look to raise over $100,000 for the ballet.”

Design and Design

Marc Praquin informed us about a nice book he has actively been working on with his design team. The 730 designs awarded each year are published for free in the design and design book of the year released every January. He says, “Our goal has not changed (despite the pressure of a few brands…): to give the worldwide community of designers a powerfull tool to promote themselves!”

The Design and Design adventure is a success that goes on :
-a non-profit project unsponsored and totally independent,
-all year round, free subscriptions and free submissions, no dead lines,
-each day an homepage entirely dedicated to two new designers,
-two separate communities of designers reunified for the first time,
-a unique platform of expression, a great tool for inspiration,
-fresh news, premium ads and selected links (new features)

Kim Young-Hee

Korea’s  famous visual artist Kim Young-Hee has recently just had a new book published. In addition, a limited to 100 pieces Collector’s Edition is being released too, and it looks like it could be a real good addition to my design book collection.

This is part of the official press release.. “Sculpture 2D – Very Korean. Very European. Very Universal. Kim Young-Hee combines her works of the most recent period, from both the Western and Eastern areas of culture, together in an enlightening dialog for the very first time: The result illustrates enigmatic, vivid sculptural compositions in the form of pictures, as well as a playful and humorous light heartedness, which sometimes manages to turn our Western way of thinking completely upside down. Her latest works of art are filigree, often illustrations of only a few centimetres in size, which are eternalised in a state of changelessness with the aid of photography.