Tuesday, 30 March 2010

GREYWORLD in the city




A little girl living in a magical city.

This book begins by telling the story of a little girl, and a day in her life. She lives in a town full of very special things. This first section describes one day there. The main body of the book illustrates in detail our installations, in full colour. And finally, the book ends with transcripts and interviews, along with an essay by Dr. Charlie Gere.

With 64 full colour pages, this hardback book is available from our tiny little bookshop, at www.greyworld.org/store

Tank: Books in a fag packet



So you get little books inside a custom design cigarette packet, which come in a metal tin for adding Packaging goodness.

TankBooks are for people on the move, lovers of literature and connoisseurs of design. Try one and you’ll be hooked.

Titles:

Joseph Conrad - "Heart of Darkness"
Ernest Hemingway - “The Undefeated” and “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”,
Franz Kafka - “The Metamorphosis” and “In the Penal Colony”
Rudyard Kipling - “The Man who would be King”, “The Phantom ’Rickshaw” and “Black Jack”
Robert Louis Stevenson - "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"
Leo Tolstoy - “The Death of Ivan Ilych” and "Father Sergius”

Saturday, 20 March 2010

ReWork: Change the Way You Work Forever




Following on from the 37 Signals first book, Getting Real. This books takes their software development thinking and expands on it for business. Basically stop spending cash on rubbish, stop having lots of boring, useless meetings, stop being dicks, stop wasting time and concentrate on what is really important. So you have more time to write book blogs of course.



From the founders of the trailblazing software company 37signals, here is a different kind of business book - one that explores a new reality. Today, anyone can be in business. Tools that used to be out of reach are now easily accessible. Technology that cost thousands is now just a few pounds or even free. Stuff that was impossible just a few years ago is now simple. That means anyone can start a business. And you can do it without working miserable 80-hour weeks or depleting your life savings. You can start it on the side while your day job provides all the cash flow you need. Forget about business plans, meetings, office space - you don't need them. With its straightforward language and easy-is-better approach, "Rework" is the perfect playbook for anyone who's ever dreamed of doing it on their own. Hardcore entrepreneurs, small-business owners, people stuck in day jobs who want to get out, and artists who don't want to starve anymore will all find valuable inspiration and guidance in these pages. It's time to rework work.

The Internet Case Study Book



Preordered and dispatching on the 31st. From the people at FWA and packed full of interesting goodness from Industry Peers. Sometimes I wonder why I even bother with this stuff, as I've usually seen it and the last thing you want is a book crammed full of useless, good looking, marketing web stuff...

The Amazon synopsis talks about Strategies for Success - let's see, as we put a few to teh test.

This title offers strategies for success. It discusses how to make your business work online. Featuring 60 success stories, from clients' briefings to final projects, this book provides detailed studies divided into five chapters: e-Commerce, Corporate Sites, Campaigns, Social Media, and Promotional Sites. These subjects form the core of what the web can offer to every person or institution, and knowing how these projects were developed can help differentiate your business or online presence from that of your competitors. Strategies examined range from those of giant corporations to small businesses, but all have a common goal: a successful, efficient and cost-effective investment on the web. Each project is laid out in terms of Brief, Challenge, Strategy and Results. From Coca-Cola to Prine of Persia, from Diesel to Domino's Pizza, this book shows how successful businesses of any size can devise an effective online presence, and features the work of strategic innovators such as Ajaz Ahmed, Alex Bogusky, and Jeff Goodby.

Monday, 1 March 2010

(Penguin Classics) RED










Re-released as part of the (Penguin Classics) RED Charity Series. Interesting cover designs and to be fair, that's why I am posting them here. Originally spotted on Creative Review Blog.

Books from Tolstoy, Stoker, Wharton, Zola, Dickens, James, Dostoyevsky, Conrad. In fact I could be very tempted.