Anywhere—A Travel Guide

A well-conceived travel guide to places that may not even exist

From fiction to fanzines, the students showing at the 2010 degree exhibition at Stockholm’s art and design school Konstfack put out many fine examples of self-publishing. Demonstrating that the younger generation still see relevance in tangible media, students like Magda Lipka Falck presented thoughtfully refreshing paper-bound projects. For the culmination of her masters in Experience Design, Falck decided to examine travel books. “Anywhere—A Travel Guide” …

Toilets of the World

A new book surveys loos around the world

The new book “Toilets of the World” examines the various approaches that different cultures take for relieving themselves. Authors Mona E. Gregory and Sian James write, “Toilets are bay windows with a view on to a given population.” They begin with a brief history of the toilet, from Middle Ages chamber pots to the invention of the flush toilet—it originated in (where else) Greece, and …

The Sneaker Colouring Book

A brief history of classic kicks where you choose the colorway

Taking shoe customization back to its primitive form, the no-frills”Sneaker Colouring Book” collects 100 shoe silhouettes from 18 of the top labels known for their distinct designs. Berlin-based studio PKNTS‘ Daniel Jarosch and Henrik Klingel created the book, cleverly demonstrating the evolution of the sneaker by featuring the kicks in chronological order of production, from the 1916 Keds Champion to the 2002 Le Coq Sportif …