Vienna Design Week 2008: Pure Austrian Design’s In The City

Meeting with Julia and Andrés Fredes, founders of Julia and Andrés also introduced me to their 2006 book, "Pure Austrian Design," which is a compendium of Austrian Design that includes pictures, text (in German and English) and an audio CD. The very European multi-disciplinary concept is meant to celebrate all forms of Austrian design and is a great overview. I also liked the felt ribbon …

Graffiti Japan

by Ariston Anderson After the recent publication of a few books focusing on graffiti in Asia, photographer The book is available for purchase from Amazon or Powell's.

Designed For Kids: A Complete Sourcebook

by Rebecca Odes The recent explosion of high-design kids gear has been hard to ignore and "Designed for Kids: A Complete Sourcebook," by Phyllis Richardson, culls the greatest hits of the modern kids marketplace into one hefty hardcover package. With its textbook-ish format, the book seems aimed at design professionals rather than consumers but for anyone on the hunt for smart kids stuff it's an …