Gestalten Space

Berlin's leading design book shop welcomes world renowned illustrator Olaf Hajek and more

As ardent readers of Gestalten‘s stellar art and design books, we’ve been wanting to visit their storefront, Gestalten Space, ever since it opened last year in Berlin. Tucked away in a cobblestone alley in Mitte, Gestalten Space sells the imprint’s own publications along with a well curated selection of covetable design objects, while the exhibition space in back allows for an expansion to the work …

Keren Richter and Nick Cope for OCLA

Ray Bradbury's library love, Umami Burger's sauce shop, Venus in transit and more in our weekly look at the web

Illustrator Keren Richter collaborated with sustainably-minded interiors painter Nick Cope to bring playful design to the walls of Opening Ceremony LA. Their subliminal cityscape motif feature astrological and religious iconography as well as “good ole Wingdings”-inspired shapes.

R.I.P. Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury's library love, Umami Burger's sauce shop, Venus in transit and more in our weekly look at the web

Ray Bradbury passed away this week, but his message about the importance of books remains as alive as ever. A letter written in 2006 explains his debt to libraries, and how an early version of Farenheit 451 was made possible thanks to a typing room in a UCLA library. Reflecting on the irony of writing a book about book burning while surrounded by letters, Bradbury …