SUNDAY AFTERNOON READING

I recommend you all to read this book. It's excellent!

Malcolm Gladwell (born September 3, 1963) is a British-born Canadian journalist, author, and pop sociologist, based in New York City. He has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1996. He is best known as the author of the books The Tipping Point (2000), Blink (2005), and Outliers (2008).

- taken from wikipedia.

DEVILS AND BABIES

BY HARMONIE KORINE
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RUSSIAN CRIMINAL TATTOO ENCYCLOPEDIA

FUCKING AMAZING.

As former president Bush once said: "One of the great things about books is, sometimes there are some fantastic pictures.''

RUSSIAN CRIMINAL TATTOO ENCYCLOPEDIA VOLUME I, II and III
BY DANZIG BALDAYEV
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AS A WHITE STONE

A POEM BY ONE OF MY FAVORITE POETS - ANNA ACHMATOVA.

"AS A WHITE STONE"

1916

As a white stone in the well's cool deepness,
There lays in me one wonderful remembrance.
I am not able and don't want to miss this:
It is my torture and my utter gladness.

I think, that he whose look will be directed
Into my eyes, at once will see it whole.
He will become more thoughtful and dejected
Than someone, hearing a story of a dole.

I knew: the gods turned once, in their madness,
Men into things, not killing humane senses.
You've been turned in to my reminiscences
To make eternal the unearthly sadness.

CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS

Christopher Hitchens on Charlie Rose 2007

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I just finished reading "The Trial of Henry Kissinger". and have started "God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything".

Really really good.

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John Pawson

John Pawson Works
Phaidon Press
Original edition 2000
Extended paperback edition 2005

www.phaidon.com

AMERICAN DESIGNERS

100 New American Designers by Hywel Davies
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ATSUKI MASARU: DECOTORA, 1998-2007 JAPANESE ART TRUCK SCENE
"When I was in art school a fellow classmate once talked about how he thought trucks (in the US) were all about glamour, with their lights and fancy mudflaps and extra reflectors. The whole idea struck me as entirely true, yet also completely funny considering the stereotypical idea of someone that might drive an eighteen wheeler, and how unlikely they might be to admit to decorating their vehicle in order to be seen as "glamorous", an adjective often used to describe young lip-glossed celebrities. Well, these decorated trucks (i.e. Decotora) from Japan are sure celebrations of glamour and their owners look like they're pretty proud to admit it, just as they should be. Fascinating." - BETTERLIVINTHROUGHDESIGN
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Area-2
More than 1500 full-color images showcasing the best of contemporary graphics, from posters to books to typefaces and beyond
An indispensable reference not only for students and graphic designers, but also for anyone interested in the visual trends shaping our culture.
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"A highly collectible, limited facsimile edition of the journal made by pioneering Stephen Shore during his influential road trip across America in 1973. Limited to 3,300 copies, plus 100 artists proofs, each copy is signed and numbered by the photographer. Shore meticulously itemizes where he stayed, what he ate, what he watched on TV, alongside pasted-in ephemera such as receipts, postcards and parking tickets. Also every photograph he took on his journey. Brings together the entire body of work for the first time, including iconic shots, outtakes and unpublished photographs. An essential title for any photobook collector or photography enthusiast."
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