Hipgnosis

Hipgnosis was an English art design group based in South Kensington, London that specialised in creating cover art for the albums of rock musicians and bands, most notably Pink Floyd, T. Rex, The Pretty Things, UFO, 10cc, Bad Company, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Scorpions, Yes, Paul McCartney & Wings, The Alan Parsons Project, Genesis, Peter Gabriel, ELO and XTC.

So many to choose from, all equally fantastic.

Bernard Moitessier

After watching the documentary Deep Water, I became very intrigued with Bernard Moitessier. As one out of nine sailors, he stood a very good chance of winning the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race, but suddenly he abandoned his effort seven months into the race and never returned for another year.

He chose to sail on to Tahiti rather than return to England. He wrote a fantastic book about this journey titled; The Long Way. The book is about Moitessier’s voyage, discussing his decision that sailing and the South Pacific were more compelling than the “snakepit” of Europe.

“I am really fed up with false gods, always lying in wait, spider-like, eating our liver, sucking our marrow,” he writes about that decision. “I charge the modern world – that’s the Monster. It is destroying our earth, and trampling the soul of men… I look to the sea, and it answers that I escaped a great danger.” – Bernard Moitessier

Chinese Menu Items Kit

New York (Chinatown Newswire) — New CSC “Chinese Menu Items” kit exclusively for the Fanatic Premier tournament.

ETUDES BOOKS

Études Books is an independent publisher founded in 2012, which produces books that focus on photography. By promoting this medium, Études Books is committed to presenting a new scene in photography. ETUDES BOOKS, colette.

Ugo Gattoni : Design Week London at The Book Club, Shoreditch

As part of Design Week in London, illustrator Ugo Gattoni presented pieces from Bicycle and Water For Elephants at The Book Club in Shoreditch. During the London Olympics was invited by the Nobrow collective to create an illustrated narrative book Bicycle, which reimagines the streets of London as a playground for athletes, cycle-couriers and commuters, and, as part of his show at TBC, was invited to paint a mural directly onto one of their storied walls. Also on view: some collaborative pieces with illustrators Tyrsa, McBess and Jean Spezial.