Cool Recommendations

Makr Notebooks

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I first heard about this particular product from Jason at Makr a few years ago. It's taken a long time, and lot of work, for this project to come to fruition, and so I was particularly excited to see these notebooks finally make it into production. I know that great lengths were taken to design Jason's ideal notebook, from the paper, to the cover and the custom elastic band closure; something he can use everyday. Every tiny part of this notebook was carefully considered by Jason and his team, and it comes as a highly recommended everyday essential.

Logobook

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Remember the Academy Award-winning animated short Logorama? If you do, you probably know that there was an astounding number of corporate and product logos in the 16-minute film, and those obviously took a lot of research to piece together. Logobook ($30) is the result. Penned by the film's co-director Ludovic Houplain, this massive, 800-page tome features over 7,000 of the logos, organized alphabetically, and accompanied by info about the designers, year of creation, and what country they came from, as well as info on the brand and company. Add in an essay on brand culture and an introduction explaining the creation of the film, and you've got a must-have for any brand/identity/design geek.

Field Notes "America the Beautiful" Edition

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Field Notes' notebooks are just something we can't get enough of and it doesn't help that they nail it everytime they release a new edition. Their America the Beautiful books feature colorful covers inspired by vintage memobooks and road maps from the '60s printed on heavystock covers and are loaded with hefty stack of Finch "Soft White" pages. $10, Field Notes

Things Come Apart

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As technology advances and our gadgets and tools become more complex, the little pieces that make everything work seem more and more abstract. Things Come Apart: A Teardown Manual for Modern Living ($19) explores the interior of fifty classic designs through more than 180 color photographs. The objects are arranged first by size and then by complexity, and are accompanied by essays from noteworthy minds in the restoration, DIT, and design innovation fields. A great addition to the library of any curious mind, be they an engineer, tinkerer, or just plain ol' repairman.

How to Boil an Egg Cookbook by Rose Bakery, Paris

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Full disclosure: eggs are my favorite food (with sushi a close second). Phaidon hits all the marks with their new How to Boil an Egg cookbook featuring 80 original egg-centric recipes from Rose Bakery in Paris (whom we love). The book is illustrated with more than 40 “specially-commissioned” hand-drawn paintings by botanical artist Fiona Strickland. For the egg love in your home.

Out now on the Phaidon imprint. Available from Amazon for $20.

Rock the Shack Book

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Looking for a getaway from the hustle and bustle of the city? You can certainly find some ideas in Rock the Shack ($38). This 240-page celebration of the shanty takes a look at all sorts of away-from-it-all retreats, from cabins and cottages to simple shelters and farms. Like the structures themselves, the interiors of the various homes featured inside run the gamut from the most basic essentials to modern luxury, but all of them offer a look at what someone considered the perfect hideaway.

Phaidon presents 'Where Chefs Eat'

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For those wondering where some of the world’s most respected chefs eat, Phaidon has put together "Where Chefs Eat" featuring 400 chefs and over 2,300 different locations. Over the course of 730 pages, chefs like David Chang and Daniel Boulud take readers all over the world to eateries that range from revered restaurants to hole-in-the-wall pizzerias.

The book’s design is a throwback to British phone books from the 50s and 60s and features more than 50 unique fonts, some of which were designed specifically for the volume.

Moleskine Inspiration & Process in Architecture Monograph Books

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Spanning the works of Zaha Hadid, Bolles and Wilson, Giancarlo De Carlo and Alberto Kalach, these books delivers interviews, illustrations and looks inside their constructions. Perfect for the architecture enthusiast, or for a little bit of light reading. $20-$40 on amazon

The Porsche 911 Book: 50th Anniversary Edition

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The introduction of the Porsche 901 in 1963 marked a milestone in automotive history. To mark the 50th birthday of the populous 911 family, automotive photographer René Staud has aligned with teNeues to showcase the most important models in a hardcover book format. Featuring 250 full color photographs, the title spans all the way from the 901 and the Carrera RS 2.7 right up to the current generation of the 991. The Porsche 911 Book: 50th Anniversary Edition can be purchased online for $79 USD.

LAUNDROMAT - Photography Book - Snorri Bros - powerHouse

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From 2008 to 2012, Iceland filmmakers and photographers, the Snorri Bros. (Eiður Snorri and Snorri Sturluson), photographed the facades of laundromats throughout the five boroughs of New York City. Part of the landscape, laundromats are a utility of city living where friends and strangers alike come together for a short time to fulfill that ritual of washing and drying garments. Varied as the people inside, the laundromats are “one of the last holdouts of the disappearing storefronts of New York City as small shops are driven out of business by chains and venture-capital initiatives.”

LAUNDROMAT collects the Snorri Bros. photographs of these facades in this forthcoming 160-page hardcover book. The collection of photos is a lasting reminder of the typography and sign-making legacy that has made storefronts unique across the globe.

Coming March 2013. Available for pre-order from powerHouse Books and Amazon.