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Louis Vuitton Art, Fashion and Architecture

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Happy New Year!!!  For my first post of the year, have a look at the Louis Vuitton Art, Fashion and Architecture book by way of our friends at Cool Hunting.  Coincidentally, I saw the book at a friend’s the other night for dinner and loved it.  I guess what I love is not the book in question which is definitely worth purchasing but more the fact that LV has had all of these collaborations over the years.  I have always been a proponent of the intermingling of  the luxury world and the arts and so as you can imagine this is totally up my alley.

The word collaboration has come up a lot recently in my work.  The idea that creatives can come together and make something truly spectacular is to me something very special.  It shows a lack of ego and an open mindedness that says that anything is possible, all we have to do is start the conversation and who knows where we can end up.

This is a great book, and not only because of the content but of the message it sends.  To get a copy head over to amazon.

Review: “Container Architecture: This Book Contains 6441 Containers”

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Came across a great book the other day that I highly recommend getting.  As I’ve said I have a love for shipping container architecture.  The book: “Container Architecture: This Book Contains 6441 Containers” shows us the extent to which recycling shipping containers can create amazing architecture.  Some of my favorites: The Papertainer Museum, The Guzman Penthouse, Chalet du Chemin Brochu, Redondo Beach House and of course the Nomadic Museum :-)   For more on the book check out the publisher’s site: Links Books

To get your own copy go to Amazon or Barnes and Nobles.

Wallpaper* City Guides by Phaidon

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Wallpaper*, one of the world’s best and most important magazines for Design and Architecture and Phaidon, a leader in the world of publishing of Architecture and Design books have joined forces to bring you Wallpaper* City guides. This collection of 20 guides include:

Amsterdam, Bangkok, Barcelona, Buenos Aires, Copenhagen, Istanbul, London, Loas Angeles, Madrid, Mexico City, Milan, New York, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Rome, Shanghai, Singapore, Stockholm, Sydney and Tokyo

Here is what Phaidon has to say about their guides:

Wallpaper* City Guides present a tightly edited, discreetly packaged list of the best a location has to offer the design-conscious traveller. Here is a precise, informative, insider’s checklist of all you need to know about the world’s most intoxicating cities.
Whether you are staying for 48 hours or five days, visiting for business or vacation, we’ve done the hard work for you, from finding the best restaurants, bars and hotels (including which rooms to request) to the most extraordinary stores and sites, and the most enticing architecture and design. Wallpaper* City Guides enable you to come away from your trip, however brief, with a real taste of the city’s landscape and the satisfaction you’ve seen all that you should.
Wallpaper* City Guides are compiled by the magazine’s travel experts, both by in-house editors and correspondents who actually live in the highlighted cities, providing up-to-the-minute information. They are published on the occasion of the magazine’s 10th anniversary and highlight its mission to present the best in new design and sophisticated travel.

For more information go to www.phaidon.com/travel

New release: DK�s �Pick me up � Stuff you need to know��

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�Pick me up � Stuff you need to know� is about nothing and everything all in the same time. Published as DK�s first information book for young adults it was written in order for teenagers to be able to discover the history, nature, science and geography of the world around them. It contains loads of fun facts ranging from everything about Japan to a section called �Where does God Live?� which explains how many of the world�s religions interpret their existence of God. In DK�s own words the creation and design of the book was �inspired by the internet, styled like a video game and informed by pop culture.� Sure to be a great read for young adults! Pick one up in the Children�s section of your local bookstore starting October 2006.

For more information:

http://us.dk.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780756621599,00.html#

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