100 Best Bikes, Zahid Sardar, Laurence King Press

100 Best Bikes

Author: Zahid Sardar

Publisher: Laurence King Press

Are you are into BMX or Mountain Biking, get hyped on Road Racing, a City Commuter or like to take the long way round on a Touring Bike? 

Then you may just want to clock this book!

What's inside: 

⁍ a fascinating look at advanced mechanics, engineering and innovative design. 

⁍ with wicked two wheeled technology from across Europe, East and South Asia and North America.

⁍ hooking up with major and maverick manufacturers.

⁍  also a look at the use of outlandish build materials.

A quote we can relate to, from the author Zahid Sardar, goes:

"Recently, some friend and I took sturdy red Batavus MacBikes out north of central Amsterdam onto a landscape of out-of-the-way dikes, medieval streets and secret gardens. The thrill of pedaling from a bustling city to a country adventure only a few miles away is still palpable and I realize this is why, unlike many other nineteenth-century inventions that have long disappeared, the bike is here to stay.

It spells freedom."

Let's see what the pictures have to say...

 

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SRK

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This is truly a fun publication...

This new book includes weird and wonderful creatures which range from zombies, ghosts, spaghetti monsters and  love bugs.

As we all know, stickers are now an essential part of our everyday lives. Inexpensive and easy to produce they act as a business card for graffiti writers and an effective promo tool for 'getting the word out there'! You are no doubt going to find a sticker slap or a collection of stickers on a lamp post or a litter bin, which is always a highlight to any city visit.

This fully peelable sticker book has 250 stickers for you to slap up, by artists from around the world.

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Creative Space - Urban Homes of Artists and Innovators

Author: Francesca Gavin

Publishers: Laurence King

As you know, under the genre of Architecture comes the subject of interior design.

So we're glad we found this great little title from the publishers.... to temp you with.

If we said "small and fat" about this title we wouldn't be throwing out a criticism, quite to the contrary, we would be throwin out a compliment!

With an eclectic collection of colourful and imaginative interiors, this edition could inspire you to live up to your more imaginary desires and slam some paint on the walls of your crib that you may have otherwise tut tutted about.

We visit places like:

Barcelona

London

Paris

Tokyo

A Look in buildings like:

Studios

Apartments

Homes

And catching up with private spaces of people like:

Designers

Artists

Curators

Writers

Filmakers

Photographers

Stylists

Innovators...

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Protest Stencil Toolkit. Patrick Thomas. Laurence King Press

Protest Stencil Toolkit

Patrick Thomas

Publishers: Laurence King Press

We at the Collective don't often get chance to"try a book out" but with this fine title, interaction was unavoidable. It was also unusual because it came with a warning- we couldn't wait to look inside☋

Yep, we're talkin about a book loaded with stencils, all you have to supply is a tin of colour and Bob's your uncle.

It contains 46 die- cut stencils, made with good quality card which can be re-used loads of times! We gave some a spray at a skatepark and the card dried dead fast(in the past with our home made ones we have had to slam them in our bags wet, not good) these were dry in minutes...impressive!

Brain child of Patrick Thomas, born in Liverpool, England and now a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale and a graffer in high places as well an established artist in his own right!

If makin a statement is your thing, no need to get out the Swann-Morton surgical scalpel to slash away at yourself and some cardboard-get the book, it's all done for ya...relief!

☀Get in on the Book launch evening, loads going on and with Patrick Thomas in attendance.

☀Look at the previous Post for an invite☀

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