"This memoir will go down as required reading in years to come." - Flea Market Funk, DJ Prestige "A remarkable, and still ongoing, journey." - The Daily Beast, Pat Meschino VP Records co-founder, and one of the reigning matriarchs of Reggae music, Patricia "Miss Pat" Chin, continues to lead the largest independent label and distributor of Caribbean music. Her energetic and engaging autobiography covers her family history, her relationship with her late husband Vincent Chin - and to Jamaica overall - her arrival in New York City in the late 70s, and of course her crucial role in the founding of VP Records. The book is packed with fantastic archival images spanning the emergence of Jamaican music as a cultural force in the 1950s up until today, bringing Miss Pat's revelatory memoir to life. Perspectives from business people, politicians, and musicians including Chris Blackwell (founder of Island Records), Edward Seaga (Former prime minister of Jamaica), singer Marcia Griffiths, and Lee "Scratch" Perry further light up the amazing story of Miss Pat's life and experiences.

Miss Pat: My Reggae Music Journey

Biographies & Memoirs

Pat, Miss

Arts & Literature

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The term mook has long been used to describe printed material that is neither a book, nor a magazine, but the ultimate fusion of the two. Super 7 has elevated this form to the highest possible pinnacle with the new redesign of their magazine as a deluxe twice a year release. Elegant to the extreme in a slip cased black and silver Flexi-bound, this beautifully designed and immaculately photographed title is a museum quality catalogue for collectors, aficionados or self proclaimed toy geeks . Super 7 International Toy Pirates takes you on a nostalgic journey to the endless days of youth and summers spent watching Godzilla, Mothra and Rodan battle for world supremacy. Contains features and interviews of the quality we have come to expect from the editors of Super 7.

Super7: The Book

Brian Flynn

Arts & Photography

Travis Barker: AUS/NZ/SA/MX

Barker, Travis

Photography & Video

A new expression of Carson’s famously original way of seeing, ‘fotografiks’ are curiously fleeting images that seem to have been lifted out of their mundane context and abstracted to another realm.Street markings, graffiti and all sorts of signage have been obscured, enlarged or cropped to create strangely familiar but often enigmatic pictures that show Carson’s acutely sensitive response to shapes, colors, shadows and light.An introductory essay explores the synergy between graphic design and photography, and the dynamic relationship that exists between words and pictures. Anecdotal captions provide philosophic comments on the nature of the photographs, aspects of the page design and observations on the process of assembling parts to form a whole.Possibly the most influential graphic designer working today, David Carson has been profiled by several of the world’s leading publications including Newsweek and The New York Times, and has won an award from the International Center for Photography in New York for “the best use of design with photography.” He creates cutting edge advertising for a number of high profile clients including Nike, Microsoft, MTV, Jaguar, Ray-Ban and Sony.

Fotografiks: David Carson: An Equilibrium Between Photography and Graphic Design through Graphic Expression that Evolves from Content

Individual Artists

Juxtapoz Art and Culture magazine was established by California artist Robert Williams in 1994 to document an exploding art movement emanating largely from the West Coast of the United States. In the intervening years, this movement has gone global and Juxtapoz has rebranded and reimagined itself to better represent a generation of artists intent on working outside the ossified art establishment. In this first volume, Juxtapoz Illustration, artists such as MODE 2, Grotesk, KozynDan, Mike Giant, James Jean, Evan Hecox, Alex Pardee, Jeremy Fish and Morning Breath are briefly profiled and then allowed the space to let their work do the talking. While all of the artists featured in this volume have experienced professional success and artistic accolades, they remain accessible to the commercial client and art collector alike representing this phenomenal modern movement perfectly.

Juxtapoz Illustration

Reference

When monochromatic and dull repeated patterns no longer satisfy our visual hunger, designers use graphics to transform otherwise cold spaces into works of art. From retail shops to restaurants, museums to offices, this book focuses on the graphics of spaces - the effective use of furniture, wallpaper, lighting, carpet and more. Curated case studies from designers around the world show that even windows can become graphics whether they have designs painted on the glass, or if the glass itself has been shaped into a graphical element. Designers everywhere can find inspiration, whether in the use of negative space to create shapes, or the carving of walls to form images such as the dark silhouette of a face. Graphic and interior designers alike will learn how graphics can be futuristic or naturalistic, and serve different purposes, whether to add beauty and calm to a room or fun to an otherwise dull environment. This unique visual feast showcases designers from around the world.

Graphics and Space

Graphic Design

In the hands of a true artist like Dirty Donny Gillies, silkscreen prints become models of craftsmanship, with layer upon layer of vibrant colors and intricate detail packed into every square inch. His limited edition posters feature unusual and time-consuming techniques such as flocking and glow in the dark paint. Dirty Donny grew up in Ottawa, Canada; he spent his youth skating, drawing and listening to punk and metal. He got his start designing album covers and posters for underground rock s best, but became best-known for his work for rock legends Metallica. In the Metallica designs, Dirty Donny showed that there wasn t anything he couldn t paint on, not only did he create album art, but he also covered their offices in murals and even created a one-of-a-kind pinball machine. His art embraces the Lowbrow, rock and skate circles with projects ranging from toys and skateboard decks to guitar picks for companies such as Vans, Fender, Dunlop and Kid Robot, to record cover and poster art for bands like The Groovie Ghoulies and Mudhoney. Experience it all in his first ever monograph, featuring commentary by Metallica's James Hetfield, Steve Caballero, Frank Kozik and other Dirty Donny aficionados.

Monster Revolt!: The Art of Dirty Donny

Donny Gillies

James Hetfield

Steve Caballero

Frank, Kozik

Design in Bloom: Botanical Craft Projects for Every Occasion

Design in Bloom is the perfect resource for those looking to lend a personal yet sophisticated touch to their home and event dŽécor. The book offers a multitude of chic handcrafted projects, including party decorations, centerpieces, floral crowns, wedding accessories, and even cocktail garnishes. Each project is broken down into easy steps and accompanied by photographs of these elegant DIY arrangements. Design in Bloom guides its audience through the creative application of flowers for every day and special occasions to produce unique decorations that will charm all who encounter them.

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Sandu Cultural Media

Crafts & Hobbies

For brands looking to express themselves with a bold, straightforward visual statement, nothing is as powerful as the seemingly simple icon. Overwhelmingly versatile, icons can grant projects access to a pictorial language that is almost universally understood, and can convey complex messages with speed and style. The use of icons can condense a brand s identity into the most basic of forms, capturing something as complex as their ethos or as basic as menu items with a single masterful and eye-catching image or series of images. Infinite Icon includes a multitude of groups and events looking to iconography for their branding needs, such as the Warsaw Zoo, a hip new Brooklyn brewery, Budapest Design Week, and even entire cities looking to create fresh identities for themselves.

Infinite Icon

Hailing from Sweden, this comprehensive guide to woodcraft and the art of carving is the only handbook you will ever need. From identifying trees and picking the right wood to carving safety, necessary tools and how to care for them, Carve! is an inspiring blend of nature lore and good design. With charming and detailed step-by-step photographs and illustrations and more than a dozen fun and unique projects, the essentials are covered to get started and learn a new skill or hone an existing one. Projects include wooden utensils, vessels and boxes, jewelry, hair combs, musical instruments and even a muddler to complete your bar kit. Sure to be a classic for years to come!

Carve!: A Book on Wood, Knives and Axes

Dahlrot, Hannes

Francke, Henrik

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