NEWS IN BOOKS

Here’s a confession by Ken Segall : ”I’ve written a book. Something tells me you won’t be surprised when I tell you it’s about Steve Jobs and Apple. But this book is different. Really. That’s because (a) I had a unique vantage point to some pivotal events in Apple history, and (b) this book focuses on one thing alone — the core value that has driven Apple since the beginning. Insanely Simple is about Apple’s obsession with Simplicity.”  I don’t know if the book’s that revolutionary for it’ ll be released on April 26th, but the cover is already inspiring enough!

New on the catwalk: Emerging fashion labels by Patrice Farameh

They are young, they are new, they are the most prominent upcoming designers. Coming from prestigious fashion schools, Parsons School of New York, Royal Academy of Fine Art in Antwerp, Central Saint Martins of London, 38 designers unveil their collections and show us their universe in this book! Available exclusively on L’exception!

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“This book will change the way we under­stand the kitchen.” by chef Ferran Adria

Those are the best cookbooks ever! This is actually a sort of cooking bible: Modernist Cuisine is a six-volume, 2,438-page set that is des­tined to rein­vent cook­ing. The lav­ishly illus­trated books use thou­sands of orig­i­nal images to make the sci­ence and tech­nol­ogy clear and engaging! Instead of buying dozens of different books, Modernist Cuisine gathers everything you have to know about cooking. By the way, the whole pack of 6 books weighs around 40lbs and costs 400€!! Shop here Read the rest of this entry »

From left : Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson // So Far So Goude By Jean-Paul Goude // The Master I: Juergen Teller by Juergen Teller and Peter Miles // Take Ivy by Thayashida // The Little Black Dress, Vintage Treasure // Icon’s of Men’s Style by Josh Sims

From left : Voguing and the House of Ballroom Scene of New York City 1989-92 // Listen to the Echoes: The Ray Bradbury Interviews by Sam Weller // The Big Book of Pussy by Dian Hanson // Ellen von Unwerth, Fräulein //  Eames: The Architect and the Painter // Cars Now! by Daniel Alexander Ross

J.Lindeberg’s Biannual book, The Documentary and A Dream, has released for Fall/Winter 2011. It is a much expected book in the photography/fashion community. This edition features Patrick Grant, the Creative Director at British label E. Tautz and owner of our “favourite” bespoke Savile Row tailor Norton & Sons, I mean where we wish we had our suits tailored. The limited edition book is already available so you’ll have to be quick if you pick it as a Xmass gift to offer ! Read the rest of this entry »

Love Magazine has launched a quite original advent calendar : a new short video is published each day. I’m not sure it’s in line with what a “real” advent calendar should look like but we salute the fashion effort !

Work in Progress is a survey of Karl Lagerfeld’s photography, showcasing Lagerfeld’s phenomenal range and versatility from his beginnings as a photographer in 1987 to his most recent work. This book is the long anticipated English version of the now sold-out Parcours de Travail which accompanied an exhibition of the same name at the Maison européenne de la photographie in Paris in 2010.

Work in Progress (25€) shows Lagerfeld moving sleekly between genres such as portraiture, architecture and landscape, with the same restlessness with which he experiments with both rare and progressive photographic techniques including algraphy, serigraphy, resinotypes and sepia prints.  Read the rest of this entry »