Damon Fairclough
04/12/96 09:48
I'm not sure if this has maybe been answered already, 'cos half
of digest 863 which I presume contained this correspondence was missing, so
apologies if it has. But...
"James" <JSEO@us.oracle.com> writes:
>Not sure about a new DR book, but Tomato is coming out with
"Process: A Tomato Project", a book of random Tomato creations,
I'm guessing.
--
There was supposed to be a DR book called 'New And Used: The
World Of The Designers Republic' out in May '96 to mark the
company's 10th anniversary. However, they've basically been too
busy to do the book (!) and I don't think it'll see the light of
day for quite a while yet.
It's been commissioned by Booth Clibborn Publications in the UK
who publish very high quality graphic art books. For people like
me who are desperate for this book to surface eventually, you can
rest assured that when it does, it's going to look chuffin'
wonderful. As I understand it, DR are not just publishing a load
of past work, but they're doing 'remixes' and stuff specially for
the book which is why they need some time to work on it.
Just for the record... personal DR faves of mine are:
Age Of Chance - 'One Thousand Years Of Trouble' album sleeve
(shite record though...)
various - 'Blechsdottir' CD sleeve (this one we all know and
love)
Krush - 'House Arrest' 12" single sleeve (early Brit-House. Top
stuff.)
Junk - 'Messiahs Of The Pop Raunch' 12" single sleeve (bollocks
country rock from Yorkshire)
3D Sissy poster (the cute Sissy icon as featured on Blechsdottir,
but rendered in 3D. Fucking great)
I've just remembered though... there's a huge wedge of a book
called 'Localizer 1.0' which is about the European techno scene,
and it features all sorts of articles, designs and stuff
connected to labels, fashion designers, design agencies etc. It
was published last autumn and it's got quite a number of DR and
WARP pages - about a third of the book's in English, rest in
German, but it's dead glossy and lovely. Some of the history's a
bit suspect and it's very Germany-centric, but worth getting if
you can a) find it, and b) afford it.
Actually, I could go on for ages so I'll pack it in now.
Thanks for listening. If you were.
Damon.
Damon.Fairclough@psygnosis.co.uk