VELO: Bicylce Culture & Design

This book came into stock at Material a week ago but it flew out of the door so quickly, I didn't have time to blog about it.

Cycling is zeitgeist. With rising fuel prices and mounting ecological awareness, bicycle sales are significantly up. Activity became activism and then lifestyle. Moving on two wheels is now a movement.

Velo introduces a wild bunch of passionate cyclists – frame builders, urban planners, artists, photographers, and those who ride professionally – who are making an impact. They are not only shaping styles, but promoting cycling as a primary form of transport. The book also explores the aesthetic of today’s cycling culture and presents custom-made frames and art bikes as well as a selection of contemporary illustration and design influenced by the cycling movement. Geared toward anyone who has a personal or professional interest in cycling, Velo is the fast lane into a current topic that is both entertaining and socially relevant.

A striking visual journey into the multifaceted world of cycling and the diverse tribes that inhabit it, Velo ranges from hardcore 2-wheel globetrotters, downtown messengers on fixed-gear bikes without brakes, laid back pedallers on old-fashioned Dutch bicycles, fashionable cyclists on vintage racing bikes, and dedicated fans of high-tech racing machines and e-bikes.

£ 32,50
Format: 21 x 26 cm
Features: 240 pages, full color, softcover
Available in store at Kingly Court/ Carnaby or buy online

NEW ISSUE OF ELEPHANT NOW IN

The new issue of the wonderful Elephant Magazine has now arrived at Material.

Issue 3 of Elephant Magazine features a upfront & personal interviews with legendary visual art figures such as Vaughan Oliver, Christopher Doyle, Isidro Ferrer, Llyn Foulkes, Ed Fella and Stanley Donwood.

PART 1: STUDIO & OTHER VISITS
Stanley Donwood: Dark Thoughts From A Cheery Chappie, by Ana Ibarra Cody Hudson: Lord Can You Hear Me, Raphael Michilis Hansje Van Halem: Dressing Up Skeletons, by Ana Ibarra

PART 2: RESEARCH
RESEARCH SUBJECT 1: MICROWORLDS The Incredible Shrinking Subject, or the art of miniaturized worlds Including work by: Adalberto Abbate, Jason Barnhart, Amy Bennett, Vincent Bousserez, Daniel Dorrall, Thomas Doyle, Audrey Heller, Minimiam, Liliana Porter, Jonah Samson, Slinkachu

RESEARCH SUBJECT 2: POST-REAL PAINTING
The Painting Of Floods, Masks And Car Crashes Miguel Calderon: Painting In Dark Times Amy Casey: After The Tsunami Tim Eitel: Light, Shadows, Walls And Plastic Bags Tomoo Gokita: Visual Adrenaline Rush Josh Keyes: Roar, Flutter, Fly Dirk Skreber: Time At The Paint Factory Kon Trubkovich: Interface Paint Jonathan Wateridge: Network News Simon Willems: Storm-Trooper Mourning The Loss Of His Mother

PART 3: MEETINGS
Christopher Doyle: Upfront & Personal, by Katya Tylevich The Minotaur In The Labyrinth: Vaughan Olivers Extreme Regions, by Marc Valli Stones, Tools, Timetables & The Rest.. Isidro Ferrer: Master Of Metaphors, by Astrid Stavro

PART 4: ECONOMIES
The Fabric Of Colours: Printing Textiles, by Ana Ibarra Featuring work and tips by Monica Romero, Filip Pagowski, Lindsay Alker, Heather Moore, Hitomi Kimura, Yuko Uemura, Zoe Beck

PART 5: DESTINATION, LOS ANGELES
To Live And Die Trying In LA, by Katya Tylevich Including interviews and work by: Money Mark, Llyn Foulkes, Kozyndan, Ed Fella, Eddo Stern, Michael Worthington, Edgar Arceneaux, Machine Histories, Rene Daalder & Folkert Gorter

THE PERFECT SHAPE & THE PERFECT SAUCE = THE GEOMETRY OF PASTA

We simple adore this new arrival at Material- The Geometry of Pasta. A source book for how to develop an instinct in matching pasta to sauce, not only is The Geometry of Pasta sublime in it's recipes and simplicity it is also a stunning fusion of design and food, telling you everything you need to know about cooking and eating pasta like an Italian.

Hardback
Published by Boxtree
Price: £14.99
Extent: 288 pages

The "Albatros" is new bookmark designed and created by RCA student Oscar Lhermitte that will never let you down. Impossible to lose your page. The “Albatros” bookmark is a simple piece of paper that works as a pop-up. Each time you turn a page, the “Albatros” moves with you. The only bookmark that follows your reading by itself.

Now available at Material
£5.50 pack of 6

LATEST ISSUE OF APARTAMENTO NOW IN STOCK

Issue 05 of Apartmamento Magazine-

The award winning magazine takes a radically different approach from your usual interiors and lifestyle magazines wherein young, stylised and aspirational apartment owners/ renters showcase their personal spaces.

£15
Available online or in store at Kingly Court.

THE BEAR IS BACK!

Above: A SECOND EDITION PRINT OF NICK'S BEAR ON BIKE PRINT IN SITU

Due to the success of the first two editions of the Bear on Bike print (or BOB as we find ourselves calling it now) and due to the response received from the article in the Telegraph last weekend, Nick has now printed a thrid edition of the Bear on Bike print which features a green bicycle. The prints are being framed for display as I type so will be in stock/ available for viewing in the next few days.


We do currently have several of the prints available unframed in the Ludlow shop so, if you can't wait, pop in and have a look. It will also be available to buy online by the end of the day.

Bear on Bike
Original hand-pulled screenprint printed on Stockwell cartridge paper.
Signed and numbered in pencil.
Paper size A2 - 59.4 x 42 cm (approx 24 x 17in)
Edition of 50
£80 unframed/ £140 framed

PLENTY...

Just arrived in our Ludlow store is this beautiful book by Yotam Ottolenghi.

Published in May this year, the much anticipated Plenty is a collection of recipes by Yotam Ottolenghi, many of which appeared in different forms in his New Vegetarian column in the Guardian's Weekend magazine, plus plenty of new vegetarian dishes.

All the recipes are true to the Ottolenghi form: vibrant, daring and highly original, with fantastic new photography by Jonathan Lovekin.

Available in store or online

Hardcover: 288 pages
Ebury Press (29 April 2010)
27.4 x 19.8 x 3.6 cm