"CRITICISM OF MODERN ARCHITECTURE IS AN EXPRESSION OF SOCIAL CONSERVATISM"- Thom Anderson

The new issue of Mark (No 30) has just arrived on our doorstep. This issue has a fabulous dye cut coverand features the following visionaries...



ZECC UTRECHT – YASUTAKA YOSHIMURA TOKYO – MORPHOSIS SHANGHAI – CAAU HONG KONG – THOM ANDERSEN LOS ANGELES – RONNIE SELF HOUSTON – MANUELLE GAUTRAND VILLENEUVE D’ASCQ – JR SHANGHAI – HIROSHI NAKAMURA & NAP TOCHIGI – JUNICHI SAMPEI TOKYO - LETTER FROM CAIRO – TAKAYUKI SUZUKI KYOTO – BEAT KARRER ZURICH – NEY + PARTNERS BRUSSELS – SANDER ARCHITECTEN AMSTERDAM



With features including two architects covering historic buildings in glazed roofs, developments in New Cairo and a concrete building in Tokyo wrapped in steel, this one is not to be missed.



Mark magazine is £14 and available in store. For more information, visit the Mark website

ALL WRAPPED UP WITH ROB RYAN

New to material this week...
Great printed TAPE by rob ryan.
£10.50 for a whopping 66metre length and 5cm width.

Lots of different designs - pop in to see which suits your package !

L O V E

The new issue of LOVE magazine has hit the shelves of material !
This Androgyny issue pack full of glamour, decadence & flamboyance. This issue plays with gender on every level !
Come get your copy !
Ohh & don't forget to flip it over to get your Justin Bieber fix for February.




£6.00 in store.

2011...A HAPPY HOPPITY YEAR FOR HOPS AND LOPS, LEAPS AND BOUNDS

We would like to introduce you to the rabbit, a charming little fella from the Leporidae family, he is full of energy and optimism. In 2011 he will be motivating us all to try something new, from nosing around neighboring warrens to meet new friends to dumping the daily grind of the grass eating job to follow your dream; be it selling Duracell batteries or ferrying drinks in for Mr Heffner.

Pass on good wishes for 2011 with these beautiful handprinted cards by Wuon Gean.

£3.50 each available in store or via mail order

MOOMIN BOOKS 1-5 FEBRUARY OFFER

Buy Moomins 1-5 for the price of 4- that's 20% off (oh yes, we did the math)...

We all know and love Tove Jansson's classic, Moomins and we have been stocking the books published by Drawn & Quarterly at Material for some time now. This month, we are offering you the chance to purchase Books One to Five: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip for the price of four.

The books feature the strips drawn by Tove Jansson and written by her brother Lars for the London Evening News, before Lars took over both the art and the writing.

Lose yourself in these charming tales of Moomin Valley with stories such as "Moomin Under Sail," where the Moomins find themselves without a new adventure until Too-Ticky's compass gives them the idea to build a boat and head to sea and the story of the fickle and eternally lovestruck Mymble and Snorkmaiden who find themselves in competition over a thrilling new man.

"A lost treasure now rediscovered--one of the sweetest, strangest comics strips ever drawn or written. A surrealist masterpiece. Honest." --Neil Gaiman

The books retail at £12.99 each. To buy the set for our special price, visit our online store

BOOK EYE CANDY WITH 75 YEARS OF DC COMICS

With a whopping 720 pages and a scale of 29 x 39.5 cm, the new addition to our bigger, bolder book collection, 75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking has been gaining a lot of attention since it arrived in store this morning...

More than 40,000 comic books later, in honor of the publisher’s 75th anniversary, TASCHEN has produced the single most comprehensive book on DC Comics, in an XL edition even Superman might have trouble lifting. More than 2,000 images—covers and interiors, original illustrations, photographs, film stills, and collectibles—are reproduced using the latest technology to bring the story lines, the characters, and their creators to vibrant life as they’ve never been seen before. Telling the tales behind the tomes is 38-year DC veteran Paul Levitz, whose in-depth essays trace the company’s history, from its pulp origins through to the future of digital publishing. This most certainly is a book to drool over.

The book is £135 and comes with a beautifully illustrated box.

ELEPHANT issue 5

Issue 5 of the Art & Visual Culture magazine has arrived.
With a guide to Berlin, studio visits with Joseph Hart, Maya Gold & more. Meetings with painter Wolfe Von Lenkiewickz, art director Tom Hingston & more. And a feature on The Art of Collage with work & interviews from a range of great artists.
This winter issue is a must for any one with a interest in the exciting mysterious cut & paste world of collage !
£14.99