A HEART WARMING STORY ABOUT A MAN AND HIS BICYCLE

A new arrival at our store this week is this delightful new title by Jean Jacques Sempé Raoul Taburin Keeps A Secret.

Like a man that likes all things naval, but can't swim, Raoul Taburin loves bicycles and knows everything under the sun about them except for knowing how to ride one and this is something he is more than a little ashamed of. With a plot that is slightly reminiscent of Sylvian Chomet's Belle Ville Rendez-Voush, Raoul Taburin Keeps a Secret is a funny and charming story about friendship, honesty and competitive bicycle racing, where seizing the moment and being true to yourself turn out to be just as important as winning a stage of the Tour de France.

With his cartoons and illustrations often featured on the cover of The New Yorkers, Jean Jacques Sempé is world renowned and particularly famous for the classic children’s-book character, Nicholas, and author of a collection of some thirty albums of his cartoons and graphic novels.

Hardback
96 pp
68 colour illustrations, 10 black and white illustrations
Published by Phaidon Press

GET A LOAD OF THIS CRAP

Arriving next week to material is the jam packed CRAP HOUND magazine.
This publication is FULL of imagery, every pages covered with high contrast art collected from vintage advertising, catalogues, obscure publication & found ephemera.
Each issue focuses on a series of objects/topics, the most recent looks at imagery relating to churche & state.
Page after page of glorious religious and patriotic images !

BE PREPARED FOR THE BIG DAY WITH THESE...

For those who have had enough or certainly will have done when the time comes, graphic design Lydia Leith has created these rather appropriate Royal Wedding Sick Bags. Hand screen printed, the bags feature an illustration of Wills and Kate (sporting the rags they wore on the engagement, of course) proudly standing above a caption of recommended use "Keep this handy on April 29th".

Arriving at Material next week, the first print run of these "Throne Up" bags sold out some time ago, so there's no doubt these ones will waltz out of the door...

Reserve yours now to be sure to have one in time for the big day.

Royal Wedding Souvenir Sick Bags
Available in Royal Blue or Pillar Box Red
£3 each
Available in store or online from 3rd March

FABULOUS PRINTS FROM OUR FRENCH FANCY

Two new additions to Material, these wonderful screen prints by friend and designer William Jean have been in our possession for a few months now and, after some deliberation over the vastness of Fléches, we finally got them up...


Fléches // silk screen print // 120 x 176cm // edition of 50 // £300

A truly stunning print, Fléches, pictured above, is printed on the grand scale of 120cm x 176cm and has quite an impact. Based on the translation of the word: literally, arrow, from Old French fleche, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle Dutch vlieke arrow, Old English flēogan to fly the print was produced for William Jean's exhibition at the Festival International de l'affiches et du Graphisme in Chaumont 2010.


Infini // silk screen print // 100 x 80cm // edition of 50 // £100

Infini is £100 unframed / £185 framed (trimmed) and is also available to buy online

"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.