To Have & To Hold is a ‘musicmentory’ to celebrate the age of vinyl records…including interviews, fresh graphics and good music.

Beautiful Decay’s Book 2, titled What a Mess!, arrived yesterday in the mail.

Details:

Book 2: What A Mess!

The artists of “Book 2: What a Mess!” all interpret the idea of “messiness” whether through disorganized methods of displaying work, or rough hewn aesthetics. Others take a conceptually “messy” approach, creating works that cause public outrage, or manipulate typically taboo imagery or themes.

In the spirit of the theme of the issue, Beautiful/Decay got a little messy ourselves, using a playfully “messy” approach to our page layouts, including crumpling photos and creating a custom typeface of childhood favorite construction materials: googly eyes, popsicle sticks and puff balls.

Book 2: Special Features

* Hand Signed Silkscreen mini print by Cody Hoyt
Each copy of Book 2 comes with a dazzling taco and fruit loop eating glue-sniffing guru print by Cody Hoyt. On the back, each mini-poster is hand signed and hand numbered by the artist!

* Sticker Insert
Custom collaborative sticker featuring a rock n’ roll wookie/Bigfoot character by Moritz Schleime.

* French flaps & Gatefold
Book 2’s front and back lining gatefold of the book opens out to stunning three part geometric diagrams, abstracting photos of the artists and their studios into a dizzying digital display replete with a secret code!

* Hand Numbered Edition
Each and every copy of Book 2’s exclusive 1,500 print run are hand numbered.

* 164 Pages of Pure Content- No Ads!
All traditional advertising has been eliminated, meaning 164 pages of pure, unadulterated content. Book 2 features some of the most in-depth interviews and image-rich spreads on emerging and establishing artists available today.

Check out the a full video preview here.

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Looks like Dentyne decided to get WEIRD…from Anthony Yankovic:

If you like chewing gum, then pick one of these Dentyne bottles up at your local gum store. They’ve been slowly popping up here and there, as the old stock depletes they are replaced by these newer fancier ones.

Also, check out one of his new deck designs:

Coolest record player (concept) ever:

The record player uses a carrier and dock outfitted with a magnetic and auto-calibrating control system which carries the LP into thin air as it is playing music. a self-running record player shaped
in the form of a red sphere, contains a needle, amplifier and speaker, spins around the record,
bringing the music to life. the sphere that plays the vinyl was technically influenced by the ‘vinyl killer’,
currently the world’s smallest LP player that has a built-in motor, amplifier and speaker.

Kenn TwoFour’s hand screened woodcuts.

Jazz up that dark corner with this handmade set of skulls which depicts the transformation from normal powerless human to an all powerful telepathic space zombie overlord. Shocking but colorful!

Set of four skulls. Each is 3 1/2 X 5 inches. 2 color screen print on 1/4 inch wood. Blue,green,yellow and purple. Hand cut and hand printed by me at Wearwolf Press in Atlanta. Comes ready to hang on your wall and also has a magnet attached.

Each set is hand signed.

Buy them, and more, here.

Burlesque of North America, fine purveyors of impeccably designed printed materials and beyond, have a holiday themed coloring contest up.
After voting at their Holiday Bonanza the lucky winner will receive a poster pack from Burlesque!
Get all the details and the coloring page here.
Hurry, judgment night is December 12th.

This rolled through on ffffound.
Original article by grain edit on the designer Mikey Burton.

Kristian Hammerstad is an illustrator/designer from Oslo, Norway who straight kills it.
Check out more of his work here.

Interview and studio visit with Frank Kozik by Babylon Falling.
(Via Irregulara)

By Francesca “Bunny” Williams.
Buy a print over at ETSY.

(Thanks Yon)