Beyond the Loom is a new book produced by Tamarian’s Ryan Higgins with the Nepalese photo journalist Narendra Shrestha. Rachel Meek considers how it acts as a window into the lives of weavers in Kathmandu
A genuine exchange
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Books
COVER celebrates World Book Day!
It was a desire to mix east and west in the designs for her own home that set Nathalie Farman-Farma on the path to founding Décors Barbares. In COVER 61, Hongmiao Shi welcomes a new book celebrating the studio and its creator
Joshua Ben Longo’s Monster Skin is where the wild things are
Guy Fawkes night is past; the crypt is closed on Halloween; Alla helgons dag is no more, and the Day of the Dead is buried. The annual commemoration of failed political skullduggery; the celebration of ghouls, witches and "sexy" Halloween; and remembrances of the dead...
Courtauld Institute of Art annual book sale – design and more – opens 2nd October
Each year your scribe looks forward to her alma mater's annual used, vintage, and rare book sale at Somerset House on the Strand in London. Tuesday October 2nd is the public opening of the 2012 Courtauld Institute of Art book scrum err, sale. Rugby lingo is...
Founded in 1978, Decorex International 2012 opens soon!
Decorex International is the daddy of all design shows and it opens in London a week on Sunday. Huzzah! Founded as a "small, exclusive and very targeted exhibition of high end interior design merchandise", the to-the-trade show (with one afternoon open to the ticketed...
Ptolemy Mann Book
London-based textile artist Ptolemy Mann has just produced a beautiful catalogue of her colourful work. The book includes essays written by Annabel Freyberg (Inspiration Editor, World of Interiors), Alan Stanton ( Partner, Stanton Williams Architects) and Christopher...
Edgy Embroidery
Embroidery is rarely described as 'edgy' but in Jamie Chalmers' new book Push Stitchery: 30 Artists Explore the Boundaries of Stitched Art, published by Lark Books, its application on quirky and sometimes controversial artworks is highlighted. Here are several...