When I was was in Brooklyn the other day, I wandered into the powerHouse Arena and was amazed by the quality of their collection, the cool photo exhibiton and the great looks of this store/gallery. powerHouse are the kind of publishers laughing at the fact that the internet is killing publishing as it was. In my opinion these are the guys who have carved a niche for themselves and are thriving.
powerHouse Books is best known for a diverse publishing program — specialized in fine art, documentary, pop culture, fashion, and celebrity books. I was especially struck by the quality of their photo books.
Since the company was founded in 1995 they have built up a massive portfolio of great work. So check out their website for the entire collection, and if you are in the neighborhood head for 37 Main Street, Brooklyn, NY and see for yourself!
September 19th, 2009 | Posted in: websites
Anthony E. Zuiker, the creator of CSI, has created a new way of intergrating books, the web and movies into one. Meet Level 26. The website level26.com and the Level 26 books (3 titels currently) combine to form a “digi-novel,” a multi-platform experience that moves the reader from passages in the books to videos and interactive content: “As you read the book, you’ll see calls-to-action that direct you to the website to enter codes that unlock Cyber-bridges. These Cyber-bridge movies take the experience to the next level, immersing you in the action and putting you inside the minds of a twisted serial killer and the man sent to take him down.” as they put it on their website. Sounds a bit Hollywood, but the concept is pretty interesting. Besides the story itself there is a large community of readers too. Could this be the future of books?
September 15th, 2009 | Posted in: books
As you might already know, I am a sucker for post-apocalyptic and dystopian stories. That’s why I was exited to find the Redacted Series, a great little project from Colin Ford. It features dystopian novels with censored areas, much like you find on old photocopied top secret documents, which totally suits the stories of the chosen books. The books he picked for the series are the classics (and some of my favorites) 1984, A Brave New World and Farenheit 451.
August 6th, 2009 | Posted in: art, movies
Aren’t these book covers are amazing? The ‘I Can Read Movies’ series by Spacesick is a great collection of movie titles translated into book covers. Check them out below!
Check out the entire series here.
