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  • Dogs as Typefaces: As hilarious/cute as it sounds

    March 18, 2010

    Created by design firm Günter Eder, Roman Breier, and Marcel Neundörfer in Vienna, these pups are matched up with a characteristically-similar typeface. Adorable!
    [via Neatorama]

     

  • London! Noma Bar Exhibit “Bitter Sweet” at KK OUTLET – April 1-30

    Also: Noma interview with Grain Edit! Check it out here.

     

  • POSTER BOY Interview with Reuters!

    March 17, 2010

    A representative from Poster Boy – the anti-consumerist “vandals” who slice n’ dice NYC subway ad campaigns to deliver other types of messages – spoke with Nick Zieminski from Reuters this week in anticipation of the upcoming MBP book of the same name.
    Says POSTER BOY: “Street art — anything not inside a controlled space — [...]

     

  • Cool Video Alert: The Making of a Book Cover

    March 16, 2010

    Our friends over at fellow indie publisher Orbit Books (specifically, their lovely creative director Lauren Panepinto) have put together this video on the process used to create their book covers. It’s amazing to watch all the tiny aspects of the images that need to be tweaked, and how they do it – especially since it’s [...]

     

  • Some thoughts about Chronicle’s LOOK! IT’s JESUS from MADONNA OF THE TOAST’s Buzz Poole

    March 15, 2010

    Last week we reported on the release of Look! It’s Jesus, a book that seemed eerily similar to our very own Madonna of the Toast, published in 2007. Now, a word/review of the new book from Madonna’s author, Buzz Poole, on his Madonna of the Toast blog.
    Read it here!

     

  • Set Your TiVo’s Everyone – DRAWING AUTISM author Jill Mullin + artist Esther Brokaw on Fox News, March 15th!

    March 11, 2010

    On March 15th at 2PM, Jill Mullin, author of MBP book Drawing Autism, and artist/contributor, Esther Brokaw, will be on Fox News Strategy Room health hour “Headline Health” with Dr. Manny Alvarez and Dr. Cynara Coomer.
    Drawing Autism author Jill Mullin is also a behavior analyst and educator, with a BA from the University of Massachusetts [...]

     

  • A Different Kind of Street Art: Jan Vormann’s LEGO Urban Renewal

    March 10, 2010

    For the past two weeks, German artist Jan Vormann has been beautifying NYC one brick at a time, filling in cracks and missing tiles from buildings with bright LEGO blocks.
    The effort was part of the VOLTA art show, and in cooperation with the Gallery Jarmuschek+Partner with the support of Henk Holsheimer (LEGO Graffity Styles [...]

     

  • TONIGHT! A Night with Mark Batty Publisher at BookCourt, Brooklyn! Talks, books, wine!

    March 9, 2010

    Join Mark Batty Publisher at BookCourt in Brooklyn TONIGHT for an evening dedicated to all things MBP – the people, the process – the full package.
    Along with vibrant visuals and an open discussion, hear about the creative process behind a selection of our books – from photography, to urban culture, to pop culture and illustration [...]

     

  • Hey London & Cali! Upcoming HUNT & GATHER: DISCOVERING NEW ART events

    March 8, 2010

    Join MBP and Tina Ziegler, author of HUNT & GATHER to celebrate the release of the new art book!
    Here are some details on the book launch events:
    - LONDON, UK –
    The Creative & Old School, a Hunt and Gather Book launch event
    Saturday, March 20 , 2010
    Location: 47 Mowlem Street. East London. E29 DR. United Kingdom
    Time: [...]

     

  • This Tuesday, March 9! BookCourt Presents: A Night with MBP

    March 5, 2010

    Join Mark Batty Publisher at BookCourt in Brooklyn on March 9 for an evening dedicated to all things MBP – the people, the process – the full package.
    Along with vibrant visuals and an open discussion, hear about the creative process behind a selection of our books – from photography, to urban culture, to pop culture [...]

     

  • LOOK! It’s Jesus! And…very similar to Madonna of the Toast!

    March 3, 2010

    Life ahead of the curve is tough for Buzz Poole, author of 2007’s Madonna of the Toast, as we’ve just picked up on a new, very similar book out from Chronicle Books titled Look! It’s Jesus! Amazing Holy Visions in Everyday Life.
    In 2007, Buzz explored the phenomenon of pareidolia, which involves the perception of religious [...]

     

  • MBP at the 2010 Indie & Small Press Book Fair – this weekend in NYC!

    March 1, 2010

    Come say hello this weekend at the 2010 Indie & Small Press Book Fair (from the Center for Independent Publishing) here in NYC! We’ll be joining a slew of other fantastic indie publishers, and we’re excited to mix and mingle with some of the best. Make sure to bring your wallets, too; there will be [...]

     

  • TOY INSTRUMENTS is Big in Japan!

    February 24, 2010

    We were thrilled when an MBP fan sent us pictures of this HUGE Toy Instruments display at a Tower Records in Tokyo. Complete with streaming music and big cardboard cutouts, Toy Instruments has certainly made it big in Japan!

    And, hey, MBP fans – if you ever see a display worth snapping, or an MBP book [...]

     

  • Step right up, get your Noma Bar prints here (at The Print Dispensary)!

    February 23, 2010

    You know how much we love Noma Bar here at MBP, so we’re amped that we can now get our hands on some screen prints of his work, including some from NEGATIVE SPACE (including the cover!)!
    Buy them at The Print Dispensary here.

     

  • HUNT & GATHER featured artist: J.Shea9

    February 17, 2010

    This week’s featured HUNT & GATHER: Discovering New Art artist is Boston-bred J.Shea9 (http://jshea9.com), best known for his whimsical, imaginative installations.
    A bit o’ bio from his website:
    .shea was born and raised in boston, ma…. influenced at an early age by the art found in comic books… animation… and classic sci-fi film…. luckily the streets of [...]

     

  • MBP’s Weekly Link Love – 2/12/10

    February 12, 2010

    Surrounding the recent HBO movie based on autism advocate Temple Grandin, Canada.com reports on Drawing Autism, for which Grandin wrote the intro. The Strange & Beautiful blog also gives some love!

    MBP joins Mental Floss for a caption contest book giveaway of Everyman’s Joyce and Everyman’s McLuhan.

    The Subway Art Blog, Gawker and Gothamist blow up our spot [...]

     

  • HUNT & GATHER featured artist: Jon Beinart

    February 10, 2010

    Now that our incredible new art book, Hunt & Gather: Discovering New Art has been announced, we want to focus on some of the mind-blowing artists included in the collection. First up, Jon Beinart – best known for his super creepy Toddlerpedes and detailed graphite and ink hide-and-seek drawings. You can also check out his [...]

     

  • “Face Food Recipes” + Christopher D Salyers on NHK TV, Tokyo!

    February 9, 2010

    Christopher D Salyers (Face Food Recipes) was a guest of honor on the Japanese TV show, “New York Wave” on NHK! Ok, so a lot of it is in Japanese, but the interviews are in English – check it out here, with footage from the Giant Robot NYC + Face Food Recipes release party!

    Face Food [...]

     

  • “Drawing Autism” Party & Art Exhibition RECAP!

    February 8, 2010

    The Drawing Autism party and art exhibition this past Thursday was a huge success – a big thank you to the New York Center for Child Development for hosting and sponsoring the event!
    Great food and wine, a wonderful crowd, a truly impressive collection of art, and touching presentations from contributing artist Esther Brokaw and [...]

     

  • Cool Noma Bar illo in FIELD & STREAM!

    February 4, 2010

    Noma’s at it again! The author of Guess Who? The Many Faces of Noma Bar and Negative Space has created another astonishingly clever illustration, this time for “The Last Tiger” article in the latest issue of Field & Stream.

     

  • Upcoming HBO Movie About “Drawing Autism” intro author Temple Grandin!

    February 3, 2010

    Some exciting updates surrounding our fabulous art book Drawing Autism! Tomorrow is the big book release party at the New York Center for Child Development in NYC from 6-8PM, complete with a discussion on art and autism, a signing by the book’s author, NYCCD employee Jill Mullin, and an extraordinary art exhibition (full details on [...]

     

  • Upcoming 3-D TYPOGRAPHY author Emily CM Anderson at University of Florida’s Design Symposium, Feb. 6!

    February 2, 2010

    If you’re anywhere near Gainesville, Florida this weekend (February 5 and 6), don’t miss the University of Florida’s annual design symposium, Ligature 19, where upcoming MBP author Emily CM Anderson (3-D Typography) will be speaking on the 6th! The symposium is taking place at the Focus Gallery in the main gallery of Fine Arts Building [...]

     

  • The New York Post makes TOY INSTRUMENTS “Required Reading!”

    February 1, 2010

    If you New Yorkers picked up a copy of the Post this weekend, you’ll have noticed Toy Instruments: Design, Nostalgia, Music in the latest issue’s “Required Reading” from Billy Heller! This guy has great taste.
    Check out the short article here, and pre-order Toy Instruments here!

     

  • “Drawing Autism” Book Release Party & Art Exhibit Next Week – February 4!

    January 29, 2010

    Join MBP as we celebrate the release of DRAWING AUTISM! The event will feature a discussion on art and autism, a signing by the book’s author, NYCCD employee Jill Mullin, and an extraordinary art exhibition by individuals on the autistic spectrum, taking place at the New York Center for Child Development (328 East 62nd Street [...]

     

  • Artist and MBP author Noma Bar lectures in the U.K.!

    January 27, 2010

    If you’re lucky enough to be in the U.K. for this, don’t miss these two lectures from Noma Bar, genius artist and author of MBP’s Guess Who? The Many Faces of Noma Bar and Negative Space.
    On Friday, Febrary 5, Noma will be sharing personal stories and the process behind his MBP books at Glug in [...]

     

  • MBP’s Buzz Poole announces first collection of short stories: I LIKE TO KEEP MY TROUBLES ON THE WINDY SIDE OF THINGS, from Fractious Press!

    January 26, 2010

    Mark Batty Publisher’s very own managing editor, mastermind and author of MBP’s Madonna of the Toast, Buzz Poole, has announced his first collection of short stories, titled I LIKE TO KEEP MY TROUBLES ON THE WINDY SIDE OF THINGS.
    Starting next month, the book will appear in select independent book stores, launching with a reading [...]

     

  • Upcoming MBP book “Drainspotting” feature & author interview in latest issue of CREATIVE REVIEW!

    January 25, 2010

    Inside the issue, Mark Sinclair takes a look at a new book on Japanese manhole covers – which reveals a hidden, vibrant world of street-level creativity. – CR
    The UK’s CREATIVE REVIEW features upcoming MBP book Drainspotting with an interview from author Remo Camerota. Make sure to pick up the latest issue – CR is always [...]

     

  • Hey, Amsterdam! It’s The American Book Center’s ABC URBAN ARTS FESTIVAL, JUNE 26, 2010!

    January 22, 2010

    MBP’s good friends, The American Book Center (Amsterdam, The Netherlands, www.abc.nl) proudly announces the launch of THE ABC URBAN ARTS FESTIVAL – “WHERE DESIGN MEETS CRAFTS.” This is a unique festival where design and crafts go hand in hand.
    From the release:
    On the afternoon of Saturday June 26, 2010 we will set up the square in [...]

     

  • Haiti Matters to Brooklyn Event – Success!

    January 21, 2010

    Thanks to all who made it out to Haiti Matters to Brooklyn at Castle Braid this past weekend – we’re pleased to announce that we all helped to raise over $2,000 for the displaced and injured victims of the earthquake in Haiti! Great music, fantastic raffles, and fun people made this event a true success.
    Words [...]

     

  • Hey, Toronto! EDGYCUTE Artist Gary Taxali is having a solo show on January 28th!

    January 18, 2010

    Gary Taxali, one of the artists featured in our recently-released art book, Edgycute, is having a solo show in Toronto later this month called The Taxali 300, and it’s a must-see!
    From the release:
    “The Taxali 300 exhibition showcases hundreds of small illustrations and collages originally created for such esteemed publica- tions as Rolling Stone, Newsweek, The [...]

     

  • MORE Help for Haiti – Fundraiser this Sunday at Castle Braid in Brooklyn!

    January 15, 2010

    Since we’d like to take any opportunity we can to help the cause after Haiti’s devastating earthquake, we’ve joined forces with Castle Braid once again (since the MBP Urban Arts Fest in October) for HAITI MATTERS TO BROOKLYN, an impromptu fundraiser for the emergency relief efforts of the Red Cross.
    We’ll be donating a book [...]

     

  • Help for Haiti

    January 14, 2010

    The team at MBP is devastated by what’s happening in Haiti – and we want to help. Thanks to this post on Gothamist, we caught wind of a fundraiser that Skippy from The Bell House in Brooklyn is setting for January 27. We’ll be donating a big book package for the raffle at the event, [...]

     

  • Professional + Personal = Awesome: MBP author Ji Lee “Talks Back” at Design at Work in Belgium

    January 13, 2010

    MBP author and creative brain behind Google Creative Lab, Ji Lee (Talk Back: The Bubble Project), has been busy with projects ranging from design to branding, and held his first lecture in Belgium at Design at Work in Kortrijk last month.
    Dubbed “Professional + Personal = Awesome,” Korean-born New Yorker Lee shared with his [...]

     

  • Gatorade Gets Guerilla’d

    January 12, 2010

    Because we’re so excited about our upcoming book with guerilla street artist Poster Boy, we’ve kept our eyes on art of the like – and were tickled by this recent satirical commentary about Tiger Wood’s indiscretions on some Gatorade bottles on Denver store shelves. Can’t say we hate it.
    Check out all the details here [...]

     

  • “ABCing: Seeing the Alphabet Differently” Announced, Accompanied by Awesome Website

    January 11, 2010

    Upon the release of our newest book, ABCing: Seeing the Alphabet Differently, comes the ABCing website that brings the book to life, brimming with graphics, sounds, and narrative. Go ahead, see it for yourself at ABSEEING.com

     

  • MBP’s Weekly Link Love – 1/8/10

    January 8, 2010

    Remo Camerota (Graffiti Japan) receives some well-deserved link love this week in anticipation of his upcoming book with MBP, Drainspotting, with an interview in world-class street art mag Day in the Lyfe – he also just launched a sweet new Drainspotting blog you need to check out.

    Edgycute joins Nylon Magazine’s ”Book Club” with a great review and [...]

     

  • Exciting Update: New Year, New Distributor!

    January 5, 2010

    As MBP rings in the new year, we welcome some exciting developments: publishing industry giant Random House is now the official North American distributor and sales force for all Mark Batty Publisher books!
    This means both backlist and new titles, including the fantastic upcoming books in our newest catalog and also those MBP staples.
    More details to [...]

     

  • Check out the new website for upcoming MBP book, “Black Comix: African American Independent Comics, Art + Culture”!

    January 4, 2010

    For those of you anxiously awaiting the release of our upcoming title, Black Comix: African American Independent Comics, Art + Culture (MBP’s very first comic book-themed publication!), the authors Damian Duffy and John Jennings have started a new website, chock full of info about the book and other African American independent comics and art.
    Here’s the [...]

     

  • New Year, New Books!

    December 31, 2009

    Can you believe it’s been a full decade since not being destroyed by Y2K? That’s surely something to celebrate! And in an effort to catch you before the festivities this evening, here’s a reminder that with the new year comes new books.
    We have some amazing titles emerging in 2010 – from kitschy and comical [...]

     

  • Cool movie: “Girl Power” doc about women in the graffiti world

    December 28, 2009

    A cool-looking documentary titled Girl Power has been in the works this past year, aiming to “capture the female perspective and its social implications in the context of the graffiti scene.”
    Haven’t seen anything like this before, and we like the question it raises – why so few girls paint – as they travel to over [...]

     

  • WIRED.COM VIDEO: “Face Food Recipes” author Christopher D Salyers shares his charaben-making skills with the world

    December 21, 2009

    If you’ve ever wanted to learn how to craft a charaben (character bento) using what you already have in your kitchen, now’s your chance! Wired.com and Face Food and Face Food Recipes author Christopher D Salyers team up to show you how to create your very own bento. Watch the video by clicking here or [...]

     

  • MBP’s Weekly Link Love – 12/18/09

    December 18, 2009

    Argentina- based mag D-Mode talks to Graffiti Japan author Remo Camerota about his next book with us, Drainspotting, in their native language  - “bueno” is a good thing, right?

    Hispanic Magazine (this month’s cover boasts gossip-queen Perez Hilton as “Hispanic of the Year”) loves Luz A. Martín’s Textura: Valencia Street Art

    Drawing Autism got a ton of [...]

     

  • MBP Gift Guide, Part 5: The Politics & Culture Geek

    December 16, 2009

    We all have that one friend who always knows what’s going on in the world of politics and current events – and MBP has the perfects gifts for that savvy lad or lady in your life. From anti-consumerist art, propaganda and the culture of Iran and Mexico, our books run the gamut.
    Under $20
    Talk Back: The [...]

     

  • Photos & Recap from the “Face Food Recipes” Book Signing/Party this Weekend @ Giant Robot NY!

    December 15, 2009

    This past weekend marked the Face Food Recipes book signing and party at Giant Robot New York with author Christopher D Salyers, and was jam-packed with fans of the book, Japanophiles and lots of Japanese beer. The best part? Some truly impressive charaben!
    The whole party was filmed for the Japanese TV and radio station NHK, [...]

     

  • MBP Gift Guide, Part 4: The Music Buff

    December 14, 2009

    Whether your potential gift-receiver is a fan of punk, classical, or indie, we’ve got a book that will appeal to the music buff of any genre – from serious (Notations 21) to hilarious (Celebrity Vinyl).
    $25 and Under
    Celebrity Vinyl
    by Tom Hamling
    $24.95
    Celebrity Vinyl is a laugh-riot reminder of what happens when famous people decide to (unsuccessfully) [...]

     

  • Noma Bar illos in New York Times Magazine’s “Year in Ideas”

    This week’s New York Times Magazine’s “Year in Ideas” section is chock-full of cool stuff from 2009, including two accompanying illustrations from our very own Noma Bar (Negative Space, Guess Who?)
    Sneak them here, then peep them in the “Printable Batteries” and “Treating P.T.S.D. with Tetris” articles from The Ninth Annual Year in Ideas in the [...]

     

  • Tomorrow night! “Face Food Recipes” party/book signing at Giant Robot New York!

    December 11, 2009

    We’re so excited to join Giant Robot to celebrate the release of Christopher D Salyers’ Face Food Recipes – and we want you to swing by tomorrow night to partake in the drinks, books, and bento galore!
    * * *
    Join MBP and Christopher D Salyers at Giant Robot NY on Saturday, December 12 from 6-8PM for [...]

     

  • “In China, My Name Is…” and ChinaSMACK.com e-event/contest starts today!

    December 10, 2009

    Expat/Chinese blog chinaSMACK is the source of all things new and hot from China, translated for English speakers to understand. It’s a brilliant idea and a huge help for expats, and we’re glad Valerie Blanco and Ellen Feberwee, authors of MBP book In China, My Name Is… have gotten a chance to join them, albeit [...]

     

  • MBP Holiday Gift Guide, Part 3: The Urban Art Fanatic

    December 7, 2009

    Starting several years ago, MBP decided to showcase street art in the way we think it deserves. Now, we have an array of regionally-specific and topical graffiti and urban art titles that will whet the whistles of the most discerning street art fans – from the buildings of Los Angeles, to the bathrooms of New [...]

     

  • MBP’s Weekly Link Love – 12/4/09

    December 4, 2009

    Passport Magazine, the premiere publication for gay travel, loved Textura: Valencia Street Art, and so did Urban Art Core and Valencia, Spain’s city blog, Hola Valencia.

    Mr. Topp and his Big Bad Blog is a fan of The Noir A-Z – his favorite? “K is for Kafkaesque.”

    Autism Society Canada gives some link love to Drawing [...]

     

  • Photos from La Carmina’s L.A. Book Signings at Giant Robot & Kinokuniya!

    December 3, 2009

    Last week, La Carmina was jet-set, heading to Los Angeles, California to sign Crazy, Wacky Theme Restaurants: Tokyo at some of our favorite shops, Giant Robot 2 and Kinokuniya L.A.!
    La Carmina had a great time meeting her fans and signing some books! Thanks to all who came out – especially the two dedicated fans who [...]

     

  • Friend of MBP, Mighty Tanaka, kicks off new art space/show tomorrow, 12/3 in Brooklyn!

    December 2, 2009

    We’re pleased to announce that friend of MBP, Mighty Tanaka, who curated the amazing artists galleries at this year’s MBP Urban Arts Fest in Bushwick Brooklyn, are finally opening their own studio space in DUMBO, New York! Their first show kicks off tomorrow, December 3, with “Hybridism” – details below – see you there!
    * * [...]

     

  • DRAWING AUTISM featured artist: Noah Erenberg

    December 1, 2009

    Reminiscent of graffiti and influenced by his interest in hip-hop, Noah Erenberg’s artwork is vibrant and powerful. As one of the featured artists in our recently released title, Drawing Autism, we wanted to showcase a bit more of the Californian’s work that didn’t make it into the book.
    “I am inspired by words and symbols; [...]

     

  • Classic Art + Graffiti: Cool results from Worth1000.com’s ‘Ren 2′ Image Manipulation Contest

    At MBP, we think street art deserves to be showcased just as prominently as fine art (as you can see from our many urban art books, like Bay Area Graffiti, Graffiti Japan, Protest Graffiti Mexico: Oaxaca, etc.), and Worth1000.com agrees. The image manipulation and contest website concluded Graffiti Ren 2 (the second in the contest [...]

     

  • MBP Holiday Gift Guide, Part 2: The Pop Culture & Media Junkie

    November 30, 2009

    If you’re like most of the staff at MBP, you’re already a die-hard pop culture junkie. For the friends and family members who partake in a bit of pop cult fandom as well, we have a range of books that are sure to please (on any budget), from books on movie posters, to travel, to [...]

     

  • MBP Holiday Gift Guide, Part 1: The Lit Nerd & Bibliophile

    November 23, 2009

    Every holiday season you buy the classics for your literature nerd friend or family member, but now it’s time to mix it up with colorful, artful books ABOUT the books.
    We also have a series of illustrated fiction, which could be a refreshing change for your bookish friend: cerebral and well-penned, paired with thoughtfully selected illustrations. [...]

     

  • MBP featured in latest Annual Forecast Issue of MONOCLE MAGAZINE

    November 20, 2009

    In addition to this week’s Link Love, we received some big love from London-based international business, culture and design magazine, Monocle – and we’re honored to be included in this month’s Annual Forecast Issue. MBP was featured in a section about “slow media,” titled Calm down, dear – London, New York, Vienna, as one of [...]

     

  • MBP’s Weekly Link Love – 11/19/09

    This week, we got a ton of love for Julian Hibbard’s The Noir A-Z, right in the wake of our fantastic little party at The Player’s Club in NYC! Flavorpill’s Flavorwire, Chicago NOW’s Sex & the Windy City blog, Ffffound.com and NotCot all delighted in the sexy abecedary.

    Latina Magazine’s Latina.com adores our newest release, Luz [...]

     

  • Hey, L.A.! “Crazy, Wacky Theme Restaurants: Tokyo” signing with La Carmina at Giant Robot Los Angeles (GR2), 11/30!

    November 19, 2009

    Join Giant Robot Los Angeles, Mark Batty Publisher and Gothic Lolita blog-mistress La Carmina for the ultimate in zany Japanophilia at the Crazy, Wacky Theme Restaurants: Tokyo book signing!
    Even if you’ve been to Tokyo, you’ve never done a restaurant tour like the one endeavored by La Carmina in Crazy, Wacky Theme Restaurants: Tokyo.
    Traditional dishes like [...]

     

  • NOTATIONS 21 News + Upcoming Events!

    November 18, 2009

    Notations 21 author Theresa Sauer has just returned from the University of North Texas and Denton book tour and lecture series, which took place November 8-11, as a guest of Dr. Joseph Klein (DMus, Professor of Music Composition, Chair, Division of Composition Studies, University of North Texas College of Music) .

    Sauer made appearances (six in [...]

     

  • Winners Announced for “Crazy, Wacky Theme Restaurants: Tokyo” Giveaway on La Carmina’s blog!

    November 17, 2009

    These five winners came up with some fabulous theme restaurant ideas, and their imagination earned them a signed copy of La Carmina’s Crazy, Wacky Theme Restaurants: Tokyo!
    A Harry Potter themed restaurant? Ethereal dreamland? Gypsy? Check out the details of these winning ideas on La Carmina’s blog here.

     

  • “Green Design” featured product Sonic Fabric on the TODAY Show!

    November 13, 2009

    This past Thursday on the TODAY Show on NBC, Green Design featured product Sonic Fabric’s good-vibe-imbued neckties were included as part of a segment on green fashion!
    These environmentally friendly ties will also be appearing in the upcoming Rolling Stone Holiday Gift Guide (both the US and AUSTRALIA editions) and in Rachael Ray Magazine.
    Where can you [...]

     

  • “Face Food Recipes” Launch Party & Signing at Giant Robot NY, 12/12/09

    November 11, 2009

    Join MBP and Christopher D Salyers at Giant Robot NY on Saturday, December 12 from 6-8PM for drinks, noshes, fun and Face Food Recipes book-signage. And, bring your own homemade charaben to the event and receive a FREE copy of of the book!
    Two years ago, Christopher’s Face Food: The Visual Creativity of Japanese Bento Boxes [...]

     

  • In San Fran? Check out the The AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers Exhibition @ Chronicle Books (we’re featured!)!

    November 10, 2009

    Though we’re sad to have missed the opening of The AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers exhibit in San Francisco this month (we’re on the other coast!), MBP is excited to have been selected as part of the 2008 winners and for the event, where Chronicle Books’ lobby was transformed into a gallery of literary design delights.

    Doesn’t [...]

     

  • Win a Signed Copy of La Carmina’s “Crazy, Wacky Theme Restaurants: Tokyo” on her blog!

    November 6, 2009

    Enter to win Crazy Wacky Theme Restaurants: Tokyo, a jaw-dropping tour of Tokyo’s weirdest dining establishments. La Carmina’s photos and stories take you inside a haunted jail and Dracula’s lair; waitresses dressed as maids slap you when you lose a food version of Russian roulette, concluding with a mouthful of wasabi; a drunken Buddhist monk [...]

     

  • MBP Fave Mimoco & Munky King Designer Toy Store Team Up For Month Long L.A. MIMOBOT Pop-Up Shop

    November 5, 2009

    At MBP we loooove cute, functional stuff – which is why we adore Mimoco (one of this year’s Urban Arts Fest sponsors!), the makers of the MIMOBOT: designer flash drives that really look, essentially, like toys. Their designs range from exclusive artist creations, to Hello Kitty to Toki Doki to Star Wars, and we love [...]

     

  • DRAWING AUTISM featured artist: Shawn Belanger

    November 3, 2009

    Jill Mullin’s Drawing Autism is filled with amazing artwork from talented individuals on the autistic spectrum. Here’s a sneak peek at one of the featured artists, 24 year-old Calgary, Alberta-based Shawn Belanger (from his website ShawnBelanger.com), and some of our favorites from his art collection.
    For more info on Shawn, click through to his website bio [...]

     

  • Steve Rotman still getting love for “Bay Area Graffiti”

    November 2, 2009

    Steve Rotman, photographer and author of Bay Area Graffiti, has been interviewed recently in a couple of great pubs, including MBP favorite Day in the Lyfe magazine, who just recently released a movie on the graffiti life they cover, from NYC to San Fran.
    You can check Rotman’s interviews out here:
    Day in the Life: “Book Review: [...]

     

  • Remo Camerota Makes Walls Pretty in Bristol, UK

    October 30, 2009

    Graffiti Japan and upcoming Drainspotting author, artist REMO CAMEROTA, paints walls in Bristol, UK with Kid Zoom and Vermin – check out the sweet video!

     

  • “Shadows of Time” and “Decay” Author/Photog Nathan Troi Anderson Interviewed on PHOTOGRAPHERS SPEAK

    October 28, 2009

    Check out this fantastic in-depth interview with photographer and author of MBP’s Decay and Shadows of Time Nathan Troi Anderson, on Dean Brierly’s blog, Photographers Speak.
    “I think the images that we surround ourselves with are more real than ourselves. They provide for us a sense of identity. Our images are icons. They are our light; [...]

     

  • Halloween Party Alert: Powerstrip Circus & MBP go “Bump in the Night” this Saturday @ Coco 66 in Brooklyn!

    October 27, 2009

    Bump in the Night: Powerstrip Circus Halloween @ Coco 66!
    Date: Saturday, October 31, 2009
    Time: 9PM – 4AM
    Location: Coco66, 66 Greenpoint Ave., Brooklyn, NY
    Price: $5
    Know all the moves to the “Thriller” video? Can you quote Evil Dead 2 by heart? Well, then – put down that copy of Twilight and come celebrate your ghoulishness with Powerstrip Circus’s [...]

     

  • Pre-order “Face Food Recipes” – the Must-Have How-To for Japanese Character Bento!

    October 26, 2009

    That’s right, folks! The anticipated follow-up to Christopher D Salyers’s Face Food: The Visual Creativity of Japanese Bento Boxes, the brilliant lil’ how-to Face Food Recipes, is finally…almost…available – now all you have to do is pre-order here on Amazon.

     

  • Trick or Treat: “Faces of the Living Dead” Resurfaced!

    October 20, 2009

    Halloween is right around the corner, which means treats for you from MBP! Today’s tasty morsel? A blast from the past and a back title (from 2006) worth resurfacing: Faces of the Living Dead: The Belief in Spirit Photography, by Martyn Jolly, Head of Photomedia at the Australian National University School of Art.
    If you’re a [...]

     

  • This Saturday, 10/17! Art For Progress presents Artists’ Loft V. III, Pre-CMJ Event

    October 15, 2009

    Check out another amazing Art For Progress (who worked with us for the MBP Urban Arts Fest) event, just in time for CMJ! Details from their website:
    Event: “Artists Loft” V. III, Pre-CMJ Event
    When: Oct 17, 2009 7:30 PM — Oct 18, 2009 12:00 AM
    Where: Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center.
    107 Suffolk Street
    New York, NY 10002
    On Saturday, October 17th, the [...]

     

  • CRAZY, WACKY THEME RESTAURANTS: TOKYO’s La Carmina to Co-Host Tokyo Episode of Andrew Zimmern’s BIZARRE WORLD on Travel Channel

    October 14, 2009

    Check out this amazing news from La Carmina!
    …Travel Channel was charmed by my book, CRAZY, WACKY THEME RESTAURANTS!…So now, in October, I’m being flown to Tokyo… to be a guide and co-host for several outrageous segments of Andrew Zimmern’s TV show on Travel Channel, Bizarre World!

    It’s no secret that I’m a Travel Channel fanatic (remember [...]

     

  • “EdgyCute” Artist Focus: Kathie Olivas

    October 13, 2009

    Another impressive featured artist from Harry Saylor’s recently released EdgyCute, Kathie Olivas has been fielding major acclaim for her dreamy, lovingly creepy portraits of children (and more).
    A bit about Kathie from the ORBIT website:
    Kathie Olivas is a multi-media artist who resides in Tampa, FL. At 29, she has been featured in numerous galleries and museums [...]

     

  • “EdgyCute” Artist Focus: Motomichi Nakamura

    October 9, 2009

    One of our newest releases, Harry Saylor’s EdgyCute, collects some amazing global talents, exploring different facets of the creepy-sweet aesthetic. Japanese Brooklynite Motomichi Nakamura is a prime example of the “Bizarre Grotesque” art chapter of the book, and his brilliantly amoebic and bright images adorn toys, canvases, skateboards, guitars, videos, inflatables and even a Zune, [...]

     

  • The Josh McCutchen Show does The MBP Urban Arts Fest

    October 8, 2009

    Hilarity!

     

  • MBP URBAN ARTS FEST 10/3: The Aftermath

    October 7, 2009

    The MBP Urban Arts Fest has come and gone, with an estimated 800 attendants throughout the day! This past Saturday in Bushwick, Brooklyn hosted a bevy of artists, musicians, shoppers and partiers, despite the daytime rain. Our champion graffiti and mural artists spent hours in the storm working on and finishing their pieces, much to [...]

     

  • Last Chance to Get Your $10 Advance Tix to the MBP Urban Arts Fest TOMORROW, 10/3 in Brooklyn!

    October 2, 2009

    The MBP Urban Arts Fest is finally upon us! The event has picked up a ton of great buzz – the Village Voice, New York Post, Format Magazine, ACCLAIM Magazine and others have hooked us up with some amazing press.
     
    Stop by to check out the live graffiti wall artists do their thing; explore art galleries [...]

     

  • Recession Lessons: “Products for a Happy Life” Reminds Us to Appreciate the Small Stuff

    October 1, 2009

    There’s nothing like an economic recession to remind you what you DON’T have and CAN’T afford. Now more than ever, it’s important to remind ourselves what we do have; what really matters, and what small items in our lives actually make us happy once we pay attention to them.
    And that’s what Products for a Happy [...]

     

  • Shepard Fairey Piece ‘OBEY x PEEL’ to be Unveiled at MBP Urban Arts Fest – Oct 3 – Brooklyn

    September 30, 2009

    Dave and Holly Combs are not only the authors of our fantastic PEEL: The Art of the Sticker – they’re respected, active members of the street art community. As such, design mastermind Shepard Fairey has created a collab poster for the PEEL cause, which will be unveiled in person THIS SATURDAY, October 3, in Brooklyn [...]

     

  • Truckers and Texts

    September 28, 2009

    Truckers, who schlep the vast majority of the goods we come into contact with from the end of the world and back again, are under constantly increasing pressure to get their loads where they need to go in as little time as possible. The industry has become so precisely controlled, as a result of legislative [...]

     

  • Your Computer Needs Some CELEBRITY VINYL

    September 22, 2009

    Straight from the pages of Celebrity Vinyl – our favorite collection of famous people’s most hilarious attempts at cutting an album – author Tom Hamling offers both computer wallpaper and screensavers filled with joyous and awkward album art.
    Download these beauties (for both Windows and Mac) here on the official Celebrity Vinyl website.
    And, if you [...]

     

  • How to Catch a Glitch (or: How to Glitch Like a Pro) – from Ant Scott

    September 21, 2009

    Before Glitch: Designing Imperfection was a book, it was an experiment; a collection; a thesis. The contributors and authors spent years perfecting the study of the “Glitch” aesthetic, and duly learned how to create their own.
    Here are Ant Scott’s instructions on catching and amplifying a glitch for art’s sake (via Beflix.com):
    1) Wait for something to [...]

     

  • “The Noir A-Z”s Julian Hibbard is Puzzled

    September 15, 2009

    As if our newest release, The Noir A-Z wasn’t cool enough – author and photographer Julian Hibbard has created these incredible photo jigsaw puzzles. The puzzles feature a mask theme of four different designs, some made from photos directly from the book.
    These puzzles brilliantly connect with the Noir A-Z as they were an earlier investigation [...]

     

  • David Markey Announces 9/22 Release of “The Reinactors” DVD – Misadventures of Hollywood Boulevard’s Celeb “Imposters”

    September 14, 2009

    MBP’s book Imposters, by Shawna Kenney, documents, page-by-page, the out-of-work actors and hopefuls who line Hollywood Boulevard dressed up like the celebs of yesteryear and today: Marilyn Monroe, Spider-Man, Spongebob and Superman.
    Now, to the screen: filmmaker David Markey, who was interviewed in Kenney’s masterpiece, explores this same world by camera with his upcoming DVD [...]

     

  • MBP’s Buzz Poole at the “Don’t Know Much About Literature Quiz Show” 9/17 at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe in Brooklyn

    September 11, 2009

    At MBP we’re always down for a good time, and that includes managing editor (and Madonna of the Toast author) Buzz Poole, and Garth Risk Hallberg, author of A Field Guide to the North American Family, who will be team members at the upcoming Don’t Know Much About Literature Quiz Show starring Kenneth C. Davis [...]

     

  • MBP at the Brooklyn Book Festival 9/13, Booth 105

    September 9, 2009

    The Brooklyn Book Festival is finally upon us, and MBP is thrilled to attend this year’s happenings. We’ll be there at Booth 105, so make sure to stop by and say hello – and get great discounts, check out our newest titles, and chat with the team!

     

  • NOTATIONS 21’s Theresa Sauer Interviewed on New Music Box

    September 1, 2009

    New Music Box is the official web magazine from the American Music Center, and managing editor Molly Sheridan sat down with Notations 21 author Theresa Sauer for a chat about the book. Check out the “Inside Notations 21″ interview and video here!
    Excerpt from Theresa’s interview: “The creative genius of the Notations 21 artists and their [...]

     

  • LE GUN’s Neal Fox Exhibit at Daniel Blau Gallery in Munich, September 10th Opening

    August 28, 2009

    LE GUN is an art collective and magazine established by graduates from London’s Royal College of Art’s department of Communication Art & Design. Since the 2004 inception of LE GUN, the group’s core – Neal Fox, Matthew Appleton, Bill Bragg, Chris Bianchi, Alex Wright and Robert Greene – has produced four issues of the vibrant, [...]

     

  • Blog by La Carmina: Behind the Scenes of “Crazy, Wacky Theme Restaurants: Tokyo”!

    August 25, 2009

    The concept was, from the start, a Kool-Aid trip: photograph and write about Tokyo’s bizarre new crop of theme restaurants. But my friends and I decided to up the game by not only observing but participating in the madness. For the Alice in Wonderland cafe, we wore costumes based on the characters (above: Cheshire Cat [...]

     

  • Op-Ed by Mark Batty on Forbes.com for 8/24: “The Kindle Can’t Scare Me”

    August 21, 2009

    Our very own Mark Batty shares his opinions on the Kindle, the book industry, and why he wants literary technology to bring it on. Click through on the Forbes.com CEO Network this Monday (August 24) to check out the article.

     

  • Sweet Band Merch from NOTATIONS 21 Designer Mike Perry

    If you haven’t picked up Theresa Sauer’s
    Notations 21, you’re missing out on a brilliant collection of fascinatingly creative visual pieces from over 100 international composers.
    Not only that, but it’s a beautifully designed book – courtesy of Mike Perry – whose art now adorns some awesome-looking t-shirts and posters from a collection called the Insound [...]

     

  • J. Namdev Hardisty Sneak Peeks His Album Collection in “DIY Album Art” Teaser Video

    August 19, 2009

    DIY Album Art: Paper Bags & Office Supplies has grabbed the attention of artists, DIY-ers, punk and indie and music fans alike with its innovative artwork and expansive stories. In this new book teaser video, author J. Namdev Hardisty shows us some favorites from his DIY album art collection featured in the book, and explains [...]

     

  • “Crazy, Wacky”’s La Carmina Gets Lots of Love in Vancouver

    August 18, 2009

    MBP’s resident Gothic Lolita, La Carmina, and author of our just-released Crazy, Wacky Theme Restaurants: Tokyo has been garnering some attention in her Canadian homeland, with interviews and reviews in both the Vancouver Sun and Vancouver Province, with more along the way! 

    Check out the latest articles:
    Vancouver Sun, “Tour the bizarre eateries of Tokyo with La Carmina” 

    [...]

     

  • Artist Noma Bar of “Guess Who” & Upcoming “Negative Space” Chosen by VAROOM as “Illustrator that Defines a Decade”

    July 27, 2009

    Over the past several years, artist and MBP author Noma Bar has received an overwhelming amount of praise for his socially and politically-fueled artwork. Now, Varoom Magazine, one of the most respected culture and illustration magazines in the UK, has officially recognized Bar as an “Illustrator that Defines a Decade.” Read the PDF article here.
    “Noma’s use [...]

     

  • URBAN IRAN’s Charlotte Noruzi on Air America’s “Breakroom Live” This Thursday, July 2

    June 29, 2009

    This Thursday, July 2 at 3:00PM EST, tune in to Air America’s Breakroom Live with Marc Maron and Sam Seder as MBP’s Urban Iran author Charlotte Noruzi discusses the book, her background in Tehran, and shares her feelings on today’s Iran as a Persian-American woman.
    “When I saw the crowds of people in the streets that [...]

     

  • Graffiti and the Protests in Iran

    June 19, 2009

    Justice, so well personified by the blindfolded lady bearing scales and a sword, has always been the negotiation of balance shot through with violence. Most times, though, violence labeled as ‘just’ is not dealt out blindly; the blindfold that Lady Justice wears is more a pleasant fiction than a comforting reality and her scale is [...]

     

  • MBP @ BEA

    June 5, 2009

    Once a year the American publishing industry gets together, along with a healthy contingent of bookish folks from around the world, and puts on Book Expo America. BEA, as it’s known to attendees, is part business meeting, part carnival and part swag hunt. Everything from robotic book lights (emblazoned with whichever printer is using them [...]

     

  • Hitches in the Machine

    May 18, 2009

    The integration of computers and digital systems into modern life is now nearly total: from cell phones (now mostly digital) to ATM machines, through the massive datacenters that channel this webpage to your screen, there is hardly a moment in most people’s working day, or leisure time, that isn’t in some way delivered by a [...]

     

  • Download Autumn 2009 Catalog

    May 13, 2009

    Click here.

     

  • Holy Handcuffs Batman!

    March 31, 2009

    The collection of out-of-work actors and other Imposters that hang around a sunbaked stretch of Hollywood Boulevard looking for tips are headed to small screen: “Confessions of a Superhero,” directed by Matthew Ogens, will premier on the Sundance Channel on April 13th at 9pm. You have to wonder if Ogens will mention the feud between [...]

     

  • The Inner Life of Martin Frost Wins Big!

    March 26, 2009

    This week marked the 23rd annual Bookbinders’ Guild of New York’s New York Book Show, held in all its glory at the Grand Ballroom in Manhattan. Nobody at MBP was on hand to witness the event, but nevertheless our books made their way into the hands of the judges. And (drumroll please…) the big winner [...]

     

  • The Colonel Goes for a Dip

    March 16, 2009

    The American values spreading across the globe include more than Liberty™, Democracy®, and Happy Meals©—there’s also baseball, and, of course, fast food. Chicken: Low Art, High Calorie takes a look at the quintessentially American chicken shack and its United Kingdom doppelgangers. But the street-corners of London are not the only places that fast-food Americana has [...]

     

  • Please Call Me Boss

    February 27, 2009

    The globe is reeling from the tailspin of its financial markets. What began with bright young things cooking up financial mechanisms for a fictive economy has crept into the real one. Container ships are sitting empty in shipping hubs the world over, and unloaded cargo is cluttering warehouses at the harbor. With the unsold products—everything [...]

     

  • Grease Goes Global

    February 9, 2009

    The 20th century gave rise to many earth-shaking and wide-reaching innovations—the jetliner, the computer, television, nuclear war—but few have had as much effect on the shape of city life as the fast food joint. In little more than 90 years, fast food has spread out from its US roots and become a global phenomenon; its [...]

     

  • New Web Order

    January 23, 2009

    MBP needed a new website like the US needed a new president. Okay, the old site wasn’t that bad, but this one is great! Living Pixel Design tricked us out with interfaces you’ve come to expect from first-rate sites. Our books have always offered the best in terms of content and design, so we figured [...]

     

  • Happy New Year!

    January 5, 2009

    “Change” one of 2008’s buzzwords to be sure. Of course, change is always in motion, at times for the better, but other times for the worse. Look at the global economy, or the skyrocketing number of home foreclosures in the US and UK. Wars continue; people die. But wars end, too, and people are born [...]

     

  • 2008’s Independent and Small Press Book Fair

    December 1, 2008

    December, ostensibly a time to celebrate with friends and family the passing of another year, is a dreaded month: frustratingly long lines, messes of well-meaning but mediocre food and garish wrapping paper, tinsel and holiday lights fill days, nights and nightmares. Short of holing up for the entire month, these tidings must be confronted, [...]

     

  • The Notations 21 Project

    October 2, 2008

    Notations 21 Project brings the legacy of John Cage’s illustrated musical scores into the 21st century.
    The Chelsea Art Museum, in conjunction with Mark Batty Publisher, is pleased to announce the Notations 21 Project, celebrating the best and brightest of contemporary composers working with visual scores. In honor of the 40th anniversary of John’s Cage’s seminal [...]

     

  • Everyone’s Doin’ It

    July 30, 2008

    As Greek mythology has it, three Sirens once lived on the rocky island of Sirenum Scopuli, singing to passing ships. As half-woman, half-bird creatures, the Sirens’ voices were utterly irresistible; none could escape bewitchment upon hearing their sweet songs. Hoards of enchanted seamen were thought to have abandoned ship and swum toward the music, toward [...]