Archive for the ‘books’ Category
Colour Me Silly
Did you, also, think that the only possible improvement to Jon’s Color-in-Wallpaper would be portability? You’re in luck, because Burgerplex now has Colour Me Silly, a doodle-filled coloring book. There are 90 pages of doodles and lots of great captions. (One of my favorites: “Bears like honey. Posh bears prefer honet.”) There’s something for everyone here–cats, fruit, cupcakes, zombies–and the final page gives you an opportunity to DIY this Michael Jackson tribute. All this for just £9.99!
Pens Are My Friends Book Signing
Hey New Yorkers, bring your friends (and your pens) to Giant Robot on Sunday, July 12th from 4-6PM. Jon will be there signing copies of Pens Are My Friends. This is the art book of the year, and no, I’m not biased. Go say hi, and pick up a copy.
Designers Against Tibetan Abuse
Jon contributed a piece called “Strong Arms” to a book by Designers Against Human Rights Abuse. Designers Against Tibetan Abuse is the first project by Designers Against Human Rights Abuse. Founded by Rishi Sodha in the summer of 2008 as a non-profit organization, DAHRA exists to promote and raise awareness amongst those involved in the creative industry of their social, political and ethical responsibilities as well as to raise awareness of different instances of Human Rights Abuse.
52 creatives from around the world all contributed pieces focusing on different aspects of Tibetan Rights forming this inspiring book, available for £20 delivered worldwide. All proceeds go to the Tibet Relief Fund, who are also distributing the book, and all the money goes directly to them. The book is available here.
Mail Me Art
Mail Me Art is a British-based project, run by Darren Di Lieto, the founder and co-editor of the illustration news portal the Little Chimp Society. Over the course of a year, the Mail Me Art project brought together a vast collection of artistic work sent in the form of mail by both professional and amateur artists of all ages from across the world. A wide variety of media were used in an equally wide variety of styles and the work arrived on everything from postcards and envelopes to boxes and pieces of wood.
No stranger to reclaimed envelope art, Jon contributed the piece above to Darren’s compendium: Mail Me Art: Going Postal with the World’s Best Illustrators and Designers. The book brings together a selection of some of the best pieces submitted to the Mail Me Art project over the course of the year it ran. In addition to the wide variety of contemporary artwork, the book includes an in-depth insight into the project plus a series of seventeen interviews with artists including Jon, Catalina Estrada, Dan May, Jeff Miracola, Michael Slack and Kristian Olson. Mail Me Art: Going Postal with the World’s Best Illustrators and Designers is available to pre-order now on Amazon UK and Amazon US with an ETA of March 2009.
The Mail Me Art exhibition will be held during April 2009 (April 3rd-April 9th) at the Red Gate Gallery in London. The exhibition will showcase work from across the globe and provide visitors with the opportunity to view and buy artwork that has contributed to the project and drawn together a diverse community of artists. All of the work submitted to the Mail Me Art project will be on display and available for purchase. The Mail Me Art book will also be available to buy at the event. Any work unsold after the exhibition will be available to buy through this site. Jon gets top billing on the poster!
Pens Are My Friends
I’m trying not to play favorites, but this is really the best art book I think I have ever purchased. Hello Duudle and Gribba Grub were awesome endeavors, but Pens Are My Friends is like the Encyclopedia Burgerman. The comprehensive book is currently available from IdN (the folks who published Jeremyville’s Vinyl Will Kill and Sessions and always pair their top notch tomes with awesome extras). For the first time ever Jon’s commercial, personal and collaborative works are collected together in one lavish publication. Included amongst the many projects are toys, clothing, exhibitions, murals, customizations, sketches and more. Accompanying the hundreds of pages of brain melting doodles, drawings, characters and colors are essays by the Pictoplasma team and editor of Modart Magazine, insights into Jon’s working process and, of course, photos of salads. Pens Are My Friends also includes a DVD packed full of animated goodies, documentary stuff and things to beautify your computer; a poster; a mini-sketchbook and a couple of fold-outs. It will be the best $55 you ever spent on reading material.
Says Jon: “The book is bright, bold and heavy; be careful not to drop it on your foot.” Word.
Munny Coloring Book for Kidrobot
Before there was this awesomeness, Jon made a little unassuming coloring book for Kidrobot. “Munny Coloring Book #10 contains special coloring pages by Jon Burgerman.” This was likely a promotion in conjunction with the DIY Munny toys.
Lezilus Book
In 2008, Paris-based Lezilus put out this nice little book with a section devoted to Jon’s art.
Simply Pattern
Jon has a spread in the 2008 book Simply Pattern. Pictures above from Jon.
Publisher’s Review: Pattern has always been a star in the creative world. From Andy Warhol to Mark Rothko, Emilio Pucci to Hanna Werning, creatives always use pattern to inject new energy into their works. The same pattern can be used on fashion, product, interior and installation and still ooze a different feel. In Simply Pattern, pattern takes centre stage. Featuring creatives such as Japanese graphic designer TAKORA Kimiyoshi Futoria, Swedish wallpaper maker Lisa Bengtsson and Parisian design studio 5.5 designers, the book aptly demonstrates that pattern is omnipresent when you open up your eyes. Sometimes seeing is believing.
Amazon Review: Simply Pattern contains hand drawn, pixel based, playful, elegant and ethnic designs from artists including Deanne Cheuk Design, Catalina Estrada, Julia Rothman, Yuko Kondo, Skwak, Takora Kimiyoshi Futori, PotiPoti, and others. Each shares their creative patterns for packaging, textiles, wallpaper, stationary, clothing, furniture, boutiques, even dining utensils, showing how repeating graphic elements can be arranged randomly or thoughtfully in order to bring modern, classic or dynamic effect to any project. Raw patterns are found next to examples of how they are used to breathe life into any work.
Black & White Freedrawings,
Jan Willem Wennekes (aka Zeptonn) released Black & White Freedrawings, a book of collaborative art with designers from around the world, including Jon. Regarding the book’s title, “freedrawings” refers to the lack of restrictions, themes and guidelines in the collaborative process. The drawings are free, but Jan Willem distinguishes them from mindless scribbles by noting that they are not preliminary sketches, but rather final artwork. Black & White Freedrawings is an investigation of collaboration, an insight into the drawing process and a documentation of the bonds of friendship between artists located all over the globe. Find out more about the project here.
60 Unite for Children
Jon contributed this illustration to an art book by and called 60 Unite for Children. 60 artists and designers from around the world donated art to benefit UNICEF. At the first execution of the 60 Unite For Children project, this anthology is a collective work with more 60 artists.
Through 180 pages, you will discover various creations, some of them will be abstract, others more explicit; some will be radiant, others dark and pessimistic. Given that each artwork corresponds to the picture its author has of the world, it is obvious that all of them cannot reflect every artist’s ideal. We wanted to add a “philosophical aspect”; so we invited each artist to express their feeling about their work. Almost each work comes with a short text from its author.
The book is available for 25 Euros here.
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