Chris Berthelsen's "Rainy day treasures" (2011) has been one of my fav self-published books for years.
One strand of Chris's work at the time focused on understanding creative, DIY use of city space; the other focused on exploring childhood. This book pulled both together, to look at his 4(?)-year-old daughter's walk from their house to a playground and back. It incorporates Chris's pretty daring design style; maps of the route; close-ups of what interests his daughter-- all interspersed with essays on claiming public space, and Chris's musings on what his kid is up to. (If you're not a parent, maybe your eyes are glazing over at this point.)
I first got this as a PDF from Mr B's site, and loved it so much that I dropped the $27 + shipping for the full book on Lulu.com. As with other Lulu books, the binding is a little lacking. After reading it 5 times, my copy isn't doing too well. But I still like having the bound version around, to page through.
Below are some book images taken from his site.
PDF: http://a-small-lab.com/projects/child-scale-city
Lulu print copy: http://www.lulu.com/shop/chris-berthels ... 87205.html
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Rainy Day Treasures
Thank you Tim!
Here is the 'reliable' PDF download link for Rainy Day Treasures: http://small-workshop.info/doc/rainy_day_treasures.pdf
Here is the 'reliable' PDF download link for Rainy Day Treasures: http://small-workshop.info/doc/rainy_day_treasures.pdf
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Tim - thanks so much for this review. I am really happy to know about this book! I downloaded it and will share the link to the PDF with others.
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Chris! Glad you're on here!
Brett-- thought you might like that one!
Brett-- thought you might like that one!
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