Each of our limited edition publications focuses on the work of a designer, artist or musician, creating new books from unseen and archival work. If you have an archive or know of one which might be suitable for publication then please get in touch.
The Ditchling Fable Book is a definitive collection of illustrator John Vernon Lord’s observational drawings of his home village. The illustrations in the book have appeared in a range of publications, advertising and more local settings, including village fetes and events.
The book comes boxed with a additional screen prints.
Talking Illustration by John Vernon LordTalking Illustration by John Vernon Lord is an eclectic and personal set of strategies for creative thinking. Talking Illustration is a record of a time John visited the University of Brighton to talk to students about illustration. At the end of the lecture, John recited a list of prompts when asked to explain how to stay creative and active as an illustrator.
Random Notes about Doodling, Sketching, Drawing and Illustrating looks at the works and private sketchbooks of acclaimed illustrator, John Vernon Lord.
With works from the 1950’s to 2023, this publication represents the most comprehensive range of work from Lord.
Let’s get shitfaced, it’s free is an experiment between artist Erik Kessels and designer Chris Bigg. The book is a series of photographic records, which were Kessels response to the notion of a sketchbook, a collection of ideas. These in turn have been interpreted by Chris Bigg into a new piece of work in the form of a visual journey exploring connections of images, themes, colour and texture.
Art Star by Humberto Cruz is the second book Unseen Sketchbooks have undertaken with this San Diego based illustrator. Rich in cultural references and experimentation this volume further explores the illustrators practice.
Humberto Cruz is an illustrator and graphic designer based in San Diego, CA. He was born in Salinas, California and was raised in Tijuana, Mexico. Influenced by pop culture, fashion and color, he describes his work as spontaneous, quirky, fun and enthusiastic. He primarily works with pastels, markers, acrylics and spray paint. He also focuses on digital media from initial concept development, to art creation.
Super Road is 98 pages of the things that preoccupy and interest Jim. Contemporary and historical references abound including: Big Foot, Superman, Ancient Egypt, Dalmatian dogs, imagined robots, the circus, tigers, puzzles, patterns, faces, Michael Mouse, a man who tells lies, hats, DADA, Fred Astaire, mountains, Cambell’s Soup Cans, Sgt. Pepper, guitars, Elvis, Laurel and Hardy, Chico, Groucho, Harpo and Karl to name but a few.
The Illustrarted Hospital by Sir Quentin BlakeThe Illustrated Hospital by Quentin Blake’s large and relatively unknown body of work for hospitals and healthcare settings has never before been collected together in one place. The Illustrated Hospital by Quentin Blake is a beautifully-crafted catalogue of all the drawings he designed for these specialised spaces and the patients, staff and visitors who use them. Nearly 20 years in the making, this book allows everyone to enjoy Blake’s wonderful, varied visions originally installed in clinics across the UK and in
The Rules of Grafik Design + Creativity is an archival book that David Carson had been working on from 2003 – 2009. Carson didn’t work on the book for that entire period, it isn’t a book that took eight years to make – rather it is scrap book, or record of eight years of Carson’s practice. This book joins a wealth of Carson publications and is an important part of Graphic Design history.