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2012/5/7
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text Rem Koolhaas
Hans Ulrich Obrist architecture in Seoul 2006 (NL)Book Exchange € 6.50 Adrian

Adrian: My flatmate Remy met Rem Koolhaas only few weeks ago for an interview. When I saw this interview book in the shop, I needed to buy it. There is a part where Koolhaas compares Seoul with Switzerland. What a coincidence.
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2012/5/7 text Im Schatten des Faschismus
Josef Capek fascism 1981 (NL)Mevius € 0.50 Adrian

Adrian: I first thought this was an anarchistic publication as it has a bit the look of it. But it is a publication which came out with an exhibition about Josef Capek, a young guy who made graphics and art in Europe before the Second World War started. Very interesting read.
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2012/5/7 layout The Blue Planet Notebooks
Liam O'Gallagher art 1972 (NL)Mevius € 0.50 Pyo

Pyo: I found this book from a pile of books at the shop Mevius. I didn't know anything about the author Liam O'Gllagher. It's nice to see his typographical tryouts and Dutch anarchism in the 70's.
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2012/5/4
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images Magisch Realisme
Raoul Hynckes + more art 1971 (NL)Mevius € 0.50 Pyo

Pyo: Good chance to have a look at Dutch realism paintings. I kind of like the square format of the book and the simple way of binding.
Magisch Realisme Magisch Realisme Magisch Realisme Magisch Realisme Magisch Realisme Magisch Realisme Magisch Realisme Magisch Realisme Magisch Realisme Magisch Realisme
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2012/5/1
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images 700 centenboek Jos Houweling Amsterdam 1975 (NL)Juttersdok Noord € 1.00 Adrian

Adrian: A book which came out for the 700th anniversary of Amsterdam. A great collection of images in Amsterdam which show the caracteristics of the city. I bought this book to have a nice souvenir from the city. Besides that, it is very easy to find all around the city. Just visit some thrift stores and book markets.
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2012/4/27 text Ludwig Van Beethoven Wouter Paap musician (NL)Waterlooplein Markt € 1.00 Pyo

Pyo: I found a biography book about Beethoven for 1 euro. It was written in English and I liked the format as a music note book which is flat and has a hard cover.
Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven
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2012/4/22 text The Care Of The Fine Books Jane Greenfield library 1988 (NL)De Slegte € 8.00 Pyo

Pyo: I was hesitating quite a long time to buy this book because of the high price. But it contains more or less important knowledge about carying books. It has nice drawings as well.
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2012/4/21 text Hamburger Heaven Jeffrey Tennyson food 1993 (NL)Book Exchange Adrian

Adrian: This book is showing everything about Hamburgers. First I was hesitating to buy it, but to have the history of this classical American food in the book, spiced up with some crazy and beautiful images, I couldn't resist.
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2012/4/20 text Alternative London Nicholas Saunders guidebook 1970 (NL) IJ-Hallen fleamarket Pyo

Pyo: The crazy black and white cover caught my eyes and I couldn't just pass it. It's about living in London for the Londoners, not tourists. Published by the author in 1970. I also like the typography and the drawings in it.
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2012/4/19 text Studio Tips Bill Gray graphic design 1976 (NL)Spui Bookmarket Pyo

Pyo: I quite often see these kind of tip books. Last time I got The Care of Fine Books and now I bought this book about techniques and skills of graphic designer. Nice hand writings and simple drawings which makes it easy to read and to understand various techniques.
Studio Tips Studio Tips Studio Tips Studio Tips Studio Tips Studio Tips
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2012/4/18 text KLM'S Shopping Guide to Holland Ian M.Keoown/Kees van Dyk Netherlands 1971 (NL)Pantar West Adrian

Adrian: There was a time when airplane companies always had nice gadgets and products as promotion and give aways. I don't know if this book was free at the time, but it has a very nice style of explaining what to buy and where to buy.
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2012/4/18 layout Le Monde Jean-Marie Colombani politics, history 1994 (CH)Brocki-Land CHF 3.00 Pyo

Pyo: During our Switzerland trip, we visited several thirft stores and I found this big sized archive book of Le Monde at Brocki-Land. It's an archive of remarkable world history between 1949 and 1994. It has a strong monotone printing and the format of the book matches in a good way.
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2012/4/18 layout Zelf Doen in en om het huis handyman manual (NL)Kerk en Buurt € 2.00 Adrian

Adrian: A book like this everyone should have at home. I would like to do more handycraft work at home myself so why not buy one book explaining everything which is also well designed in a classical way.
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2012/4/18 layout Reklame Jaarboek Art Directors Club NL advertisment 1977 (NL)Juttersdok Oost € 2.00 Adrian

Adrian: This book is showing the best ad campaignes in 1977 in the Netherlands. The design of the text part reminds me very much of contemporary graphic design.
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2012/4/17 cover De Tijd design 1979 (NL)Mevius € 0.50 Adrian

Adrian: I pulled this book out of a huge, messy pile of books. Unfortunately it is in poor condition. The system which is used for the timeline is well done. Very strict and straight forward with the newspaper rip-off. The big format is also fitting the content, making a link to newspapers.
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2012/4/17 cover The Lifeship Harry Harrison & Gordon R. Dickson scient fiction 1977 (NL)Cash Converter € 0.50 Adrian

Adrian: When we visited Cash Converters, we cam across of many scient fiction pocket books. The cover typography combined with this spectacular view out of the spaceship was a most for only 50 cents. I'm not sure if I should read it. Maybe I should give it a try once.
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2012/4/17 cover Worlds without End Clifford D. Simak scient fiction 1964 (NL)Cash Converter € 0.50 Adrian

Adrian: This outline typography on the cover is beautiful. But in this case I like The typesetting on on the back cover.
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2012/4/17 cover Turning on Damon Knight scient fiction 1966 (NL)Cash Converter € 0.50 Adrian

Adrian: Another great scient fiction cover found at Cash Converters. I took this because the inside typography is also very nice and the old paper is very yellow. I think its funnny to have this futuristic story on old, yellowish paper.
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2012/4/17 homemade VAGUE punk 1984 (NL)Muzikat € 1.50 Pyo

Pyo: 80's post-punk fanzine. Written in English and it seems that they had quite a long run having published 67 issues. You can find more information about it on www.vaguerants.org.uk.
Vague Vague Vague Vague Vague Vague Vague Vague Vague Vague
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2012/4/17 homemade Chill Out No.4 R. Boskamp hip hop 1988 (NL)Muzikat € 1.00 Adrian

Adrian: As I was very into hip hop in the mid and late 90s, this fanzine caught my eyes. It has very interesting the best-of lists. I also like the nice typography of the title, the thin paper and the simple loose binding.
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2012/4/17 homemade Chill Out No.7 R. Boskamp hip hop 1988 (NL)Muzikat € 1.00 Adrian

Adrian: I already found Issue No.4 in the shop. This one is printed in black instead of blue. I couldn't really decide which one I should take, so I took all three which were in the shop. Great playlist advice.
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2012/4/17 homemade Chill Out No.13/14 R. Boskamp hip hop 1988 (NL)Muzikat € 1.00 Adrian

Adrian: Because they are so small and thin, and also very cheap, I needed also a third one.
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2012/4/17 cover De ideale postzegel Joost Swarte stamps 1994 (NL) € 10.0 Pyo

Pyo: Book made for the farewell gift to Dutch graphic designer Paul Hefting, edited and designed by Joost Swarte. When Hefting announced his retirement, hundered designers, artists, photographers and writers were asked to contribute to Paul Hefting's farewell gift: a collection of ideas about the ideal stamp. Quite interesting to see various designers from a generation contributing at the same time.
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