Book By Its Cover

6.1.07
PIE Books

This book has been all around the blog circuit already. I learned about it from Lena Corwin’s blog back in January and immediately ran over to Rare Device to pick up a copy. So if you haven’t seen it somewhere else at least now you won’t miss it because it’s that good. It’s all in Japanese and the rest is in Swedish so you can’t really learn a lot about him or the work, but who needs to when it’s all here is big pretty pictures. From book cover and interiors to package design to just plain illustrations, this guy did it all and did it well. Apparently Olle is one of the most respected Swedish graphic designers and his book Design=Ekonomi is used almost like a textbook at art schools. I have to say PIE books publishes some really great books. I wish their titles were more widely distributed in America.

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6 Comments
06/1/07  12:17pm
Janet wrote

Love the style of the illustrations! Will definitely have to pick this one up.


06/1/07  10:32pm
liz wrote

This is gorgeous! Thanks for the post because I had missed this elsewhere.


06/1/07  10:39pm
lisa wrote

this is my current favorite book. i got mine whilst in NY at RD also and get so much inspiration from it.


06/5/07  2:07pm
cruststation wrote

Oh yes, this book is another on my wish-list after seeing it on so many blogs. I love the illustrations and I agree about P.I.E books, they sell the coolest art & design books often in Japanese.


06/9/07  7:22am
Sara wrote

Oh I do love this! Thanks for posting about it I would’ve missed it otherwise… I will most def pop down to Rare Device when I’m next in New York in a few weeks time to see if I can grab myself a copy! I do speak Swedish so just give me a shout if you are curious about any of the text…


06/11/07  1:03pm
rena wrote

FYI everyone i have no more Olle Eksell books, they are out of print! BUT i was told that PIE Books is reprinting and we’ll have them sometime this fall. please be patient :)



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