Chic Simple: Desk
Kim Johnson Gross and Jeff Stone. Alfred A Knopf, 1994
Little books like this series simply make you want the job that these guys have: to put together slick little pictures with pithy quotes in a stylish non-sequitor for your daily life, and then be able to publish it and sell a book that's no bigger than your hand for $12.95.
This series is incredibly cool while all the while being completely superfluous to your existence. But I can't help it - they're so damn cool!!
Plus, I love the little history they have of the desk - this one even included a history of paper and the origins of the word "credenza" (apparently it comes from the Italian word "to trust" - and people used to sign important documents on a desk of the same name, "trusting" in whatever they were signing, or something along those lines!)
Neat.
VG
Little books like this series simply make you want the job that these guys have: to put together slick little pictures with pithy quotes in a stylish non-sequitor for your daily life, and then be able to publish it and sell a book that's no bigger than your hand for $12.95.
This series is incredibly cool while all the while being completely superfluous to your existence. But I can't help it - they're so damn cool!!
Plus, I love the little history they have of the desk - this one even included a history of paper and the origins of the word "credenza" (apparently it comes from the Italian word "to trust" - and people used to sign important documents on a desk of the same name, "trusting" in whatever they were signing, or something along those lines!)
Neat.
VG
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