David Bowie Book | Marc Spitz

Journalist and fan, Marc Spitz, has written David Bowie book, a new biography on David Bowie. "Bowie takes an in-depth look at the culture of postwar England in which Bowie grew up, the mod and hippie scenes of swinging London in the sixties, the sex- and drug-fueled glitter scene of the early seventies when Bowie’s alter-ego Ziggy Stardust was born, his rise to global stardom in the eighties and his subsequent status as an elder statesman of alternative culture..." -Marc Spitz I may just have to get my hands on a copy of this.

Fall Reading

I have been meaning to read The Fountainhead since college. I think this book is a staple of designers and it recommended to many architecture students. The 1943 novel by Ayn Rand follows Howard Roark, a young architect, who is expelled from his traditional and outdated school when he is unwilling to compromise his artistic vision. I think I really could use this type of motivating/inspiring reading at this point.

Lucy's First Birthday

 

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In search of a birthday present for a one year old I have turned to the minimal realist, Charley Harper... I think his illustrations to the ABC's and 123's will help turn Lucy into a sophisticated little reader.

...and my forever favorite children's illustration book. The 1962 This is San Francisco, by Czech author-illustrator Miroslav Sasek. I think I buy this book whenever I have an excuse to... Someday I wish to own the entire travel guide series.

Heavenly Vaults

Heavenly Vaults: From Romanesque to Gothic in European Architecture, David Stephenson

I can't wait until this book is released (the 30th of September). I have a great love of the cathedrals of the past - their entricaticity, the architectural feats - how were they able to build this way a millennium ago? Purely impressive. 

09/09

september-september

2 books/month

month 01

raise high the roof beam, carpenters and seymour: an introduction, a collection of two novellas by j.d. salinger. published in 1963 in The New Yorker.