Beautiful/Decay Artist & Design » Beautiful/Decay Book 2 http://beautifuldecay.com Beautiful/Decay | Artist Book Series + Daily Art & Design Blog Sun, 27 May 2012 17:10:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Only 5 Copies Left of Book 1! http://beautifuldecay.com/2010/02/10/only-5-copies-left-of-book-1/ http://beautifuldecay.com/2010/02/10/only-5-copies-left-of-book-1/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:02:17 +0000 Sasha http://beautifuldecay.com/?p=17814 Read the Rest...]]> BeautifulDecayBook2
Across the great lands, in all of eternity, against time, space, and even in the third dimension, there are only FIVE, I repeat FIVE copies of Book 1 left in existence. Or at least, left on the online shop. If you missed out on Book 1: Supernaturalism, with its custom sticker inserts, 164 pages of glossy art, and hand-drawn, collectable cover by Kyle Thomas, I suggest you run (or arrive, in a cloak of smoke and lightening) to the B/D Online Shop to get your copy. And, if you never want to miss another issue (and support independent art at the same time) subscribe!

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Preview of the front cover along with the flap that folds inside designed by master of bits, Julien Ducourthial.

Preview of the Book 2 front cover along with the flap that folds inside. Designed by master of bits, Julien Ducourthial.


The second edition of Beautiful/Decay has just been sent to press last week! The theme is “What A Mess!” and plays with the idea of “messyness” in all sorts of mediums and in my humble opinion, features some of my personal favorite artists to date (pssst, be sure to subscribe and reserve your copy because they’re sure to run out fast). We went back to the basics of art making (highly refined practice of hot glue-gunning pom-poms and popsicle sticks, you know, the stuff you learned in kindergarten) to create some essential elements in the layout design. Then from there we started exploring the faded and slightly warped visual language of scanned print outs to create the feeling of an artist’s studio or workspace. You’ll see a couple different examples as to what that means exactly in the spreads I’m giving you a sneak peak on. See the craziness after the jump!


Some supplies we used. Furry puffz and eyeballz!

Some supplies we used to create an alphabet. Furry puffz and eyeballz!

Spread for painter Mortiz Schleime. You can see in this and the following image that the column widths used for each article are different.

Spread for painter Mortiz Schleime. You can see in this and the following image that the column widths used for each article are different.


Spread for artist Melanie Bonajo.

Spread for artist Melanie Bonajo.


Opening spread for sculptor Aaron Curry's article.

Opening spread for sculptor Aaron Curry's article.


Sneak of Julien's article in InDesign.

Sneak of Julien's article in InDesign.


Sneak of the Project Pages section of Book 2. 14 different artists interpret "What A Mess!". Aweeeesome.

Sneak of the Project Pages section of Book 2. 14 different artists interpret "What A Mess!". Aweeeesome.

There concludes our tour. But if you like what you see…

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