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Shock`n Sugar

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Looking for a children´s book about animals, flowers or rainbows? Then “My First Nursery Book” is NOT what you want. A killed cock, a gingerbread men eaten by foxes or a burnt wolf are not the kind of things you expect in a sweet little children´s book. Illustrated by Polish/British avant-garde artist and publisher Franciszka Themerson “My First Nursery Book” is full of surreal, offbeat, macabre stories. Lots of death and horror – but then in wonderful sweet colours. A charming combination of block colour prints and red line drawings. In 2008 it has been reissued by Tate in its original 1947 form and includes four classic stories: “Who Killed Cock Robin?,” “The Gingerbread Man,” “Three Little Pigs,” and “The Three Bears.” A moral shock therapy for little ones – but with sugar coating! Auf der Suche nach einem Kinderbuch über Tiere, Blumen und Regenbögen? Dann ist „My First Nursery Book“ NICHT das Ende der Suche. Ein ermordetes Rotkehlchen, ein Lebkuchenmann verspeist von Füchsen, und ein verbrannter Wolf sind nämlich nicht gerade die Geschichten die man …

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Atop a hill in Frostville

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↓ Scroll down for Dutch/German version! A book without words. Is that possible?!? Yes, it is – as Daniel Frost, a young, London based illustrator proves. His first children´s book is called „Atop a hill in Frostville“ and is a wordless story. A boy and his dog wake up on a sunny morning and go on a walk through town. This is the beginning of a long, adventurous chase! Every page bristles with visual energy and humour, extraordinary and exaggerated characters, inventive street scenes and colourful details. For hours you can look, laugh, discover and invent stories….   Daniel Frosts style is modern and fresh, with a nod to 1950/60ies illustrations and their limited colour palette. Using watercolour paint, crayons and collage and a simplified imagery he creates quirky and funny worlds and characters. Inspired by the strangeness of everyday life.  For little ones and grown ups!  More of Daniel Frost and his current work here. Atop a hill in Frostville is published by Little Otsu, Portland.   Een boek zonder woorden. Is dat mogelijk? Ja, is het – …

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Sparkle & Spin. A book about words

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Do you like ice cream? Then we have got something for you! *Sparkle and Spin* is a book about words and – adorable enough –  dedicated ” to all children who like ice cream“.:) It is the second of four children books which designer Paul Rand and his wife Ann did together. The book is full of Paul Rands playfulness and humour and a virtuoso book for the audience he got so much inspiration of: children! Ann Rand, an architect by training, wrote the text in short sharp rhymes and rhythms with a clever awkwardness that makes you hear a child speaking. Paul Rand combined  simple forms, a selective colour palette and plays with paper cut-outs, doodling, collages and typography for his illustrations. The book got very good reviews and the New York Times chose it as one of the ‘Ten best illustrated Books of the Year’! in 1957. With its bold, playful interplay of words and pictures, the lyrical text explores what words are and how they are used. And it highlights some characteristics such as that some words sound like what the mean, …

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Rain!

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↓ Scroll down for German version! Rainy days are not really a big fun thing. May be that is why RAIN!, the book by  illustrator Christian Robinson and author Linda Ashman caught our attention immediately! So colourful, fun and full of energy – it just made us smile!!! Rain can STILL be fun!  A little happy boy and an old grumpy man both go out on a rainy day and meet in a cafe by accident. Their attitudes could not be more different! The little one is happy to wear his frog-rain coat, is having fun with jumping into puddles and enjoys the trip to the cafe to munch cookies. The old one is complaining about the nasty galoshes, the hat that ruins his hair, the water in the streets. When they meet at the suitably named „Rain or Shine Café“ the question is: Which mood will be more contagious, the good or the bad one? Which one will win out – the ill-humor or the happiness? Robinsons illustrations are highly expressive mixed media collages, he paints, draws …

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Spot it again!

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Delphine Chedru, author and illustrator of Spot it! must have enjoyed hiding little animals. And so she came up with a second edition: Spot it again! Find more hidden creatures! Another book full of beautiful, graphic patterns, colours and striking seek-and-find challenges:) And this time there are lift-the-flaps on many pages for extra fun! Some of the lost characters can be found in the design, others are hiding underneath the flaps. We at MAKI:minimag like this stylish follow-up even better than the first! Delphine Chedru, schrijver en illustrator van Spot it! moet ervan genoten hebben om dieren te verstoppen. En daarom heeft ze een tweede editie uitgegeven: Spot it again! Find more hidden creatures. Nog een boek vol met mooie, grafische patronen, kleuren en seek-and-find uitdagingen:) En deze keer zijn er papieren deurtjes op bijna elke pagina om open te maken – voor extra zoek-plezier! Sommige van de  beestjes zijn in het design te vinden, andere verstoppen zich onder de flappen. Wij bij MAKI:minimag vinden deze stijlvolle follow-up zelfs nog beter dan de eerste!  Delphine Chedru: Spot it …

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this monster – creatures that love color

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On our search for fun, artistic and inspirational apps for little children we stumbled across a new design gem called this monster: creatures that love color. Developed and designed by former MoMA graphic designer and art director Julianna Goodman it is all about colour, texture and creativity. The app consists of three different activities: (1) colour eater is a monster that wants to be fed with colours, all in form of a rhyming interactive tale. (2) monster pretend! introduces quirky characters like a jumping jackelope, a musical mermaid and a polka dot painter. (3) monster get dressed! asks players to choose a monster and dress it up to take a shareable foto at the end. What makes this monster: creatures that love color really special is the emphasis on the handmade. It incorporates all kinds of „visual textures“ like paper, felt, cloth facbric, puff balls and feathers which add a layer of a new, hybrid, digital-textile experience. That makes it easy to relate to for kids. And will hopefully inspire children and parents to continue playing the game in real …

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ON SHOW – Everything is design

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↓ Scroll down for English/German version! “Everything is design. Everything!” Ha, hoe ik al die mensen benijd die in New York wonen of daar binnenkort naartoe gaan! Vanaf 25 februari 2015 is namelijk in het Museum of the City of New York en tentoonstelling te zien over het oeuvre van designlegende Paul Rand. De titel is “Everything is Design. The work of Paul Rand”, en een citaat van Rand zelf is daarbij titel en leidraad: “Everything is design. Everything!” In de tentoonstelling zal dan ook alles, het hele spectrum van zijn werk, te zien zijn. Naast magazine covers voor design en fashion magazines zoals Idea en Apparel Arts en het anti-fascistisch culturele magazine Direction zijn ook kinderboeken en reclame te zien. Evenals branding en re-branding projecten zoals bij voorbeeld voor IBM. In totaal meer dan 150 reclames, posters, corporate brochures en boeken! Rand was dé sleutelfiguur als het gaat om het opnemen van verschillende Europese Avantgarde stromingen in de wereld van de Amerikaanse grafische vormgeving. Hij keek naar het Kubisme, Constructivisme, De Stijl, Bauhaus, het hele Europese Modernisme om inspiratie op te doen en een heel vernieuwende, individuele toegang tot …

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Who am I? Little I-am-me

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↓ Scroll down for Dutch/German version! Hello English! Little I-Am-Me (original title „„Das kleine Ich bin Ich“) is an Austrian children´s book classic by Mira Lobe (text) and Susi Weigel (idea and illustration). Since 2014 it is translated into English language. Originally published in 1972 it gave distinctive memories to many generations of children in Austria and Germany but also in other countries. That is thanks to translations into manifold other languages, under which Chinese and Japanese. It tells the timeless story of a small, multicolored beastie, with long drooping ears, pink checkered body and long colored tail. Happy and satisfied it suddenly meets a frog who wants to know what kind of animal it is. The little I-am-me does not know an answer to that question and starts a search for its own identity. It starts running desperately from one animal to another, comparing itsself and trying to find conformities. But even if some characteristics match, it is REALLY no horse, fish, hippo, parrot or dog. In a moment of big sadness and fear (am I …

Spot it!

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↓ Scroll down for English/German version! Wat hebben een uil, een draak, een vos, een slak,  een zeeëgel en een vlinder gemeen? Geen idee??? Het zijn zes van de in totaal vierteen dieren en een boerenmeisje die zich in het boek Spot it! Find the hidden creatures van de Franse designer, illustrator en schrijver Delphine Chedru verstopt hebben. Het is een soort puzzeltocht, waarbij je tussen een heleboel verschillende, bijna op-art-achtige patronen op zoek moet naar de verschillende beestjes. En die zijn vindingrijk hoor! Like this:Like Loading…

play: ZOO it!

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↓ Scroll down for English/German version! Zoo van Flavia Ruotolo is een van ons lievelingsboeken. Geïnspireerd door haar blokken-dieren gingen wij zelf aan de slag. En een nieuw spelletje was geboren: ZOO it! Krokodillen, een giraf, een olifant en een leeuw hadden zich blijkbaar al hééél erg lang in de blokkendoos verstopt:) Nu zijn ze eruit! Roaaaar!!!  Like this:Like Loading…