Laurence King
Spring 2019
TradeChildren’sGiftsStudent
Dear Bookseller,
As Einstein said “Creativity is contagious. Pass it on!” Indeed, if there is a theme running through our Spring 2019 list, it is about unleashing one’s creativity, whether one is a professional, a student, an enthusiast, or a child. We launch a major new series of practical art books, “Do More Art.” With the first title,
Ink
this series breaks new ground by focusing on the ways that many of the most inspiring contemporary artists create their effects, rather than dealing simply with technique.
#NoFilter
provides photographers of all levels of ability with a raft of innovative, non-digital ways of making their photographs more striking and original. Our list of titles for professional creatives is particularly strong. In
How to Do Great Work Without Being an Asshole
, Paul Woods uses very amusing drawings to illustrate the points in his text, which is as informative as it is entertaining. Michael Johnson in
Now Try Something Weirder
comes up with 233 tips on maintaining one’s creativity and managing relationships with clients in a book that draws on his successful practice.
Graphic Design Play Book
enables all readers to explore the rules of graphic design through engaging and entertaining games in a beautifully conceived book. Henry Carroll, author of the books in our hugely successful series, which began with
Read This if You Want to Take Great Photographs
, moves to the children’s arena.
Be a Super Awesome Photographer
has ideas that should immediately capture children’s imagination and enable them to see the world and take pictures in an original way: “Pretend you are a dog” is my personal favorite.
Read All About It! 10 Mini-Magazines to Make and Share
gives children visually inspirational materials that will serve as a springboard to enable them to describe their own worlds in words and pictures. There are gifts too that follow this creative theme, such as
Use This if You Want to Make Great Drawings: An Inspirational Sketchbook
, the companion to our successful
Read This if You Want to Create Great Drawings
and the highly original and ingenious
Make Your Own Mondrian
. But there is much else as well. A more traditional book, but one which I am particularly proud to publish, is Jonathan Jones’
Sensations: The Empirical Genius of British Art
. In a very readable text, a leading art critic characterizes what is distinctive about British Art. It makes a compelling narrative.
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