- Paperback: 128 pages
- Publisher: Laurence King (Sep 14 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1856699005
- ISBN-13: 978-1856699006
- Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 13.7 x 1.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 259 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #217,065 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Product Description
Product Description
Combining environmental concerns about travelling with a growing enthusiasm for cycling, this journal will encourage people to take up travelling in this manner -- in short or long rides, through urban, suburban or rural areas, alongside roads, coasts and mountain paths -- and record these colourful journeys. On the one hand, the journal is an ode to the illustrator Nigel Peake's long-time travelling companion, his bike. On the other hand, however, it is also, and above all, supposed to encourage others to do the same, cycle and draw (possibly not at the same time). His drawings will act as prompters and punctuation marks, dividing sections (on travels through cities, the countryside, coasts, mountains, etc.), mapping out ideas and guiding imaginative riders through new landscapes, both real and imaginary. With 20 illustrations, blank pages to write on and 16 envelopes to store mementoes of your journeys. The journal will be designed by Roger Fawcett-Tang of Struktur Design. His previous books include New Book Design and Experimental Formats.
About the Author
Nigel Peake was born in Ireland and trained as an architect, before devoting his time to drawing (relentlessly) and travelling (almost as much). He has made his mark through a series of astonishing (and more often than not self-published) books on subjects such as sheds, buildings and ghost houses. While the artist himself has travelled extensively across Europe, both on his bike and on foot, his work also became known for travelling, through countries and across platforms, from the Lookbooks of luxury brand Hermes to magazines (The Believer, Blueprint, Icon, Dwell, The Ride, etc.), posters, windows, murals, accessories and even furniture. A monograph on his work will be published by Princeton Architectural Press in 2011.
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If Nigel Peake published 20 different illustrated journals, I would buy every one, Mar 12 2012
By Kristin - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Bicycle Travel Journal (Paperback)
I stumbled across this journal, and bought it without even opening it because the cover was so simple and elegant- leather-bound with only the engraving of a bicycle wheel. It is probably my husband's favorite present that I have ever given him. There are plain, lined, and graphed pages, and best of all, every few pages there are the most wonderful illustrations of bicycle implements, maps, or other subjects related to travel. I highly recommend this as a unique gift for anyone who loves bikes, travel, illustration, architecture, journaling, or any other related subject. I am afraid that I will never find another journal like it for when my husband uses up all the pages and needs a new one.
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