Sunday, August 24, 2014

one, two, where's my shoe

one, two, where's my shoe
Tomi Ungerer ~ Harper & Row, 1964
new edition from Phaidon, out in September

I finally got around to watching the Tomi Ungerer biopic, Far Out Isn't Far Enough, and it has totally inspired me to see if I can make my Ungerer collection run a little deeper. Been seeking out titles on eBay and the like and came across this sweet little semi-wordless book that only has two lines of text, one on the first page and one on the last.

 I was delighted to see that Phaidon is reissuing it next month.




Each spread has the image of a shoe hidden creatively within it.

Brilliant but simple images and colors for the earliest Tomi readers.




If you haven't already, check out my interview with Tomi last year.



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3 comments:

  1. So awesome! Thank you for this one,
    C

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  2. So awesome. Love this one, thank you!

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  3. I don't know if you want me to post this here but this book is reminding me of an illustration I made a few years ago for my brother's birthday: http://chrisrenna.com/72.167.1.128/Graphic_Designs.html#3

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