4 Nov 08
www.taschen.com
French designer Philippe Starck has designed his sixth store for publisher Taschen, this time in London. A true book lovers heaven!
Hooray!... TASCHEN opened its new London store on the 6th of October, (store pics below). Located on the newly developed Duke of York Square, just off the Kings Road, right next to the new Saatchi Gallery, the store stocks the entire range of TASCHEN books covering art, photography, architecture, film, lifestyle, travel, pop culture and aphrodesia. And like all other TASCHEN stores, the space has been conceived by the world famous French designer Philippe Starck, with a ground floor at street level and a gallery space in the basement. The London store follows the huge success of TASCHEN’s five stores around the world, in Paris, Cologne, New York, Beverly Hills and Hollywood.
I have long admired TASCHEN's art and reference books. Over the past 5 years I have been collecting the wonderful 'ICONS' series. These A5 Full colour reference books are crammed full of images and information - the titles are so diverse and cover all subjects from vintage Tiki to the most recent 'must see' web sites. I have been on the TASCHEN mailing list for a few years now and have enjoyed drooling over the many fantastic limited and highly prized artists' editions. These books are works of art in their own right. They are over sized, very limited, very heavy and very expensive! The recent Jeff Koons title was limited to 100 numbered copies, each signed by Koons and accompanied by an original signed artwork. ...You will now have to splash out an amazing £6000.00 for the pleasure... phew!
9 out of 10
