A Flood of Media: Books & Magazines Dump

Posted by Rowland on June 30 at 5:08 PM Perhaps amusingly I found "apartamento" hidden in the recent magazines that have just been delivered. Billed as "an everyday life interiors magazine" I was deeply impressed with the approach to photography, the space that people really live in and even the section that Kent drew my attention to "I am still alive issue 17: a parasitic magazine".


That is: a magazine within a magazine. Or for the rest of us, an insert. apartamento may fill the void that "Nest" left when it fell off the shelves oh so many years ago (see the archive of Nest here).

I also found at home many back-issues of Monocle. That's where they went! Anyway, Monocle also has a great subhead: "A Global Briefing."

From the Hospitality world comes two books: Chip Conley's "Peak", which I covered here, and Jonathan M. Tisch "Chocolates on the Pillow Aren't Enough."

Not as much fun as the first two magazines. Both focus on experience in different ways, both have perspectives on the way to motivate cultural change to truly create unique experiences, but in the end--and I've seen both of these individuals speak at various conferences--one always feels a bit like you've just sat through an infomercial. Worth skimming though. Same goes for "Authenticity" from James H. Gilmore. Although,  it is interesting in light of the current election.

I was happy to redisocver "The Trusted Advisor" a book anyone in consulting should read.

Justin--when he joined DMD--recommended I pick up "Persuasive Games: The Expressive Power of Video Games". He was so correct. This is an excellent look at how video games can be used in communications.

Going back to magazines: I came upon Which, designed by Happy End, a lovely new fashion magazine. And Monitor, which isn't new, but is full of Alain Milkli ads and I sure like those glasses.

A little more serious is the lovely, short book "Emergence: Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software". Do get this, Steven Johnson is a great storyteller, and I finished it off on just a flight to Chicago.

Since I gave a bit of a harsh rant above on business-ey books, let me say that Presentation Zen is highly worthwhile to have around in an office. Sometimes just to remind you of things you probably already know, but forget right before creating, or giving, that dreaded presentation. The blog ain't bad either.

Finally, Wacky Packages was just too good to pass up. The inner twelve-year-old came out apparently and I bought it recently. 'nuff said.

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