This book aims to provide the reader with a beautiful, design led experience of what it feels like to struggle with reading.
For you
Enjoy thumbing through the pages of this book with your favourite cup of coffee. Enjoy the books beautiful typographic theories that are sure to give you a completely different outlook on reading. Put it on your coffee table, stack it on your bookshelf or pass it on to a friend. If five people pick the book up in it's lifetime, chances are that one of those five will impact positively on another persons life as a result, whether they know it or not.
For your business
As stated in the Equality Act 2010, disability discrimination legislation prohibits discrimination against disabled people in employment and in the provision of goods and services. This includes those with dyslexia. With or without legislation, many businesses require staff and customers to read a great deal - whether it be T&C's, returns policies, reports, daily emails... the list goes on. Helping staff to truly understand what it might feel like for a colleague or customer to struggle with reading will greatly improve your business.
For your school/college/university
The impact of dyslexia is rarely seen in greater force than in education. Students that cannot learn to read have enormous difficulty reading to learn. If those around them - be it their teachers, parents or fellow students - can begin to understand what it feels like for them to be face to face with a page of text, the positive impact on their self esteem will be felt for the rest of their lives.
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Wonderful!
I am dyslexic and I struggle with reading and writing I am 13 and I found your book inspiring I shine out in drama but not so much in my English and maths and sometimes it gets me down I go to dyslexia action and I love it I have improved a lots and it's nice to know that there are others out there like me.
— Amy Vankiewicz on May 08, 2014
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Learned more...
My husband and all three of our children are dyslexic. I thought I pretty much had it all figured out and bought the book expecting to share with others...but once I had it and read it I realized things I didn't know and understood the complexity and struggles associated with dyslexia all the better. Kudos, Sam, for reminding me that learning never ends and making the task of understanding so much easier. This book is an eye-opener!
— Wendy on Apr 21, 2014
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Inspirational...
Your book is beautiful and inspirational. I love it. I am sure that it is having the positive impact that you hoped for.
— Roma on Apr 15, 2014
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Fantastic...
This book gave my daughter much needed validation and a visual for family and friends to see what she goes through every. single. day. Thank you Sam!!
— Joni Nilson on Apr 12, 2014
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Great book...
This book wonderfully explains what it's like to be dyslexic. I've struggled with dyslexia since grades school and one of the hardest things is explaining to people what it feels like. Now I can just hand them a book!
— Chad Kouri on Apr 12, 2014
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This brand new paper doll book features two paper dolls of Britain's latest chart topper. Put on your ADELE CD and spend a while carefully cutting out the dolls and their accompanying outfits (we counted 17 of them).
Comes with full instructions too!
Dimensions: 30cm x 20cm
It's time to go all smiley over this brand new Miley Cyrus Paper doll book!
Miley Cyrus Papergal is the new paper doll book from I LOVE MEL who have published fantastic paper doll books on other pop icons such as Beyonce, Rihanna, Debbie Harry and David Bowie to name but a few.
Miley Cyrus Papergal contains not just one but TWO Mileys for you to dress up in lots of her infamous outfits! She's even got her tongue out on the front cover!
This totally UNOFFICIAL Miley Cyrus Paper doll book is sure to get tongues wagging and everyone TWERKING!
Dimensions: 30cm x 21cm
Pages: 20
Design is all around us, it is impossible to avoid. Everything that surrounds us has been designed - from the paperclip and the iPod, to our homes and the way we live. "Design: Intelligence Made Visible" is epic, opinionated, comprehensive in scope and forms the definitive statement on design for this century.
Written by Stephen Bayley, one of the world's best known commentators on modern culture and Terence Conran, one of the world's leading designers and arbiters of taste, this book pays tribute to the leading names, movements, materials and processes and design of furniture, fashion, cars, graphics, products, signs and symbols.
A stunning book about Creative Display.
Creative Display belongs to our collection of hand selected books.
Treasured personal possessions are what turns a house into a home. Whether you have a single treasured objet d art or a collection of nature finds gathered on a country walk, a family of framed photographs or a set of leatherbound books, a trio of glass candlesticks or an evergrowing pile of bone china plates, here you will find new and exciting ways to present them. Creative Display shows how you can create the perfect table setting from mismatched plates and cutlery, how the simplest set of shelves can be arranged to create a miniature still-life and how essential storage can become something beautiful in its own right. This book includes stunning photography and is an ideal gift for someone who is passionate about their home.
We have hand selected a small collection of lovely books including How to Knit your own Cat (or Dog) (or Zoo), and The Liberty Book of Simple Sewing.
The story of the car is the story of how the objects of industry became a medium of artistic expression. This book tells that story in a series of case studies which reveal national characteristics: American flair, German technical supremacy, French chic, gorgeous Italian sculpture, English antiquarianism, and Japanese ingenuity.
This lavish and beautifully designed book is the gift book for all car enthusiasts and design aficionados.
After the astonishing success of last year's Ryan Gosling colouring book author and publisher Mel Simone Elliot is back with a Ryan Gosling paper doll book!
This fabulous Ryan Gosling paper doll book features a nearly naked Ryan for you to dress up in outfits from all the best Ryan Gosling films including The Notebook, Crazy Stupid Love, Drive, The Place Beyond the Pines, Lars and the Real Girl and Blue Valentine.
As if that wasn't enough there is even a cut out of George, Ryan's beloved dog too!
24 pages
Dimensions: 30cm x 21cm
A super useful journal for keeping all your favourite recipes in one place.
This useful 200 page recipe journal has plenty of room for you to write down and keep your favourite recipes. With space to store 185 recipes plus sections on each page to note how many people that particular recipe serves, cooking and preparation times, what course or occasion it’s for and the all important star rating, you’ll never be at a loss in the kitchen again!
The front section of the journal is filled with useful pages including cooking conversions, a store cupboard essentials list and an index so you can always find the recipe you are looking for. Plus there is room for chef’s notes in the back of the book.
A great gift for a foodie friend.
Size: A5 (148 x 210mm or 5.8 x 8.3in)
Brilliant as stocking fillers, this three pack of cheeky chocolate bars is a great gift for women who like chocolate. That'll be every woman then.
In vibrant colours bar titles include 'Diet Chocolate', Fat Day Chocolate and You're Worth It.
Product Details: 100g Belgian chocolate bar available in 35% milk chocolate. This product contains milk and soya and may contain nut traces. Suitable for vegetarians.
This book describes a personal approach from Tom Dixon, who through 20 years of practising, has defined his own rules for categorising and describing different aspects of design. Divided into six chapters, the book delves into materials, processes and styles throughout history to the present, and gives an impression of what the future may look like. This is both a personal vision and a valuable resource of ideas.
'The Way I See Things' (TWIST) is the self published portfolio zine by artist Kev Munday.
A5 sized, 24 pages and in full colour, the zine features drawings, photos and illustrations and is narrated throughout by a bunch of great people including friends, fellow creatives, bloggers and journalists.
Some"es from the pages:
Quirky, witty, and most of all... unashamedly fun - Munday's work is like a brisk slap around the chops on a cold winter's morning. And you feel all the better for it. Lisa Davidson - WeHeart.co.uk
Kev's artwork captures life and sets it free. His inspiration and energy are central to each piece he produces. He breathes in colour, not just creating art that people enjoy, but work that has the power to create and change perceptions in an instant. Lucy Hotston - A Gifted Existence Blog & Collector
Kev is a genius. I'm going to get his artwork tattooed on my face, and name my first kid Kev Munday. Even if it's a girl. The Last Skeptik - musician & collector
Ever since I first met Kev I have always admired the parallel universe that he creates in his work. Those other worlds, where life is simpler, more colourful and happy never cease to bring a smile to your face. Much like Kev himself! Possibly the cheeriest and most unpretentious artist I know. Paul Bishop - The New English Ceramics & collector.
Having been Kev's girlfriend for almost seven years, I have seen his work progress in leaps and bounds. Hard work, dedication and passion have got him where he is today, and he deserves every bit of recognition he recieves. And let us not forget that bizarre imagination of his: seeing the peculiar creations he's been working on never fails to brighten up my day! As a person, he is even stranger than his artwork, and ALMOST as nice.... Rebekah Parker
With his home as the starting point, the author explains what he sees, what he has seen, and what we should look for in good design. This is a part visual biography, part guided tour of just what has inspired Sir Terence Conran throughout his varied career.
This hardbacked book features some of the most amazing high quality photography of the very best street art and graffiti from around the world, and is a perfect coffee table accompaniment to our Urban Art wall stickers.
We have previously claimed that Street Art is the most important art movement of our time. It was a deliberately provocative thing to say and we remain unapologetic for it. But the hotly debated question still remains...Is Street Art an extension and evolution of Graff or a corruption of Graff's pure rebel yell into an easy to swallow rebel lifestyle?
This is Street Art. Make up your own mind.
We've gone completely gaga over this delightful paper doll book!
This paper doll book features Lady Gaga (you've heard of her right?) and a selection of her most outlandish costumes. Just cut them out and dress up your paper doll whilst playing JUDAS at full blast on your iPod!
Dimensions: 30cm x 20cm
A delightful book on how to knit your own cat.
Part of our collection of hand selected books is this one - a book on how to knit your own cat which includes 16 fabulous cat designs and instructions so that you can knit your own miniature pet or reproduce your favourite breed. Patterns include a moggy, a ginger cat, a siamese cat and a persian cat amongst others. The book includes beautiful photographs making this an irresistible book for knitters.
How to knit dogs is available too!
made from:
Includes stunning photography
dimensions:
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A delightful book - the Liberty Book of Simple Sewing.
Part of our collection of hand selected books - an inspiring collection of 25 simple home furnishings and accessories. With a fabric grosgrain hardback cover this book gives ideas and instructions from adding a unique touch of Liberty print to your life with the simplest sewing techniques to give a quirky edge to contemporary homeware. Every project is designed for the novice sewer, the collection includes instructions for lots of lovely sewing projects such as cloud cushions and mobiles, curtain panels, chair pads, covered letters, a drum lampshade, table mats, floral garlands and pyjama trousers amongst others. This book includes beautiful photographs too making this an irresistible book for sewing and craft enthusiasts and a great gift.
made from:
Includes stunning photography
dimensions:
A hardback book - 21cm width, 26cm length