A designer reflects on content, graphics, and the bookmaking process 13 Books (notes on the design, construction & marketing of my last . . .) LEONARD KOREN 144 pp, ISBN 1-880656-59-0, paper 40 b/w illustrations, 5.5 x 8.5", $17.95

from the author of THE GRAPHIC DESIGN COOKBOOK and NEW FASHION JAPAN Author/designer Leonard Koren looks at the bookmaking process behind each of his creations, from inspiration and organizing page principle to greatest difficulty and enduring lesson. Self-reflective and demythologizing, 13 Books is an observant guide to the creative process and to the essential links among information, commerce, and visual form in our culture today. 13 Books will be of special interest to graphic/mmm2631/usr/home/stone3/www/htdocsstone3 designers and art directors. Trained as an architect and artists, Leonard Koren lives in San Francisco and Tokyo. His "13 books" include WET: The Magazine of Gourmet Bathing, Wabi-Sabi: for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers, Gardens of Gravel and Sand, Undesigning the Bath, and How to Take a Japanese Bath.

Other titles of interest by Leonard Koren from Stone Bridge Press Wabi-Sabi How to Take a Japanese Bath Undesigning the Bath Gardens of Gravel and Sand