The Experience Book... is here!

The three pictures above show Dave Waddell and I excitedly opening the very first book which has just arrived from the printers in Madrid... and very beautiful it is too!

Now, with the book in shops next week - and available from our lovely publisher Black Dog Press’s?website - it is high time we had a little celebration or two, and with that in mind we would love to invite you to?a first virtual launch,?held online on Thursday 13th October at?08:00 GMT. This will be early for some of us, late for others, but we are holding it at this time in the hope of gathering as many people from across the world, all together, in one joyous virtual room! Here is a link to reserve a place, I do hope you can join us!

In the meantime, here are a few words taken from the cover to help set the scene:

"Los Angeles transformed into a vast arena for the 1984 Olympics. An Italian pastry chef who lives as a hobbit. A secret London event celebrating the life of Amy Winehouse. The sapeurs of the Congo’s use of clothes as a weapon. The humble umbrella turned into a potent symbol of protest in Hong Kong.?

Uniting these apparently disparate phenomena is the notion of the designed experience. Whether read cover-to-cover or dipped into at random, ‘The Experience Book’ is for anyone interested in how human beings make and remake the world around them."

And if you want to look a little closer, do visit?The Experience Book on Instagram or Black Dog Press’s website, where you can find out a whole heap more about the book, and even, if you so wish, place an order for your very own copy.

I hope you will enjoy the book (and find it useful!)

All the very best, Adam

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And a last thought which springs to mind as I leaf back and forth through this very first book.

One of our great challenges in putting together The Experience Book was finding the right visiual personality to bring our vast array of designed experiences to life. In this we are indebted to Charlotte Boyens , thank you for the pictures, for your eye and your tenacity. Thank you to all the photographers and contributors from all over the world (listed below), this book leaps off the page because of you. And thank you to Anton Jacques for understanding us; you’ve designed an extraordinarily beautiful book.?

Abe Davies?Alexis Foreman?Alex Maclean? Alexis Maryon Alice Compton Anton Jacques?Amy Lamé? amyj0 amyj0 Anna Danby?Andrew Grant?Andy Sharp?Anna Saunt?Anne Scapetis?Arve Podsada Krognes?Ben Walters?Ben Johnson?Cameron Gray? Caroline Burghardt Caroline Ellerby Carly Morrell ?Celine Bobe?Charlie Cannon?Charlotte Boyens?Charlotte Wright?Chris Marshall?Claire Godeaux?colin grant?Craig Laurence Bamford?Daphne Fordham-Smith?Daryl Johnson?David Bacon?Dianne Battersby?Fabien Riggall?Felix Barrett Frannie Shellman Glen Neath ?Greg Saunders?Hamish Makgill?Heidi Volpe Helen Wiltshire ?Hugo Warner?Jackie Friend? Jacqueline Scott James Scroggs?James Waddell?Jenna Gradidge?Jo Alderson?Jono Waddell?Joseph Giacomin?Josh Cunningham Julia Speed ?Karl Diakite Keziah Harrison ?Kim Cook?Laura Darby?Libby Herbert?Madeleine Tate?Margrethe (Mags) Andersen?Mandi Howells?Marie Klinte?Meryl Meisler?Michael Wolff?Don Morris Lyda?Myles Lucas?Nathaniel Hansen?natasha bidgood?Nicky Ryan?Norion Ubechel?Oliver Tyrrell?Paul Herbertson?Rachel Calton?Raphael Franzini?Richard Williams?Roland Purcell? Ronald Rael Roxy Rafter?Simon Cronshaw?Su Lim?Tal Zvi Nathanel?Tim Holtam?Tom Dyckhoff?Tom O'Donnell?Tricia Austin Victoria Elizabeth Lazarou ?Victoria Eyton?Vincent Verbist?Will Jones?Yvonne Pinniger

Thank you all!