Per tutta la vita ti è stato detto di evitare il disordine, di cercare di mantenere tutto sotto controllo, di colorare all'interno dei margini, di rendere ogni cosa perfetta e di evitare a ogni costo il contatto con sostanze che macchiano. Questo libro ti chiede di fare esattamente il contrario. Consideralo la tua sala giochi, un posto dove esplodere, lasciarti andare, un luogo da mettere a soqquadro dove fare tutto quello che non ti è concesso fare nel "mondo reale". È tempo di mettere disordine. Tre regole da tenere a mente: Non cercare di realizzare qualcosa di bello. Non pensare troppo (non esiste la parola "sbagliato"). Continua, ad ogni costo.

From the creator of Wreck This Journal, comes an imaginative new project: fifty postcards that send you on a quest to reanimate everyday life.

Leave notes in public for strangers, dream up a tiny imaginary world, summon magic powers, draw a portrait of yourself as a hero, create your own treasure map, or access a secret portal whenever you wish.

Don’t you just love getting something unexpected in the mail?

Era una notte buia e tempestosa quando... Keri Smith trovò le pagine di un libro sparse sul prato di un parco. Ha cercato di mescolarle e rimetterle insieme per risolvere il mistero di questa scoperta inaspettata, ma ora sta passando a te l'importante compito di trovare una soluzione. Questa volta l'autrice coinvolge i lettori di ogni età in un vero e proprio "Addestramento alla ricerca" volto alla creazione di un manuale di istruzioni per detective: osserva, documenta, scrivi, disegna, registra, incolla strappa, mantieni viva la tua curiosità e la tua attenzione. Pagina dopo pagina Finisci questo libro ti trasformerà in un investigatore provetto: un'opportunità per tutti di esprimere la propria voce creando; questa è la missione lanciata da Keri!

Toward the goal of realigning the discipline of sociology with human rights at its core, the editors identified 44 issues for discussion and chose progressive, critical scholars to address them. The articles briefly summarize current thinking, key findings, and prominent methods and then offer critical analysis and discussion of how human rights as a central concern changes the questions sociologists must ask. Topics include various aspects of groups in society--sex and gender, aging, racial and ethnic minorities, children and youth, animals and society, disability, among others; institutions--e.g. law, religion, education; and community issues--e.g. peace and war, the environment and technology, alcohol and drugs; and methodology, practice, and theory. The three editors are affiliated as follows: Brunsma (sociology, Virginia Tech), Smith (sociology, Suffolk U.), and Gran (a former lawyer; scholar of human rights). Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Questo non è un libro è la curiosa e avvincente reinterpretazione della funzione e finalità di un libro, e di quello che questo oggetto può essere. Keri Smith inventa una guida illustrata per stimolare il lettore ad esplorare nuove prospettive, questa volta chiedendogli di esaminare in maniera creativa tutti i mondi in cui Questo non è un libro può essere utilizzato. In un susseguirsi di suggerimenti intriganti, il lettore scoprirà che l'oggetto che tiene tra le mani non può esistere senza di lui, che sarà lui a determinare contenuto e prodotto finale. Tutto prenderà forma attraverso la sua immaginazione, ma dovrà uscire ed esplorare il mondo per poter eseguire i compiti assegnati e completarlo. Se questo non è un libro, allora che cos.è? La risposta dipende da voi.

The special limited edition duct-tape cover of the international bestseller…

For anyone who's ever had trouble starting, keeping, or finishing a journal or sketchbook comes this expanded edition of Wreck This Journal, an illustrated book that features a subversive collection of prompts, asking readers to muster up their best mistake and mess-making abilities and to fill the pages of the book (or destroy them). Through a series of creatively and quirkily illustrated prompts, acclaimed artist Keri Smith encourages journalers to engage in "destructive" acts--poking holes through pages, adding photos and defacing them, painting pages with coffee, coloring outside the lines, and more--in order to experience the true creative process. With Smith's unique sensibility, readers are introduced to a new way of art and journal making, discovering novel ways to escape the fear of the blank page and fully engage in the creative process.

With this bundle, collect all four editions of Keri Smith’s Wreck This Journal, including the classic black, as well as three special limited edition covers: duct-tape, red mesh, and paper bag.

In these updated editions, Wreck This Journal asks readers to muster up their best mistake and mess-making abilities and to fill the pages of the book (or destroy them). Through a series of creatively and quirkily illustrated prompts, acclaimed artist Keri Smith encourages journalers to engage in "destructive" acts--poking holes through pages, adding photos and defacing them, painting pages with coffee, coloring outside the lines, and more--in order to experience the true creative process. With Smith's unique sensibility, readers are introduced to a new way of art and journal making, discovering novel ways to escape the fear of the blank page and fully engage in the creative process.

The special limited edition paper bag cover of the international bestseller…

For anyone who's ever had trouble starting, keeping, or finishing a journal or sketchbook comes this expanded edition of Wreck This Journal, an illustrated book that features a subversive collection of prompts, asking readers to muster up their best mistake and mess-making abilities and to fill the pages of the book (or destroy them). Through a series of creatively and quirkily illustrated prompts, acclaimed artist Keri Smith encourages journalers to engage in "destructive" acts--poking holes through pages, adding photos and defacing them, painting pages with coffee, coloring outside the lines, and more--in order to experience the true creative process. With Smith's unique sensibility, readers are introduced to a new way of art and journal making, discovering novel ways to escape the fear of the blank page and fully engage in the creative process.

The special limited edition red mesh cover of the international bestseller…

For anyone who's ever had trouble starting, keeping, or finishing a journal or sketchbook comes this expanded edition of Wreck This Journal, an illustrated book that features a subversive collection of prompts, asking readers to muster up their best mistake and mess-making abilities and to fill the pages of the book (or destroy them). Through a series of creatively and quirkily illustrated prompts, acclaimed artist Keri Smith encourages journalers to engage in "destructive" acts--poking holes through pages, adding photos and defacing them, painting pages with coffee, coloring outside the lines, and more--in order to experience the true creative process. With Smith's unique sensibility, readers are introduced to a new way of art and journal making, discovering novel ways to escape the fear of the blank page and fully engage in the creative process.

The international bestseller…

For anyone who's ever had trouble starting, keeping, or finishing a journal or sketchbook comes this expanded edition of Wreck This Journal, an illustrated book that features a subversive collection of prompts, asking readers to muster up their best mistake and mess-making abilities and to fill the pages of the book (or destroy them). Through a series of creatively and quirkily illustrated prompts, acclaimed artist Keri Smith encourages journalers to engage in "destructive" acts--poking holes through pages, adding photos and defacing them, painting pages with coffee, coloring outside the lines, and more--in order to experience the true creative process. With Smith's unique sensibility, readers are introduced to a new way of art and journal making, discovering novel ways to escape the fear of the blank page and fully engage in the creative process.

This collection of over two dozen readings of separately produced essays introduces major areas of interest for understanding globalization sociologically. The first few essays introduce globalization as a phenomenon and situate it in the new millennium. Subsequent sections are organized around culture, economy, and politics. They each are bracketed by an editorial introduction and section on "ancillary materials" that include website links, films, music, and class-room activity suggestions. Specific essays consider globalization as hybridization, fundamentalist Islam against the liberal West, identity politics as a response to globalization, the tension between ending crisis and ending capitalism altogether, global class formation and transnational class, fundamentals of free-trade agreements, Chinese manufacturing in the global context, human rights and humanitarian intervention, and building a global community. The readings are selected from scholarly, journalistic, and theoretical sources. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Questo libro è iniziato con una lista scritta una notte in cui non riuscivo a dormire... Così si apre Come diventare un esploratore del mondo, un quaderno di appunti e suggerimenti per documentare e osservare il mondo che ci sta attorno come se non l'avessimo mai visto prima. Una raccolta di idee ispirate dai grandi pensatori e artisti della nostra epoca che Keri Smith reinterpreta e mette in pratica attraverso un racconto fatto di illustrazioni e fotografie. L'autrice invita gli esploratori di tutto il mondo e di ogni età a volgere uno sguardo nuovo su ciò che li circonda e a guardare il mondo con occhi nuovi e curiosi. Nessuna regola, solo qualche consiglio, ai quali si accompagnano citazioni di scrittori, filosofi, musicisti: guarda, considera ogni cosa come viva e animata, documenta le tue scoperte, osserva il movimento e cerca di carpire il messaggio segreto nascosto in ogni angolo del mondo. Un libro adatto a un pubblico di tutte le età - dai bambini agli adulti passando per gli adolescenti - e caratterizzato da una struttura interattiva; un volume da scarabocchiare, modificare e completare per tenere traccia della realtà in cui viviamo e scoprirne un volto nuovo, inedito e speciale.

A curious, engaging, and creative rethinking of what a book can be, from the creator of Wreck this Journal.

In this uniquely skewed look at the purpose and function of "a book," Keri Smith offers an illustrated guide that asks readers to creatively examine all the different ways This Is Not a Book can be used. With intriguing prompts, readers will discover that the book can be:

A secret message-tear out a page, write a note on it for a stranger, and leave it in a public place.

A recording device-have everyone you contact today write their name in the book.

An instrument-create as many sounds as you can using the book, like flipping the pages fast or slapping the cover

. This Is Not a Book will engage readers by having them define everything a book can be by asking, "If it's not a book, what is it then?"-with a kaleidoscope of possible answers.

€ 20,90

For anyone who's ever wished to, but had trouble starting, keeping, or finishing a journal or sketchbook comes Wreck This Journal, an illustrated book that features a subversive collection of prompts, asking readers to muster up their best mistake- and mess-making abilities to fill the pages of the book (and destroy them). Acclaimed illustrator Keri Smith encourages journalers to engage in "destructive" acts-poking holes through pages, adding photos and defacing them, painting with coffee, and more-in order to experience the true creative process. Readers discover a new way of art and journal making-and new ways to escape the fear of the blank page and fully engage in the creative process.

We are living in a golden age of self-expression. The explosion of user-created content on blogs and social networking sites moved Time magazine to name "You" their 2006 person of the year. But while we may be spending a lot more time in virtual worlds, we have not lost the urge to make our physical world more meaningful. By leaving art and ideas in public places, you can affect someone's daychange their mood or their mindand maybe even change the world in the process!

The Guerilla Art Kit shows how small artistic acts can start a revolution. Keri Smith, noted author of Living Out Loud and the blog Wish Jar Journal, uses her unique drawing and handwriting style to help anyone find and release their inner artist or activist. This visually exciting activity bookfull of step-by-step exercises, cut-out projects, sticker ideas, and morehas both fun assignments and handy tips to help you unleash your creative energy into the streets, where you can really make an impact. From the quick exercisesleaving books for strangers to find, chalking quotes on the sidewalkto the more involvedmaking a "wish tree," guerilla gardening, or making your own stencilsThe Guerilla Art Kit contains everything you need to put your message out into the world.

"With 96 pages and over 260 full color, reusable stickers, this super sized sticker book is sure to be a hit with kids. Contains image and scenes from all six Star Wars films."