Creating jaw dropping books
Books made by MENDO
Who will recognize a great book better than a bookstore? A bookstore run by graphic designers. Here’s why: at MENDO we get market feedback seven days a week, we are blessed to be surrounded by a bunch of talented, inspiring people – photographers, writers and publishers – and after being a bookstore for more than 15 years, we can easily say we know what book aficionados are looking for. Don’t you agree that initiating, creating and realizing jaw-dropping books now, only comes natural?
Come to think of it: we only work together with nicest people, we’re surrounded by amazing photography and we are creating stuff – we have the best freaking job in the world!
What's a MENDO publication?
I,XXX by Philippe Vogelenzang
'We do what only comes naturally.'
'We do what only comes naturally.'
Our criteria
A yah or nay? It basically comes down to three simple questions. One: do we feel a design challenge and an opportunity to create a visually inspiring, stunning book? Two: do we like the person(s) with whom we may embark on this intense journey called making a book? And do we see commercial potential? Because, let's face it, creating a great book is one thing, but if nobody really wants it, we believe we didn't do a good job.
Submit your idea
So, you're down with all of the aforementioned, and you have a brilliant idea for a book? Submit it. Ideally we'd meet in person, but since we get quite a few proposals we ask you to do the following: send an email with a brief description of your idea, a short bio and plenty of images to elaborate the concept of your book.
In this photo
Tales From the Roads Less Traveled by Pie Aerts.
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