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About the booksWho 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?
A MENDO publication is a well-designed book with visually stunning creative content, browsed by people to be amazed and inspired. The subject-matter is one of our pre-defined curated categories, fashion, photography, interior, sport, lifestyle, food and traveling. In general, a MENDO book is a piece of furniture in itself.
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Through a mixture of personal anecdote and professional experience, Rejane honestly and emotively reflects on her life and processes, and how they have been shaped by the beauty, challenges and serendipity of design and the visual arts.
‘We are not just in the business of creating pretty pictures.’
As the book delineates, good design can “make or break a brand,” but it can also do a lot of good in raising awareness of good causes and organisations that might otherwise go unnoticed. It’s “the difference between securing vital funding or being able to bring a message to a community,” as Dal Bello puts it.
The title hints at Dal Bello's conviction that designers should, in some way, use their design to bring about positive change in the world. Available now from MENDO.
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