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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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The Little Trailblazers
Rob Ford & Friends
The Little Trailblazers is a children’s book for 2-5 year olds. Featuring twenty one inspirational original stories for children, from twenty one internet pioneers, visualised by twenty one modern illustrators. The 21 original stories are of empowerment, equality and being your authentic self. The book was designed by MENDO.
All the profits from the sale of this book will go to help Unicef’s work for vulnerable children around the world
The Little Trailblazers, a children’s book created by Rob Ford and Friends, contains twenty one inspirational stories for children, written by twenty one internet pioneers, and visualised by twenty one modern illustrators. All the profits from the sale of this book will go to help Unicef’s work for vulnerable children around the world.
‘May each and every story fill a young mind with hope, adventure and love.’
‘May each and every story fill a young mind with hope, adventure and love.’
"Small Town Turtle Sisters Take On New York City", a story by Leslie Bradshaw, illustrated by Paula Araújo Losas.
The initiator
The Little Trailblazers is the brainchild of Rob Ford, Founder & Owner of FWA. Rob is an internet awards pioneer, whose concepts are now widely used around the world. He founded Favourite Website Awards in 2000 and it wold become the first internet award to receive over 200 million visitors. He has three best selling books under his belt and has had his work featured in The Chicago Tribune, The Guardian, The Big Issue and others. He is also the author of The History Of Web Design and is also a champion of mental health.
Written by…
Nick Law Apple, Eric Jordan Creative Director Designer, Motion Graphics Animator, Interactive Artist, UI Designer, Audio Producer &, Cathy Davenport Lee Creative Director at HBO, Rob Ford Founder & Owner, FWA, Laura Jordan-Bambach CCO, Mr President; Past President, D&AD, Co-Founder She Says, Lars Bastholm Founder, Mic Drop Corporation, Vivian Rosenthal Founder, FREQUENCY, Darren & Samantha Richardson CCO Havas Dusseldorf & Digital ECD Europe / Author,Valentina Culatti Head of Creative Shop Northern Europe, Facebook and Instagram at Facebook, Jeffrey & Ava Zeldman Designer, Author / Student, Resh Sidhu & Karen Boswell Creative Director, AKQA / Agent of Change, adam&eveDDB, Jason Zada Film Director & Multi-Platform Storyteller, Tom Daly Chief Marketing Officer, President/US – skignz, Ltd, Martina Zavagno Senior Director, Nike, Cindy Gallop Founder & CEO MakeLoveNotPorn, David & Camilla Martin CEO, Fantasy / Management Advisor, Fantasy, Leslie Bradshaw Entrepreneur In Residence, Bionic Solution, Corinna Falusi Partner & CCO, Mother NY, Eric Ang Head of Developer Program, Dolby, Haraldur Thorleifsson Founder & CEO, Ueno, Geoffrey Lillemon Artist & Creative Director
From "Crossing the Great River, by Eric Jordan, illustrated by David Pinisha
Illustration by Emma Haraldsdottir, from the story "Mono", by Haradur Thorleifsson
Illustrators
Romain Bouchereau, David Pinisha, Simone (Si) Parmeggiani, Astara Bakker, Ronald Vermeijs, Oguzhan Secir, Carolina Pontes, Sofiya Dubinskaya, Doug Alves, WEARBEARD, Turgay Mutlay, Andrew “skooj” Skuja, Greg Hoyna, Amy Lane, Lucile Danis Drouot, Renate Postma, Paula Araújo Losas, Ailisha Sabalburo, Adam Chang, Emma Haraldsdottir, Anita Fontaine
‘Follow your dreams and the might just become a reality’
‘Follow your dreams and the might just become a reality’
Initiated by Rob Ford, The Little Trailblazers is a children's book for 2-5 year olds. Design: MENDO. All the profits from the sale of this book will go to help Unicef’s work for vulnerable children around the world.
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