With no prior experience in planning and development, friends Joshua David and Robert Hammond set out on a path to create what is now one of the most iconic urban parks in the world. The new book, HIGH LINE: The Inside Story of New York City’s Park in the Sky, charts their journey as they collaborate with artists, ecoleaders, local business owners, and other neighbors to create a park celebrated as a model for creatively designed, socially vibrant, ecologically responsible public space.

Designed by Pentagram, the book itself is beautiful in its own right. Definitely worth picking up. Available here.

Amsterdam-based Kustaa Saksi updates his site. Thanks for the email.

Counter-Print is launching their first ever book, ‘Robert Samuel Hanson: 140 Colour Images‘. The book is a monograph focusing on the stunning output of Eight:48‘s cover illustrator Robert Samuel Hanson and is available to purchase online through Counter-Print.

Good friend and past TSA contributor, Antti Uotila, wrote to let us know Tsto updated with a new site and new work. The company is made up of Uotila and five of his close friends from The University of Art and Design in Helsinki, now known as Aalto University. And in case you were wondering, Tsto is short for ‘office’ in Finnish.

“The first in a series of hand painted studies that aim to psychedelically capture the individual styles of influential skateboarders.”

Matt Box

Savvy Studio from Monterrey, Mexico. Really loving this branding they did for Torotoro.

James Gallagher has a show this Saturday night at Pawn Works Gallery here in Chicago. We just might see you there.

1050 N Damen Ave Chicago, IL
Opening Reception: Saturday, October 8th, 7-10 pm

Bungalow out of Barcelona updates.

Warsaw, Poland based graphic designer, Jan Estrada-Osmycki. Thanks for the email.

Yaron Steinberg is an illustrator, installation artist and graffiti artist from Israel.