In the post features quick reviews of printed publications that I have recently purchased, I buy things on a regular basis so I thought I’d share my opinions on what I’ve received recently. With the hot Summer days making it uncomfortable to work on my PC I’ve been catching up on my recent purchases.

This week I take a look at the two papers released to date by Unit Editions and at the first edition of the new Process Journal. It’s only been a few days since the last one but the hot Summer days has given me a chance to catch up on the reading I’ve gotten behind on.

U:D/R 01 and 02

Unit Edition’s Unit:Design/Research papers aim to bring to light forgotten classics of the design world and give them more context than a Blog would provide.

I seem to have a love hate relationship with newsprint. I love the way it feels and how image looks on it, however it’s not exactly the easiest thing to handle, though staples go some way to fix this. I’m guessing U:D/R isn’t printed with the sort of ink that doesn’t rub off because my fingers are filthy after reading it.

As for the content well I’m not so sure, I guess this isn’t the sort of topics that are ideal for me, personally I’m not that interested by the work of Ronald Clyne and Form magazine. But oh well, it’s all very nicely laid out and the it’s beautiful to look at.

Process Journal: Edition One

Process Journal collects and displays the very best Australian and International design. The very first issue brings together work from Tim George, Spin and many others and I have to say I really love the layout and work featured. The interviews are equally excellent and take a more freeform approach than the set in stone style of Eight:48 going into the process of how they made the work featured, which I always enjoy reading about.

I particularly enjoyed the interviews with Kim Holtermand, Tim George and Heydays. Process Journal is released quarterly and I’m certainly looking forward to the next issue which I’m hoping will be coming out soon.