Owl & Dog Playbooks Illustrated throughout 28.0 x 28.0cm 28pp | Board book 978 0 993 517471 March | £20.00
Daniel Weil
Chess On Earth A game of day and night Chess on Earth is all about teaching chess in a fun, approachable way. Teaching children the basics of the game, this book represents the pieces on a monumental scale. Each character has its own personality which defines the way it moves about the board. Day and night represent white and black pieces, and the movement of the pieces becomes the changes in the landscape. Chess on Earth can be read as a traditional story book, or played using the board and pieces included.
chess pieces. He went on to design a chess set as a part of his book Light Box, published in 1985 while he was Unit Master. In 2013, he designed and art directed the World Chess Candidates Tournament, and his new World Chess set became the official set of the World Chess organisation FIDE. Daniel Weil’s works are
Daniel Weil is a renowned designer with an extensive career. He
permanent collections of The Museum of Modern Art, New York
has enjoyed chess since his childhood, when he used to carve
and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York Illustrated throughout 29.8 x 22.9cm 40pp | Hardback 978 1 633 450783 January | £14.95
Michelle Millar Fisher; Illustrated by Kat Kuang
The Rainbow Flag Bright, Bold, and Beautiful Today the Rainbow Flag is a familiar sight, at the Pride Parade and around the world. But it is not only a universal symbol; it is also a brilliant object of design that is part of the collection of The Museum of Modern Art, New York. This story, based on true events, follows the birth of the idea and the collaborative creation of the flag and, above all, demonstrates the strength and ingenuity possible when a group of people – friends, community, neighbors, and family – take a stand for civil rights and l-o-v-e.
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Michelle Millar Fisher is The Ronald C. and Anita L. Wornick Curator of Contemporary Decorative Arts at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Kat Kuang is an artist and illustrator based in San Francisco.