Though we’ve been legging it around this planet since the first man spotted a wild animal that was significantly bigger than him, it feels like running as a…
Whether you’re into the aesthetic or a real deal highballer this incredible new book on bouldering from Gestalten deserves a space making for it on your coffee table…
If, like us here at Proper you’ve vowed to #getouthere more often, then this new book from Gestalten should whet your appetite for adventures on a global scale.…
It’s that marvellous time of year when we stop yapping about cool trainers and massive coats for a bit and tell you about some suitable reading material to…
As Christmas is all about ‘the kids’ and we think that everyone needs to read more here at Proper, we’ve decided to put together a list of tried…
Whilst you may already be fully aware of the incredible books on architecture, fashion, art, food, photography and travel that Gestalten are responsible for, you may not know…
Of all the books that I own (and I own a fair few) I’d say that alongside Andy Warhol, war and denim that Surfing is a dominant theme upon my…
As with the award winning subject matter contained within it’s pages, the somewhat ironically original idea behind this book is one of complete genius. Using hashtags and a website address the author…
Well it’s finally here, the denim dictionary, the selvedge scrolls, the indigo index, the button-fly bible or to use it’s proper name ‘Blue Blooded Denim Hunters and Jeans Culture’. …
https://vimeo.com/144480827 If you’re one of those free-wheelin’ Franklin types who wakes up in a different exotic layby everyday and eats their tea sat next to a slide door…
This book, albeit a very stylish and lovely one to look at is actually more of a manual or to quote the well written press release it’s a…
Do you ever play the ‘what car would I have if I won the lottery?’ game? Even if you’re not that arsed about motors I bet you do…
Sadly this sexy new coffee table book isn’t about an early 90s dance act making a comeback but please don’t let that put you off. This fine travel tome…
“I need a wide open space der ner ner, ner ner ner nerr nerr” sang Mansun, whatever happened to them lot? I think my mate had a fight…
Although Gestalten rather eloquently calls this book The Tautz Compendium of Less Ordinary Gentlemen personally I’d have called it The Big Book of Brilliant Bastards. Because that’s exactly what it…
As technology hurtles headlong towards oblivion and we slowly lose the capacity to pay attention to any kind of text for more than a couple of seconds -…
Thinking of setting up your own business and want some helpful advice from someone who isn’t a complete, dead-behind-the-eyes square who wears really bad suits/shirts/ties and just won’t…
If you think Berlin’s Mitte district is cool nowadays then by golly you should have seen it just after the wall came down. Though I wasn’t there personally…
Globally acknowledged as one of the most significant industrial designers of the twentieth century Dieter Rams spent over 40 years working at electrical company Braun where he conjured up a…
In this world of rolling news reports, where we’re reminded of death, destruction and all the negative stuff happening in the world on an hourly loop, it’s easy…
With a name and logo like Autoban, you’d be forgiven for thinking that one of the world’s hottest design teams comes from some uber cool German city when…