A Pop-Up Book
Written by Kyle Bean
Pub Date: March 2010
Format: Hardcover
Category: Humor - Parodies
US Price: $19.95
CAN Price: $24.95
ISBN: 978-0-7893-2066-7 (0-7893-2066-5)
Publisher: Universe
About this Book
A charming, beautifully designed inventory of the world’s best-known superstitions—with good advice on how to avoid bad luck. Misfortune, unfortunate occurrences, unfavorable outcomes, bad luck: whatever you call it, almost everyone has cursed it at some point. Edward Gorey-esque in design and drawing from common folklore, Guide for the Unlucky is a charming interactive book that outlines the origin of the best-known unlucky charms—a broken mirror, a black cat crossing in front of you, an incorrectly buttoned shirt, cracks in the sidewalk, an inverted horseshoe—and how to avoid incurring misfortune from them. For example, viewing a new moon through a pane of glass or over your left shoulder was considered to be unlucky as early as 1830, and the remedies to reverse this luck included "turning all the silver in your pockets." Designer Kyle Bean’s unique pop-engineering and sensitivity to design presents the material with a fresh perspective. Equal parts wry, informative, and visually appealing, Guide for the Unlucky is a wonderfully artful gift for the person who could use a little help with their luck.
Praise
"The world's best-known superstitions are matched with humorous advice on avoiding misfortune." ~Publisher's Weekly
"In a new artful, interactive pop-up book, Guide for the Unlucky, British designer Kyle Bean offers a fresh new take on how to avoid misfortune from folkloric unlucky charms such as broken mirrors, black cat crossings, inverted horseshoes..." ~Splendora.com
About the Author
Kyle Bean is an illustrator and designer who lives in Sussex, England.
Related Links
Visit Kyle Bean’s personal website, KyleBean.co.uk, to watch an original animation of this fun pop-up book.