Designers handling all kinds of projects – books to brochures, invitations to menus, CDs to annual reports will have interesting reference from this book. Actually, it even invites them to literally shop for ideas. If you’re a print designer, you would be familiar with many techniques, but this book makes you see interesting variations of what you know and see them used on a myriad of different projects.

Wilson Harvey, a London-based integrated designer in a marketing agency that focuses on producing high-end communication for a wide range of clients, showed refreshing and contemporary work in this book. It goes without saying since Harvey has already designed more than 500 books for a variety of publisher, his experience outshone some other design books which drag out old projects.

Other topics covered include fasteners, graphics, unique materials, embossing, debossing, specialty inks, type treatments, interesting color usage, add-ons, die cuts and more. The index lists stock and materials used for each project are also very good. To sum it up, if you are a designer who loves print/finishes – unusual finishes, at that, then this book is for you.

In DVD Black and White Night, Roy Orbison plays with Springsteen, Elvis Costello and Tom Waits. This would be another good DVD to have an extra copy of. Fugazi has a video, Instrument, that documents one of America’s most principled punk rock bands. This video features a concert at Lorton Correctional Facility near D.C. Back this DVD up with your DVD burner.

Do you own Led Zeppelin’s DVD? Use your DVD burner to make an extra copy and make sure you always have five hours of amazing rock. There is a lot of energy in this video. The Beastie Boys have a DVD that contains eighteen videos of group. If you have this DVD you will be able to make a remix of each video. Then you can use your DVD burner to back it all up on another copy. It may be time to own a DVD burner. The DVD burner is a necessity if you want to back up your collection of DVDs.