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I Knew Jim Knew JIM WALROD Andy Spade RARE OOP BOOK Apartamento TERRY RICHARDSON
I Knew Jim Knew JIM WALROD Andy Spade RARE OOP BOOK Apartamento TERRY RICHARDSON
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This super rare self-penned book which now serves as a tribute to the late Jim Walrod is impossible to find, and in mint condition.
'He's been called "the furniture pimp" by Mike D of the Beastie Boys. He consulted on the period 1970's furniture and interiors for the movie The Ice Storm. For those in the know, he is an absolute design guru. There are few people with a firmer understanding of the last 75 years of furniture, interior, graphic, and industrial design, architecture, and where they all meet in popular culture. Until now, unless you were fortunate enough to personally know Jim Walrod, you likely didn't know all the amazing facts about those subjects swimming around in his head. Ask his friends after even the most casual conversation with him and they'll shake their head in amazement and say, "I knew Jim knew!"
Jim has three passions: self-discovery at his own pace; keen attuning to the offbeat; and compulsive peripatetic activity wherever he is in the world. Through decades of this special combination he has picked up a diverse and quirky array of historical facts that have simply been forgotten by many, if they ever knew them to begin with! Jim has an uncanny knack for pulling out of thin air during mid-conversation one arcane reference after another, such as who the model was for a famous Rolling Stones album cover, a strange book written by Charles Mingus, Liberace's early career, and what Frank Lloyd Wright admitted to later in life. Let I Knew Jim Knew be a fascinating tour inside Jim's head with the only problem being that we couldn't possibly get to it all!'
With a forward written by Andy Spade (of Kate Spade) and cover photograph by Terry Richardson, the contents includes rare interviews from Apartamento magazine. Jim was the founder of the store From & Function and the 2014 book includes photos from Jim's Instagram feed.
First (and only) edition.
112 pages.
Softback.
Mint condition, unread and as new. The photograph is of the actual item that you will receive; we don't use stock images.
Shipping includes insurance & online tracking. We are also happy to combine post.
180129_9088 B1467
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