Never Touch a Painting When It's Wet: And 50 Other Ridiculous Art Rules

Anneloes van Gaalen never stops researching ridiculous rules in creative sectors and we are thankful for that because it produces more of these wonderful and bestselling Ridiculous Design Rules books, which make perfect gifts for creative people and those who love creative work. In this series, "ridiculous" is a relative term, because what is nonsense for one can be an important guideline for another. These pleasing and educational books are not about laying down the law. For each of the fifty-one rules covered in each book, Van Gaalen refers to quotes by famous fellow creators, who either think there is something to the rule or have made a personal variation on it. Whether you agree with them or not, the Ridiculous Design books sharpen your own thoughts about the rules and the assumed truths within the creative disciplines. Each rule is convincingly illustrated, with the illustrations either confirming or disproving the rule in question.

Anneloes van Gaalen is a writer, editor, curator, translator, lecturer, producer
and all-round creative. Her articles have been published in a wide variety of international publications, including Wired, Dazed & Confused, I.D. Magazine and Surface. More recently she wrote Loser, a book on failure and design, and has been
working on other design-related publications.