The Smile Book

Celebrate the smiley face’s 60 year impact on art, music, pop and counter culture with The Sm;)e Book. In the history of graphic design, there is no other symbol that has ever held such a duality—used simultaneously as both a positive mainstream driver and a counterculture subverter of that very mainstream.  The Sm;)e Book showcases an unprecedented collection of some the world’s most potent visual communicators. With introductions from authors db Burkeman and Rich Browd, the book includes work from some of the most important visual communicators of our time such as:

• Alex Da Corte
• Alfie Steiner
• Alicia McCarthy
• Aurel Schmidt
• BANKSY
• Chapman Brothers
• Cody Hudson
• Curtis Kulig
• Destroy All Monsters
• Eric Elms
• Erik Foss
• Greg Bogin
• INVADER
• James Joyce
• Jeremy Deller
• KATSU
• Mark Flood
• Misaki Kawai
• Norman Cook
• Paul Insect + BÄST
• Richard Prince
• Rob Pruitt
• Ron English
• Sadie Benning
• Sayre Gomez
• SKULLPHONE
• Tyrrell Winston
• Wolfgang Tillmans
• Yung Jake
• 1UP Crew

Formally a rave and club DJ, DJ DB, DB Burkeman is often credited and (sometimes blamed) with bringing the subgenre of Jungle to the US. He first released drum & bass records and compilations for the label Sm:)e Communications before opening Breakbeat Science, which became ground zero for the scene. Now retired from nightlife, he’s making some noise in art & publishing by producing books on art, music and coutureculture under his full name.

Rich Browd is an artist – executive creative director and designer. His work lives in a unique place, somewhere between his urban influences and his design training with the International Type Center (ITC). The results have generated an array of award winning work for some of the world’s most influential brands.