In July 2008, illustrator and designer Christoph Niemann began Abstract City, a visual blog for the New York Times. --Library Journal, starred review. --Very Short List A masterpiece of sophisticated humor, this is a brilliant one-of-a-kind work. --PRINT magazine Irresistible. once again, performing neat, virtuosic circles around the rest of us, to our delight. . . --NPR.org What\'s terrifying (to me, certainly, and possibly to many of his peers) is that nearly every idea he has seems to be equally well formed . --Stefan Sagmeister, author of Things I Have Learned in My Life So Far Few books have more probingly and humorously gotten inside the mind and day-to-day experience of an artist.
If he wasn\'t such a genuinely sweet man, we\'d surely hate his ass a lot.
While the rest of us are lucky to get a proper piece out here and there, Christoph produces hit after hit after hit.
Every single time I come across a piece of his work, which is often as he either works all the time, or worse, draws incredibly fast, it is wonderful. --Maira Kalman, author/illustrator of And the Pursuit of Happiness Christoph Niemann is the best illustrator alive.
I love every column he did and will do.
Because he is insanely funny and completely tenderly true.
And he will make me laugh like crazy about the whole thing. --Readers Digest I will call Christoph when anything awful happens to me.
Praise for Abstract City Everyday experiences--from looking at leaves to riding City subways--are funny and fresh and often a source of wonder when depicted by this brilliant graphic designer.
Also available from Christoph Niemann: Sunday Sketching and I LEGO N.
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This brilliantly illustrated collection of reflections on modern life includes all 16 of the original blog posts as well as a new chapter created exclusively for the book.
The struggle to keep up with housework became a battle against adorable but crafty goblins, and nostalgia about New York manifested in simple but strikingly spot-on LEGO creations.
In Niemann\'s hands, mundane experiences such as riding the subway or trying to get a good night\'s sleep were transformed into delightful flights of visual fancy.
His posts were inspired by the desire to re-create simple and everyday observations and stories from his own life that everyone could relate to.
In July 2008, illustrator and designer Christoph Niemann began Abstract City, a visual blog for the New York Times