A Beginner's Workbook for the Creative Art of Drawing Letters

Learn the basics of letterforms and styles, tools and materials, and practice eight different alphabets created exclusively for this book. With step-by-step instructions and exercises, this workbook will guide you through the process of learning the techniques and skills necessary to create beautiful, unique lettering.

Hand Lettering and Beyond suits all ages and is a great tool for advertisers, home stylers, school teachers, creative kids and adults alike.You’ll learn the basics of letterform structure, spacing and alignment, and progress to more advanced techniques where you will be able to design your own beautiful letters as well as creating letter images with composition and decorative embellishments that make your text stand out.

Whether you’re a beginner or looking to improve your existing lettering skills, this workbook is an excellent way to release your creativity. Explore the medium, be creative, make an impact and immerse yourself in the world of letters, design and shapes.

Hand Lettering and Beyond is the fundamental guide for you to learn how to master the alphabet with style and finesse, letter by letter, until you are able to put together complicated words and messages, adding the colouring of your own choice.

Sofie Björkgren-Näse is an experienced lettering artist. She is a full-time freelance letterer who have created lettering work for numerous international companies and shared the joy of hand lettering with thousand of workshop participants.

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to elevate your hand lettering to the next level!

Author: Sofie Björkgren-Näse

ISBN 9789188369802

20 x 25 cm

Author: Yubia

'Stay Kawaii: Street Style Coloring Book' is a cosy love letter to kawaii culture, street style, and urban creativity in Japan.

Follow adorable characters as they explore colourful city scenes inspired by Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, and Okinawa, painting the walls and skating in the streets. From late-night konbini stops and karaoke fun to flea market treasure hunting, and train spotting, each page captures the rhythm of city life from a soft, personal point of view.

The characters are inspired by Japanese mascots, food, and urban elements, blending kawaii charm with street culture. You’ll meet a happy octopus from Japanese food culture, a yellow dog inspired by the iconic Fueki character from Osaka, playful frogs, and many more.

In true Japanese spirit, everything has a soul, and every wall, object, and character feels alive.Created by illustrator and well-known graffiti artist Yubia, the book is deeply rooted in real experiences from her time spent living in Japan.

It reflects a daily, intimate way of discovering the city: wandering through streets, meeting friends, creating art, moving to music, and finding beauty in small rituals.

About the Illustrator

Yubia is a Spanish illustrator, muralist, graffiti writer, and designer with more than 20 years of experience in urban art and visual storytelling. Born in Bilbao and now based in Barcelona, she began painting graffiti in 2002, although her passion for drawing started much earlier in childhood.

After studying Fine Arts at the University of the Basque Country (EHU), she specialized in web design and social media, developing a multidisciplinary creative practice that spans illustration, mural painting, design, and personal artistic projects. Working under the name Yubia, she has created a distinctive visual language that blends classic graffiti traditions with kawaii aesthetics and influences from contemporary visual culture.

Her work is characterized by expressive characters, playful lettering, and vibrant compositions that combine urban energy with a colorful, approachable, and emotionally engaging style. Over the years, she has participated in festivals and collaborated with brands on both national and international projects while continuing to explore new creative directions through her freelance and personal work.

Paperback, 80 Pages, 20.5 x 20.5 cm

• London

• Paris

• Chicago

• Hamburg Berlin

• Toronto

• Moscow

• Rome

• Stockholm Hundreds of millions travel by underground train every day.

The subway is one of the world’s most common means of transport and an environment where many of us spend a great deal of time.

Subway cars are also important “canvases” for the artists behind one of the most widespread modern art movements today – graffiti.

Subway Scrawl is a collection of 10 classic subway designs in a practical notepad.

Bring out your creative side and add your own personality to the cars.

Try your hand at making a New York subway wholecar, scribble diary notes or write a to do list on a London Underground car.

20 x 25 x 0.

5 cm, 50 pages, Softcover.

Tag Town: The Evolution of New York Graffiti Writing 1963 – 1982

From Taki to Basquiat: discover the roots of New York graffiti in Martha Cooper’s iconic photos. 

While graffiti has grown into the largest art movement in history, for every writer it began with their tag, the essential core of the art form.

In Tag Town, renowned documentary photographer Martha Cooper traces New York City’s distinctive style writing from the 1970s through the early 1980s, capturing the development of tagging as the foundation of modern graffiti writing. Her photographs open the door to understanding the culture’s aesthetics and communication.

The book includes rare street pieces by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, and Kenny Scharf, whose early work helped shape the rise of street art, as well as quotes from graffiti pioneers Blade and Snake 1. Long out of print since its first release in 2008, this photographic chronicle explores the evolution of styles, signatures, and street presence offering a vital historical record of urban creativity in public space.

Before street art went global, it all started with a tag.

Pages: 108

Size: 17 x 23 cm

More than 300 stickers by 50 graffiti artists from around the world!

Graffiti artist’s sense of colour, shape and eye-catching characters are second to none. In The Graffiti Sticker Book, more than 50 renowned graffiti artists from the United States, Europe, the United Kingdom and Australia have created the designs.

Now it’s up to you to stick them up!

This is the real deal! Each page is packed with exclusive designs, showcasing the diverse styles and perspectives of top graffiti masters. This book offers a thrilling journey through the global graffiti scene.

Pages: 100
ISBN: 9789189944039
Size: 16 x 16 cm

From renowned photographer Martha Cooper, this is a book about the traditional art of tattooing and a rare portrait of a master artist.

It provides a unique glimpse into the world of traditional Japanese tattooing in Tokyo in 1970, and collects photographs capturing the Japanese art of Irezumi (often associated with the Yakuza, but also widely recognised for its cultural significance and artistry).

It follows the tattooist Horibun through his work, his customers and their tattoos.Martha Cooper came to Tokyo in 1969. She soon became interested in the local art of tattooing and began documenting the work of traditional Japanese tattooist Horibun I who worked with traditional Japanese methods, tattoos made by hand, with different sized bundles of needles bound to sticks which he dipped into coloured inks. His motifs were derived from traditional Japanese legends.

ISBN 9789189944046
Dokument Press
Paperback, 72 pages, 17 x 28 cm.

The art of the Japanese tattoo has fascinated people across the world for decades, but in Japan they are taboo since traditional full body tattoos are associated with the Japanese mafia – the Yakuza.

Few organisations are as feared as the legendary Yakuza. They have an impact well beyond Japan, in real life as well as in popular fiction.

Yakuza Tattoo offers a unique insight into the dragons, fish and gods that form the identity of the Yakuza. While the motifs are inspired by the structure of the organisation, Japanese history and mythology, younger members tend to add a contemporary touch to their body art. Andreas Johansson is an academic and one of a small number of persons that have been allowed to photograph and interview members of one of the world’s most secretive organisations.

Yakuza Tattoo includes detailed images of widely different Yakuza tattoos. At one stage, right in the middle of a gang war, Johansson frequented the shady nightclubs, bars, restaurants and back streets of Yokohama in the company of a Yakuza boss. He also visited the homes of members of the Yakuza, documenting Yakuza symbols and body art.

Andreas Johansson did what any first-rate photojournalist does – go into the field and immerse himself in the world of his subjects. Guided by the yakuza’s most famous symbol, the tattoo, Johansson offers a revelatory look inside the culture and mythology of Japan’s extraordinary underworld.

• ISBN 9789188369215

• Dokument Press

• Paperback, 112 pages. 17 x 21 cm