Wow!!!! these are such beauties. They seem expensive, but I am sure the City Guides would be worth it. I hope they release it in India also… :)

the interiors are very basic. single color text on nice, but not spectacular, paper. There are occasional illustrations like the one above that are cute but also undistinguished.

I bought a set for the girlfriend, very cool and great list of trendy cafes, bars and shops. Cool for coffee tables and also you can finally read and find out bout those posh places the famous people go to.

Great for someone trying to build up a cool fashion conscious bookshelf.

There are no pictures though, just info.

Peace

this has got to be a primeval predecessor to the immortal hitchhikers guide

The splash pages for each city look nice but the typography is rather sloppy. What a strange mix of sans serif, serif, italics, spacing, and odd alignment. I’m really surprised it doesn’t look more polished.

Not surprising that the typography is messy. Most graphic designers that work in the fashion & luxury space don’t really understand type. They’re more image makers and Art Directors (ie. photo). Think about most fashion ads and catalogs… Full bleed images, small simple type, the logo. Something complicated/content rich makes most of them falter quickly. As someone that has evaluated many of these designers portfolios over the past 10 years, I can say this with some certainty, though there’s plenty of exceptions out there.