Mess: The Manual of Accidents and Mistakes

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Mess: The Manual of Accidents and Mistakes
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Keri Smith
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:224
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
Category/GenreSelf-help and personal development
ISBN/Barcode 9781846144479
ClassificationsDewey:158.1
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
Publication Date 4 November 2010
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Take a walk. Lose your balance. Drop an egg. Then cover this page with something sticky. In Mess, Keri Smith, creator of Wreck This Journal, asks readers to explore what it feels like to throw themselves off balance -- on purpose. Smith dares readers to drop some kind of coloured liquid (ink, tea, coffee) onto a page from a good height (at least five feet); draw in the dark (or with eyes closed); creatively misspell words; paint a picture in a water-based medium (pen, marker, watercolour, etc) and leave it out during a rain or snowstorm; and bury this book, then dig it up. This book is unlike any other you've encountered and will allow you to open yourself up to the possibility of creating something new and unexpected.

Author Biography

Keri Smith is a best-selling author, illustrator, and thinker. Her books include Wreck this Journal, This is Not a Book, How to Be an Explorer of the World, Mess, Finish This Book, The Pocket Scavenger, Everything Is Connected, The Imaginary World of ... as well as Wreck This App, This is Not an App, and the Pocket Scavenger app.