Palace Product Descriptions
€46.90
Product Information
| ISBN | 9781838665845 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lev Tanju, Palace Skateboards |
| Publisher | Phaidon Press Ltd |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Weight (kg) | 0.952 |
| Publishing Date | 26/10/2022 |
| Price (excl. tax) | €44.25 |
| Tax | €2.65 |
| Price (incl. tax) | €46.90 |
| Availability | 2 units in external warehouse |
Product Description
- 98%
- EVERY GOOD DESCRIPTION
- PALACE HAVE EVER DONE
- IN ONE ROWDY HARDBACK
- 2% SOME RUBBISH ONES ALSO
Phaidon presentsPalace Product Descriptions: The Selected Archive, the official printed archive of Palace Skateboard''s online product descriptions. Since their debut in 2013, Palace''s unconventional descriptors - which often have little or nothing to do with the product being described – have earned a cult following, with readers hooked on every line.
Authored by Palace co-founder, Lev Tanju, whose inimitable style essentially tore up the copywriting rulebook, the descriptions are full of humour, pathos, social commentary and unabashed opinion. Eschewing practical details, instead a jacket is described as:
- TRENDSETTER
- DON''T THINK SO MATE
- YOU LOOK LIKE YOU MOONWALKED THROUGH TOPSHOP
- WITH YOUR EYES CLOSED
- COVERED IN GLUE
Collected here for the first time and printed as they appear online - a few lines set in all caps, formatted as a series of bullet points – the more than 3,000 descriptions are organised into 22 tongue-in-cheek categories, including Anatomy, Animals, Etiquette, Philanthropy, Romance and Travel. The text is interspersed with shots of highly coveted Palace products and chapter openers feature candid, behind-the-scenes images from Palace''s archive.
At once jokey toilet book and earnest coffee-table opus, this funny and honest volume serves as an essential record of an online phenomenon.