This high resolution scan was donated by the The Library of Radiant Optimism for Let’s Re-Make the World. They write: "This book is a beautiful guide about how to make a variety of flexible experimental indoor interiors, storage units, and a microhouse. The microhouse is a flexible creation of architect, Ken Isaacs. The modular design is based on stacked tetrahedrons, which can be moved in and around each other providing shelter and dividing living space in a creative way. The book gives you step-by-step instructions with plans for many different versions of Isaac’s original designs interspersed with ideas about simplicity, and getting rid of our personal possessions. The book is type written and spiral round in a nice Do-It-Yourself aesthetic, and Isaacs writes in a genial manner as if he were sitting across the table from you. He muses on the philosophical meanings of surplus and uses the designs as a means of addressing life as whole; a simple place to raise a family and house extended family that has a low impact on the surrounding natural environment." Thanks to Let's Remake, and Sarah Lewison who lent them her copy for scanning, for sharing this.

A coloring and activity booklet for children of all ages where, among other things, readers get to meet Koroc, the dog from Holland that searches for people and illegal drugs. Good luck completing the word finds and the maze! Thanks to Deborah Stratman for the gift of this publication.

Did you ever want to know how to say "Museum", "Abstract" or "Gallery" in sign language? This flash card set, intended for a general introductory visit, will show you how. This card set, which was scavenged from a dumpster at the Art Institute about ten years ago, features an enjoyable collection of rudimentary drawings that attempt to convey the most basic essentials of the museum and the field of art, in addition to providing an interesting lesson in signing.

This book is a playful examination by German artist Michalis Pichler who has an affinity for trash. In the past he has documented patriotic garbage - with a special interest in Pizza boxes bearing American flag imagery. In this book Pichler focuses his camera on the heart symbol, photographing garbage bearing this image and, perversely, the space on the ground occupied by the garbage after it has been picked up. In case that isn't enough, Pichler also transcribes every bit of text on each item and presents it in clinical typed reproduction on the opposite page. Special thanks to Michalis for providing Public Collectors with a PDF of the digital layout from the book. More of Michalis Pichler's work can be seen at www.buypichler.com.

A rare catalog from an early solo exhibition by Jean Toche of Guerrilla Art Action Group (GAAG). This booklet documents Toche's little-known aggressive light environments. The catalog, which is also a kind of artists' book, features text in English and French. Thanks to Jean Toche for allowing Public Collectors to incude a scan.

An obscure exhibition catalog that artist Douglas Huebler treated more like an artist book. Along with some short statements concerning his ideas, the booklet presents a variety of his "Variable Pieces". The usual dry humor is much in evidence. As the sole Forward statement by Director C.C. Cook accurately states: "Douglas Huebler is a real artist".

This is one of French artist Céline Duval's first books and it remains a favorite. Consisting entirely of unaltered found postcards, the postcard-sized book arranges the cards into a very subtle and clever sequence that viewers should be left to discover on their own. Originally printed in an edition of 600 copies, this is out of print. Thanks to Céline for letting Public Collectors include a scan. For more of Céline Duval's work, visit her website: www.doc-cd.net

This book shows how to cut and fold paper or cardboard to make 20 different three dimensional geometric shapes; a tool that can be used with young children or adults to build complex structures.

This scan was contributed by Let's Remake. An excerpt from the description on their website: "A dome is just a portion of a sphere. Lloyd Kahn is at it again, with Domebook 2. He says about the Domebook, “It’s much easier to build, than it is to write about it.” True to this sentiment Domebook contains over 100 pages of beautiful images and illustrations with brief and clear instructions – both written and drawn – and conversations about inspirations for building shelter out of domes. Buckminster Fuller, the key thinker behind Kahn and others’ fascination with dome building, gave away his original design for what he called the Sun Dome in the May 1966 issue of Popular Science. The plans, after Fuller improved them, were later sold for $5 by the magazine. Fuller’s geodesic geometry was built with mathematics, wood scraps and staples; a model that Kahn took up with a passion, continuing the meme with Domebooks 1 & 2, building domes around California."

An out of print and hard to find exhibition catalog devoted to FOOD, a collaborative artist-run restaurant in New York City founded by artists Gordon Matta-Clark, Carol Goodden and Tina Girouard in 1971.

From the Swans Discography: "This photocopied packet of stories was sold on the 1997 tour. It includes four illustrations by Gira (one for each story and the cover drawing). The cover is dated 1996 but the copyright information is listed as 1996/97." There are actually six drawings in total but Gira's astonishing writing is the primary reason for posting this obscure publication.

A truly multi-disciplinary journal which affirmed that "art, science, technology are interacting components of the total human enterprise..." This publication, which existed for only three issues, treated the arts and sciences "as a continuum."