The Imaginary World Of...

by Keri Smith

Overview

From the internationally bestselling creator of Wreck This Journal, a guide to building your own perfect world.

In The Imaginary World of…, Keri Smith asks readers to imagine something new: a unique world of their own making.

Readers start by creating a list of everything to which they’re drawn: things they love and collect, colors, shapes, ideas, people, and creatures that fascinate them. The items in the list will become the building blocks for their imaginary worlds, used to create texture and establish a foundation for the new place they’ll begin to inhabit. Readers will then be prompted to think about landscape, place names, maps, currency, residents, logos, foods, histories, and more for their world.

An indispensable guide for artists, dreamers, activists, and explorers of all ages, The Imaginary World of… will encourage readers to become revolutionaries of everyday life, chronicling the possibilities in the brave new worlds they envision.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780399165252
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	09/02/2014
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	7.30(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Keri Smith is a bestselling author, illustrator, and thinker. Her books include Wreck This Journal, The Wander Society, This is Not a Book, How to Be an Explorer of the World, Mess, Finish This Book, The Pocket Scavenger, Wreck This Journal Everywhere, Everything Is Connected, and The Imaginary World of... as well as Wreck This App, This is Not an App, and the Pocket Scavenger app. She enjoys spending time with her husband, experimental musician Jefferson Pitcher, and two children.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

Praise for Wreck This Journal:

“I've kept journals before, but have never written in them as frequently as I write in my Wreck This Journal. I struggle to put it down. Instead of blank lined pages, each page has a different task. Wreck This Journal is great for inspiration; it gives you tasks that are thought-provoking rather than pages of endless blank lines. It is a great way to pass the time and a great gift for anyone, no matter how young or old.”
—Teen Ink
 
“Wreck This Journal encourages you to stop fretting about quality and start relishing the artistic process.”
—Oprah.com
 
“I love this book and the playful way that Keri Smith teaches people the act of creating by putting you right on the spot. Wreck This Journal is a fun, interactive book that you will want to work in every day. To create is to destroy and this book delivers.”
—D*I*Y Planner

Editorial Reviews

Praise for The Imaginary World Of...

“[Smith’s] unspoken message may be discovered along the way, if kids or adults notice their utopia didn’t include a Target parking lot or seven hours of media use per day. A conceptual artist and author luring kids into questioning the world and appreciating every smell, texture and mystery in it.” —TIME Magazine

“Thought-provoking. . . . The Imaginary World Of… breaks up the creative log jam by asking readers to focus on only one task at a time, page by page.” —Suvudu

“Take on the challenge of imagining something new with The Imaginary World Of… by Keri Smith. Push the boundaries of the existing world we live in and encourage yourself to innovate.” —How Design

Praise for Keri Smith

“Keri Smith may well be the self-help guru this DIY generation deserves.” —The Believer

From the Publisher