A second edition of The Unknown Hipster Diaries will be available on March 1, 2013, featuring a new cover image by Jean-Philippe Delhomme. This will be a limited edition of 1,000 copies plus 50 A.P.s, each sequentially numbered, and will be available on Amazon and selected bookstores throughout the US.
Dear friends, thank you for making the first edition of The Unknown Hipster Diaries a great success. The edition is sold out in the US! (There is a limited number of copies available at Colette in Paris, and there is a book signing with Jean-Philippe Delhomme this Saturday December 15 at Colette from 4 pm to 6 pm, so if you can pick up a copy there).
However, due to popular demand a second edition of 1,000 copies is in the works, and these books will be available around March 1, 2013, on Amazon and in selected bookstores. Please check back here for updates and availability. Jean-Philippe is hard at work and the second edition will have a new cover illustration! Thank you again for your support.
(Booksigning at Bookmarc in New York City, November 15, 2012)
Read a funny and revealing interview with Jean-Philippe Delhomme in the New York Times T Magazine's The Moment blog, where he talks about the origins of the Unknown Hipster.
By Jean-Philippe Delhomme
The Unknown Hipster is a creature born between the demimonde of Paris and the hip enclaves of New York. Of obscure pedigree and questionable occupation, the Unknown Hipster nonetheless seems to be able to attend exclusive openings, guest-only parties, and private fashion shows. He mixes with artists and celebrities with all levels of fame – from the painfully hip threeASFOUR in the Lower East Side of Manhattan to Karl Lagerfeld’s ne plus ultra exclusive fitting chambers. In between, the Unknown Hipster crashes François Pinault’s party in Venice, communes with Marina Abramovic at MoMA, has a run-in with a faux John Baldessari, and attends the Occupy Wall Street protests.
As written and drawn by the celebrated illustrator and author Jean-Philippe Delhomme, the Unknown Hipster’s adventures are by turns sly, perceptive, and extremely funny. Delhomme simultaneously celebrates and pokes fun at our culture’s obsession with fame and exclusivity. Adapted from Delhomme’s The Unknown Hipster blog in the form of a diary, this witty book precisely captures in words and drawings contemporary culture today.
The Unknown Hipster Diaries is published in a limited edition of 1,000 copies, each sequentially numbered.
About the Author: Jean-Philippe Delhomme is an award-winning illustrator based in Paris and New York. He has produced classic advertising campaigns for Barneys New York, the Bon Marché in Paris, Saab, and The Mark Hotel. His illustrations and writings appear regularly in GCasa Italy; GQ France; and American GQ, where he illustrates Glenn O’Brien’s popular column, “Style Guy.” He is also the author of The Cultivated Life (Rizzoli, 2009) as well as three novels.
Hardcover / 6.75” x 9.25” / 192 pages / 200 color illustrations / $45 U.S.
ISBN: 978-0-9859958-0-5 / publication date: 15 November 2012
