Amazon Best Seller Drainspotting now at no 4

So it seems to go up and down quite a bit, but Drainspotting is still sitting in the top 10 of the Amazon Best Sellers List for the last Month or so, under Asian Photography. It is also floating around the 40 - 50 mark for categories Architecture and photojournalism and has been doing this for about a month or two. I have not seen it at no 1 yet, but chances are it has been there, because they update this hourly. I only started checking it recently. If anyone knows if there is a graph of sorts, please let me know.

Check it out here

Amazon Best sellers List

Bellemeade Books and Forecast Public Art Christmas Book List

It's fifteen days before Christmas. Did you forget anyone on your twice-checked list? Or maybe you've just decided to have another nog and wander online until inspiration strikes, and "accidentally" discover something for yourself at 3 a.m.? In any event or whichever method you choose to shop, Santa's on his way -- that nimble and quick elf waits for no one.

Here are some titles published in the past year that have been reviewed in BellemeadeBooks.


View  List Here


Forecast Public Arts has also done a review on Drainspotting for their prestigious quarterly magazine. Tucked in the pages of Forecast Public Arts you will find a drainspotting article sitting along side some great other books picked out by the editors. Again, this is a great indication for a wonderful christmas gift. Find it on page 83...

www.forecastpublicart

REMO JUDGES DRAIN COVERS, THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF WATER

I was recently asked to be a Judge for Singapore, Wonderful World Of Water Competition, because of my book Drainspotting. The Singapore council, after being influenced by Japanese Drain Covers and my Book Drainspotting contacted me in regards to this honorable position. Kelveen Soh, one of the organizers, told me that they decided to have a competition to invite designers to send in submissions for Drain Covers for Singapore. They are trying to raise awareness and activate the community around Singapore to be involved in reshaping their environment.
I was honored to be asked to be a judge. Check website below for entries and winners.
                                 www.wonderfulworldofwater.sg

FRANK151 ARTICLE DRAINSPOTTING & REMO IN GENERAL

Christopher daniel interviews Remo for a 2nd time on his new book Drainspotting and various other projects on the go. Its a great articled and captures my essence as an artist.

                                    click here  FRANK151

DRAINSPOTTING FOR IPAD/IPHONE & HITS THE GUARDIAN

Drainspotting has hit the Guardian, yes the Brits are all over Japanese Manholes...as funny as it sounds. See the link below for a gallery of close ups that are not necessaraly in the book or the Ipad/iphone App.

Drainspotting Extras is also available on Ipad/Iphone and has been a staff favorite in Australia, USA and now lets go for the UK Itunes store as a Fav!

                                           GUARDIAN APOST UK

                                    AVAILABLE ON THE APP STORE

                              

Drainspotting Official T Shirts Available

So if you want to get your hands on custom designer T Shirts, made by me, featuring fascinating Manhole Cover Designs : Then hit the link below and check them out - I think they are really cool!
They come in all shapes and sizes for men, women, kids and even dogs if you want it!



Artsprojekt E Store

DRAINSPOTTING BOOK FIRST LOOK

DRAINSPOTTING FIRST LOOK:

ITS HERE! The Drainspotting book just arrived at my house for a preview and I now have it in my hands. Here are the first look photos of the book including the lovely gold embossing on the cover. Its an absolutely gorgeous piece of work, BRAVO Mark Batty Publisher, you have done it again. Drainspotting, the follow up to my first book Graffiti Japan. After 1 year of production the book hits the stores worldwide this May.

Be sure to keep an eye out, or order it online at amazon.com.

DRAINSPOTTING App hits NEW & NOTEWORTHY on ITUNES

Drainspotting Extras: Japnese Manhole Covers, the App, has hit the New and Noteworthy page on ITUNES. Yes this is the front page! When i started off this little project I really didn't think that so many people would be so interested in these fascinating manhole covers, as I myself am, but I was wrong!. Thanks to everyone out there that is Drainspotting around the world and carrying on this OTAKU tradition through this Japanese phenomenon, we have hit the front page of ITUNES!

Next stop hopefully will be Whats Hot.

Drainspotting Extras, the title : So after much deliberation and conversation with MBP, my publisher for the Hard Copy Book, we have all decided that it would be best to call the Ipad App, Drainspotting Extras, instead of just Drainspotting. We decided this because we thought that people would possibly think that the App may be the book itself. It is pretty clear throughout  the App and any descriptions that it is not the same as the book, and i can assure you all, that the photographs in the book and in the App are different drainspots. 

The reason I put together the app was because we could not fit all of the wonderful Drainspotting photographs collected into the first book. So I decided to create this App so as people  could start collecting them all and seeing much more variety of Manhole Covers. I say this, because it is like collecting. Once you have seen one compelling manhole cover, you just want to keep seeing more. It is highly addictive and there are over 6000 drainspots to have!

Extra news is DRAINSPOTTING the BOOK has arrived at Mark Batty Publisher and I am eagerly awaiting to hold the very first copy in my hands when it arrives via UPS to Japan... EXCITING!

I will be previewing a first look here soon.

                                   

Download the App from Itunes: 

http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/drainspotting/id364587681?mt=8

DRAINSPOTTING EXTRAS AVAILABLE ON ITUNES FOR IPAD

Drainspotting hard copy will be coming to a book store near you soon, but for a preview of this wonderful book you can now download the IPAD version from Itunes store. This elegant IPAD companion features over 50 extra manhole covers and photographs that are not included in the hard back copy, and it serves as an electronic companion to the book. In this copy, View the process of making manhole covers at the Nagashima factory in a photo essay and discover the first look of manholes documented through beautifully crafted photographs and stylish design in a coffee table type book on your IPAD. Visit this hidden Japanese culture for the first time, documented in a complete volume of work including  electronic and hard back. 
                   DOWNLOAD NOW FROM ITUNES

                   http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/drainspotting/id364587681?mt=8

TOKYO WEEKENDER REVIEW

                              

SEE ARTICLE HERE
 http://weekenderjapan.com/?p=18073

PECHAKUCHA PRESENTATION TOKYO 2010

This presentation was presented by Remo Camerota at Tokyo #71. Uploaded on 1st April 2010Remo takes us through his books on Japanese graffiti on to his upcoming release on Japanese manhole covers which will be titled DrainSpotting, his next book Menko japan and his graphic novel due for release soon - Scar! 

WATCH THE PRESENTATION HERE

http://www.pecha-kucha.org/presentations/135

NTERVIEW WITH MY NINJA PLEASE

                                  

VIEW INTERVIEW HERE
 http://www.myninjaplease.com/?p=12767

DRAINSPOTTING COMING SOON

Drainspotting will be released by Mark batty
Publlisher in the coming months. Until then welcome
to the online companion to the book Drainspotting
by Remo Camerota and Mark Batty Publisher.
Japanese manhole covers come in many shapes,
colors and sizes, and in Japan, scanning the streets
for a colorful and delightful array of manhole
covers has become a pastime, for both the Japanese
and foreigners looking to experience a distinctly
Japanese visual phenomenon: drainspotting.
I became fascinated by these covers while i was
photographing my first book "Graffiti Japan" also
published by Mark batty Publisher. So of course
with the suggestion by my good friend
Michael Shaun Conaway and the help of my Partner
Hisako Emura we made the first ever book on the subject.
There are many websites dedicated to these wonderful
artifacts, created by the many manhole
maniacs online, and there are even manhole museums
spread throughout Japan, but now there
is the full glossy color book.In this blog i will include
photos and info that did not make it into
the book. And as photographing these manhole
covers is like treasure hunting, i will endeavor
to display newly found drain covers that appear after
the book has been printed and on the shelves.
You can check out my other titles at
www.markbattypublisher.com and www.graffitijapan.com