I know it because Gerhard Steidl explained it to me, at great speed and considerable length, pulling down books of sample head and tail bands from a shelf above his desk, pointing out who makes the best ones, what colors they come in, how much they cost, why they are seldom used and why he uses them.
Elie Saab's couture shows often strike you as a meandering book of embroidery samples.
Thanks to the Daily Express's book of type samples, I learned how many characters in 72 point Century Bold Expanded a single column could accommodate (not many – perhaps the word "rat").
Archive book I tried to buy this book of fabric samples at Sotheby's years ago, but when I went to collect it at the end of the auction I found out I'd bid for the wrong one – the one I wanted had been bought by a company in New York.
Alternatively, get a book of wallpaper samples, any kind of fancy paper.
In a New Hampshire plant, they assemble books of wallpaper samples.
When a temp agency found her a $7.50-an-hour 7.50-an-hour 7.50-an-hourallpaper samples, she took pleasure in telling Wal-Mart's assistant manager that she was leaving.
"That's a crazy one," Jacobs said, flipping through a book of sequinned netting samples.
Then it was time for drinks and dinner with Mark Hampton, William Paley, Nancy Lady Keith, Mario Buatta, Bill Blass and 40 others who paid $500 a plate to buy a rare book of original wallpaper samples, among other things, for the Cooper-Hewitt.
There is also one book of undated stationary samples.
The musicians involved in this project are putting together a collaborative musical version of the whole book with samples from the final work on the site already.
