Post #359132 by hodadhank on Mon, Feb 4, 2008 4:35 PM

TM now in stock at Freaky Boutiki in San Diego!

When I heard Taschen was preparing to release a new Sven Kirsten title, frankly I was a little worried. I couldn't imagine how he could possibly equal his last offering, but beloved Tiki scholar Kirsten's newest release Tiki Modern is three hundred plus pages of artificial environments guaranteed to cheer any tiki lover's chilly winter soul. Lots of big beautiful vintage pics are accompanied as always by Kirsten's seemingly bottomless well of mid century insight. Rather than a sequel to BOT, Tiki Modern makes an excellent companion and the initial hardcover versions are sure to be cherished and sought after for years to come.

I still get dozens of sad tikiphiles shuffling into my shop each year to ask where-o-where they might obtain an original hardcover Book of Tiki.

Do yourself a big favor and don't wait till Taschen releases a truncated softcover version of Tiki Modern just to save a few bucks.