Keel's Simple Diary

Curing the Information Overload Blues:
Keel’s Simple Diary™ Makes Life Look Easy

Artist and Author Philipp Keel Debuts
his Antidote to the Modern Age

Philipp Keel, renowned artist and international best-selling author of the All About Me series provides an answer to the barrage of 24/7 information, the challenge of needing to do more but having time for less, and the pressure of today’s difficult economic times with Keel’s Simple Diary™. Informed by his “less is more” manifesto, his new series exemplifies a lifestyle that happens to come with a book. Debuting today on the Taschen imprint, seeks to redefine the notion of a diary with illuminating thought starters, queries and illustrations to enable to reader/creator to explore, navigate and document the chaotic adventure we call life.

In a world where products are out as soon as they’re in, where communicating without wires doesn’t come without strings, and even our accessories need accessories we need simple tools. Simple Diary™ provides that option for under twenty dollars. Keel explains: there are three reasons why most people, although they have tried, won't keep a diary. Not every day is very eventful, it actually takes a lot of discipline to write, and in retrospect, may find what they have written embarrassing. His unique format takes the pressure out of journaling, and provides boundaries to get to the essence of your day, week, or moment.

Simple Diary™ is the authors response to having too much information and not enough meaning, and needing to remember what made him smile. Says Keel, “It gave me structure and a way to turn off the noise of everything being too much, and hear what I really thought.”

The author, so adept at asking questions in his search for understanding who we are and why we do what we do, also provides some compelling, philosophical and witty answers in his new work. For Keel, life truly is the greatest work of art.

Prior to today’s launch of Simple Diary™ Keel distributed his manifesto for the digital age to select friends, raconteurs, media and bloggers. Simple Diary™ is Taschen’s first book that features text. “In difficult times like these, a little comfort doesn’t hurt. And this is what Philipp Keel’s new series of books is all about,” says Benedikt Taschen, eminent publishing titan. This is a milestone for the publisher and speaks to the power of Keel’s ability to elevate the concept of the diary to art.

About Philipp Keel:
Philipp Keel is an internationally acclaimed artist and writer. His early influences included Fellini, Sendak, Steinberg, and palm trees (not necessarily in that order). He is the author of the best-selling All About Me series with over three million copies in print. Collections of Keel’s photography and editions have been published in Look At Me, in Color and in AISA – Images from an Imaginary Continent.

About Taschen:
TASCHEN, founded in 1980, is one of the most successful fine art book publishers in the world. With its eclectic mix of subject matters and its state-of-the-art production techniques, TASCHEN has managed to build a very faithful international clientèle of customers from all walks of life, from wealthy collectors to book lovers with less extravagant budgets. TASCHEN books are distributed around the globe and published in over 20 languages. Today TASCHEN is an established brand and the leading publisher of coffee table books.