Book Notes: 'Benign Icons'

Featuring some fantasy, some surrealism, some demon cars

Patrick Woodroffe provides the text as well as all the images for his own art book, 2008’s Benign Icons.

The book is nicely put together and stands out thanks to several unique design choices: Many of the images are centered so that they slightly overlap each other, photos are often mixed in with artworks, little creatures are frequently given their own…