Mortadella is a book documenting every slice of a mortadella sausage, painstakingly drawn by Christoph Hänsli. Published by Patrick Frey and including an essay by John Berger, it’s been beautifully designed by Cornel Windlin and Nazareno Crea. Each leaf of the book is a slice of the sausage, and the whole thing comes wrapped first in brown kraft butcher paper (cover), and then with a second layer of wax paper (flyleaves). Freshness ensured. Delight guaranteed.

The new Penguin on Design series looks smart and sounds promising. A great lineup of titles, including the reedition of Bruno Munari’s classic Design as Art in print. John Berger’s brilliant Ways of Seeing, which began as a TV show, is also included in the series. In addition to Penguin on Design, I’m also looking forward to Penguin’s edition of Deyan Sudjic’s new book The Language of Things, coming soon to the U.S. For two different perspectives on Sudjic’s book, these reviews from The Guardian (pro) and Frieze (con) are each worth a look.