Two weeks ago we revealed the two covers of our upcoming Urban Jungle Book on Urban Jungle Bloggers. Today Judith and I want to show you a few behind-the-scenes peeks. These were taken during our five home tours together with our photographer Lina Skukauske. We had so much fun traveling to the English coast, to Toulouse, close to Amsterdam, to Istanbul and close to Heidelberg. There we visited five beautiful and green homes of local creatives. Each home was different in style but all of them had one thing in common – lots of plants!
Working on a book is first of all lots of hard work – but it also is so much fun! Especially if you get to work with a cool team and visit fab creative people where you arrive as a guest and leave as a friend. We were literally occupying the places of our hosts. In return we got home-made cinnamon rolls, gallons of coffee, and delicious breakfasts. We on the other hand only claimed lots of patience, availability for the shooting, the freedom to run around, move, change and rearrange things. Sounds like we were good guests, right? Ha!
Still I think everyone involved had a fab time during our photo shootings. Lina did an amazing job – she had to climb on furniture pieces, sit in bushes, verify the angles with a mirror – the regular stuff! Our home owners had to model – all of them including kids and pets! And they only had to repeat some poses like 20 times – and they kept smiling. Well this I call dedication!
Now that the #urbanjunglebook is all finished, looking back is really wonderful. All that hard work during so many months seems now far away and it makes me giggle when I think of certain situations. But above all it fills me with happiness to be part of this amazing project. And honestly, I can’t wait to hear your feedback once the book is available from September 9th 2016. You can already pre-order both the English and the German book on Amazon (see links below).
Pre-order your English copy (UK) HERE, (US) HERE, (FR) HERE, (IT) HERE, (ES) HERE.
Pre-order your German copy HERE.
Head over to Judith’s blog JOELIX.com to see more behind-the-scenes peeks of our fun Urban Jungle Book adventure!
Photography by Lina Skukauske and Igor Josifovic
19 Comments
Danke für die schönen Einblicke! Super interessant und inspirierend!
Ganz liebe Grüße
Ines
Danke Dir Ines, freut mich, dass es Dir gefällt!!! Ich kann’s kaum erwarten, dass es endlich frisch gedruckt auch fertig und in meinen Händen ist:-)
Ach wie schön + ebenso die Fotos! Beim dritten habe ich laut lachen müssen! :))
Ich kann mir gut vorstellen, wie groß Eure Vorfreude ist, es endlich endlich in den Händen zu haben!
Bald + ich bin gespannt!
Liebe Grüße . Maren
Oh ja, es ist jetzt wirklich an der Zeit, oder? Lange haben wir jetzt darauf gewartet. Ich bin auch schon so gespannt, wie Du es findest!
The preview pictures look fabulous! Very much looking forward to seeing the book 🙂
Thank you Sarah! We can’t wait for the book – hope people will love it as much as we love it!
Hey Igor, Congrats! Looks like a lot of fun/hard work that I’m sure paid off beautifully. I’m planning on attending your event here in MUC next month. Do you know if I can get the English version of the book at the event, or is it better to order it online?
Oh fabulous! So happy you can make it Eleanor! I think they will have both books available during the event. I will double check once more just to be 100% sure! Looking forward to seeing you!!
Can’t wait for the book to come out. So sorry I can’t come to the release party but the 9th is Ella’s birthday 🙁
Elodie
Well but at least it is a great date, right:-) I am sure we will find a way to see you sooner or later!
Beautiful pictures and great inspiration! Wish you good luck for the book launch!
Germarie – Homeology
Thank you Germarie!
Im soo excited to have a copy.Are u going to do a tour or book signing here in london .Im very eager to meet u in person lol.Congratulations on this book and all the best:-)
Thank you Dean! We hope to do a little book presentation in London too but nothing is fixed yet. We will keep you posted on our social media channels in any case!
Congratulations Igor !! It looks like you did an amazing job. Book covers are both beautiful !
There is picture with a greek painting 🙂 Are greek houses included in the book ??
Thank you Aris!! It is actually the home tour from Istanbul with the greek painting – it is the home owner’s souvenir from Mytiline!
So cool !!
Congratulations for the book!!! I’m from Brazil and I’ve bought a copy on Amazon. It arrived yesterday and I can’t wait to read everything. 🙂
Love your work.
Thank you so much Bruna!! I really hope you will enjoy it and it is such a pleasure and honor for us that our book arrived even in Brazil!! Muito obrigado (hope that is correct)!