This book is dedicated to all the independent businesses which keep the world a diverse and entertaining place. On every continent, shopshelves inadvertently display insults, illegal pleasures and other rudeness. Shelf Life brings together the most unbelievable groceries from around the globe. Clearly these household brands are no mistakes. Their logos sport drop-shadows, flashes and highlights as eye-catching as their designers could create. With the simplest of colour photography, this book lets the innocent products speak for themselves. The incredible collection appears as a chunky square-ish hardback which is itself lovingly designed. Thanks to the award-winning graphics company Form, the book is signposted with barcodes, pricetags and other idioms of the supermarket world. Rich hunting grounds for Shelf Life are dutifully mapped across the globe. Shelf Life is published by Bloomsbury, and is quite a bargain at £9.99. The special edition sealed in its own foil crisp packet is available in selected design shops and via this site. Buy the book About the authors The exhibition