A richly illustrated collection of outdoor magazine and catalogue covers, tracing a century of adventure, sporting culture and graphic design through the visual history of some of the world's best-known outdoor brands.

Drawn from the Outdoor Recreation Archive at Utah State University, the book features material from 70 brands, including The North Face, Columbia and Snow Peak. The covers span different generations, sports and continents, showing how outdoor imagery and advertising have evolved.

The collection is organised by visual medium, from outdoor photography and digitally treated images to collage, illustration, product photography and typography. Across 600 illustrations, it captures everything from vintage climbing photographs and camping scenes to dramatic wilderness landscapes.

Personal reflections from more than 20 designers, athletes and industry figures are woven throughout, including photographer Chris Burkard, designer Jeff Staple and climber Conrad Anker.

Four eight-page inserts, printed on a different paper stock, reproduce selected pages from the original catalogues. A concluding Making Of section offers a behind-the-scenes look at the archive itself.

The project draws on the work of Clint Pumphrey, Archives Manuscript Curator at Utah State University, and Chase Anderson, the university's Industry Relations Manager for Outdoor Product Design & Development.

Published by Thames & Hudson in June 2025, this is a substantial 384-page hardcover measuring 28 × 21.5cm.

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