One of the first impulses of an owner who's lost a pet is to canvas the neighborhood with quickly made posters. And even if we haven't seen the wanderer in question, many of us stop to read these notices, which are often charming combinations of heartfelt pleas, humor, and handmade art. For the last decade, Ian Phillips has collected lost pet posters from around world. In Lost, Phillips selects from his vast collection those posters notable for their cleverness, humor, sorrow, entreaties, rewards, and-in several instances-sheer outlandishness ("Lost Lost Lost: one brown and white 'mottled' street duck. Does not answer to the name of Neither Norman"). For designers, artists, or anyone who wants to tap into the human and creative side of our everyday lives under stress, Lost is a book that tells a story on every page. As a collection, the posters represent an authentic folk art that expresses a commonality between the readers and the makers from the United States to China. For pet owners everywhere, and for anyone who has very stopped to read a lost pet poster, Lost is a heart-warming tribute.

加拿大插画家伊恩·菲利普斯（Ian Phillips)编著。Ian Phillips是加拿大著名插画家，也是书籍设计家，作品遍及各报章杂志。闲暇之余他自己经营一家小型出版社，制作手**订的小型书。其创作的袖珍书籍畅销海内外，质量高到足以列入收藏品之列，不仅常见于世界各地书籍收藏家的书架上，也频频出现在世界各地的大小书展上，从莫斯科到旧金山的艺廊里也有其踪影。