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In these pages, Nicholas Basbanes shows how paper has been civilization’s constant companion. It preserves our history and gives record to our very finest literary, cultural, and scientific accomplishments. Since its invention in China nearly two millennia ago, the technology of paper has spread throughout the inhabited world. Basbanes traces paper’s trail from the(...)
On paper : the everything of its two-thousand year history by a self-confessed bibliophiliac
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In these pages, Nicholas Basbanes shows how paper has been civilization’s constant companion. It preserves our history and gives record to our very finest literary, cultural, and scientific accomplishments. Since its invention in China nearly two millennia ago, the technology of paper has spread throughout the inhabited world. Basbanes traces paper’s trail from the earliest handmade sheets to the modern-day mills. Paper, yoked to politics, has played a crucial role in the unfolding of landmark events, from the American Revolution to Daniel Ellsberg’s Pentagon Papers to the aftermath of 9/11. Without paper, modern hygienic practice would be unimaginable; as currency, people will do almost anything to possess it; and, as a tool of expression, it is inextricable from human culture.
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Les dimensions sociales du livre d'artiste (ouvrage collectif édité par Anne Mœglin-Delcroix, avec un ensemble d'études et de témoignages de chercheurs, d'historiens, de bibliothécaires, d'éditeurs et d'artistes, ainsi que la réédition de deux textes historiques de Dick Higgins).
Le livre d'artiste: quels projets pour l'art?
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Les dimensions sociales du livre d'artiste (ouvrage collectif édité par Anne Mœglin-Delcroix, avec un ensemble d'études et de témoignages de chercheurs, d'historiens, de bibliothécaires, d'éditeurs et d'artistes, ainsi que la réédition de deux textes historiques de Dick Higgins).
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The unbound book
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For centuries, the physical book has been the ideal reading machine. So as books are increasingly supplanted by digital, onscreen reading, it is only natural that we find ourselves wondering what will be lost in the transition. This collection, edited by scholars with expertise in electronic publishing and the digital humanities, focuses instead on what we might gain—how(...)
The unbound book
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For centuries, the physical book has been the ideal reading machine. So as books are increasingly supplanted by digital, onscreen reading, it is only natural that we find ourselves wondering what will be lost in the transition. This collection, edited by scholars with expertise in electronic publishing and the digital humanities, focuses instead on what we might gain—how screen technology might shape and improve the very activities for which we have always used paper.
Book Design
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Between 2010 and 2013, editor Brigitte Schuster interviewed thirteen prominent Dutch book designers. Among the designers in focus are Karen Polder, Armand Mevis, Walter Nikkels, Hansje van Halem and Joost Grootens. The interviews offer a fascinating look into the world of book designers who belong to different generations, and whose work has been shaped by different(...)
Book designers from the Netherlands
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Between 2010 and 2013, editor Brigitte Schuster interviewed thirteen prominent Dutch book designers. Among the designers in focus are Karen Polder, Armand Mevis, Walter Nikkels, Hansje van Halem and Joost Grootens. The interviews offer a fascinating look into the world of book designers who belong to different generations, and whose work has been shaped by different experiences. An intimate view of the designing process and the individuals themselves emerges as the methodology and motivations of each is uncovered.
Book Design
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What exactly is a book? This wildly inventive and thought-provoking volume asks that question of more than 30 of today's top creative visionaries, from Ed Ruscha to Miranda July, John Baldessari to Jonathan Lethem. Each traditional element of a book—from endpapers to footnotes—is assigned to a different artist or writer invited to use the space as a creative playground.(...)
The thing, the book: a monument to the book as object
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What exactly is a book? This wildly inventive and thought-provoking volume asks that question of more than 30 of today's top creative visionaries, from Ed Ruscha to Miranda July, John Baldessari to Jonathan Lethem. Each traditional element of a book—from endpapers to footnotes—is assigned to a different artist or writer invited to use the space as a creative playground. The result is a collaborative group art project like no other.
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A “good book” and whatever it is that makes a book beautiful are not easy to define – the details of a design may well suit one book to perfection, but be very much out of place with another publication. With this in mind the author and designer Bernd Kuchenbeiser launched his website “A good book”, where publications of many different genres are presented and discussed(...)
61 books with black type on white cover
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A “good book” and whatever it is that makes a book beautiful are not easy to define – the details of a design may well suit one book to perfection, but be very much out of place with another publication. With this in mind the author and designer Bernd Kuchenbeiser launched his website “A good book”, where publications of many different genres are presented and discussed especially in the context of their creative design.
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Maquette, nouvelle édition
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Ce livre traite de la mise en page à travers de nombreux exemples et études de cas.
Maquette, nouvelle édition
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Ce livre traite de la mise en page à travers de nombreux exemples et études de cas.
Book Design
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Ouvroir de littérature potentielle est un ouvrage de référence sur l'Oulipo, qui vous invite à mieux connaître le groupe littéraire français le plus ancien du champ contemporain, marqué par de grandes figures, comme Quenau, Perec ou Calvino et toujours actif. Il est aussi question de l'Obapo (Ouvroir de bande dessinée potentielle), de l'Oulipopo (Ouvroir de littérature(...)
Ouvroir de littérature potentielle
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Ouvroir de littérature potentielle est un ouvrage de référence sur l'Oulipo, qui vous invite à mieux connaître le groupe littéraire français le plus ancien du champ contemporain, marqué par de grandes figures, comme Quenau, Perec ou Calvino et toujours actif. Il est aussi question de l'Obapo (Ouvroir de bande dessinée potentielle), de l'Oulipopo (Ouvroir de littérature policière potentielle) et autres OuXpo, groupes associés partageant le même goût pour la contrainte.
Library: An Unquiet History
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Through the ages, libraries have not only accumulated and preserved but also shaped, inspired, and obliterated knowledge. Now they are in crisis. Former rare books librarian and Harvard MetaLAB visionary Matthew Battles takes us from Boston to Baghdad, from classical scriptoria to medieval monasteries and on to the Information Age, to explore how libraries are built and(...)
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Library: An Unquiet History
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Through the ages, libraries have not only accumulated and preserved but also shaped, inspired, and obliterated knowledge. Now they are in crisis. Former rare books librarian and Harvard MetaLAB visionary Matthew Battles takes us from Boston to Baghdad, from classical scriptoria to medieval monasteries and on to the Information Age, to explore how libraries are built and how they are destroyed: from the scroll burnings in ancient China to the burning of libraries in Europe and Bosnia to the latest revolutionary upheavals of the digital age. A new epilogue elucidates the preservation of knowledge amid the creative destruction of twenty-first century technology. 10 illustrations.
Munari's books
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Italian artist and designer Bruno Munari (1907-1998) considered the book the best medium to communicate his visual ideas, showcase his art, and convey his creative spirit. Primarily produced in large quantities for the general public, his more-than-sixty publications, from design manuals and manifestos to visionary tactile children's books, displayed all the beauty and(...)
Munari's books
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Italian artist and designer Bruno Munari (1907-1998) considered the book the best medium to communicate his visual ideas, showcase his art, and convey his creative spirit. Primarily produced in large quantities for the general public, his more-than-sixty publications, from design manuals and manifestos to visionary tactile children's books, displayed all the beauty and technical ingenuity of works of art. Munari's Books, the definitive collection of his book designs, examines in detail his seventy--year legacy in print, from his pioneering work as a graphic designer and collaborations with major publishers to his experimental visual projects and innovative contributions to the fields of painting, sculpture, design, photography, and teaching.
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