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In the early 20th century, the soviet architectural press became a forum for an extraordinary group of artist, designers, architects, and theorists to converge in debate over the shape of their present and futur built environment.
Architecture in print : Design and Debate in the Soviet Union 1919-1935
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In the early 20th century, the soviet architectural press became a forum for an extraordinary group of artist, designers, architects, and theorists to converge in debate over the shape of their present and futur built environment.
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The pentagram papers
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The Pentagram Papers -- Celebrated global design firm Pentagram has produced a series of signature annual documents, known as Pentagram Papers, exclusively for clients and colleagues since 1975. On the occasion of the firm's 35-year anniversary, these quirky and influential Papers are collected here together for the first time. Each Paper explores a unique and curious(...)
The pentagram papers
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The Pentagram Papers -- Celebrated global design firm Pentagram has produced a series of signature annual documents, known as Pentagram Papers, exclusively for clients and colleagues since 1975. On the occasion of the firm's 35-year anniversary, these quirky and influential Papers are collected here together for the first time. Each Paper explores a unique and curious topic of interest to the Pentagram designers—Mao buttons, the Savoy ballroom, rural Australian mailboxes, and the pop architecture of Wildwood, New Jersey, have all been featured subjects. Included here are not only in-depth reproductions and detailed discussion of the Papers' origins, but also an exclusive new Paper created especially for the book and set into a tray inside its back cover.
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This succinct catalogue features wonderful cover and interior spread reproductions of a selection of the most important and influential artist's books of the twentieth century. Beginning with Stéphane Mallarmé's 1914 Un Coup de Dés Jamais N'Abolira le Hasard, now yellowed and slightly frayed around the edges, it includes works by Kokoschka, Kandinsky, Marinetti and other(...)
Il libro come opera d'arte / The book as a work of art
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This succinct catalogue features wonderful cover and interior spread reproductions of a selection of the most important and influential artist's books of the twentieth century. Beginning with Stéphane Mallarmé's 1914 Un Coup de Dés Jamais N'Abolira le Hasard, now yellowed and slightly frayed around the edges, it includes works by Kokoschka, Kandinsky, Marinetti and other Futurists, Constructivists like El Lissitzky and such Dadaists as Schwitters, Tzara, Ernst and Duchamp. Photo experimentation by Maholy-Nagy is followed by Matisse's Jazz. There are Fluxus books by aa.vv., Daniel Spoerri and George Maciunas, mid-60s offerings by Ettore Sottsass, Dieter Roth and Andy Warhol, and Minimalist and Conceptual works by Carl Andre, Lawrence Weiner, Allan Kaprow, Vito Acconci and Bruce Nauman, followed by Arte Povera books and others from the 80s and 90s. Includes a gem-like illustrated bibliographies for all genres of artist's books, from the Futurists to books on typography.
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Miniature books
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Miniature Books is the first lavishly illustrated, authoritative book on the delightful subject of books no taller than three inches. A dazzling array of books on subjects ranging from Shakespeares plays and the Holy Bible to politics and presidents, childrens books, the pleasures of life, and more are shown—with few exceptions—at their actual size.
Miniature books
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Miniature Books is the first lavishly illustrated, authoritative book on the delightful subject of books no taller than three inches. A dazzling array of books on subjects ranging from Shakespeares plays and the Holy Bible to politics and presidents, childrens books, the pleasures of life, and more are shown—with few exceptions—at their actual size.
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In a time of fast scrolling and constant distraction, "Books as art practice" shares 11 personal reflections on using books as a space for art, thought, and connection. For SerraGlia, books are not just containers for finished work — they are the work: a process, a practice, and a way to slow down, notice, and create connection beyond the usual art world. This(...)
Books as art practice: Notes from the margins
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In a time of fast scrolling and constant distraction, "Books as art practice" shares 11 personal reflections on using books as a space for art, thought, and connection. For SerraGlia, books are not just containers for finished work — they are the work: a process, a practice, and a way to slow down, notice, and create connection beyond the usual art world. This pocket-sized zine gathers notes from years of personal practice and ongoing curiosity about what art can be in book form.
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Dedicated to the history of the children’s photobook, ''L is for Look" brings together more than a hundred albums published in different countries. From its emergence—marked by the development in the 1930s of new teaching methods based on images rather than text—through to the present day, the children’s photobook has been invested in the realistic nature of photography.(...)
L is for look: Children's photobooks
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Dedicated to the history of the children’s photobook, ''L is for Look" brings together more than a hundred albums published in different countries. From its emergence—marked by the development in the 1930s of new teaching methods based on images rather than text—through to the present day, the children’s photobook has been invested in the realistic nature of photography. Covering all the different categories of children’s literature, from ABC books to reinterpretations of traditional fairy tales, it accompanies the child in their process of development and emancipation and stimulates their creativity, all with a common goal in mind: to question and nurture their view of the world. This genre, which has been explored by some of the major figures in photography, is also a field that is predominately favored by women photographers. It is notable for the diversity of the disciplines it brings together, such as the graphic arts and live performance.
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Exploring art publishing practices today, this book focuses in particular on small-scale publishing in Asia. It attempts to contextualise and compare the region’s increasingly important publishing practices in contemporary art within both historical and regional contexts. The book features a range of interviews and essays contributed by various actors and entities in the(...)
Publishing as method, 2nd edition
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Exploring art publishing practices today, this book focuses in particular on small-scale publishing in Asia. It attempts to contextualise and compare the region’s increasingly important publishing practices in contemporary art within both historical and regional contexts. The book features a range of interviews and essays contributed by various actors and entities in the field, including publishers, artists, designers, curators, collectives, and distribution spaces. Interviews conducted since 2020 also shed light on the complexities and possibilities of artistic practices in the post-pandemic era. ‘Publishing as a Method’ is researched by the Seoul-based publishing collective mediabus.
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Behind a plain-looking cover, this volume documents the rich history of book design, accompanying a retrospective exhibition in Bern, looking at 60 years of the Swiss national award for book design. Of course, Swiss giants of design like Max Bill, Karl Gerstner and Emil Ruder make an appearance, along with Jan Tschichold, the founder of the competition. Essays by Robin(...)
Beauty and the book : 60 years of the most beautiful Swiss books
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Behind a plain-looking cover, this volume documents the rich history of book design, accompanying a retrospective exhibition in Bern, looking at 60 years of the Swiss national award for book design. Of course, Swiss giants of design like Max Bill, Karl Gerstner and Emil Ruder make an appearance, along with Jan Tschichold, the founder of the competition. Essays by Robin Kinross, Mirjam Fischer, Roland Früh, Michael Guggenheimer and François Rappo.
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"No Longer Innocent: Book Art in America : 1960–1980" is the first history to trace the emergence of the artist's book in the U.S. during the 1960s and 1970s. This history takes a inclusive view of the varied field of book art and redresses the sporadic or confused acknowledgment from the art world that has long marginalized the artist's book. The book identifies European(...)
No longer innocent : book art in America, 1960-1980
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"No Longer Innocent: Book Art in America : 1960–1980" is the first history to trace the emergence of the artist's book in the U.S. during the 1960s and 1970s. This history takes a inclusive view of the varied field of book art and redresses the sporadic or confused acknowledgment from the art world that has long marginalized the artist's book. The book identifies European precursors of these kinds of artists' books, then quickly moves to America with the development of artists and books and non-profit organization. "No Longer Innocent" also addresses the ways book art affected and responded to art movements, such as Pop, Fluxus, or Conceptualism.
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Ever since the creation of the first Penguin paperbacks in 1935, their jackets have become a constantly evolving part of Britain's culture and design history. Rich with stunning illustrations and filled with detail of individual titles, designers and even the changing size and shape of the Penguin logo itself, this book shows how covers become design classics. By looking(...)
Penguin by design : a cover story 1935-2005
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Ever since the creation of the first Penguin paperbacks in 1935, their jackets have become a constantly evolving part of Britain's culture and design history. Rich with stunning illustrations and filled with detail of individual titles, designers and even the changing size and shape of the Penguin logo itself, this book shows how covers become design classics. By looking back at seventy years of Penguin paperbacks, Phil Baines charts the development of British publishing, book-cover design and the role of artists and designers in creating and defining the Penguin look. Coupling in-depth analysis of designers - from Jan Tschichold to Romek Marber - with a wide-ranging look at the range of series and titles published - from early Penguins and Pelicans, to wartime Specials, fiction and reference, this is a distinctive picture of how Penguin has consistently established its identity through its covers, influenced by - and influencing - the wider development of graphic design and the changing fashions in typography, photography, illustration or printing techniques. Filled with inspiring images, "Penguin by Design" demonstrates just how difficult it is not to judge a book by its cover.
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