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Purple 37: The Future Issue
Isbn 17668832
Publisher Purple Institute
Idea code 22126
€ 42.00
Purple features The Future, avoiding two obvious scenarios: the optimistic narrative of the ’60s and ‘70s - which aimed to design the world of tomorrow, based on progress, space age, new age - and the dystopic vision of the ‘80s, with cyberpunk culture and artificial intelligence. As both visions are two sides of the same illusion: the future will either save or destroy us. Seeing it as impossible to predict, Purple sees the future as not a narrative or a destination, but simply something that happens to us. For this issue the team casted creatives and a few artists who truly incarnate the future: among them, trans philosopher Paul B. Preciado, Jon Rafman about cyberspace and gaming, non-binary artist Eliza Douglas and Balenciaga’s wonder Demna. All artists and designers featured are vehicles to the future and encourage us to open up to new possibilities - because the future is now.
512 p, ills colour & bw, 24 x 33 cm, hb, English
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Hansje van Halem - Sketches Edition 4
Isbn 9789083052168
Publisher De Buitenkant
Idea code 22128
€ 45.00
The fourth in a series of publications produced in cooperation with Dutch publishing house Uitgeverij de Buitenkant, ‘Sketches’ was designed by Hansje van Halem. Since establishing her own studio in 2003, the graphic designer has been working on alphabets, patterns, textures, and more. Van Halem’s designs are layered graphic landscapes that invite the gaze to linger. Trippy colours, eye-catching surfaces, and quirky complexities evoke memories of episodes from the history of design. The focus here is on the domain of the printer: ink and paper, line and grid, overprint and knockout. It is an interplay of experimentation and a search for variation, full of surprises and serendipity.
80 p, ills colour, 20 x 29 cm, pb, English
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In the Shadow of Trees
Isbn 9782960251944
Publisher Hangar
Idea code 22082
€ 39.80
The images gathered here create a canopy that is rich in meaning and which contributes to a debate about the separation between artistic savoir faire and the scientific understanding of nature and its spiritual, cultural, and political implications. The tree is a powerful subject in this respect, raising questions about the purpose of our civilisation and its relationship with nature. After all, the tree needs our unconditional protection as a key element in a balanced biodiversity. Organised as part of the PhotoBrussels Festival 06, this catalogue appears with the 2022 group exhibition ‘In the Shadow of Trees’, featuring seventeen photographers and the three festival prize-winners.
164 p, ills colour & bw, 23 x 29 cm, pb, French/Dutch/English
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Subjective Atlas of Kaunas
Isbn 9789464448009
Publisher Subjective Editions
Idea code 22099
€ 24.50
Between 1919 and 1940, Kaunas served as Lithuania’s temporary capital, triggering a massive boom in construction that greatly increased its urban area. For this instalment of the Subjective Atlas series, a group of almost 40 creative residents mapped the contemporary identity of Kaunas through their personal interests, experiences, and domesticity, visualising the heritage and history of Lithuania’s second-largest city. The book highlights a surprising collection of urban, natural, and everyday spaces and artefacts, inviting readers to reflect on how this material and immaterial modernist heritage is perceived or observed, appreciated or disliked, ignored or associated with.
192 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 22 cm, pb, Lithuanian/English
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The City is Ours #1: Discarded Gums
Isbn 9789526878447
Publisher Other Editions
Idea code 22096
€ 20.00
The first edition in a series of six “bookzines” that invite you to explore your surroundings with a more curious gaze. Each is dedicated to a single theme relating to a street-level detail, proving that anything can be more interesting and meaningful than what it seems to be. Unless you live in Switzerland or Singapore, chewing gum discarded on the ground is a ubiquitous sight. But why depositing gum on the ground has become acceptable in most places is still unclear. This issue offers a provocative and fresh perspective on a phenomenon that is too often seen in a negative light. How many types or colours can be found? Do they form constellations? And what about ants?
72 p, ills colour & bw, 15 x 22 cm, pb, English
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Signs Fiction: Seeking a New Language
Isbn 9789526878423
Publisher Other Editions
Idea code 22114
€ 12.00
SerraGlia is the alias of Italian architect and visual artist/designer Lorenzo Servi. Long fascinated by cities and semiotics, he decided to create an artistic and slightly ironic visual statement about a mysterious script developed by construction workers over the years. Made with adhesive tape, these signs are readable by only a select group. Is this some sort of secret language? Or is there in fact no meaning at all? SerraGlia does not seek to reveal the absolute truth of these found signs and strangely runic symbols. Instead, he wants to question our perception of our surroundings. Are things always as they seem?
48 p, 15 x 21 cm, pb, English
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Mode Surreal – A Crazy Love for Wearing
Isbn 9784861528804
Publisher Seigensha
Idea code 22123
€ 24.85
Surrealism has influenced every aspect of the 20th century. In the world of fashion, new ideas that had absorbed its influence were realised thanks to creators who, anticipating the image of a new era, reflected the spirit of the age while producing innovative fashion that overlapped with the surrealists’ ideals. Conversely, the surrealists drew inspiration from clothing and things such as coats, dresses, hats, and gloves, which provided the stimulus for numerous artworks. Published in conjunction with the eponymous exhibition at Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, this volume explores the expressive beauty that generated opportunities and sensations in the fashion world.
232 p, ills colour & bw, 15 x 22 cm, pb, Japanese
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My First Lizzi - Design of Felice (Lizzi) Rix Ueno
Isbn 9784861528736
Publisher Seigensha
Idea code 22124
€ 20.25
Austrian-born designer Felice “Lizzi” Rix-Ueno (1893–1967) spent many years living in Japan and became an influential figure in the Japanese modern art scene. She was primarily known for her textile, wallpaper, and craft designs, which have been described as a fusion of the sensibilities of Vienna and Kyoto. This book offers a comprehensive introduction to her work, from wall decoration to cloisonne and beyond. Besides presenting numerous design works created by Lizzi, it includes creative essays by women who have pioneered a unique world of expression in the world of art, literature, and design. Discover the vitality and charm of Lizzi from various perspectives.
192 p, ills colour, 15 x 20 cm, pb, Japanese
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Water Futures - Where Will the Water Come From?
Isbn 9780578529080
Publisher A/D/O MINI
Idea code 22087
€ 22.15
Jane Withers Studio has a particular interest in raising awareness of environmental issues andinspiring change through design. The studio draws on an extensive network of architects,designers and professional and academic experts from different fields as collaborators on eachproject. Jane has created critically acclaimed exhibitions and events at the Victoria and AlbertMuseum and Royal Academy of Arts among many others. This research catalogue brings together the findings from the year-long Water Futures programme, exploring the ongoing relationship between drinking water and city life, curated by Jane Withers Studio.
192 p, ills colour & bw, 18 x 26 cm, pb, English
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The Happy Hypocrite –Without Reduction, issue 12
Isbn 9781912570102
Publisher Book Works
Idea code 22030
€ 15.20
“Without Reduction” marks the twelfth and final issue of ‘The Happy Hypocrite’ journal, which has been publishing experimental art writing for thirteen years. In conceiving it, editor Maria Fusco was informed and inspired by periodical publications with concise, meaningful lifespans. Her goal has always been to publish new work that would not otherwise have a place to be shared, to be experienced, or to be disagreed with. It makes space for other voices who need to say things in their own way. Among the varied contributors to this issue are Sumaya Kassim, Alison Balance, Jaakko Pallasvuo, Oisin Byrne, Jordan Baseman, Mohamedali Ltaief, Jesse Darling, and many more.
188 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 23 cm, pb, English
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Stéphane Ruchaud - Skatepark Continua
Isbn 9791097416218
Publisher Rue Du Bouquet
Idea code 22077
€ 33.60
As part of its initiative to transform an old industrial mill into a contemporary art spot for Galleria Continua in France, MBL Architectes teamed up with Bureau David Apheceix and Camille Frechou to construct a skatepark in an area of structural remnants, horticultural plants, and wild endemic species. They drew inspiration from the fluidity of 1970s skateparks designed around the premise of non-standard architecture, mingling existing greenery with the curvaceous lines of raw concrete. Integrated into its surroundings, the project becomes a vital part of the former industrial landscape and is conceived as a continuous strip that connects various features on an undulating foundation.
72 p, ills colour, 24 x 32 cm, hb, French/English
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Not Fully Human, Not Human at All
Isbn 9783948212773
Publisher Archive Books
Idea code 22118
€ 20.45
The project 'Not Fully Human, Not Human at All' looks into processes of dehumanization that are are taking place in Europe. Dehumanization is generally understood as the degradation of human life, that human beings inflict upon each other. The artists taking part in the project question the the obsolete category of the human, by imagining concepts from a new vocabulary of the process that can be called re-humanization.
160 p, 17 x 24 cm, pb, German/English
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Imagine something new, like justice
Isbn 9783948212711
Publisher Archive Books
Idea code 22116
€ 15.30
'Imagine something new, like justice' is a publication project realised by the 2019–2021 fellows of the Graduate School programme at the Berlin University of the Arts: Yalda Afsah, Salwa Aleryani, Neslihan Arol, Anthony R. Green, Mariam Mekiwi, Rindon Johnson, and R A Walden. The intricacies of building societal, historical, corporeal, and environmental justices today in theory and praxis make the common denominator among their sonic, visual, filmic, theatrical, literal, sculptural, and installation oriented researches.
224 p, 16 x 23 cm, pb, English/Arabic/Turkish
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Wicked Little Town
Isbn 9783948212568
Publisher Archive Books
Idea code 22117
€ 20.45
'Wicked Little Town' gathers more than fifty artists and critical thinkers traversing trans-temporal imaginations of resistance, unruliness, and non-compliance across genders, abilities and national borders. Highlighting companionship, alliances, and bonds, this publication tunes to critiques of normativity and dialogues around the interdependency between intersectional oppressions and collective paths of liberation. It assembles non-violent grammars and vocabularies, especially of those artists, scholars, and activists who are often excluded from dominant narratives.
512 p, 17 x 24 cm, hb, English
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Perverse Decolonization?
Isbn 9783948212483
Publisher Archive Books
Idea code 22113
€ 18.40
New nationalisms, toxic patriotisms and systems of exclusion have been on the rise for the last decade, reinforced by technology and rooted in colonialism, slavery, and class oppression. Our time offers a unique twist on these age-old structures: rhetorics of decolonization are now weaponized by autocratic regimes, just as they are normalized in the phantasmagoria of cultural practices. This book is the result of a (self-)critical project of discussions, workshops, exhibitions, and meetings in Cologne, Poland, Israel, Hong Kong, and Chicago.
164 p, ills bw, 15 x 21 cm, pb, English
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The What the Fuck!
Isbn 9791092775341
Publisher Le Monte en l'Air
Idea code 22070
€ 12.90
Between cabinet of personal curiosity and documentary corpus, this collection of images gleaned from the Web offers a contemporary vision of amateur photography. It questions the place, function, and sharing of vernacular images, but also the new social relationships this phenomenon illustrates. On the social networks and websites where these images are found, the content is often accompanied by the acronym “WTF”, signifying the bewilderment it causes – a modern expression of the incomprehension and discomfort of the “voyeur” who looks at these images. In our mad rush to share extraordinary content for an anesthetized public, we accelerate the dilution of meaning.
400 p, ills colour, 14 x 10 cm, pb, English
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What the Mega Fuck!
Isbn 9791092775310
Publisher Le Monte en l'Air
Idea code 22071
€ 12.90
Between cabinet of personal curiosity and documentary corpus, this collection of images gleaned from the Web offers a contemporary vision of amateur photography. It questions the place, function, and sharing of vernacular images, but also the new social relationships this phenomenon illustrates. On the social networks and websites where these images are found, the content is often accompanied by the acronym “WTF”, signifying the bewilderment it causes – a modern expression of the incomprehension and discomfort of the “voyeur” who looks at these images. In our mad rush to share extraordinary content for an anesthetized public, we accelerate the dilution of meaning.
400 p, ills colour, 14 x 10 cm, pb, English
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What the Super Mega Fuck!
Isbn 9791092775358
Publisher Le Monte en l'Air
Idea code 22072
€ 12.90
Between cabinet of personal curiosity and documentary corpus, this collection of images gleaned from the Web offers a contemporary vision of amateur photography. It questions the place, function, and sharing of vernacular images, but also the new social relationships this phenomenon illustrates. On the social networks and websites where these images are found, the content is often accompanied by the acronym “WTF”, signifying the bewilderment it causes – a modern expression of the incomprehension and discomfort of the “voyeur” who looks at these images. In our mad rush to share extraordinary content for an anesthetized public, we accelerate the dilution of meaning.
400 p, ills colour, 14 x 10 cm, pb, English
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What the Giga Super Mega Fuck!
Isbn 9791092775372
Publisher Le Monte en l'Air
Idea code 22073
€ 12.90
Between cabinet of personal curiosity and documentary corpus, this collection of images gleaned from the Web offers a contemporary vision of amateur photography. It questions the place, function, and sharing of vernacular images, but also the new social relationships this phenomenon illustrates. On the social networks and websites where these images are found, the content is often accompanied by the acronym “WTF”, signifying the bewilderment it causes – a modern expression of the incomprehension and discomfort of the “voyeur” who looks at these images. In our mad rush to share extraordinary content for an anesthetized public, we accelerate the dilution of meaning.
400 p, ills colour, 14 x 10 cm, pb, English
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