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A Magazine 23: Curated by Francesco Risso
Isbn 9789077745267
Publisher A Magazine
Idea code 22213
€ 38.50
Taking the helm for this issue is Italian fashion designer and creative director of the Milan-based fashion house Marni. Drawing upon an intimate yet diverse community of artists, musicians, writers, photographers, and family and friends, Francesco Risso serves up an analogue exploration of the print object through numerous visual and philosophical stimuli that question contemporary notions of living. Divided into 20 distinct contributions across 240 pages and full of lo-fi techniques, the issue is conceived as a compilation of scrapbooks. Each is a conceptual window into the minds and hearts of a protagonist or protagonists that offers a glimpse into their creative process or journey.
240 p, ills colour & bw, 23 x 30 cm, pb, English
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Bas Kosters - 100MJ
Isbn 9789083235905
Publisher Bas Kosters Studio
Idea code 22228
€ 39.00
‘100MJ’ concerns an intuitive and personal drawing project about identity by Dutch artist Bas Kosters. The book features a series of 100 full-page drawings based on the image of Michael Jackson. The series addresses how people are shaped through the eyes of others, examining the reach of recognisability and identity. It also plays with conceptions about visual culture and fame. In these portraits drawn on ephemera, Kosters shows, in a poetic manner, human beings in all their strength.
116 p, ills colour & bw, 24 x 34 cm, hb, Dutch/English
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ROMA Publications #1–425 at Sitterwerk, St.Gallen
Isbn 9789464460179
Publisher Roma Publications
Idea code 22263
€ 18.00
This publication is a catalogue of all the material published up until 2022 by ROMA Publications, founded in Amsterdam in 1998 by Roger Willems, Mark Manders, and Marc Nagtzaam. It appears with the exhibition ‘One can build a table for 425 books’ at Sitterwerk and contains a selection of photographs made between 2001 and 2021 by fellow designer and studio mate Hans Gremmen. As Roland Früh, head of the art library at Sitterwerk, suggests in the preface, “None of the 425 books listed here stand out because they want to; they’re not shining with metallic ink, they’re not oversized, not heavy or loud or shrill. But they radiate something that makes them special.”
160 p, ills colour & bw, 14 x 20 cm, pb, English
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Archivio - UCSC Centenary Edition 1921-2021
Isbn 25331043
Publisher Archivio
Idea code 22221
€ 15.00
This special edition was conceived on the occasion of the Centenary of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, which relied on Promemoria to talk about its archives through a new perspective and an unusual format as proposed by the editorial staff of Archivio Magazine. Every archives hides a special story, one or more tales that have never been read, never been heard: traces, signs that can give life to new interpretations of the past and the present. To sharper visions of our future. The UCSC Centenary Edition by Archivio Magazine is a work of research and narration, an unprecedented witness to how unexpected a project born at the center of a story, at the center of History—in the archives—can be.
176 p, ills colour & bw, 21 x 26 cm, pb, English
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Fast Fluid Fragmented. Art And Design In The Digital Age
Isbn 9789491444623
Publisher Artez Press
Idea code 22157
€ 39.95
What does it mean to be a designer in the digital age? Images are no longer fixed, well-defined artefacts. Instead, they are increasingly automatically generated, interactive, and fluid entities that are less directly the product of human handwork and more the result of complex machines, algorithms, and software. Marijke Goeting examines the nature and cultural effects of media and technologies that are crucial for the design of visual communication today. She analyses how we have reflected on, experimented with, and imagined various approaches to these technologies and suggests ways to engage critically, thoughtfully, and alternatively with the digital tools at hand.
272 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 24 cm, pb, English
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Stuck on the Platform - Reclaiming the Internet
Isbn 9789493246089
Publisher Valiz
Idea code 22216
€ 25.00
No matter how hard you try to delete apps from your phone, the power of seduction draws you back. Doom-scrolling is the new normal of a 24/7 online life. Our addiction to large-scale platforms makes us unable to return to the frivolous age of decentralised networks, despite our rising disaffection. Zoom fatigue, cancel culture, NFTs, and psychic regression comprise core elements of a general theory of platform culture. But we can reclaim the internet on our own terms. Authored by media theorist Geert Lovink and designed by Irene Stracuzzi, ‘Stuck on the Platform’ is a relapse-resistant story about the rise of platform alternatives, built on an understanding of the digital slump.
224 p, ills colour & bw, 15 x 24 cm, pb, English
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Foi 4
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Publisher Galeria Posibila
Idea code 22274
€ 15.50
‘FOI’ showcases designers, artists, photographers, printmakers, researchers, and more. This fourth issue features interviews and talent from the graphic and editorial design world, both in Romania and throughout Europe. Gabriel Barbu talks about his experience as a graphic designer working in the most renowned printing house in Romania. Swiss graphic designer Ludovic Balland takes readers on a journey of good typography, while Maximage introduces the world of colour reproduction. Dutch graphic designer Hans Gremmen talks about his experience in the book design industry, and Romanian literary magazines delve through history and culture. Designed by Graphomat.
104 p, ills colour & bw, 23 x 32 cm, pb, Romanian/English
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Neutral Colors 2022 Spring Issue 3
Isbn 9784909932082
Publisher Neutral Colors
Idea code 22238
€ 29.80
Fusing Risograph and offset printing in an eye-catching visual collage, the third instalment of ‘Neutral Colors’ features adult education and covers various regions and people, including Indonesia, Switzerland, the United States, and Japan. The fundamental question, “Why do adults continue to learn?” is answered from an entirely personal perspective by multiple contributors. In this case, the publication’s poster-like design experiment is a device that expresses the continuity of learning in the magazine itself, page after vibrant page. English translation can be downloaded from the QR code.
264 p, ills colour, 18 x 26 cm, pb, Japanese
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Neutral Colors 2021 Spring Issue 2
Isbn 9784909932068
Publisher Neutral Colors
Idea code 22237
€ 29.80
The second issue of ‘Neutral Colors’, the independent Japanese magazine that combines offset and Risograph printing, revolves around the theme of “school”. For instance, a story of visiting an elementary school for the first time in decades, or a look at the origins of education for the disabled at the Yosa no Umi Support School. Other topics addressed on its wildly colourful pages include the hip-hop scene in Bhutan, Steiner education in Germany, life in an old dormitory at Kyoto University, Icelandic education, and an elementary school in Kagoshima that is set to be closed. English translation can be downloaded from the QR code.
256 p, ills colour, 18 x 26 cm, pb, Japanese
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Tokyo Artrip: Sake
Isbn 9784568431001
Publisher Bss Bijutsu
Idea code 22146
€ 17.45
‘Tokyo Artrip’ is a series of guidebooks about the Japanese capital. Each edition introduces a different theme selected from Japanese culture, art, and design. In this instalment, four specialists guide an exploration of the famous Japanese beverage known as sake. It kicks off with learning about new style sake from ‘kikisake-shi’ (Master of Sake) Dmitry Bulakh, who runs a sake bar in Tokyo. Next, Yoshiro Takahashi, a culinary specialist, introduces several restaurants with welcoming owner-chefs. In part three, learn the sake basics from Shuzo Imada, director at Japan Sake and Shochu Information Centre. Finally, meet Satoko Hasegawa, a seventh-generation sake brewer.
130 p, ills colour & bw, 12 x 20 cm, pb, Japanese/English
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Fausto Gilberti - Louise Bourgeois
Isbn 9788875709969
Publisher Corraini Edizioni
Idea code 22248
€ 17.00
Continuing Fausto Gilberti’s series of books which amusingly recount the work of the great protagonists of contemporary art, he writes how Louise was afraid of the dark and of many other things, but she had no fear of spiders. She felt protected by them because they ate mosquitoes during the summer, but most of all because they reminded her of her mother, who was a weaver. This thread runs through Gilberti’s tale of the prolific French-American artist Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010). In the style of a children’s book, he revisits important episodes in the artist’s life, especially celebrating the fact that, at 87 years of age, she returned to her childhood affinity for spiders – on a very large scale.
40 p, ills colour & bw, 20 x 20 cm, pb, Italian/English
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Andrea Antinori - A Well-hidden Greyhound
Isbn 9788875709884
Publisher Corraini Edizioni
Idea code 22249
€ 27.80
Not everyone knows that greyhounds are extremely cautious and careful animals. In fact, they hide because they are afraid of literally everything. And when they are hiding, it is not easy to find them and convince them to come out again. So how can you prevent your greyhound from suddenly running off in search of the nearest hiding place? Andrea Antinori offers several strategies, from trying to disguise your greyhound to taking your greyhound to places where there is less risk of meeting anyone. With his usual irony and light-heartedness, Antinori delivers a book that will make you smile at every page as you fall in love with this elegant and hopelessly fearful animal.
40 p, ills colour, 24 x 30 cm, hb, Italian/English
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Illustrators Annual 2022
Isbn 9788875709914
Publisher Corraini Edizioni
Idea code 22251
€ 50.55
The Illustrators Annual 2022 brings together illustrations by the 78 artists chosen for the 56th Illustrators Exhibition: a comprehensive catalogue offering a panorama of the illustrated universe through facets from every corner of the world, with a selection of images that follow the common thread of creativity and the pursuit of great emotional impact. The 2022 cover was designed by the illustrator Elena Odriozola, winner of the Grand Prix BIB 2021.
192 p, ills colour & bw, 23 x 28 cm, pb, Italian/English
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Ho Tzu Nyen: Night March of Hundred Monsters
Isbn 9784907562335
Publisher Torch Press
Idea code 22139
€ 29.05
Singaporean artist Ho Tzu Nyen’s exhibition at the Toyota Municipal Museum of Art is themed around yōkai from Japanese folklore. Parading through the night, these supernatural, often shapeshifting entities can be understood as an eruption of the unconscious into the space of everyday life. The artist uses cartoon-like illustrations to depict his taxonomy of monsters. Among the peculiar and sometimes humorous yōkai are also a number of historical Japanese persons involved in the occupation of the Malay Peninsula during World War II. This catalogue functions as an introduction to each of the yōkai and a guide to the various and complex elements hidden within the exhibition.
282 p, 15 x 22 cm, pb, Japanese/English
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The Buddhist Images of Kiyomizu-dera
Isbn 9784808711931
Publisher Tokyo Bijutsu
Idea code 22144
€ 19.15
The ancient temple of Kiyomizu-dera is located in eastern Kyoto, in the foothills of Mount Otowa, and dates to the late 8th century. Its name derives from the pure water flowing from the mountain’s waterfall, which collects in a basin below the main hall. Visitors can catch and drink the water, which is believed to have wish-granting powers. The temple enshrines many Buddhist images in a complex of buildings, but few are open to the public. The secret icons in the main hall, for instance, are worshipped from outside the portable shrines that house them. Replete with historical information, drawings, and photographs, this book explores the temple and its icons in extensive detail.
104 p, ills colour & bw, 18 x 24 cm, pb, Japanese/English
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To Become Two - Propositions for Feminist Collective Practice
Isbn 9783943620580
Publisher Archive Books
Idea code 22198
€ 18.40
To Become Two: Propositions for Feminist Collective Practice offers a narrative of artist Alex Martinis Roe’s research into a genealogy of feminist political practices in Europe and Australia from the seventies until today. These practices include those of the Milan Women’s Bookstore co-operative; Psychanalyse et Politique, Paris; Gender Studies (formerly Women’s Studies) at Utrecht University; a network in Sydney including people involved in the Sydney Filmmakers Co-operative, Feminist Film Workers, Working Papers Collective, and the Department of General Philosophy at Sydney University; and Duoda – Women’s Research Centre and Ca la Dona, a women’s documentation centre and encounter space in Barcelona.
280 p, ills bw, 12 x 20 cm, pb, English
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Many Hands Make a Quilt: Short Histories of Radical Quilting by Jess Bailey
Isbn 9781916323483
Publisher Common Threads Press
Idea code 22207
€ 13.35
Taking radical action is nurtured by quilting. Quilts are tender, fierce, and reliable. They are provocative and reparative. Quilts hold people and stories. As they conform to the unique shape of a body beneath their cascading surface, they affirm the vitality of love and safety. Throughout history, communities have turned to the collective intimacies of quilting in moments of need. This zine tells those stories.
52 p, ills bw, 15 x 21 cm, pb, English
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Redstone Diary 2023: In Search of Beauty
Isbn 9780995518193
Publisher Redstone Press
Idea code 22232
€ 16.50
Philosophers through the ages have often sought answers to the eternal questions of beauty and its perception, including how to define it. What exactly is our experience of beauty? Perhaps it only exists in particular things, but it could just as well be found in universal characteristics and certain shapes and forms. What about physical versus spiritual beauty? Some believe these things overlap, or are even one and the same. There are no simple answers to any of these questions, but this year’s ‘Redstone Diary’ aims to help along the way. Filled with examples of beauty, it also offers the beautiful promise of another year.
ills colour & bw, pb,
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Tiger Postcards
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Publisher Rop Van Mierlo
Idea code 22260
€ 14.00
Amsterdam-based graphic designer and illustrator Rop van Mierlo is known for his wet-on-wet painting style that results in amorphous, fuzzy shapes. Yet these vibrant blobs are still easily recognisable as various members of the animal kingdom. For this series of ten postcards in yellow and black, ten different tigers majestically march across the paper.
10 p, ills colour & bw, 15 x 10 cm, postcard, English
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Bench Players Postcard Set - Rop van Mierlo
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Publisher Rop Van Mierlo
Idea code 22231
€ 14.00
Amsterdam-based graphic designer and illustrator Rop van Mierlo is known for his wet-on-wet painting style that results in amorphous, fuzzy shapes. Yet these vibrant blobs are still easily recognisable as various members of the animal kingdom. The ‘Bench Players’ postcard pack, for instance, includes a frog, parrot, panda bear, sperm whale, bumblebee, butterfly, jumping spider, and more.
10 p, ills colour, 15 x 10 cm, postcard, English
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Martijn In 't Veld - Sometimes Coffee Sometimes Tea
Isbn 9789083016146
Publisher Happy Potato Press
Idea code 22229
€ 21.40
Combining influences from poetry, conceptual art, and children’s books, Martijn in ‘t Veld has been publishing a wide range of printed matter under the Happy Potato Press imprint since 2019. ‘Sometimes Coffee, Sometimes Tea’ puts a whimsical spin on our caffeinated (or not) beverage preferences. The collection of illustrations includes the mundane (a cup of coffee, a cup of tea, a cola bottle full of coffee, a pan full of tea) but also the unlikely (a dog full of tea, a walnut full of coffee, a coconut full of tea, a shoe full of coffee) – unless there’s been some sort of mishap.
48 p, ills colour, 24 x 24 cm, hb, English
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Martijn in 't Veld - The Weather
Isbn 9789083016153
Publisher Happy Potato Press
Idea code 22243
€ 14.00
'The Weather' is a collection of obituaries of writers, musicians, and artists along with the weather report from the day they died. Among the notable names listed in this booklet are Ernest Hemingway, Bas Jan Ader, On Kawara, Sylvia Plath, Robert Walser, Marguerite Yourcenar, Billie Holiday, Curtis Mayfield, and Gil Scott-Heron.
64 p, no ills, 13 x 20 cm, pb, English
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Hato Zines 25: Alfred Bramsen - Bento
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Publisher Hato Press
Idea code 22276
€ 10.95
Influenced by Alfred Bramsen's biggest source of inspiration the zine features a journey of colour and food through water-coloured bento boxes. Alfred Bramsen is a London-based illustrator, homeware designer, and curator. With a passionate influence from Japan, Alfred is known for his watercolor pieces and personal style.
16 p, ills colour & bw, 14 x 20 cm, pb,
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Hato Zines 18: LPPL and Åbäke Come back, don't come back
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Publisher Hato Press
Idea code 22278
€ 10.95
Zine no.18 in the Hato Press Zine series is a collaboration between artist LPPL and Åbäke, a graphic design collective based in East London. "The story started when mommy was saying that we should put some mice traps up and she wanted to kill them because she only likes my teddy mouse. So we started making some immediately but I had always wanted a pet… We made some traps not to kill them, but to catch them but most of them didn’t work. A pest became a pet but no for long as Mushroom, as we called the only mouse we kept, disappeared. Somehow we were sad but also happy. We didn’t see any mice since."
16 p, ills colour & bw, 14 x 20 cm, pb, English
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Hato Zines 07: Imperfect Perfect Circles by Isabel + Helen
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Publisher Hato Press
Idea code 22279
€ 10.95
Zine No.7 in the Hato Press Zine Series 'Imperfect Perfect Circles' by Isabel + Helen sees the set designing duo creating almost perfect circles through handmade contraptions. Although the set up may seem chaotic, the outcome itself is calm, ordered, and hypnotic. It is a perfect mix of imperfect human hand which sets up the piece, and the accuracy of the machine which completes the process making a nearly perfect circle every time, no two alike.
16 p, ills colour, 14 x 20 cm, pb, English
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Hato zines 20: You Urn't This by Tabitha Weddell
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Publisher Hato Press
Idea code 22277
€ 10.95
Based on the exploration of funeral obituaries, cremation urns and vessels. From Juicy Couture tracksuits to streetwear brands, this zine explores the reinvention of classic urns to match the personality of die hard designer brand lovers. Tabitha Weddell's work is playful, tongue-in-cheek and often has a sense of humour. Her practice is an exploration to see what different forms can take the same idea whether that be a series of photos or re-creating a funeral catalogue.
16 p, ills colour, 14 x 20 cm, pb, English
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