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Flaneur issue 09: Paris Boulevard Périphérique
Isbn 9772196537004
Publisher Edition Messner
Idea code 23218
€ 28.00
Flaneur's ninth edition focuses on the Boulevard Périphérique in Paris – choosing the former city wall and current city limits of Paris is intended to pose the question of how narratives of the peripheries could challenge centralist power and pave the way for a city of the future that reflects the reality of a multitude of communities rather than a normative majority. In an attempt to mirror this idea in its editorial approach, the editors have decentralized the making process for Issue 09 by inviting four curating editors (Alix Hugonnier, Annabelle Lacroix, Heryte Tefery Tequame and Justinien Tribillon) who, together with the team of Flaneur, conceptualized the issue in constant exchange and collaboration.
192 p, ills colour & bw, 24 x 31 cm, pb, English/French
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Slanted #41 - Amsterdam
Isbn 9783948440473
Publisher Slanted Publishers
Idea code 23253
€ 21.00
Color and form play an important role in Amsterdam’s design, which is egalitarian and serves the masses. Design is ubiquitous in Amsterdam, from the bike path to the police cars and even the city crest. The maze of canals and the upcoming neighborhoods are characterized by muted tones, dominated by black cobblestones, and dark brick. Behind the facades it rattles. The Dutch have always let it rip. The orange is more intense, the red more luminous, the black more brutal. Design is radical, it crashes, it vibrates. In its 41st issue, Slanted gathers a selection of Amsterdam’s most brilliant minds and provides deep insights into their work and values in the magazine and in the numerous video interviews. Illustrations, interviews, essays, and an extensive appendix with many useful tips and an overview with the best Dutch writings complete the issue thematically. Featuring Irma Boom, De Designpolitie, Novo Typo, fw:books, Hansje van Halem, Athenaeum Boekhandel and Karel Martens among many others.
224 p, ills colour & bw, 16 x 24 cm, pb, English
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cc-tapis an encounter with Charlotte Perriand (1972-2023)
Isbn 9789077745281
Publisher A Magazine
Idea code 23249
€ 39.00
By 1972, architect and designer Charlotte Perriand had dedicated a significant amount of her life to Les Arcs, a sprawling ski complex in the French Alps that would become one of her most ambitious projects. Six unpublished colour studies for a series of woven panels intended to brighten the alpine apartments, dated that same year, have laid untouched for 50 years in her Paris archives. Now they are brought to life by cc-tapis as a collection of handwoven carpets, presented in an exhibition celebrating Perriand’s unpublished archives and mastery of colour – testament to her lifelong passion for artisanal craft, from Japanese lacquer work to line block printing.
48 p, ills colour, 15 x 21 cm, pb, English/French
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The Colour Journal – The Blue Issue
Isbn 9781838237707
Publisher Alep Publishing
Idea code 23197
€ 69.90
The Colour Journal is not simply another publication about the meaning of colour. Colours have not been approached in a literal way but as a starting point, a pretext to tell bigger stories, a means of revealing the story within the story: we all know Henri Matisse's Blue Nudes, but who can say the same about Biskra, the forgotten Algerian oasis that inspired him? We may also know about the ultramarine pigment that Yves Klein patented, but who has heard of Edouard Adam, a merchant in Montparnasse who discovered its formula? The Colour Journal intends to fight against the dictatorship of immediacy, to give depth to the pretty images of fashion magazines and Instagram feeds, to delve into familiar moments of art history and discover what lies beneath, to dig into museum libraries and reveal unseen treasures.
436 p, ills colour & bw, 24 x 32 cm, pb, English
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Girls Like Us #14 - Disappointment
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Publisher Girls Like Us
Idea code 23144
€ 10.20
The feeling of disappointment is not only close to regret, sadness, and dissatisfaction – a feeling of loss, an uncomfortable space (or a painful gap) between expectations and reality – we also understand it as a rattling in the rusty machinery of a society whose fuel is extraction and oppression. Considered an ‘ugly feeling’ by society’s norm, we’re not supposed to vocalize what and who is letting us down. We’re supposed to stay positive, get organized and act, instead of lingering in negative emotions. We’re supposed to be productive. But making space for disappointment can be a strategy of dissensus. Instead of wallowing in impotence, to make explicit what is not meeting expectations for this world can be an act of renouncing and making cracks in the status quo, while not giving up allegiance that another world is possible. Editorial team: Pelumi Adejumo, Persis Bekkering, Dagmar Bosma, Dora García, Jessica Gysel Sara Kaaman, Katja Mater & Yin Yin Wong.
110 p, ills colour & bw, 21 x 28 cm, pb, English
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Broken - Mending and Repair in a Throwaway World
Isbn 9789493039896
Publisher Ludion
Idea code 23267
€ 35.00
We live in a single-use society, where fashion is fast, disposability is the norm and it is easier to replace than to repair. We don't need to mend things anymore – and yet we do. What is it about Homo faber – man the maker – that cannot resist fixing what is broken? As we start to decouple from the linear take-make-waste model that has dominated Western economies since the Industrial Revolution and seek something more circular, an enquiry into what mending means has never been more urgent. With a foreword by The Repair Shop’s Jay Blades, this new book by craft and circularity advocate Katie Treggiden celebrates 25 artists, curators, menders and re-makers who have rejected the allure of the fast, disposable and easy in favour of the patina of use, the stories of age and the longevity of care and repair. Accompanying these profiles, six in-depth essays explore the societal, cultural and environmental roles of mending in a throwaway world.
232 p, ills colour & bw, 22 x 27 cm, hb, English
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Very charming animals: CATS
Isbn 9782940695119
Publisher Label Rapace
Idea code 23226
€ 40.25
Cat lovers, rejoice... or beware. This photographic series by the multifaceted Swiss artist Augustin Rebetez is a tribute, full of humour and witchcraft, honouring felines of all shapes and breeds. Skimmed from the internet, nonchalantly retouched using Photoshop, these images show silly, fantastical, even demonic creatures. Yet through this series Rebetez ultimately paints a mischievous portrait of our society, maliciously depicted in a truly bizarre collection of cats. In his vibrant exploration of a total art which in turn defies categorisation, Rebetez collaborates with numerous artists, punks, models, musicians, and friends in producing his surprising body of work.
48 p, ills colour & bw, 20 x 30 cm, hb, no text
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Sheung Yiu – Everything is a Projection
Isbn 9789492051943
Publisher The Eriskay Connection
Idea code 23256
€ 32.00
During the pandemic, Sheung Yiu started digitising everything on his desk at home, the inevitable confined space to which he was bound during lockdown. He created 3D models of scores of items and added texture details using a technique known as projective texturing. His physical desktop transformed into a 3D digital world. The process produced a dataset of digital objects that reflected his everyday life – intimate, yet strangely generic. The book explores one of many visual systems that form the basis of virtual reality and gaming, exposing the inner mechanisms of computer graphics that are shaping our world. With an interview with Jaakko Lehtinen, head researcher at NVIDIA.
304 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 24 cm, pb, English
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Royal Chambers - Wang & Söderström
Isbn 9789189270428
Publisher Arvinius + Orfeus Publishing
Idea code 23192
€ 51.60
In Royal Chambers, Wang & Söderström present an assembly of five works that investigate our relationship to the term ’home' across digital and environmental developments.Between the visceral present and the future, Royal Chambers posits an expanded idea of home, of care and connection from micro to macro, to shine light on a more integrated and nuanced notion of life and living. The book offers insights into the processes behind the works, as well as essays from five contributing writers that unfold the idea of home as a multifaceted eco system. It also includes AR animations, a short biography of Wang & Söderström, photos of their studio and an index of selected works from 2016–2022. With text by James Taylor-Foster, Jazmin Morris, Magdalena Rozenberg, Oscar Salguero, Yasaman Sheri, David Zilber, Wang & Söderström. Wang & Söderström are a Swedish artistic duo consisting of Anny Wang and Tim Söderström. They currently live and work in Copenhagen, Denmark.
240 p, ills colour & bw, 20 x 28 cm, hb, English
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Pokémon X Kogei - Playful Encounters of Pokémon and Japanese Craft
Isbn 9784808712686
Publisher Tokyo Bijutsu
Idea code 23251
€ 33.15
The catalogue for this exhibition at the National Crafts Museum in Kanazawa opens up a rich world of imagination, inspired by the fusion of pop culture and artisanship. Pokémon have been around since 1996, and traditional crafting techniques for centuries or even millennia. Yet there are many similarities between the two. The raw materials used in crafts and the energy used in the manufacturing process include earth, plants, metal, water, fire, electricity, and other elements analogous to the various Pokémon types. The latter’s systems for refining, cultivating, collecting, and exchanging also seem to overlap with the skills of the craftspeople who have created these astonishing objects.
168 p, ills colour & bw, 20 x 27 cm, hb, Japanese/English
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White ManTM Identity Standards Manual by Oli Bentley
Isbn 9781916442726
Publisher Split
Idea code 23178
€ 11.30
'White ManTM' is an Identity Standards Manual produced by Leeds design studio Split. The manual, which takes on the form of a corporate brand guideline, offers a satirical exploration of the relationship between white and male identity and power. The simple, functional graphic forms that make up the manual's visual content are underscored by a deadpan narration. Dripping with corporate bullshit and beautiful utilitarian graphics, 'White ManTM' offers a snappy but thought-provoking exploration of just how deep the links between power and identity can run. Split founder Oli Bentley writes of the project "The format presents whiteness and maleness to be actively considered as identities, not the invisible 'default' against which so many are currently othered."
122 p, ills bw, 11 x 18 cm, pb, English
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A Golden Thread | The Prutscher Collection of Viennese Children’s Books 1900-1938
Isbn 9791254930342
Publisher Corraini Edizioni
Idea code 23189
€ 60.65
Architect and designer, Otto Prutscher was a member of the most important art and craft movements of the early 20th century, from the Wiener Secession to the Werkbund. His collection of children's books, gathered in the early decades of the 20th century for his daughters Helly and Ilse, is a mirror of the Viennese culture at the turn of the centuries - a golden thread that walks us through the streets and cafes of the "city of dreams," through music, literature, art and architecture. More than 140 children's books to which are added 13 leporellos, 178 postcards, drawings and print proofs, donated in 2022 to the Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense by Beba Restelli, granddaughter of Otto Prutscher and daughter of Ilse. The collection includes titles by great authors such as Hoffmann, Brentano, Mörike, and Wilde, and illustrations by artists such as Richard Teschner, Marie (Rie) Cramer, and Carl Otto Czeschka.
300 p, ills colour & bw, 21 x 25 cm, hb, Italian/English
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Neutral Colors 4: Work
Isbn 9784909932105
Publisher Neutral Colors
Idea code 23223
€ 32.25
‘Neutral Colors’, the independent Japanese magazine combining vibrant offset and Risograph printing with a saddle-stitched binding, presents an issue on “work”. The issue is a bit of an experiment for the publisher, to see if they can make a living (or work) just by making magazines. Its pages are filled with personal ideas, beliefs, and resolutions about the topic at hand. Most notably it includes a record of editor-in-chief Naonori Katoh's visit to Amsterdam, where he stopped by Idea Books and Roma Publications. In addition, there is a feature on the phenomenon of Japanese cold type printing, plus musings on proofreading, the challenges of cultivating “ant plants”, and more.
272 p, ills colour & bw, 18 x 26 cm, pb, Japanese/English Introductions
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Flexible Visual Systems (4th ed)
Isbn 9783948440305
Publisher Slanted Publishers
Idea code 23246
€ 48.00
Flexible Visual Systems is the design manual for contemporary visual identities. It teaches you a variety of approaches on how to design flexible systems, adjustable to any aesthetic or project in need of an identifiable visual language. The book is divided into three parts. The first part is a richly illustrated theoretic introduction explaining the past, present and future of flexible systems. The second part is a hands-on, almost purely visual, description of how to design flexible systems on form, starting with a circle, triangle, square, pentagon and hexagon. The third part explains how transformation processes can become flexible systems for visual identities. To learn how to design flexible systems is not just learning another craft, it is going to change the way you think and work entirely. It is an approach on how to design.
320 p, ills colour & bw, 21 x 25 cm, pb, English
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100 Poster Battle 2 — Sharing Cultural Identities
Isbn 9783948440398
Publisher Slanted Publishers
Idea code 23247
€ 30.00
“Poster Battle” is an experimental, bilingual poster design project supervised by Lars Harmsen and Markus Lange that brings together students from different universities to design posters. In the first round, basic black-and-white motifs were created, consisting of typography/text, image/illustration/photo, or background.
272 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 24 cm, pb, English
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Martijn in 't Veld – The Happy Potato
Isbn 9789083016177
Publisher Happy Potato Press
Idea code 23220
€ 20.00
Since 2019, the Happy Potato Press imprint has been busy producing whimsical matter that combines influences from poetry, conceptual art, and children’s books. But it still makes you think. In this book, for instance, all things begin and end with the happy potato. The cute and colourful illustrations by Martijn in 't Veld follow the saga of the happy potato from the dinner plate to your belly, from the cool underground potatoes on the plant to the whole potato field, and from the happy village to the infinite universe and beyond.
48 p, ills colour, 20 x 20 cm, hb, English
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Martijn in 't Veld – The Happy Potato (Japanese)
Isbn 9789083016191
Publisher Happy Potato Press
Idea code 23221
€ 20.00
Since 2019, the Happy Potato Press imprint has been busy producing whimsical matter that combines influences from poetry, conceptual art, and children’s books. But it still makes you think. In this book, for instance, all things begin and end with the happy potato. The cute and colourful illustrations by Martijn in 't Veld follow the saga of the happy potato from the dinner plate to your belly, from the cool underground potatoes on the plant to the whole potato field, and from the happy village to the infinite universe and beyond.
48 p, ills colour, 20 x 20 cm, hb, Japanese
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Hato Zines 34 How To DIY by Greater Goods
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Publisher Hato Press
Idea code 23236
€ 10.95
A homage to the DIY process that Greater Goods is founded on, and a guide on how to embrace imperfections. The 'Nothing Into Something' mantra began with Greater Goods when it started as a woodworking project, taking discarded materials in his local area and transforming them into functional furniture. This zine features an equipment list of everything needed to get your creative process going as well as a simple bottle bag sewing pattern to make your own drawstring bag.
16 p, ills colour & bw, 14 x 21 cm, pb, English
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Hato Zines 35 - Join Us by Maria Sakurai
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Publisher Hato Press
Idea code 23237
€ 10.95
Zine 35 in the Hato Press Zine Series is here: Join Us by Japanese artist Maria Sakurai invites the reader to participate in her dreamy pastel shaded zine, full of weird and wonderful characters. Space has been left throughout for children or adults alike to scribble and sketch their own entities, alongside Maria’s, supplied with a pencil. Maria Sakurai is a visual artist based in Tokyo. Her playful, character-based work is inspired by movies, music, and subcultures.
16 p, ills colour & bw, 14 x 21 cm, pb, English
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Hato Zines 36 DALL-E 2 Dreams Of Haikus by Modem
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Publisher Hato Press
Idea code 23238
€ 10.95
When OpenAI unveiled DALL-E 2, an advanced AI system capable of generating images from a text description, Modem tasked it with creating images based on haikus by 17th-century master Matsuo Bashō. The result is DALL-E 2 DREAMS OF HAIKUS, a poignant exploration of the expressive abilities of AI, and its potential to shift the boundaries of human imagination. Modem is an office for design and innovation. Working as a hybrid between a think tank and design studio, we envision how human minds and institutions can thrive in the midst of exponential technological change.
16 p, ills colour & bw, 14 x 21 cm, pb, English
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Eyes + shapes + colours
Isbn 9791254930359
Publisher Corraini Edizioni
Idea code
€ 17.05
Can colours and shapes have a life of their own? Eyes + shapes + colours is a game and something of an experiment. When you put an eye in the middle of seemingly abstract shapes, they start to come to life and investigate their surroundings, embracing each other, playing, folding over, and wandering around. What if we changed the position of the eyes we could give life to a different character? A book - the brainchild of designer and animator Lucas Zanotto - where shapes and colors are interwoven with lightness and irony.
28 p, ills colour, 22 x 22 cm, pb,
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