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Slanted 45: Sex
Isbn 9783948440831
Publisher Slanted Publishers
Idea code 250285
€ 22.00
Slanted Magazine #45—Sex embarks on a thought-provoking journey through themes of gender, body image, and sexuality, created in partnership with Munich’s Archive Artist Publications (AAP), directed by artist and archivist Hubert Kretschmer. This edition draws from one of the world’s most extensive private collections of artist publications, home to over 89,988 rare zines, booklets, posters, and other printed matter collected since the 1980s.From contemporary and historical perspectives, this issue showcases zines, booklets, posters, and publications that engage with body politics, self-image, and identity. As visual narratives shape norms, marginalized bodies—non-binary, queer, disabled, racialized—are often underrepresented or portrayed in tokenized ways. Slanted Magazine #45—Sex invites readers to question these conventions and encourages a critical look at the media‘s role in representing bodies.
224 p, ills colour & bw, 16 x 24 cm, pb, English
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Cheryl Buckley - Made in Patriarchy
Isbn 9789893585924
Publisher Bikini Books & Clube do Livro do Design
Idea code 250228
€ 16.65
Made in Patriarchy brings together two key texts by design historian Cheryl Buckley. In 1986, Cheryl Buckley argued that design history is shaped by patriarchal biases that trivialize, marginalize, or erase women’s contributions. She advocated for a feminist critique that not only challenges these patriarchal frameworks but also shifts the focus away from individual achievements to recognize women’s roles as designers, consumers, and subjects of representation. Buckley revisited the evolution of the field in 2020, reflecting critically on both its progress and persisting challenges while also addressing gaps in her earlier thinking. As Bibiana Oliveira Serpa notes in her foreword, “questioning one’s own worldview is, in itself, a feminist act.” In her essay, Serpa examines the trajectory of the green pañuelo, a crucial feminist symbol, weaving Buckley’s insights into the broader context of Latin American struggles for justice and equality.
104 p, ills bw, 11 x 18 cm, pb, English
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Graphic Languages
Isbn 9783948440886
Publisher Slanted Publishers
Idea code 250282
€ 30.00
Graphic Languages is a visual journey through the world’s most influential writing systems—developed in collaboration with international type designers and script experts. At its core is the visual essence of each script: its distinctive forms, cultural expression, and power as a fundamental tool of human communication. With a strong focus on design, Graphic Languages offers an inspiring introduction to the rich diversity of global writing systems. Graphic Languages is also a valuable resource for designers—whether students, professionals, or educators. It includes further reading, expert contacts, and contextual insights that deepen the understanding of the history, culture, and subtleties of writing systems worldwide.
464 p, ills bw, 17 x 23 cm, pb, English
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The Bathroom – From hygiene to wellness
Isbn 9782378965792
Publisher Les Presses Du Reel
Idea code 250361
€ 12.90
As part of a wide-ranging reflection on the living environment, addressing design through its various uses and based on concrete cases, curator, urban planner and art historian Jolanthe Kugler explores the historical and societal dimension of emblematic bathroom objects, highlighting the evolution of representations linked to this seemingly banal room. Launched by mudac—the Museum of Contemporary Design and Applied Arts in Lausanne—Raddar is a series of texts dedicated to design research. Scholarly and provocative, poetic and disruptive, Raddar presents new interpretations of the defining role of design in today's culture.
128 p, ills colour & bw, 12 x 19 cm, pb, English
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The Kitchen – Where function meets pleasure
Isbn 9782378965785
Publisher Les Presses Du Reel
Idea code 250360
€ 12.90
As part of a wide-ranging reflection on the living environment, addressing design through its various uses and based on concrete cases, curator, urban planner and art historian Jolanthe Kugler explores the historical and societal dimension of emblematic kitchen objects, highlighting the evolution of representations linked to this seemingly banal room. Launched by mudac—the Museum of Contemporary Design and Applied Arts in Lausanne—Raddar is a series of texts dedicated to design research. Scholarly and provocative, poetic and disruptive, Raddar presents new interpretations of the defining role of design in today's culture.
128 p, ills colour & bw, 12 x 19 cm, pb, English
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One Single Kite – Liesbeth Abbenes Maurice Scheltens Bertjan Pot
Isbn 9789083528908
Publisher Kite Club
Idea code 250322
€ 34.05
The three members of the self-proclaimed Kite Club love everything about kites, so publishing their process in making a single kite seemed like a natural expression of their affection towards these wonderful objects. After all, the construction of a kite involves many beautiful stages. The particular model represented here is based on a traditional Japanese design called ‘Kaku Dako’, which roughly translates to “rectangular kite”. Usually constructed out of paper and bamboo, their version of the kite is made from ripstop nylon with a carbon fibre frame, which can be dismantled and reassembled for storage, transportation, use, and display. Get inspired to make your own kite!
54 p, ills colour, 24 x 32 cm, pb, English
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Revue Faire 51: "Yell Outside" – International Library of Fashion Research
Isbn 9791095991496
Publisher Editions Empire
Idea code 250359
€ 15.05
A visual journey through an extensive collection of fashion ephemera housed at the International Library of Fashion Research in Oslo, the world's most comprehensive repository of specialized fashion research and contemporary fashion publications. Aude Fellay discusses the challenges facing fashion research today. Revue Faire is a bi-monthly magazine dedicated to graphic design, published from October to June, distributed issue by issue or in the form of anthologies of three or four issues. Faire is aimed for undergraduate students as well as researchers and professionals, documenting contemporary and international practices of graphic design, along with the history and grammar of styles. Each issue focuses on a single subject, addressed by a renowned author.
76 p, ills colour & bw, 22 x 30 cm, pb, French/English
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Handwerk
Isbn 9783906213552
Publisher Rollo Press
Idea code 250366
€ 22.00
Berthold Wolpe’s (1905–1989) first typeface, originally cut in Germany in 1932, underwent numerous name changes, from Wolpe Rursiv to Hyperion. While other designs by the typographer, such as Albertus, found success early, Hyperion’s path remained obscure. A 1952 specimen seemed to be its debut, until earlier traces from 1936 emerged, including blackletter capitals and a different name – Matthias Claudius – a discovery that led to a revision and digital revival, honouring Wolpe’s original vision. Archival material
28 p, ills colour & bw, 20 x 29 cm, pb, English
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A Daily Act: Workbook
Isbn 9789819420933
Publisher Temporary Press
Idea code 250097
€ 16.40
'A Daily Act' is a project by Atelier HOKO that highlights art in the everyday and how seemingly ordinary actions could be creative responses within public realms. It seeks to spark curiousity about what is often overlooked in our daily frenzy by encouraging passersby to explore everyday actions, surrounding objects and daily routines through suggested activities. Part documentation and “workbook”, this publication invites readers to attempt some of the instructions and respond to questions asked in the process of negotiating this project. The instructions on the jacket are randomised and there is a flyer enclosed.
64 p, ills colour & bw, 13 x 18 cm, pb, English
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The Manual of Design Fiction
Isbn 9789083499390
Publisher Set Margins'
Idea code 250263
€ 32.35
This book explores the origins, evolution, and practice of design fiction—creating tangible, evocative prototypes from possible near futures to examine decision-making consequences. As the world grows more complex and unpredictable, anticipating the future is no longer optional—it is essential. From climate change and economic instability to rising inequality and fragile institutions, uncertainty is everywhere. For too long, major decision-makers have viewed the future as a business exercise, engineering problem, or marketing tool. Design fiction offers an alternative: a way to materialize possible futures through artifacts that challenge assumptions, expand foresight, and reveal risks. This book provides a practical approach to integrating design fiction into strategy, research, and innovation.
247 p, ills bw, 18 x 23 cm, pb, English
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Modernist Travel Guide
Isbn 9798218638603
Publisher Sight Unseen
Idea code 250315
€ 32.00
The 'Modernist Travel Guide' is a pocket-sized reference book written and photographed by design historian Adam Štěch (@okolo_architecture), featuring nearly 400 of his favourite examples of modernist architecture across 30 major cities worldwide. Drawing from Štěch’s extensive archive of 150,000 photographs - documenting more than 6,000 buildings and interiors in 40 countries - the guide is an essential travel companion for design enthusiasts. It provides background stories, addresses, and accessibility details for both iconic landmarks and hidden gems.
220 p, ills colour & bw, 12 x 18 cm, pb, English
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Practising Solidarity
Isbn 9789491444753
Publisher Artez Press
Idea code 250302
€ 19.95
Creatives, practitioners, designers, and artistic researchers are engaging in a participatory practice of collectively investigating what practising solidarity in fashion entails. This book recognises the urgency of practising more care for other humans, animals, organisms, and species, as well as the other (living) matter related to fashion, clothing, and textiles. How can we activate radical visions and imaginations of alternative, more solidary fashion systems? And how can we respect the agency of human beings in precarious positions while also acknowledging the lives of other living (non-human) beings? Learn more about the critical strategies, affirmative approaches, and embodied practices.
160 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 24 cm, pb, English
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Inventario 18: Everything Is A Project
Isbn 9791254931547
Publisher Corraini Edizioni
Idea code 250332
€ 12.10
INVENTARIO 18 features a cover dedicated to the hot air balloon, reinterpreted by contemporary artists and explored by Stefano Salis. Marta Elisa Cecchi examines Doris Salcedo's Abyss, while Damiano Gullì discusses Gabriel Orozco’s La DS, and Stefania di Maria presents works where hidden faces represent transformed identities. Marco Manini explores Andrea Pazienza’s revolution in comics, and Mario Piazza highlights Mauro Bubbico’s unique approach to graphic design. Idee showcases Donata Paruccini’s The Fly, while Altri sguardi offers insights into photographer Vittore Fossati. Manolo De Giorgi reflects on colour distinctions in Cromie, and Eleonora Todde discusses Aischa Gianna Müller’s geo-astrology in Utopie. The issue also features Normali Meraviglie, a collection of anonymous works by Anu Tuominen, and ends with Francesco Faccin’s account of the Strelzyk and Wetzel families’ escape from East Germany in a homemade hot air balloon.
160 p, ills colour & bw, 21 x 27 cm, pb, Italian/English
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Jan Dirk van der Burg – Where Do You Want Me? – Portraits of Pure Enjoyment
Isbn 9789081760768
Publisher Jan Dirk van der Burg
Idea code 250255
€ 29.20
‘Where Do You Want Me?’ inspires a zest for life. The book gathers 160 extraordinary figures from Jan Dirk van der Burg’s ‘Volkskrant Magazine’ column “Heerlijk Genieten”, which ran weekly for several years. In a series of diptychs, the various personas complement one another in stories full of passion, purpose, and self-perception. Van der Burg has always found taking people’s portraits to be a complicated affair. But it has gotten him to venture places he would never have gone without a camera in hand, like the Dutch Origami Society’s annual folding day, the Tilburg Terrarium Days, the National Goat Event in the IJsselhallen, and Aruba Day at De Broodfabriek in Rijswijk.
168 p, ills colour, 17 x 24 cm, pb, English
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The Last Pot
Isbn 9791254931592
Publisher Corraini Edizioni
Idea code 250334
€ 33.85
“The Last Pot” is the second chapter of Il Tornitore Matto, born from an idea of the designer trio EOOS, and brings together the projects of ten designers - Michael Anastassiades, David Chipperfield, Michele De Lucchi, EOOS, Naoto Fukasawa, Giulio Iacchetti, Audrey Large, Daniel Libeskind, Philippe Starck, Mario Tsai - who have grappled with the theme of the cinerary urn. A collection of objects almost in motion, that lose the fixity of the eternal to find their place in our daily domestic life: objects to embrace, stack, read, water, incense... that thus find their natural place in life. Conceived by Alberto Alessi with Giulio Iacchetti, Il Tornitore Matto was born as a place for experimental research in the field of Applied Arts. A project desired by Alberto Alessi to investigate new territories where designer and entrepreneur are free to independently establish the rules of the creative process.
224 p, ills colour & bw, 16 x 24 cm, pb, Italian/English
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Design Struggles - Intersecting Histories, Pedagogies, and Perspectives (reprint)
Isbn 9789493246522
Publisher Valiz
Idea code 250340
€ 29.10
This publication offers a critical assessment of the complicity of design in creating, perpetuating, and reinforcing social, political, and environmental problems, both today and in the past. It proposes going against the grain by problematising Western notions of design to foster situated, decolonial, and queer-feminist modes of disciplinary self-critique, and looks at design through the intersections of gender, culture, ethnicity, and class. Applying robust scholarly insight with engaging and accessible modes of conveyance and storytelling, an urgent and expansive array of voices and views emerge from those engaged in struggles with, against, or around the field of design.
448 p, ills bw, 17 x 24 cm, pb, English
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Happy Typographic Families Game
Isbn 9782919380039
Publisher Editions 205
Idea code 250291
€ 12.25
Improve your knowledge of typography and type families around a game of cards. Based on the “official” Vox-AtypI classification developed in 1954 by Maximilien Vox (1894–1974), this deck of cards presents each type family in detail, including their origins, characteristics, historical context, and more. Besides these nine families, you can discover the featured typefaces through specimens that contain and reveal a number of episodes from the history of typography. The game also paints a portrait of type design through the centuries and provides a glimpse of contemporary type design by presenting a number of recent developments from internationally recognised foundries.
74 cards, ills colour, 6 x 9 cm, box, French/English
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Happy Design Families Game
Isbn 9782919380756
Publisher Editions 205
Idea code 250292
€ 15.30
This card game offers an opportunity to familiarise yourself with, learn about, and understand design, its various applications, and the place it occupies in everyday life. Through a selection of objects (biomorphic, popular, useful, engaged, iconic, etc.), the game displays a panorama of design. The cards give an overview of successive movements in design – from its beginnings to the present day – and presents the conceptual approaches that define these objects and designers, from Tupperware, Nokia 5100, and the Bic Cristal pen to Michael Thonet, Ettore Sottsass, and Tinker Hatfield. The deck features ten illustrated families, including one large family, one superfamily, and one joker.
74 cards, ills colour, 6 x 9 cm, box, French/English
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Eye Eye Eye – Undoing Visual Control
Isbn 9782919380503
Publisher Editions 205
Idea code 250294
€ 19.90
Designed like an exhibition, this book is a subjective and annotated atlas of artistic, media-driven, and documentary images in dialogue with one another. It entertains questions from different eras, centred around the symbolic toxicity of images when they overwhelm our field of vision, capture our attention, and alter our capacity for analysis. The books shows how the museum today is a fundamental and decisive place for taking the time to consider existing images and affirm those to come. It revolves around the figure of the wounded eye: how the eye is perceived, shown, and combated, but also what composes its singularity, audacity, aura, and authority.
176 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 23 cm, pb, French/English
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spaces of readings, readings of spaces
Isbn 9782919380787
Publisher Editions 205
Idea code 250296
€ 30.65
This book reconfigures the elements of a brochure first released in 2018, on the occasion of an exhibition of French graphic designer Pierre Faucheux (1924–1999) at Le Signe in Chaumont. Highlighting Faucheux’s dual practice between typography and architecture, the brochure activated the exhibition space by giving a voice to those who had worked with him. His words and those of others could be read alongside the selection of objects, photographs, and architectural models. This expanded version of the brochure contains a visual essay by officeabc with photographs by Anna-George Lopez, plus a foreword by Emmanuël Souchier that offers insight into Faucheux’s practice.
84 p, ills colour & bw, 28 x 35 cm, pb, French/English
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Le Petit Didier
Isbn 9782919380411
Publisher Editions 205
Idea code 250295
€ 45.95
For 30 years, Michel Lepetitdidier has produced expressive compositions through the use of handwriting, painting, and drawing, accompanied by an impeccable precision of graphic and typographic constructions. The first monograph devoted to the work of Le Petit Didier, as he discreetly signs his work, presents and analyses the French graphic designer’s practice today. The book is divided into three parts: an account of the designer’s research work; an analysis and dialogue with Vanina Pinter, art historian and teacher of graphic design theory; and a chronological presentation of a significant selection of Lepetitdidier’s work from between 1989 and 2021.
432 p, ills colour & bw, 21 x 27 cm, pb, French/English
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