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New Titles in Design & Popular Culture

1 December 2025

See All This 40: Mory Sacko - Cooking is Caring

Isbn 24683981
Publisher See All This
Idea code 251002
€ 24.30

The magazine celebrates its tenth anniversary with a festive issue devoted to food. ‘Cooking is Caring’ is all about how sharing a meal connects people across borders, cultures, and cuisines. Food is a culture we cannot help but consume, and each page explores its richness from a new angle: from nutritional approaches to modern living offered by the Islington Twins to the demystification of food chains through the lens of the humble pizza. Guest-curated by Michelin-starred chef Mory Sacko, it offers readers a glimpse into his world, where the African flavours of his ancestors, the French cuisine of his training, and Japanese sophistication come together on the plate.

192 p, ills colour & bw, 21 x 27 cm, pb, Dutch/English

Alberto Vieceli – More Than Cat Food

Isbn 9783907384183
Publisher Everyedition
Idea code 250997
€ 31.20

Cats in advertising are a popular and effective tool to capture consumers' attention. With their cuteness, elegance, charm, and playful lightness, they can be positive associations with a brand or product, reinforcing its message. Their versatility and instant recognition make them an unbeatable marketing asset. This image collection showcases cats in advertisements or product packaging for watches, jewelry, cosmetics, perfume, cars, cameras, alcohol, cigarettes, furniture, design, art, music, and more. Interestingly, cat food – the one product that makes the most sense for cat related advertising – has been totally excluded.

168 p, ills colour, 17 x 24 cm, pb, English

The Best Dutch Book Designs 2024 | De Best Verzorgde Boeken 2024

Isbn 9789083173856
Publisher St. Best Verzorgde Boeken
Idea code 250968
€ 34.00

Every year, 'The Best Dutch Book Designs' celebrates the best products of the graphic industry in the Netherlands: 30 books set apart by the combination of great design and commissioning with high-quality lithography, printing, and bindings. The catalogue is designed by Jeremy Jansen, the photography is done by Justina Nekrašaitė. Alongside an introduction discussing developments and trends from the past year, the catalogue contains an ode to the book written by biologist Auke-Florian Hiemstra, and an interview with Herman van Waarden, this year’s laureate of The Capital.

204 p, ills colour & bw, 22 x 33 cm, hb, Dutch/English

Science of the Secondary 17: Straw

Isbn 9789819431922
Publisher Atelier Hoko
Idea code 250665
€ 19.75

Considering how it is almost taboo in many parts of the world today, Hoko's decision to study the straw is admittedly, not entirely without doubt! Yet, the duo persists, with their first and best attention bestowed on those moments of straw use where the experience is the most subtle—reasons as to why the straw deserves a closer study upon. Perhaps, if presented with clarity on the straws’ role in bringing about these heightened sensations hidden in many commonplace beverages, it may be more acceptable to the reader to give this humble utensil another suck?

60 p, ills colour & bw, 18 x 25 cm, pb, English

Rop van Mierlo – Colouring Book

Isbn 9789081612265
Publisher Rop van Mierlo
Idea code 250982
€ 17.00

Rop van Mierlo is known for his wet-on-wet painting style, which leads to amorphous, fuzzy shapes. But through his skilful application, these vibrantly colourful blobs are still recognisable as various animals. ‘Colouring Book’, however, takes a different approach. Here Van Mierlo uses strictly black paint to produce his signature images of animals such as a snail, dolphins, frogs, bears, seahorses, and even a tarantula, leaving you – in true colouring book fashion – to imagine and add the colours yourself.

28 p, ills bw, 21 x 30 cm, pb, English

Yearbook of Lettering no.2

Isbn 9783948440923
Publisher Slanted Publishers
Idea code 250882
€ 38.00

Following the success of its first edition, 'The Yearbook of Lettering 2' returns with even more global talent – featuring 134 artists from 35 countries. From elegant calligraphy to bold graffiti, this edition showcases striking lettering styles from around the world. Each artist is given a full page to let their work speak visually, supported by a clean, open layout that highlights every form and technique. A detailed index includes bios, materials, and contact info – perfect for quick reference. Whether you're a designer, agency, or lettering enthousiast, this book is an inspiring resource and practical guide to contemporary lettering today.

288 p, ills colour & bw, 16 x 24 cm, hb, English

Riccardo Dalisi

Isbn 9781036929039
Publisher Spazio Leone
Idea code 250988
€ 45.25

Riccardo Dalisi (1931–2022) was an influential figure whose work bridged architecture, design, art, and social engagement. A pioneer of Italian radical design and participatory architecture in Naples, Dalisi was celebrated for his inventive spirit and poetic approach. Through photography, sketches, design objects, and poetry, this book offers a rich visual portrait of his multifaceted and whimsical practice. It captures both the depth and playfulness of his work, and highlights his collaborative, community-driven projects. Rather than following a linear narrative, it offers an intuitive journey through his creations – a vivid tribute to a visionary who redefined the boundaries of creativity.

226 p, ills colour & bw, 24 x 30 cm, pb, Italian/English

Self Service 63: Belgium Fearlessly

Isbn 1252865X
Publisher Self Service
Idea code 250828
€ 41.15

Since its inception, ‘Self Service’ has maintained close ties with Belgium’s fashion community and its creative dynamics, and how much the Belgian ideology, education, and values vested in their mindset are relevant to today. Pieter Mulier, Belgian fashion designer and current creative director of Maison Azzedine Alaïa – and guest editor of this special issue – believes this should be a continued source of inspiration, especially for any newcomers starting out in the industry who are searching for meaning and guidance. This issue is Mulier’s homage to the old and new guard of Belgian creatives in the world of fashion, art, and architecture, from small-town dreamers to global influencers.

550 p, ills colour & bw, 24 x 31 cm, hb, English

Revue Faire 54: The Director, the Graphic Designer, and the Printer: Pontus Hultén and the Making of the Catalog, 1960-1973.

Isbn 9791095991557
Publisher Editions Empire
Idea code 250998
€ 15.05

Centered on the emblematic figure of Pontus Hultén, this issue of Revue Faire exploresthe director’s publishing work during his time at the head of the Moderna Museet in Stockholm,from 1960 to 1973. Director and founder of a number of institutions, including the Moderna Museet and the Centre Pompidou, Pontus Hultén published books throughout his career. Beginning in the 1960s when he was appointed director of Sweden’s first museum of modern art, he fully embraced the challenge of the exhibition catalog, even becoming involved in its design.

64 p, ills colour & bw, 21 x 30 cm, pb, French/English

Revue Faire 53: Graphic Designers as Iconographers

Isbn 9791095991595
Publisher Editions Empire
Idea code 250855
€ 17.20

What happens when contemporary graphic designers reclaim an iconographic tradition that artists themselves once borrowed from design? Tracing a lineage from the painter who drew from life, to the artist who reinterpreted images and texts, to the curator-artist who assembled ready-mades, this essay explores the shifting authorship of images across centuries. In a world saturated with visual references, Chancogne asks: Who, today, holds the torch of iconography - the artist, the designer, or both?

80 p, ills colour & bw, 21 x 30 cm, pb, French/English

Revue Faire 43 - A typeface: "Typographic writing"

Isbn 9791095991571
Publisher Editions Empire
Idea code 250939
€ 7.55

The reissue of issue 43 of the critical graphic design journal offers a reflection on the dynamics between writing and typography. In La Lettre d’imprimerie (1920), Francis Thibaudeau dedicated his manual of modern typography to Georges Auriol, whom he called “the innovator of typographic writing.” The book showcases several of Auriol’s distinctive typefaces - including Auriol-champlevé, Auriol labeur, Française Légère, and Robur Noir. Among these, Auriol labeur stands out: a stencil typeface that merges the expressive, hand-brushed vitality of writing with the mechanical precision of industrial production - an oxymoron Thibaudeau captured in the phrase “typographic writing.” This issue revisits enduring questions: How does the personal gesture of writing coexist with the standardized logic of typography? Can typefaces - these abstract, repeatable forms - carry the living energy of handwriting and history?

36 p, ills colour & bw, 21 x 30 cm, pb, French/English

Revue Faire 34 - An award: What is a most beautiful book?

Isbn 9791095991588
Publisher Editions Empire
Idea code 250938
€ 7.55

The reissue of issue 34 of the critical graphic design journal questions the very notion of “beauty” in typography and the challenges surrounding the Most Beautiful Swiss Books award. Tracing the evolution of aesthetics from the Enlightenment to the age of industrial design, it asks what “beauty” means in the art of bookmaking today - since Jan Tschichold’s influential role in shaping the award in 1943.

28 p, ills colour & bw, 21 x 30 cm, pb, French/English

PIECING PAGES On working in fragments

Isbn 9789493246997
Publisher Line Argaard, ed
Idea code 250989
€ 25.85

Piecing Pages is a (visual) reader which collects the work of fifteen artists, writers and designers across twelve contributions. Each contribution offers insights into a practice or research project that in some way embodies the notion of working in fragments. Together, these contributions unravel how a traditional women’s craft technique – assembling scraps – continues to influence and inform the fragmented working methods of designers, artists and writers today. With contributions by Asefeh Tayebani, Hanka van der Voet, Jess Bailey and Sharbreon Plummer, Joke Robaard, Linda van Deursen, Lucy R. Lippard, Melissa Meyer and Miriam Schapiro, Rietlanden Women’s Office, Ronja Andersen, Rosita Kær, Susu Lee, Youngeun Sohn.

248 p, ills colour & bw, 20 x 26 cm, pb, English

Mella Jaarsma - Trouble Skirts

Isbn 9789490153403
Publisher Kunsthal Kade
Idea code 250984
€ 18.55

In her work, Mella Jaarsma reflects on her daily surroundings, exploring the layers of society and the ways in which we relate to the world and each other. Through costumes, installations, and performances, she delves into her own dual cultural background and offers a critical perspective on culture, identity, ideology, and power. By collaborating with diverse communities, primarily in Indonesia but also elsewhere, she brings a focus on forms of cultural and racial diversity embedded within clothing, intertwining different views and histories. Jaarsma studied visual art in the Netherlands before moving to Indonesia in the 1980s, where she has lived and worked ever since.

128 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 24 cm, pb, Dutch/English

Subjective Atlas of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Isbn 9789464448023
Publisher Subjective Editions
Idea code 251016
€ 25.50

This subjective atlas bring together over 80 personal mappings from people living in a country long defined by outsiders. Reduced to ethnic categories, entities, and war-era narratives, these people inhabit a landscape where trauma lingers and political inertia persists. With a polyphonic cartography, the volume counters these simplifications, presenting visual voices that show how people inhabit, remember, and imagine this place today. Created through participatory workshops across Bosnia and Herzegovina, the contributions comprise drawing, collage, photography, and storytelling. Rather than offering a fixed or objective account, the mappings aim to make the country tangible.

192 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 22 cm, pb, Bosnian/English

Alternative Layout System

Isbn
Publisher Maxitype
Idea code 250932
€ 17.30

Alternative Layout System explores innovative approaches to paragraph formatting, drawing inspiration from historical manuscript techniques to challenge conventional layouts. The research resulted in a plugin for InDesign, available for free download at alternativelayoutsystem.com. The publication presents designers’ experimental work with these scripts. Contributions by Alexis Hominal & Tamara Niklaus, Alice Franchetti, Anatole Couteau & Pablo Desportes, Arve Båtevik, Clemens Piontek, Eurostandard, Isabel Seiffert, Jonathan Hares, Lea Michel, Marietta Eugster & Loan Bottex, Maximage, Mitch Paone, NORM, Omnigroup, Tancrède Ottiger, Teo Schifferli.

40 p, ills colour & bw, 21 x 30 cm, pb, English

Cornbread the Legend (2nd edition)

Isbn 9782970173076
Publisher Maxitype
Idea code 250908
€ 31.60

Cornbread by Cornbread the Legend is a publication released alongside the typeface Cornbread, both celebrating the legacy of Darryl “Cornbread” McCray, one of the first modern graffiti writers and a pioneer of the Hip Hop movement. The book traces McCray’s legendary story from his beginnings in North Philadelphia to his rise as a cultural icon in the late 1960s. When the Philadelphia Tribune mistakenly announced his death in 1971, Cornbread made headlines by tagging an elephant at the Philadelphia Zoo and even a TWA jet, turning an anonymous wall writer into a public figure. The book unfolds in four sections: 36 pages of archival newspaper clippings, 48 pages of Cornbread’s drawings, 48 pages of historic photographs, and a revealing interview with Cornbread by Maxitype. Each copy comes with a desktop license for the Cornbread Fat typeface, developed over two years in collaboration with Maxitype and available at maxitype.com.

174 p, ills colour & bw, 22 x 28 cm, hb, English

Rop van Mierlo – 7 Colouring Book postcards

Isbn
Publisher Rop van Mierlo
Idea code 251020
€ 13.15

7 Postcards, featuring original paintings by Rop van Mierlo. Part of the Colouring Book collection.

7 p, ills bw, 12 x 17 cm, postcard, no text

Striking! Advertising Matches from Singapore (reprint)

Isbn 9789811843983
Publisher Temporary Press
Idea code 22396
€ 40.25

With their rectangular and pocket-friendly form, matchboxes printed with advertisements once offered an affordable and portable means of marketing. Known as “advertising matches”, these petite boxes containing matches, including matchbooks that flipped open from the top, served a functional need in a time when lighters had yet to become commonplace. This collection of over 350 covers from Singapore – each reproduced in actual size – captures the city’s colourful modernisation in the period from the 1970s to 1990s. Discover stylish buildings, modern forms, trendy logos, sexy figures, exotic cultures, flamboyant fonts, and more. A “lit” collection of vintage advertising.

400 p, ills colour & bw, 11 x 8 cm, pb, English

Celestial Planisphere (1884) Map

Isbn 9782380362459
Publisher Reliefs Editions
Idea code 250889
€ 18.40

This Celestial Planisphere containing all the stars visible to the naked eye and the main curiosities of the sky, published in 1884, was created by the illustrator Paul Fouché based on the book Les Étoiles et les curiosités du ciel (1881) by the astronomer and popularizer Camille Flammarion, who also inspired a General Map of the Moon in 1887.

1 , ills colour, 18 x 33 cm, poster, French/English

Diagram of Meteorology (1879) Map

Isbn 9782380362473
Publisher Reliefs Editions
Idea code 250891
€ 18.40

Twelfth and final plate from Astronomie populaire ou description des corps célestes avec atlas en tableaux transparents composé de 12 planches coloriées à l’usage des gens du monde. This carefully revised fifth edition, published in 1879 by the Franco-Belgian publisher Kiessling, is taken from a portfolio published in London in 1846 by James Reynolds: Astronomical Diagrams [Diagrammes astronomiques]. The scene is captivating for its composition, the delicacy of its line work, and the subtlety of its colors. In addition to the impressive central maelstrom, it depicts, among other things, a waterspout, a will-o’-the-wisp, cloud formations, shooting stars, and aerolites—all classified as meteors (from the Greek metéōra, “celestial phenomena or bodies”).

1 , ills colour, 18 x 33 cm, poster, French/English

Fabian Marti Studio Saurus

Isbn 9783952569085
Publisher Rookie Books
Idea code 250854
€ 29.10

Swiss artist Fabian Marti unleashes dinosaurs the likes of which you’ve never seen before: wiggly, surreal and delightfully strange. Abstract forms stomp, thrash and prowl through a prehistoric wonderland, taking imaginative young minds on a thrilling journey of discovery. “Studio Saurus” is the perfect path to the adventurous joy of exploring art – a dino book no child’s room should be without!

16 p, ills colour & bw, 18 x 25 cm, hb, English

Rachel Harrison – Hold Still, Henry!

Isbn 9783952569054
Publisher Rookie Books
Idea code 250871
€ 29.50

In her sculptures, drawings, and photographs, the New York-based artist Rachel Harrison has always loved bringing art history and popular culture into a playful dialogue with each other. For her Rookie Book, she draws inspiration from Hans Holbein’s 500-year-old portraits of King Henry VIII and his court. In 'Hold Still, Henry!' she vividly brings these historical sitters back to life, inviting readers of both classic and cool to meet with the Tudors anew in a fresh, contemporary light.

16 p, ills colour, 18 x 25 cm, pb, English

When Words Fail - On Practice-Based Art, Design and Education

Isbn 9791221083620
Publisher Set Margins'
Idea code 250866
€ 18.50

This volume explores how art and design create knowledge in a world where traditional language has reached its limits. Through the works and writings of more than one hundred artists, designers, and thinkers, it examines how images, gestures, and forms can reveal what words struggle to name. As the boundaries between disciplines dissolve, these contributors test new tools for understanding experience, confronting uncertainty, and challenging dominant narratives. Their practices show that visual work does more than represent reality. It can reshape it, offering critical, situated, and transformative ways of knowing in the blur of the contemporary moment.

256 p, ills colour & bw, 12 x 17 cm, pb, English

Yinka Ilori – Dreaming in Space

Isbn 9788412749328
Publisher Ivorypress
Idea code 250911
€ 41.35

'Yinka Ilori dreams Spaces'. As a British-Nigerian artist and designer, he channels life lessons learned through his upbringing between London and Lagos, to create joyful blooming environments that resonate with a global audience. Believing art and design should be accessible to all, he transforms spaces to foster community and spark optimism. This interactive publication is a mirror of Ilori’s perspectives on the world through imagination. Ilori challenges how we think about dimensionalities, allocation, and the right to claim the spaces we exist in – no matter your background. He creates four unique rooms inspired by past works that exemplary represent the thought processes throughout various areas he works across.

4 p, ills colour, 11 x 15 cm, hb, English

Harvard Design Magazine 53: Reuse and Repair

Isbn 9781934510964
Publisher Harvard University
Idea code 250847
€ 24.60

Today, the feverish churn of demolition and construction that transforms our cities carries profound environmental costs. In this issue, reuse and renewal are explored as urgent acts of design. The magazine seeks to develop and expand this vital movement and engage reuse across multiple scales, from single buildings to downtown streets and the regulatory frameworks that organise cities. Through creative and interdisciplinary thinking, its contents promote the act of bringing new life to what already exists as a powerful brief for designers, their clients, and the communities they serve, examining how architects, planners, and others can breathe new life into what already exists.

248 p, ills colour & bw, 23 x 30 cm, pb, English

Isao Hosoe. The trickster of design

Isbn 9791254931745
Publisher Corraini Edizioni
Idea code 250803
€ 23.00

Isao Hosoe. The Trickster of Design celebrates the designer who saw the trickster as the true spirit of creativity - a figure who breaks rules, defies limits, and sparks innovation through play and curiosity. Published on the occasion of the exhibition at the ADI Design Museum (autumn 2025), the book presents Hosoe’s iconic works - from the Hebi lamp to the 4632 ashtray - alongside sketches, notes, and reflections that reveal his poetic design process. Structured as two notebooks, it offers a dual journey into Hosoe’s inventive world, enriched by contributions from collaborators and scholars.

320 p, ills colour & bw, 12 x 9 cm, pb, Italian/English

Martin Szekely – Debut

Isbn 9782959138928
Publisher Les commissaires anonymes
Idea code 251004
€ 48.40

Following their two-part exhibition presenting Martin Szekely’s early work (2020–2021, followed by 2022), Rémi Gerbeau and Jean-Philippe Mercier now publish a book devoted to these formative creations - his “dedicated” or “attentive” furniture (“meubles attentionnés”). Through Szekely’s first major commissions, the publication traces the emergence of the distinctive lines and conceptual clarity that would come to define the internationally renowned designer. Enriched with a delicate visual narrative by photographer Florent Tanet, featuring evocative exhibition views, this two-volume book highlights Szekely’s commitment to innovation and his exploration of new technologies in everyday objects—qualities that quickly drew the attention of leading clients and established his reputation on the global stage.

192 p, ills colour, 23 x 28 cm, pb, French/English

Ilan Manouach - Tarwar

Isbn 9788880562993
Publisher Nero
Idea code 250802
€ 37.65

Ilan Manouach’s 'Tarwar' builds on his earlier work, 'Abrégé de bande dessinée franco-belge', while expanding its scope to a global perspective. Using computer vision technologies to analyse thousands of comics from diverse cultures, 'Tarwar' focuses on one recurring visual motif: the black panel. Found across genres, regions, and contexts worldwide, these panels mark narrative pauses, inviting reflection, introspection, or suspense. Composed entirely of black panels, 'Tarwar' highlights the universality of this element and demonstrates how comics can function as a shared language that transcends geographic, cultural, and stylistic boundaries - creating a collective narrative experience in a globalized world.

120 p, ills colour & bw, 16 x 24 cm, hb, French/English/Spanish/Japanese

Japanese Music Poster Scrap – Rock

Isbn 9784991160530
Publisher Grand Gallery
Idea code 250769
€ 47.40

An extensive and visually stunning anthology of posters, this volume features more than 400 rare and iconic Japanese rock posters, all photographed in high quality. From rock ‘n’ roll and punk to folk, soul, and blues, it offers an invaluable resource and insight into Japan’s golden era of music culture through its visual legacy. It is also the official catalogue of the exhibition ‘Japanese Rock Posters Collected by Yasushi Ide: 1969–1986’. Ide, founder of the Grand Gallery record label, has been working as a DJ and producer in Japan since the 1980s.

416 p, ills colour, 14 x 21 cm, pb, Japanese

Pilzwerk - Die fantastischen Farben, Formen und Fungi von Hans Walty (German ed)

Isbn 9783039690497
Publisher Christoph Merian
Idea code 250850
€ 41.95

Pilze faszinieren. Sie zersetzen Plastikabfälle, revolutionieren die Nahrungsmittelindustrie und sind Vorbild für kooperatives Arbeiten und Vernetzung. Der Aura der Pilze erlegen war auch der Schweizer Kunstmaler Hans Walty (1868–1948). Er schuf über 500 grossformatige Aquarelle, in denen jeder Pilz in mehreren Ansichten, Querschnitten und mit mikroskopischen Details dargestellt wird. Die Tafeln dienten der Bestimmung der Pilzarten und wurden in schweizerischen Fachpublikationen bis in die 1970er-Jahre publiziert. Hans Walty beobachtete wie ein Wissenschaftler und malte wie ein Künstler. Seine Pilztafeln sind ein Kulturgut von nationaler Relevanz und berückender Schönheit. Das Buch zeigt eine Auswahl der prächtigsten Tafeln und ordnet diese sowohl kulturhistorisch als auch mykologisch ein. Und die Künstlerin Ishita Chakraborty folgt den Fäden, die ihr Leben und Werk über weite Räume und Zeiten mit Hans Waltys Pilzwerk verflechten.

168 p, ills colour & bw, 20 x 27 cm, hb, German

Vico's Spiral: Half Century of Artists' Books

Isbn 9781951163198
Publisher Center for Book Arts
Idea code 250872
€ 38.60

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Center for Book Arts (1974–2024) in New York, ‘Vico’s Spiral’ reflects on the institution’s own exhibition history. The project highlights the innovation, range, and diversity of artists’ book practices over five decades, framed through a nonlinear view of history and revealing recurring ideas, evolving methodologies, and the continuous reinvention that has defined the field. The book features a foreword by Corina Reynolds and essays by Carole Naggar and Kinohi Nishikawa, plus an international directory of exhibitions from 1969 onward, as well as selections of influential artists’ books, compiled by curators, artists, collectors, and scholars.

252 p, ills colour & bw, 15 x 21 cm, pb, English

Bruno Munari's Abc (reprint)

Isbn 9788886250849
Publisher Corraini Edizioni
Idea code 250898
€ 28.40

Bruno Munari's ABC is an alphabet book written and designed by Bruno Munari in 1960 with his characteristic, colourful humour. Originally conceived for the United States, it has become a simple and entertaining English lesson for Italian children and adults. Munari fills the pages of this book with simple, colorful images of everyday objects, united by the initial with which their names begin. This is how we will have an owl together with an onion, or a yellow banana with a blue butterfly.

48 p, ills colour, 22 x 28 cm, hb, Italian/English


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