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Las jemelas - Havana, 2000
Beyond History
Havana 1998 - 2006
Poetic Documentary vs Dirty Realism
Photographs, artwork and texts: Vincent Delbrouck
Poems: Pedro Juan Gutiérrez
Published by BOLD PUBLISHING (Amsterdam)
Book (design) stories
from new typography to swiss style
modernist book design in germany and switzerland 1925–1965 (and beyond)
Hak Nam, City of Darkness, the old Walled City of Kowloon was an unmistakable presence in the midst of urban Hong Kong. It was also one of the city’s greatest anomalies. Built on a site measuring little more than 100 x 200 metres without recourse to legislation and with little regard for basic services.
The Walled City was home to some 35,000 people.
Signs, 2006
39 x 39″ / 100 x 100 cm, Edition of 5
On the heels of his acclaimed first books, Sun City (2003) and Coney Island (2006), Peter Granser’s newest offering, Signs, draws a telling picture of life today in America. An interview with Peter Granser via The Sonic Blog.
The Book
Hardcover, 11.75 x 11.75 in. / 132 pgs / 60 color.
Publisher: Hatje Cantz
Under the title of “Pauline et Pierre”, the names of his two children, Hugues De Wurstemberger created one of the most surprising, accurate and moving family albums. Full of life and emotion…
The Book
120 pages
Size: 25×25cm
Publisher: Michel Husson
Marion Bataille is a graphic and book designer. She lives in Paris.
This is just a hand-made mock-up of the actual book which will be published in October 2008. Pre-order now!
Field Guide to Style & Color 2007
374 page book
This piece is a fullsize reproduction of the entire 2007 IKEA catalogue, leaving only color and structure.
With an estimated 175 million copies distributed in 2006, the IKEA catalogue is thought to have surpassed the Bible as the most published print-work in the world.
Tierney Gearon’s photographs have been called manipulative, disturbingly ambiguous, even perverse; the London police demanded that the Saatchi Gallery which first showed the offending photos of her young children take the pictures down. Tierney has always maintained she loves her subjects deeply and understands them better than anyone else. How could she not? They are her family.
Related links
Daddy, Where are You?, published in August by Steidl.
The Mother Project (2006), Jack Youngelson and Peter Sutherland’s film.
The trailer - DVD is available here.
Wohngebäude (public housing), Berlin Kreuzberg
restmodern.de makes a record of typical post-war modernist buildings and architectural details in Berlin that are in danger of disappearing. For the latest photos in restmodern.de (2006/2007) see flickr.
With the help of 500 subscribers restmodern.de will be issued in the form of a book. The collected photographs double as an architecture guide. If you are interested, please visit restmodern.de
Richard Ross’s new book, The Architecture of Authority, illustrates how the physical spaces of prison, the police station, confessional, and even school force us to negotiate with these institutions for our autonomy and, in some cases, our freedom.
Large samples here and here with an interview with the photographer.
The Book
Hardcover: 144 pages
Product dimension: 9.3 x 9.2 x 0.8 inches
Publisher: Aperture Press
Publication date: Septembre 2007