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Pierre Charpin - Avec le Dessin (French & English)

Editions B42 2022 ISBN 9782490077755 Acqn 32747
Pb 20x30cm 160pp col ills £32.75

A selection of nearly 120 works from different series produced between 2005 and 2022 are
brought together in this first book devoted to the drawings of designer Pierre Charpin. He views
drawing as a practice in its own right, an expression of the singular relationship that the designer
has with form. It is an immediate, intuitive, and natural way of bringing forth a form that does not
yet exist. The works presented in this book are distinguished by the variety of techniques -
coloured pencils, graphite, pen, chalk, coloured ink, and more - but also by the permanence of
certain motifs such as lines and loops, ribbons and arabesques, made in series and often
representing elementary forms.

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Gregoire Romanet – Hobby

Robo Books 2022 ISBN 9782958219604 Acqn 32677
Pb 21x30cm 108pp col ills £28.25

A project of digital images-sculptures by graphic designer and scenographer Gregoire Romanet:

the achievement of a work of research, collection and transformation of a visual matter resulting
from the commercial web, led during two years.

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Fieldguides for a Preternaturalist 3

K. Verlag 2022 ISBN 9783947858415 Acqn 32736
Pb 11x17cm 44pp col ills £11.95

'Fieldguides for a Preternaturalist' is a series of small chapbooks designed to bring collaborators,

audiences, and readers together as part of the project 'Nothing of Importance Occurred:
Recuperating a Herball for a 17th-Century Enslaved Angolan Midwife at the Cape', initiated by
South African artist Wendy Morris. Through speculative investigations of plants-as-archive and
storytelling-as-method, the project focuses on retrieving a library of botanical-medicinal
knowledge that perhaps informed Morris's enslaved ancestor. The 'Fieldguides' invite
collaborators to shed light on this from multiple angles. Joshua Cohen and Johanna Lot are the
guest contributors of the third edition.

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Beauty in Boro - Kosaku Nukata Collection

Seigensha Art Publishing 2022 ISBN 9784861528958 Acqn 32791
Pb 21x30cm 272pp col ills £47.25

Countless pieces of cloth that have been spliced together and passed down from generation to
generation. The handiwork of nameless people, born of poverty, overwhelms the viewer. Rags,
which were created by the hands of nameless people in rural settlements and fishing villages
during hard times, are now so highly regarded in the field of art and textiles that they are known
around the world as "BORO". This book contains approximately 400 carefully selected pieces
from a collection of more than a thousand collected by Kosaku Nukata over a period of 35 years.

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Onigiri Koro Koro

Corraini Edizioni 2022 ISBN 9791254930120 Acqn 32793
Pb 16x20cm 136pp col ills £27.75

After collaborating on 'Yocci's Menu', Aya Yamamoto and Yoshiko Noda return once again to
create this playfully illustrated cookbook. The 'onigiri' is introduced, a Japanese comfort food
made of rice and seaweed. Sharing many recipes, tips, trivia, and a fairy tale, Yamamoto's
detailed explanations are complemented by Noda's light-hearted illustrations. Both authors were
born in Japan, but have lived in Italy for many years. There Yamamoto established Gastronomia
Yamamoto, an eatery where one can enjoy the dishes and customs typical in Japanese culture.

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Proud South
Lecturis 2022 ISBN 9789462264441 Acqn 32801
Hb 17x25cm 424pp col ills £94

'Proud South' is a mesmerising visual experience that showcases the creative powers of the
Global South. Seen through the colourful and expressive lens of today's fashion, photography,
styling, and art, Lidewij Edelkoort and Lili Tedde bring together up-and-coming and established
talents from near and far. The collection represents an emancipated international movement and
marks the emergence of a southern generation of creatives who promote local craft, embrace
regional materials, recognise ancestral practices, and cherish indigenous values. Photographic
essays from a variety of contributors illustrate the origins and latest trends of this uniquely
southern phenomenon.

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Showa Modern - Signs and Store Designs, 1920s-30s

Seigensha Art Publishing 2022 ISBN 9784861528750 Acqn 32811
Pb 13x18cm 224pp col ills £24.75

The signs, street and window displays, and other designs gathered in the pages are from a time
of enormous change in Japanese cities that is known as the age of Showa Modern. Western
modes and fashions entered Japan's thriving cultural spheres at a dizzying pace. As
advertisements, signs are destined to eventually be taken down or replaced, but even so they are
an integral part of the urban scenery. Although the designs featured here are a century old, many
seem new even now - proof that they have lost nothing of their striking presence. They reflect the
pursuit of the Japanese design industry to create a peerless, colourful world of inspiring
visualisations.

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Showa Modern - Ad Designs, 1920s-30s

Seigensha Art Publishing 2022 ISBN 9784861528743 Acqn 32812
Pb 13x18cm 224pp col ills £24.75

A new urban lifestyle blossomed in Japan in the 1920s and '30s as cafes, bars, and boutiques
selling Western-inspired fare and fashions crowded city streets and people embraced different
modes of living. Tokyo was being rebuilt after the great earthquake of 1923, while further south
Osaka entered a period of unprecedented prosperity. Amid these turbulent times, advertisers
scrambled to find new promotional strategies to attract consumers, inspiring the rise of
commercial art to communicate and evoke new information and images. Even today, the ads in
this book are as vibrant and filled with wonder as they were in those years, a testament to the
efforts of their designers.

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The Best Dutch Book Designs 2021

CPNB 2022 ISBN 9789083173818 Acqn 32814
Pb 23x30cm 300pp col ills £38.95

This year marks the 60th occasion of the Best Dutch Book Designs, and the selection to choose
from was even larger than usual. More than 320 books were submitted to the jury for
consideration, which can be taken as a sign that bookmaking is alive and well. Ultimately, 33
books stood up to the experts' critical examination and now carry the title of "best". Besides
craftsmanship, the jury looked for balance in this year's group. From technical tours de force and
concepts that make you think, to introverted or extravagant books, from books by world-famous
designers to ones created by students, all have earned their place in this volume, which can be
browsed from either cover.

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Henk Wolvers - The Golden White 2009-2022

Henk Wolvers 2022 ISBN 9789077955475 Acqn 32818
Pb 21x21cm 194pp col ills £37.75

Henk Wolvers is known for his deep attachment to porcelain. As an artist who produces
contemporary ceramics and has worked in Japan, he is drawn to its essence and places
emphasis on its simplicity and inherent beauty. Both the material itself and the pieces he makes
with it reflect the way he sees the world: subdued, balanced, careful, modest, and with
consideration for others. The result must be logical, free, flowing, and uncomplicated. The period
from 2009 to 2022 is covered in this illuminating overview of Wolvers and his work, initiated by
historian Jan van Oudheusden. The book also offers a glimpse into his home and studio, a
repurposed school building from the 1950s.

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I Got Something to Say - Poster Inventory, 2013-2021

Draw Down Books 2022 ISBN 9781733474412 Acqn 32819
Pb 13x19cm 160pp col ills £40.50

An inventory of posters produced by Draw Down Books for art book fairs, workshops, and
lectures between 2013 and 2021. Documenting Draw Down's activities throughout the period, the
publication also graphically maps the contours of the artist book publishing world during the
second decade of the 21st century. A series of reflections and essays by prominent graphic
designers provides context and insights, providing readers with new ways of considering their
own poster-making and event documentation.

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Claude Closky - Invisible Books

Edition Taube 2022 no ISBN Acqn 32820
Pb 11x15cm 10pp col ills £9

Imagine postcards with photographs of bookshelves. A postcard edition by Claude Closky, this
publication depicts books in five states of inexistence: invisible books, ethereal books,
undetectable books, vanished books, and unseeable books. Closky's primarily immaterial work is
altogether subtle, minimal, and playful. He uses language as a model to articulate images, text,
numbers, and sounds collected in our environment or created in his studio

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