Lebendige Skulpturen was an exhibition that took place in 2018, focusing on sculptural works by Gilbert & George, Konrad Lueg, Sigmar Polke and Gerhard Richter. The corresponding catalogue was awarded a prize for Best German Book Design by Stiftung Buchkunst in 2019. In the history of art, the title Living Sculpture is associated with the UK-based duo Gilbert & George, who decided to make themselves the object of their art the end of the 1960s: “The day we said that we are the living sculpture, that was it. Art and life became one, and we were the messengers of a new vision.” This publication contains two parts: a 160-page image section and an index of works as well as two essays.

Artist publication by Nida Mehboob, initiated during her residency at Akademie der Künste Berlin. It’s made to be distributed among allies of the Ahmadiyya, an oppressed religious group in Pakistan. Distribution there would be adverse so the book is wrapped in a poster to protect its contents from the wrong set of eyes. The cover embossing refers to the tombstone of the “First Muslim Nobel Laureate”–‘Muslim’ was later obscured because his faith was declared Non-Muslim. Twelve rules illustrate the consequences of persecution, next to photographs and a collaged section of archival footage, documenting violence against the community. Text, endpapers and foil stamp embossing are solid blood red.

The book for the exhibition “Eine Landschaft ohne Blau, wie ungefähr” of Ulla von Brandenburg stands out due to the 3 colored linen on the hardcover and the uncovered places with a view of the gray board.
Various pre- and post-paper complement the image and summarize the documentary content to the exhibition

Oaza Books is an independent publishing initiative focused on contemporary art and design. Established in 2017, the aim of Oaza Books is to produce, promote, and distribute publications that critically and transdisciplinary engage with the creative process and content, fostering meaningful dialogue between cultural disciplines and socio-political issues. Books are designed, edited and published by Oaza Collective from Zagreb.

Collecting and archiving form Barbara Proschak’s fundamental method, exploring the edges of photography with her photographic arrangements.
The book is the essence of Proschak’s genre-spanning photographic sketchbooks of the last 10 years.
The 512-page book is bound in a black cardboard flex cover laminated with yellow paper.
The cover is partly printed and partly embossed in matt black.

“65 75 140”: an unusual festschrift, on the occasion of the 65th and 75th birthdays of the publisher duo of the Bärenreiter-Verlag. 76 contributions, from a varied group of composers, authors and creative artists. There is no set content, with the result that the contributions are all very individual and require their own form – depending on the content. Form follows content.
Hold together by a bookmark that was extended to 3.5 meters so that it can run all the way round. It is a red thread that can hold the different contributions together. A red thread, running through the lives of this couple. Threads, symbolising people and relationships, that interlock to form a network.

On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy the complete edition of his letters is published making accessible all of approx. 5,000 known letters. Two volumes at a time will be published in an annual rhythm. In association with Mendelssohn’s music the design visualises a romantic hilly landscape kept in soft shades of green and yellow; it presents a coherent picture when all volumes are placed side by side. Likewise, the spines produce a similar picture thus connecting the single volumes with each other.

Did you know that 60 bottles of French red wine belong in the luggage of the modern Egypt tourist? Or that it‘s best to bring your own sink for a trip to India? No? Then it‘s time for the most interesting finds and most bizarre anecdotes from the first 100 years of the red-bound „Handbooks for Fast Travellers“ by Karl Baedeker, the inventor of modern travel. Delightfully funny moderated by author Christian Koch, the inclined reader travels with the most beautiful historical quote through the famous beach resorts of Belgium, to the Mediterranean and to the pyramids of Egypt. There is no more interesting, original and entertaining way to experience the beginnings of today‘s tourism.

»PERCEPTION« is a book which puts the subjective perception of people at the center. The typographic visualization is based on the stories of 14 protagonists.What unites all characters is that they possess an extraordinary view of the world due to their psychological and/or neurological peculiarities. The publication aims to make these perceptions tangible and to raise awareness for the peculiarities of our fellow human beings.

The Bauhaus was one of the most important schools of art, design and architecture. Its visionary designs are still considered icons of modernism today. In this volume, the second largest Bauhaus collection worldwide is presented comprehensively for the first time. On display are objects from all phases and areas of the famous institution, such as student works by Marianne Brandt, Josef Albers or Marcel Breuer and works by Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky or Gunta Stölzl. Objects and materials from the Bauhaus buildings located in Dessau are also shown. In addition, the volume is an introduction to the history and development of the Bauhaus school.

The artist Jutta Görlich, the photographers Ulrike Myrzik and Edward Beierle and the cultural manager Ulrike Rose have visited the Schlehdorf Sisters and other women‘s convents undergoing transformation. They explore the current disappearance of the monasteries, record the transformations photographically and conduct interviews with the residents. The book was selected by the Stiftung Buchkunst as one of the 25 most beautiful German books in 2022. Its design is characterised by two contrasting type characters, an elaborate 10-page Swiss gatefold brochure and a striking red thread stitching.

How to build a worthwhile art collection with the least possible money. “…the only important thing about this art, as any art, is the art itself. Not its monetary value, not its social prestige, not its public relations leverage, not the artists themselves, and not the fact that you collected them first. The only thing that counts–the only prize in the game–is who ends up with the paintings.” –Eugene M. Schwartz
Edition Taube presents the new edition of the out-of-print facsimile from 1970, in which Schwartz explains his philosophy of collecting art and how to achieve a successful art collection in simple steps. In 2022 Edition Taube has published this classic in a Japanese translation.

“Artist Books Overview” shows an outline of the self-published artist books that were released in the last few years, partly hand-bound and in small editions. The books are based on records of the entire artistic working process from idea generation to conception and actual spatial translation.

The artist’s book “Schemes” contains collected notes related to different translation processes of text into symbols, colours and sounds. It forms a body of research.

The artist’s book “I Ching” brings together all the notes in relation to a research phase on the Chinese divination book I Ching. The system established there is analysed and applied to artistic translation processes.

The book Learning to Die was conceived and designed in collaboration with the artist Anna Gohmert. It invites authors from different disciplines to deal with the question of mortality in the form of written contributions. The contributions, both academic and poetic, oscillate between an acceptance and rejection of impending death. In this context, the perspective varies depending on whether the subject is one’s own death or the death of another person. The reflections range from thoughts related to personal experience to essays and texts that broaden the genre of the (un-)representability of dying within literature and visual art. Published by Edition Taube.

“Choreography” is another artist’s book that accompanies the spatial installation and contains a selection of all the recordings from the archive of the previous 7 years. It is a book about the development process of all previously created works.

“A Thousand and One Days” is an artist’s book that accompanies a spatial installation. It contains a selection of all the notes from the archive of the past 7 years. It is a book about the process of creation of all the previously created works.

Index book comprises one hundred scenes taken from classic movies, showing people waiting in bus stops. The book contains 180 pages – each page representing one minute. The order of the scenes set by the minute they appear in the original film,
and the size of the images correlates with it’s duration. This parametric set of rules generates an expresive collage of waiting.

UNSETTLED is a fictional book about finding yourself. The mountain, which only becomes visible by connecting the various points and numbers, symbolizes on the one hand the overcoming of ups and downs and on the other hand the different areas of life and sections that lead one to self-knowledge.
The cover is playful and yet clear and structured, through its reduced and orderly design.

“1030 Days” represents an artist’s book that accompanies a spatial installation. It consists of 1030 words that were written down daily during the pandemic and describe a day in a condensed form. The words are translated into a colour code and collaged with notes taken throughout the entire work process.

For the song “The Book of Love” from Peter Gabriel I designed a cover if it were a real book.
I designed it in the style of a word-finding game, because the search for love can also take place via detours and is often not clearly recognizable. The keywords of the song are found in a jumble of letters. The design is playful and yet clearly structured.

To open the “last post-suprematist
exhibition in Fürst Pückler style,”
Hank Schmidt in der Beek painted all
of the works from Kazimir Malevich’s
groundbreaking “last futurist exhibition
of the painting 0.10” in the manner of
Fürst Pückler. In 1915 there was only a
black square on white background —
today there is a crispy wafer framed in
creamy strawberry, vanilla and
chocolate ice cream.

The Interviews: Volume One documents The Brand Identity’s first 57 interviews with designers and studios from all around the world; including the original conversation as well as a new reflection on how their work, process and practice has evolved.

In line with its archival nature, it is wrapped in a removable transparent PVC jacket in an attempt to further the lifespan of the book as well as the interviews found within. The process was all about playing with systems and what happens when they break. Starting with a format for the most ‘straightforward’ of the interviews, the system expands and adapts to signify any changes to the studio since their original interview.