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BOOKS ON DESIGN THEORY, AESTHETICS AND HISTORY

PUBLISHER
Walther König, Köln

BOOK FORMAT
Boxed, pbk, 4.5 x 6 in. / 1000 pgs / 500 color.

PUBLISHING STATUS
Pub Date
Active

DISTRIBUTION
D.A.P. Exclusive
Catalog: SPRING 2022 p. 28   

PRODUCT DETAILS
ISBN 9783753300917 SDNR40
List Price: $45.00 CDN $61.00

AVAILABILITY
Out of stock

TERRITORY
NA ONLY

EXHIBITION SCHEDULE

Amsterdam, Netherlands
University of Amsterdam, 2021

London, UK
The Design Museum, 2022

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Irma Boom: Book Manifest

Text by Irma Boom, Rem Koolhaas, Michael Rock, Mathieu Lommen, Louwrien Wijers, Nina Stritzler-Levine, Johan Pijnappel.

Irma Boom: Book Manifest

A miniature manifesto for the endless possibilities of the book form, from the world's most famous living book designer

In Book Manifest, world-renowned Dutch designer Irma Boom presents her vision on the essence, meaning and relevance of the book. Based on the in-depth research that Boom conducted into the development of the book in the library of the Vatican, Book Manifest is at once a survey of the history of the book and a miniature Irma Boom retrospective, reproducing a selection of more than 350 books she has designed over the course of her eminent career. Alongside reproductions, Boom extensively discusses the relationship between her work and older book forms.
With this tiny (two and a half by three inches), slipcased, 1,000-page, richly illustrated volume, itself an exceptional feat of bookmaking, Boom aims to inspire and encourage a new generation of designers to experiment and develop new ways of conceiving this simplest and most enduringly effective of forms.
Described by Eye Magazine as “the Queen of Books,” Irma Boom (born 1960) has created more than 300 books, always challenging the conventions of both design and printed content. She is the youngest recipient of the Gutenberg Prize, recognizing outstanding services to the advancement of the book arts. A selection of Boom's books are held in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and an Irma Boom Archive has been instituted at the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, to showcase her work.


Featured image is reproduced from 'Irma Boom: Book Manifest'.

PRAISE AND REVIEWS

Aperture

Lesley A. Martin

If Boom is the Queen of Books, she is a Philosopher Queen, one who is not only an instinctual maker but who has thought intensely about the nature and essence of the book.

Artblog

Andrea Kirsh

Book Manifest demonstrates how she pushed against expectations throughout her work, creating a singular oeuvre that has provoked both readers and other designers to re-think books and how we interact with them.

Artblog

Andrea Kirsh

Book Manifest demonstrates how she pushed against expectations throughout her work, creating a singular oeuvre that has provoked both readers and other designers to re-think books and how we interact with them.

Irma Boom: Book Manifest

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