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Tattoo
Musee du Quai Branly/Actes Sud 2014 ISBN 9782330032463 Acqn 23884
Hb 19x26cm 304pp 220col ills 42
The practice of tattooing has an extensive primitive history in Asian and African countries, where
it had social, religious and mystical roles. In 3000 BC, tzi (whose mummy was famously
discovered in the 1990s) covered his body in 57 tattoos. In the West, meanwhile, tattoos have
long been signifiers of infamy and criminality, before becoming a badge of identity for various
urban tribes. Tattoo examines the artistic nature of the practice and celebrates its many cultural
expressions from ancient times to the present. Among the topics explored are Native North
American tattoos; American tattooing from the Revolution through the 1980s; Russian criminal
tattooing; European sideshow culture; Japan's tattoo boom during the Edo period; tattooing in the
Marquesas Islands, Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand; and newly emerging Latino, Chicano
and Chinese tattoo cultures. Alongside accounts of older tattoo practices (presented through rare
artefacts, paintings and archival photographs) and contemporary cultural trends in tattooing, the
book pays tribute to the pioneers of the modern era, those responsible for its transformation into
the mainstream. In addition, it includes two "workshop" sections in which contemporary tattoo
artists demonstrate their craft. The artists featured are internationally renowned, and many have
created a style that has evolved into its own school. The book closes with a series of photos
assessing the most recent currents in modern tattooing. Edited by Anne & Julien. Text by Pascal
Bagot, Joe Cummings, Anna Felicity Friedman, Sbastien Galliot, Alan Govenar, Simon Jean,
Andrea Juno , V. Vale, Lars Krutak, Florence Lamy, Karl Marc, Michael McCabe, Jrme Pierrat,
Luc Renaut, Yoshimi Yamamoto.
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Vital Art Nouveau 1900
Arbor Vitae 2014 ISBN 9788074670541 Acqn 23886
Pb 21x25cm 304pp 539col ills 45.50
Vital Art Nouveau 1900 presents a selection of the most outstanding works of Czech and
European Art Nouveau style from the collection of the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, all
of which are on permanent display at the Prague Municipal House. This volume establishes the
Art Nouveau arts and crafts as part of the forward-looking trends and emancipation efforts that
evolved in the late nineteenth century; as a reformist art movement, Art Nouveau strove to
achieve a unity between art and life, aspiring to overcome the Romantic duality of beauty versus
reality, or "the truth of life." These rebellious artists not only forced a break with the rigidity of
existing art practices, but also regenerated forms of artistic expression that many considered to
be stagnant. Infused with the popular aesthetic theories of the times, such as Vitalism and
Spiritism, the Art Nouveau aesthetic answered and responded to the new zest for life that swept
nineteenth-century society as a whole. Masterpieces of decorative art exhibited at the famous
Paris World's Fair of 1900 are reproduced in this volume in colour, alongside a variety of works
ranging from paintings, poster art, magazines and ceramic works to jewellery, glassware and
furniture.
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Eva Eisler - Design-Profile-Key Figures Series
Arbor Vitae 2014 ISBN 9788074670558 Acqn 23954
Pb 19x22cm 298pp 180col ills 24.50
The art jewellery of Czech artist Eva Eisler (born 1952) is internationally admired for its austerely
sculptural qualities. Although Eisler first became known in the 1970s, her mature work is indelibly
linked to her years in the United States, where she moved with her husband, architect John
Eisler, in 1983. It was in the US that she became known for the full range of her talents, including
her interior design, installation and visual art. The couple returned to the Czech Republic in 2006.
This monograph examines Eisler's oeuvre in its full typological breadth, and focuses particularly
on her art jewellery from the late 1970s and 1980s. This monograph is the second volume in the
Design-Profiles-Key Figures series published by Prague's Museum of Decorative Arts.
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Dyslexia-chunking Along A Straight Line - At The Crossing Turn Left
Jan Van Eyck Akad. Maastricht 2014 ISBN 9789072076601 Acqn 23719
Pb 15x21cm 546pp 29.95
Salome Schmuki studied graphic design at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, where she began
collecting research material about dyslexia and readability. Interested in different strains of
dyslexia and how it occurs in various languages and writing systems, she approaches the topic
from the perspective of a designer and a reader. This thick yet clearly legible and impeccably
designed book gathers the results of Schmukis inquiry, a project based on her typographic
practice combined with scientific research. Seeking a dialogue with readers of different types, she
investigates many aspects of the printed word, revealing its complex, challenging and arbitrary
nature.
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Ralf Mitsch - Why I Love Tattoos
Ralf Mitsch 2014 ISBN 9789082205701 Acqn 23796
Hb 20x30cm 120pp 57col ills 31.50
Through more than 50 portraits of inspiring people who tell the story behind their tattoos,
photographer Ralf Mitsch delves into a personal fascination with adorning ones own body with
permanent ink. As a teenager in the 1980s, he noticed how those who had tattoos generally
came from social strata with little to do with ruling class norms, or just wanted to rebel. Their
decorated skin told a kind of life story in an ever-changing patchwork. Nowadays, tattoos are a
fashion item, worn by people from all walks of life. A person covered in tattoos is a painting, full of
surprises. Mitsch wants to get under the skin and discover the real motivation: is it about
documenting their lives, or simply an addiction?
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A Hermetic Compendium Of Typographic Masonry - Richard Niessen
Franciscopolis 2014 ISBN 9782954420868 Acqn 23805
Pb 25x34cm 136pp 60col ills 33.75
For Dutch graphic designer Richard Niessen, the poster is a favourite means of expression.
Posters dont simply hang on walls they can be piled up, cut out, turned around, or used as way
finders or board games. Niessen freely constructs and deconstructs the visual environments,
functions and codes inherent to the medium. This compendium of screen-printed posters not only
reflects his work, but can be seen as a set of clues to unravel his universe. The interplay of the
selected works forms three constellations of sign, symbol and ornament. According to the
introduction by Tony Cme, Language is a building game whose blocks Richard Niessen keeps
trying to reinvent.
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Book Designers From The Netherlands
Brigitte Schuster Editeur 2014 ISBN 9783033042599 Acqn 23853
Pb 16x24cm 256pp 170col ills 41.95
Between 2010 and 2013, editor Brigitte Schuster interviewed thirteen prominent Dutch book
designers, reproduced here along with a wealth of images of the designers and their work, much
of which has never before been reproduced. Among the designers in focus are Karen Polder,
Armand Mevis, Walter Nikkels, Hansje van Halem and Joost Grootens. The interviews offer a
fascinating look into the world of book designers who belong to different generations, and whose
work has been shaped by different experiences. An intimate view of the designing process and
the individuals themselves emerges as the methodology and motivations of each is uncovered.
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Panther's Collection
Rollo Press 2014 ISBN 9783906213064 Acqn 23855
Pb 21x29cm 192pp 200ills 150col 31.50
Jos Luis Lugo Hernndez, owner of Panther Publishing in Mexico City, which specialises in
printing flyers for the tropical sonideras massive outdoor dance parties featuring deejays,
immense sound systems and flashing light shows has amassed a sizeable collection of these
flyers since the movements beginnings in Mexico and Central America in the 1960s and 70s.
The standard for the flyer and poster design of the so-called sound system movement was set
by Jaime Ruelas, an independent graphic designer who drew many of the 300 pieces selected
from the collection to be featured here. Others are based on his style, which became highly
influential in the movements visual presence.
