![]() internment camps during the Second World War. This is a heartbreaking and tender volume of the arts and crafts produced by American Japanese citizens incarcerated in U.S. The Art of Gaman, Delphine Hirasuna, Penguin Random House Kit and Delphine could pick any topic and make it astounding. This book is a special treat as it is designed by one of the world’s very best print designers and a dear friend. I am a collector (not of flags), so I appreciate when a collector shows off their years of topic focused accumulation-especially when the text, beautifully written in this volume by Delphine Hirasuna, reveals and explains each of the pieces alongside their significance and value. Long May She Wave, Kit Hinrichs & Delphine Hirasuna, Ten Speed Press ![]() When I really miss the city I lived in, with all of the cartiers and arrondissements, I armchair travel back for a few hours. This is a travelogue capturing the City of Lights at its very best, beautifully printed by one of the great coffee table book publishers, TASCHEN. Paris: Portrait of a City, Jean-Claude Gautrand, TASCHEN This topic is particularly near and dear to my heart and yet this is the way I would want to see any country captured. An intimate view of the real Morocco blending Watson’s rich, collaged style with Arabic writing and subtly textured papers. This isn’t just a travelogue it’s a visual journal of Watson’s Moroccan travels. Bonus: they’re printed on paper that will last for thousands of flips. When considering a coffee table book, the feel of the paper it’s printed on has a lot to do with how we perceive quality.īelow are the top ten books I’d recommend to graphic designers, creatives and anybody with a good eye. Over the years my own collection has grown and evolved, but I have my favorites-and one key thing they all have in common is premier paper. The legendary copy number one, signed by more than 100 of the book’s featured celebrities, broke the record for the most expensive book published in the 20th century, sold at an auction in Berlin on Apfor 620,000 German marks-about 317,000 Euro.Curated by Daniel Dejan, Print and Creative Manager at Sappi North AmericaĬoffee table books are having a moment, and as a lifelong creative with a deep love and appreciation for good design, quality printing and engaging content, I am fully on board. It now features in numerous collections around the world, including New York’s Museum of Modern Art. Published in an edition of 10,000 signed and numbered copies, the SUMO sold out soon after publication and quickly multiplied its value. With the SUMO weighing in-boxed and shrink-wrapped-at 35.4 kg (just under 80 pounds), Newton created a landmark book that stood head and shoulders above anything previously attempted, both in terms of conceptual extravagance and technical specifications. The idea of a book the size of a private exhibition, with spectacular images reproduced to state-of-the-art origination and printing standards, emerged from an open, experimental dialogue between photographer and publisher. Helmut Newton (1920–2004) always showed a healthy disdain for the easy or predictable, so it’s no surprise that the SUMO was an irresistible project. The Helmut Newton SUMO in XL, revised by June Newton, with a making-of booklet XL Hardcover with booklet in slipcase, 26.7 x 37.4 cm, 464 pages Gathering 464 images and a new booklet that takes us through the making of the SUMO, it’s a spectacular tribute to the larger-than-life Twenty years later, we celebrate the legacy of this publishing venture in an XL edition, the result of a project conceived by Helmut Newton and revised by his wife June. was a titanic book that towered above anything previously attempted. ![]()
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