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European Cowboys 2, Bernhard Cella

13 December 2021 in Books Comment

Set and Performers
Vehicle 1: sound system, lDJ, 1 driver
Vehicle 2: drinks, 1 bartender, 1 driver
Vehicle 3: 100 pirated copies of a publication on alcohol and art, 1 bookseller, 1 driver

Bernhard Cella’s performance uncovers the artistic potential of everyday situations associated with physical and mental mobility.

The artist draws up scenes of European lockdown cowboys misappropriating props of lost urban life, celebrating memories of authentic knowledge sanctuaries, uninhibited revealing in open public spaces and inebriation with the flow of social interaction.

Cella manipulates and strings together various aesthetic aspects of fading cultural artifacts and, in collaboration with an art audience, produces a transformed experiential space-for a limited time only.

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Pentagram: Living by Design

26 October 2022 in Books Comment

Pentagram: Living by Design

The Biography
The Directory
Two volumes in slipcase
Design Director: Tony Brook
Design: SPIN
Writer: Adrian Shaughnessy
Text editor: Mark Sinclair

Five years in the making, Pentagram: Living by Design (two volumes) is the definitive statement on 50 years of Pentagram. It is an in-depth survey of the group from its beginnings in 1970s London to its current status as one of the powerhouses of international design.

Published in two densely illustrated volumes and spread over 1400 pages, it is a limited-edition of 1000 copies.

Book one, The Biography, offers a comprehensive analysis of the group, its partners, its achievements, its multidisciplinary approach, and its unique business model. This is accompanied by a plethora of images (some never published), a visual essay of Pentagram’s work across four main sectors, a selection of partners writings, a Pentagram family tree, and much more.

Book two, The Directory, has profiles of 50 partners, past and present, accompanied by extensive coverage of their work. It’s a stellar roll call: from the five famous founders to some of the most celebrated names in contemporary design. It also includes a list of everyone who worked in the firm’s various offices.

Both books are designed by Tony Brook and the Spin design team and use a range of paper stocks and special colours.

The books

Pentagram:
Living by Design.
The Biography.
656pp.

Content: 
Living by Design – A Pentagram Biography: an extensive essay by Adrian Shaughnessy chronicling the group’s progress over half a century, examining in detail its unique partner-owned organisational structure and its contribution to the culture of design. This living biography brings the Pentagram story right up to the present day. 

The Sectors: a visual essay cataloguing the group’s vast array of creative activities arranged under the umbrella headings Branding, Editorial Design, Design for Culture, and Three-dimensional Design.

Pentagram Partners – In Their Own Words: selection of partners’ writings from over half a century, including texts by Alan Fletcher, John McConnell, Paula Scher and Michael Bierut, plus interviews with Marina Willer, Angus Hyland and Eddie Opara.
 
A Pentagram Miscellany: visual journey through the group’s vast repository of rare archive material. From invitations to parties, original artwork and candid photographs, to the situating of an Antony Gormley sculpture on the roof of Pentagram’s New York office, this material forms an alternative history of the group and offers a deep dive through design history over the past 50 years.

A Pentagram Partners Family Tree: Paula Scher maps out the evolution of Pentagram from a single London office in 1972 to a group of 23 partners across offices in London, New York, Berlin and Austin, Texas. 

Pentagram:
Living by Design  
The Directory
736pp.

Content: 
The Partners: profiles of all 50 partners, past (27) and present (23), accompanied by extensive coverage of their work. From the five famous founders to some of the most celebrated names in contemporary design; from star designers who didn’t stay the course to the current generation of young creative practitioners versed in the new arts of multidisciplinary communication. The Directory demonstrates how Pentagram’s partners are collectively responsible for an unrivalled catalogue of work in all the major creative disciplines.

The People: From Pentagram’s formation to the present day, a list of everyone who worked in the firm’s various offices – including designers, administrators, technicians and others in various supporting roles. 

Specifications:

Title: Pentagram:
Living by Design.
The Biography.
White cloth bound hard cover.
Two ribbon marker. 
Book jacket in Tatami White 150gr with three-coloured screen (three variations) and non-scratch lamination. 
Printed four colour + one Pantone (with an additional eight-page section and another Pantone). 
Papers: Arena Extra White Smooth 120gr; Arena Natural Smooth 90gr; Sirio Black (end papers).
Printer: Verona Libri.
Pages: 656.

Title: Pentagram:
Living by Design.
The Directory.
Limp cover in myCordenons myReef Grey 330gr with foil stamping.
Flush cut and OTA bound.
Printed four colour + one Pantone (with an additional eight-page section and another Pantone). 
Papers: Arena Extra White Smooth 90gr and Arena Natural Smooth 90gr. 
Printer: Verona Libri.
Pages: 736.

Slipcase: Assuan 5080 cloth covered with foil stamping.
Size: 275mm x 215mm x 100mm.
ISBN: 978-1-9164573-8-6.

The definitive edition. Limited to 1,000 copies.

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Goldschmied & Chiari – La Démocratie Est Illusion

14 June 2016 in Books Comment

Goldschmied & Chari
La Démocratie Est Illusion
Cura Books

La démocratie est illusion is a monographic publication by Goldschmied & Chiari, artists’ duo composed by Sara Goldschmied (1975) ed Eleonora Chiari (1971). The volume, published on the occasion of the solo exhibitions held at Passerelle Centre d’art contemporain in Brest and Villa Croce Museo d’arte contemporanea in Genova, collects the images of the works produced in the last two years on the relationship between the activities of the intelligence agencies and the practices of magic and illusionism in the Cold War era. The book accompanies the reader through an imaginary and real itinerary, between history and trickeries, from the installation and performance Hiding the Elephant – referring to the people who “mysteriously” disappeared, who were exiled or persecuted during the Cold War – to the last works of the series Untitled Views – digital prints on mirror in which the artists experiment the theatrical effects of colored smoke bombs. Along with the images, the book contains a conversation between Goldschmied & Chiari and Marcella Beccaria and the texts by Etienne Bernard and Ilaria Bonacossa, respectively curators of the show in Brest and Genova.

Dimension: 200 x 260 mm Hardcover
Pages: 134
Editor: Goldschmied & Chiari
Texts by: Marcella Beccaria, Etienne Bernard and Ilaria Bonacossa
Designed by Walter Santomauro
Edition of 1.000 copies
Year: 2016

New Kitsuné Compilation: Kitsuné Parisien II

17 March 2012 in Music Comment

Kitsuné Parisien II is out now !

A colourful and exciting collection of tracks from the latest emerging bands and acts on the vibrant Parisian scene and beyond! Kitsuné is glad to gather and present you some of the romantic city’s freshest players whether they rehearse in damp cellars, compose on their laptotp in the kitchen or record in state-of-the-art-home-studios.

Covering the many bases of electropop, inide-dance and everything in between, Kitsuné Parisien II – selected by Kitsuné’s founder Gildas Loaëc and designed by graffiti artist André Saraiva – offers a lively snapshot of what is cooking up for 2012 in Paris and further afield!

You can listen to a minimix by Jerry Bouthier below. Or buy it from Kitsuné as a digital download here.