Vol.82 A Life with Books issue

Print media is in the midst of a crisis in light of a greater demand for instant textual and photo updates via the Internet and SNS. Given this situation, this time we cross the turning point from our namesake 81st issue by making Vol.82 all about what makes books great. Kicking things of f is a presentation of four book artists whose creations perform both their originally literary functions while also serving as objet d’ art. Following this is big selection of unique artist books from independent publishers and zine makers like those that have become a leading trend in the industry today. We also have a pick of 44 bookstores from around the world that everyone should visit at least once. Our goal is share all the possibilities, merits, and fun books compile into a single volume, along with the significance of the medium and all the distinct modes of expression it offers.

紙媒体の危機と謳われ、インターネットによる即時的な文字情報やSNSでの写真情報のニーズが高まる昨今、前号で雑誌名と同じ「81」号という節目を迎え、仕切り直しとなる今回のVol.82では「本の魅力」に焦点を当てる。巻頭では、本としての機能だけではなく、オブジェとしての役割も担うアート作品を手がけるブック・アーティストを4名紹介する。続いて、近年の出版業界を代表する潮流でもある、インディペンデント出版社やZINE出版がリリースするユニークなアーティスト・ブックを多数セレクト。また、+81版「世界の一度は行ってみたいブックストア」も44店ピックアップする。1冊にコンパイルした本という形態の可能性、醍醐味、面白味など、本でしかできない表現方法やその存在意義を伝える。

Book Artists’ File

Yasutomo Ota

Scott McCarney

Kevin Steele

Antony Cairns

Independent 12 Publishers

Steidl

split/fountain

Sailor Press

Jiazazhi Press/Library

Small Editions

Carnage NYC

Éditions du LIC

Roma Publications

Trapped in Suburbia

Case Publishing

Overlapse

InOtherWords

Hand-made Books

Nieves

DR.ME

Arkitip

World Individual Bookstores

ROUTE BOOKS

Hachinohe book center

serif s

Kura de Tabisuru bookstore

Keibunsha Ichijyoji-ten

COWBOOKS Nakameguro

BOOK MARÜTE

READAN DEAT

IACK

sioribi

SO BOOKS

Totodo

ONLY FREE PAPER TOKYO

Tadahonya

Nagasaki Jiro shoten

Kamome books

Eslite bookstore Taichung Chungyo store

VVG Something

Pon ding

Post Poetics

Zhongshuge-Hangzhou Bookstore

kubrick

Printed Matter, Inc.

Aperture Gallery and Bookstore

Rizzoli Bookstore

Codex

Mast Books

Dashwood Books

The Last Bookstore

Casa Bosques

ARTAZART

Librairie Marian Goodman

Librairie Walther König & Cahiers d’Arts

Ivorypress

After 8 Books

Good Press

Libreria bookshop

Tenderbooks

Boekie Woekie, books by artists

Sautter + Lackmann, Fachbuchhandlung /

Specialized bookstore

phil

MZIN

Hochparterre Buücher

MOTTO BERLIN

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