The Idea of the Book, founded in 2016, is an online bookshop and resource dedicated to the history and tradition of artists’ books and works in the overlapping fields of art, design, and concrete poetry. It serves as a platform for engaging with material that informs my design practice and for connecting with artists, collectors, curators, institutions, and like-minded individuals. The project has opened doors to collaborations with other artists through publishing, as well as opportunities to lecture on the book and to travel in search of new material.
The Idea of the Book—an online bookshop and resource founded in 2016.
A selection of books I’ve had the privilege to carry by Eugen Gomringer, Olle Eksell, Wim Crouwel, and others.
And a few more by Bernardo Salcedo, Wolf Vostell, Hansjörg Mayer, and others.
And some more by Max Bense, Henri Chopin, Karl Gerstner, Emmett Williams, and others.
And finally some by Herbert Spencer, Dieter Roth (Diter Rot), Augusto de Campos, and others.
‘words pronounced exactly alike’—a collaborative broadside with Karen Mac Cormack (who’s married to Steve McCaffery), featuring a poem by translated into Swedish and laid out in the form of a map. Published in an edition of 42.
‘bounceback’—a collaborative broadside with Steve McCaffery (who’s married to Karen Mac Cormack), featuring a Swedish sonnet homophonically translated into English, then back into Swedish, and finally back into English, with the text facing four different directions. Published in an edition of 42.
‘030315–070315’—a boxed set of of thirteen personal artists’ books printed on various papers with related ephemera laid inside. Published in an edition of 15.
‘poem’—an artists’ book featuring thirty-nine three-word four-letter poems printed on translucent sheets of white paper. Published in an edition of 500.
‘The other today is the one you want’—design of Peter Wegner’s artists’ book. One of three books designed in collaboration with the artist and Creative Director Todd Waterbury.