The Lives of Documents—Photography as Project is the first of a trilogy of research and exhibition projects produced by the CCA on the medium of photography—between work of art, research tool, and document—as a means to investigate the built environmen …

Revolutionary Romances? Global Art Histories in the GDR looks at East Germany’s relations— rooted in a spirit of friendship and revolution—with its socialist “sister” countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. The concepts of “international solidari …

Kaum war das 21. Jahrhundert angebrochen, wartete es auch schon mit neuen Schrecken, Idiotien und gelegentlichen Glücksmomenten auf. Zu den wenigen, die es noch wagen, in diesem von den Medien verdickten und beschleunigten Wirrwarr Zusammenhänge herzus …

Im Nirgendwo einer kargen, felsigen Staublandschaft des mittleren Westens versagt der Motor. Was nun?   Pannen und – wenn man so will – Schicksal führen eine bunte Schar an Protagonist*innen in das Motel Shangri-La: Laienprediger, Touristen, ein e …

Image RIP, the first publication from Source Type, is centered around New York graphic designer Geoff Han’s investigation into the Shenzen-based printer Artron and explores subjects ranging from design, production, work, and the environment in the post …

Venets. Welcome to The Ideal (Добро пожаловать в идеальное) Russian Edition

Our Spring Issue is here. As the art world prepares for yet another jam-packed season, we venture out to places outside the rarefied orbit of biennales and weekend gallery crawls, where other temporalities and the weight of both past and future give ri …

THIS ISSUE IS ABOUT SPIRIT, TRANSMISSION, SELF-DEFENSE, AND SEX A collection of original author interviews, book reviews, and essays from the sharpest cultural commentators including: MCKENZIE WARK X JOURNEY STREAMS MICHELLE TEA X CASEY JANE ELLISON TR …

Ludwig Hilberseimer (1885–1967) gilt als einer der führenden Theoretiker des Neuen Bauens und insbesondere des modernen, funktionalen Städtebaus. 1944 veröffentlichte er nach zwölf Jahren Schreib- und Übersetzungsarbeit im amerikanischen Exil The New C …

In the history of graphic design, there is no other symbol that has ever held such a duality—used simultaneously as both a positive mainstream driver and a counterculture subverter of that very mainstream. Celebrate the smiley face’s impact on art, mus …

Zwischen 1977 und 1990 durchstreifte Gundula Schulze Eldowy mit ihrer Kamera Ost-Berlin: In ihren kraftvollen und direkten Bildern hält sie den langen Nachkrieg im sozialistischen Teil der Stadt fest, die tiefen Narben des deutschen Infernos und das al …

By the time the computer arrived on the architectural scene, its place had been prepared by decades of avant-gardist experimentation. The modernist program of rationalizing creative practice took a decidedly bureaucratic turn between two generations of …

Design Against Design argues for the urgent necessity of critical engagement and political resistance through graphic practice. It draws on insights from the practice of LOKI, a small graphic design studio committed to working with social movements tow …

The German dramatist Heiner Müller observed that German history lies as if smothered by a rheumatism blanket: beneath there is warmth and stagnation, just enough to give the impression all is well, while the peripheries are freezing. Georg Kussmann’s …

First published in 1996 to enormous acclaim, Richard Billingham’s Ray’s a Laugh is one of the most significant photobooks of the turn of the twentieth century, as well as a cornerstone work of the Young British Artists generation. Formed of starkly int …

In der Postmoderne zeichnen sich Konflikte der Gegenwart, vom Rechtspopulismus bis zur Identitätspolitik, bereits ab. Spektakuläre Beispiele aus Design, Architektur, Kino, Pop, Philosophie, Kunst und Literatur erzählen vom Beginn der Informationsgesell …

Archive is the first book by Sofia Coppola, covering the entirety of her singular and influential career in film. Constructed from Coppola’s personal collection of photographs and ephemera, including early development work, reference collages, influenc …

Swiss art historian and herald of modern architecture Sigfried Giedion (1888–1968) had a new history in mind when he began working on an ambitious book project in 1929. The book was to span from around 1750 to his time of writing in the 1930s. Multivol …

Welcome to a captivating journey through the vibrant landscapes of creativity, culture, and history in Slanted’s Special Issue Georgia/Armenia. In August 2023, a team, including Lars Harmsen, Markus Lange, and Rene Wawrzkiewicz, embarked on a journey f …

Vitruvius’s De architectura, written in the first century BCE, is revered as the first treatise on architectural theory. Since its resurrection during the Renaissance, this enigmatic text has been adjusted, refined, and redefined in its subsequent iter …

rsoлomiya is a magazine founded by Sebastian Wells and Vsevolod Kazarin in April 2022 in response to russia’s war against Ukraine. Artists from Kyiv and Berlin collaborated to make this magazine, which aims to promote the visibility of common democrati …

Celebrating the most famous and influential fashion school in the world, Fashion Central Saint Martins is filled with never-before-seen student work and exclusive interviews with talented graduates who have gone on to become the biggest names in fashio …

Anlässlich der aktuellen Präsentation von Cihan Çakmak im MdbK erscheint eine Edition mit allen fünf Motiven der Serie Tenseness in einer Auflage von 8 Exemplaren (+ 1 Artist Proof). Enthalten sind fünf Fine-Art-Prints im Format 40×30 cm sowie ein numm …

A comprehensive 250-page issue that brings together 25 of Europe’s most captivating cities in one volume. A Journey Through the Five Senses Remaining true to our editorial ethos, ‘Europe’ offers personal and authentic experiences, each with a distinct …

The Haxan Cloak: From his bedroom in Wakefield to the City of Angels, the UK born producer, composer and musician talks darkness, light and scoring the unspeakable. By Joseph Stannard DJ Znobia: The Angolan kuduro innovator relates the invention and ev …

JASON OKUNDAYE, gay historian shows crack By Douglas Greenwood and Ajamu X HARI NEF, Hollywood doll is literally one By Zak Stone and Collier Schorr DR. EVAN GOLDSTEIN, hole-care guru By Michael Bullock and Marcelo Krasilcic GRAY WIELEBINSKI & ASA …

Artist Gabriele Stötzer was the powerhouse of Erfurt’s lively underground. After Wolf Biermann’s expatriation in 1976, she herself was held on remand and put in the Hoheneck women’s prison. Her one-year imprisonment did not silence her though. After he …

The volume Theorie und Geschichte des Designs 2. Reaktionen auf die Moderne is dedicated to international design trends since the 19th century in loose chronological order: from Michael Thonet to the Chicago School in the USA, Russian constructivism, t …

Max Bill (1908–1994), Schlüsselfigur der europäischen Moderne, war ein Universaltalent: vollendeter Maler, Bildhauer, Architekt, Designer, Grafiker und Typograf; eminenter Theoretiker, Lehrer und Kurator; vielfältig produktiver Publizist. Von der Schwe …

Das SSZ Sued war eine Off -Galerie die von 2011 bis 2017 in der Kölner Neustadt Süd direkt gegenüber dem Kölner Südbahnhof ihre Räume hatte. Ziel vom SSZ war es Positionen von Künstlerinnen und Künstlern aus dem Rheinland und darüber hinaus als Einzela …

“Danish Tattooing” traced the visual development of tattooing from 1895 up to the present day, with special attention paid to the Golden Age of the 1960s, an era particularly rich with fascinating tales from a rough scene. This second edition of the mu …

Creativity and innovation are no longer exclusively the province of humans, but the result of collaboration, a game of interpretation in the dialogue between humans and machines. This is the world in which we live today, where artificial intelligence i …

Was hat das Design von Flughafen-Ganzkörperscannern, Crashtest-Dummys und automatischen Seifenspendern gemeinsam? Diese Objekte wirken neutral und universal, aber sie (re)produzieren gender-binäre, sexistische und rassistische Ausschlüsse. Design wird …

A bold and timely collection that brings feminist theory and critical thinking to life through vital, approachable design methods and practices. Feminist Designer brings together a constellation of voices and perspectives to examine the intersection of …

Space Utopia A Journey Through the History of Space Exploration from the Apollo and Sputnik Programmes to the Next Mission to Mars

Ausgehend von der anhaltenden Faszination für den Mnemosyne – Bilderatlas von Aby Warburg (1866 – 1929) ist diese Referenz im Titel eine Hommage an den ‘künstlerischen’ Kunsthistoriker. Dem kulturellen Gedächtnis der Bilder auf der Spur, kombinierte Wa …

Zum 100. Geburtstag präsentiert diese grosse Jubiläumspublikation die Entwicklung des SWB. Ein bedeutendes Stück Schweizer Kulturgeschichte! Der Schweizerische Werkbund SWB, 1913 als Vereinigung von Kunst, Industrie und Handwerk gegründet, versteht sic …

Mehr als die architektonische Biografie einer Stadt: Das Buch zeigt Chicagos Rolle als wichtiger Katalysator architektonischer und urbanistischer Ideen und Entwicklungen auf der ganzen Welt. Seit Langem übt Chicago eine besondere Faszination auf Archit …

The first major monograph on provocateur painter Peter Saul, featuring the largest collection of his work ever published, overseen by the artist himself.

A personal and complete retrospective by one of the most important twentieth-century photographers. Elegantly curated by the legendary photographer and his youngest daughter Frances von Hofmannsthal, Snowdon looks back at an exceptional life and featur …

Saul Leiter (1923–2013), der heute als einer der weltweit größten Fotografen und Pionier der Farbfotografie gilt, war bis in seine frühen Achtziger relativ unbekannt. Erst seit Kuratoren und Kritiker ihn vor zwei Jahrzehnten neu entdeckten, erfährt se …