Paperback: 198 pages
Publisher: Te Neues Pub Group
Language: English
Product Dimensions: 23 x 35.8 cm
Release Date: 2001
Price: $280 USD (30,800 JPY)
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Condition: good (pre-owned)
with obi band
3D-2D The Designers Republic’s Adventures in and Out of Architecture With Sadar Vuga Arhitekti and Spela Mlakar
This is widely regarded as one of the most ambitious and accomplished publications produced by The Designers Republic around the turn of the millennium.
Rather than functioning as a conventional architectural monograph, the book reconsiders architecture through its relationship with typography, information design, and graphic systems. While based on projects by the Slovenian architectural practice Sadar Vuga Arhitekti, its scope extends far beyond architectural documentation. Photography, drawings, color, and typography are orchestrated into a dynamic editorial experience that transforms the representation of space itself.
The publication’s large format, spiral binding, and fold-out pages further reinforce its distinctive character, allowing the book to function as a design object in its own right. As the pages unfold, the boundaries between architectural space and graphic design become increasingly blurred, inviting readers to consider how information, structure, and environment can be visualized and communicated.
As a remarkable example of the experimental design culture that emerged around 2000—when graphic design began expanding beyond the printed page into spatial and environmental contexts—this publication remains an important work within The Designers Republic’s oeuvre. It continues to offer a compelling perspective for those interested in the intersections of architecture, typography, editorial design, and visual communication.
Furthermore, this copy retains the original “Tiger Striped” obi band, an exceptionally rare survival. Complete examples with the band intact seldom appear on the market, significantly enhancing the book’s desirability and status as a collector’s item.
The Designers Republic
Established in 1986 by Ian Anderson. Sheffield based design group. They are the most infulential design compnay in recent decade and produced many followers. Major works include Warp Records, Wipeout, Satoshie Tomiie, Pop Will Eat Itself, Issey Miyake, Towa Tei, Pulp, The Orb, Autechre.
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