Main entry:

Boom, Irma, artist, author, book designer.

Title & Author:

Irma Boom : book manifest : books in reverse chronological order, 2022-1986, with comments here and there / texts, Rem Koolhaas [and nine others] ; photography, Stephen van der Linden, Gerrit Schreurs ; translation, Cis van Heertum, Pierre Bouvier ; copy editing, D'Laine Camp ; concept and design, Irma Boom.

Edition:

Third revised and expanded edition.

Publication:

Köln : Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König, [2022]
©2022

Description:

999 pages : illustrations (some color), portrait ; 7 cm

Notes:
Published in conjunction with the exhibition "Irma Boom: Book Manifest", held at the Allard Pierson of the University of Amsterdam in 2022.
First published as: Irma Boom: biography in books. Amsterdam : Grafische Cultuurstichting, 2010. Revised and expanded edition of: Irma Boom: the architecture of the book. Eindhoven : Lecturis, 2013.
Issued in cardboard case 15 x 11 x 5 cm.
What happened to the book? / Irma Boom -- Printing revolution / From the Internet -- Living archive: books 1985-2022 / Mathieu Lommen -- Selection of books 2022-1985 -- Revelation / Rem Koolhaas -- ? / From the Internet -- Antidote / Irma Boom -- Place and time / Irma Boom -- Designing the 2014 Venice Architecture Biennale / Michael Rock -- The survival of the book... / Irma Boom -- Scale and size / Frits Scholten -- A dramaturgical designer / Nina Stritzler-Levine -- Various readings of a myth / Byrthe Lemmens & Rémy Alban Valton -- SHV Centenary Project: structure of study / Irma Boom & Johan Pijnappel -- Art meets... / Louwrien Wijers -- Selective checklist.

Summary:

"In Book Manifest, world-renowned Dutch designer Irma Boom presents her vision on the essence, meaning and relevance of the book. Based on the in-depth research that Boom conducted into the development of the book in the library of the Vatican, Book Manifest is at once a survey of the history of the book and a miniature Irma Boom retrospective, reproducing a selection of more than 350 books she has designed over the course of her eminent career. Alongside reproductions, Boom extensively discusses the relationship between her work and older book forms. With this tiny (two and a half by three inches), slipcased, 1,000-page, richly illustrated volume, itself an exceptional feat of bookmaking, Boom aims to inspire and encourage a new generation of designers to experiment and develop new ways of conceiving this simplest and most enduringly effective of forms."--Publisher's description.

ISBN:

3753300918 (paperback)
9783753300917 (paperback)

Subject:

Boom, Irma Exhibitions.
Boom, Irma
Book design Netherlands Exhibitions.
Book designers Netherlands Exhibitions.
Miniature books Specimens.
Book design.
Livres Conception graphique.
Livres Conception graphique Pays-Bas Expositions.
Mini-livres Spécimens.
Miniature books
Book designers
Netherlands

Form/genre:

Miniature books.
exhibition catalogs.
artists' books (books)
Specimens
Exhibition catalogs
Artists' books
Livres d'artistes.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Koolhaas, Rem, author.
Allard Pierson Museum (Universiteit van Amsterdam), host institution.

Book manifest
Boom

Holdings:

Location: Library main y 318402
Call No.: 318D02
Copy: 1
Status: Available