Visit to New York Art Book Fair
Posted by roshni on October 9, 2009Visit to the New York Art Book Fair-
Visit to The New York Art Book Fair
I visited PS150 on October 3,2009 to see the New York Art Book Fair. The place didn’t look like a school at all. I thought it was an exhibition place. I bumped into Prof. Sheehan who suggested me to walk through both floors first looking at all the work and then coming back to the ones I liked. The place looked beautiful with such different kinds of books. It was actually kind of hard to come back to the ones I liked because there were just sooo many of them. Also the place was a maze every room was connected to another one and was a little difficult to find the place where I had seen all the books I liked. However I really liked the following books.
- Forbe By Visitor– This book was interesting because it was like the Abecedarium which we had just designed. The book consisted of thick pages and the alphabets were carved out on the page like we can see on the cover. It was a cool concept.
Fore By Visitor
Made in France 8 Artists and the Graphic Novel. I liked the publishing of this book because there were 8 books which were stapled. The front cover also serves as a pocket on the inside and holds the 8 books inside.
Made in France
- Uncovered – Photographs by Thomas Allen. Foreword by Chip Kidd. This was a hard cover book and the front cover was revealing the book. The book had all photographs. Editor Nancy Grubb. Designer: Francesca Richer. First edition. Aperture Foundation. I was planning to make my final book for the class as a book full of pictures hence I took a little more time to see how the designer must have designed the book and see what pattern it follows.
La De Melodie Tur Di di – Imagerie par Warja lavater. Adrien Meaght Editeur Paris. I loved this book has been designed. It was hard cover accordion fold which stood extremely well on the table. It was very attention-grabbing. It stood so well on the table and well just that moment my battery of the camera died so i couldn’t take a picture. i tried with my phone but it came out fuzzy.
Alfredo JAAR –Two or three things I imagine about them. This was a set of 2 books one of them was a copy of a passport and the other was a soft cover book. Both were bundled together. this gave it a feel like a person is traveling would keep their passports along with their book or have the guide to the place he is visiting to read on the aircraft or . Very realistic approach.
Afredo Jaar