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Acid Magazine 5
Acid Magazine 2023 no ISBN 33621
Pb 304pp col ills £33

In its new format, 'Acid' presents 26 ways to envision surfing and its milieu. Contributions include
South African photographer Ricardo Simal's portrait of the lives of young surfers from the Cape
Town suburbs; pendants made by Lea Domingues, who bases her work on the historical, cultural,
and material analysis of clothes, textiles, and accessories from the recent past; Gabriella Angotti-
Jones shares how her early relationship with surfing culture became inextricably linked to her
identity as a Black woman; Superorganic Studio's poetic ode to the wetsuit, based on
deconstructed interviews with surfers; and photography by Miguel Constantino and Tim
McKenna, plus much more.

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Back Office 5 - Graphic Design and Digital Practices

Editions B42 2023 ISBN 9782490077915 Acqn 33668
Pb 20x28cm 144pp col ills £22.50

'Back Office' is an annual review which encompasses graphic design and digital activities. It
explores the creative processes at work in the fields of contemporary media and digital practices.
The fifth issue considers the increasing importance of 3-D technologies among graphic design
productions. 3-D has never been as accessible as it is today, thanks to the increasing processing
capacities, to the wide-spread use of open-source softwares and of "real-time" creation
environments. Often limited to a search for photorealistic performance, 3-D is slow to offer a
graphic language of its own. What are the effects of this trend on the reader, in cultural, cognitive,
and sensitive terms? What is the relation between image and text in a simulated environment,
whether figurative or abstract? This issue is an attempt to propose diverse answers, through
interviews and articles, illustrated with numerous examples, taken from video games, interfaces,
or movies (Terminator, Mario Kart, etc.).

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LSD #03 - a DIY issue

Le Signe Design 2023 ISBN 9782957204458 Acqn 33669
Pb 13x19cm 198pp col ills £14

The third issue of Le Signe Design (the Cahiers of the National Graphic Design Center) is about
DIY practices and is based on the work of Gilles de Brock, graphic designer who became a
ceramic tile manufacturer. Do It Yourself practices are not, as is commonly assumed, limited to
home improvement, nor just a way of subverting-hacking-a given social and political organization.
They are also a way of looking both forward and backward, at our future and our heritage. They
involve our heritage insofar as they allow constituted groups to revive past knowledge and skills
threatened with extinction. They look forward in that they make it possible to create tools that do
not yet exist but could. This issue is appearing in parallel with the solo exhibition retracing the
career of Gilles de Brock, whose production is deeply infused with the DIY spirit. Yet his practice
can't be reduced to the things he has actually made. It is part of the kind of knowledge-sharing
economy proclaimed in Stewart Brand's counter-culture manifesto The Whole Earth Catalog, able
to go even further today thanks to the participatory and interactive Web 2.0.

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Garment 20 - Uniforms of Amsterdam

AMFI - Amsterdam Fashion Institute 2023 ISBN 9789090373799 Acqn 33670
Pb 17x24cm 136pp col ills £20

The Amsterdam Fashion Institute turns the spotlight on its home city, where both those who call
themselves Amsterdammers and newer migrants alike take pride in the city. It is an urban
paradise known for its laid-back lifestyle, bike-filled streets, business districts, bustling art scenes,
and ever-growing population. Amsterdam has a long history of connection, acceptance, and
creative energy. This issue offers an introspective look at the stories that fashion can tell through
the garments people choose to express themselves. How does living in this city influence what its
inhabitants wear? Page after page celebrates a diverse and inclusive community bridging past
and present.

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Textiles as Products of the Hands Making Them

Tsuchiya Textile Studio 2023 no ISBN Acqn 33671
Pb 15x21cm 72pp col ills £35.50

Any area of technology has some sort of measure used to judge whether the producer is skilled
or clumsy, and the product is of good or poor quality. With spinning yarn and weaving, skills that
used to be done exclusively by hand, becoming more skilled offered advantages, such as better
quality textiles able to withstand practical use as clothing or towels. The invention of spinning
machinery and power looms in the 18th century and their subsequent introduction into Japan
brought an end to this tradition. Interest in Japanese handiwork is reawakened in this small book
through detailed descriptions of the process of making cotton towels by hand, from cultivation to
final product.

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Tibetan typeforms (Pb reprint)

De Buitenkant Publishers 2023 ISBN 9789083269221 Acqn 33672
Pb 21x30cm 384pp col ills £80

'Tibetan Typeforms' presents in-depth research regarding the origin, development, and
typographical function of letter types in Tibetan writing, from their beginnings in 1738 to the
present. Besides introducing the characteristics of Tibetan script and the chronological evolution
of letter design and typographic techniques, it also offers a comparative visual and analytical
investigation of the manufacture of multilingual typesets and their deployment. Multiple solutions
for these typographical complexities are identified, including the placement of diacritical marks,
the vertical composition of syllable ligatures, and the many glyphs to be designed. This is a new
revised paperback edition of the eponymous title published in 2020.

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