I have been a collector of 1960s-2000s paper collectibles for close to 30 years. We are in the process of thinning down our lives. I recently unearthed several boxes of beautiful Magazines, Over the next few weeks I hope to be listing tons of 60s, 70s and 80s and current magazines and books at great prices, stay tuned. Here's something really special, a mint in box copy of Visionaire number 34, This is not your normal magazine, each issue of Visionaire is an art happening: "Curated by Hedi Slimane, former design director of Dior Homme, 34 PARIS is in many ways a reaction to our tendency toward the baroque – one that we had just fully indulged in the previous issue, 33 TOUCH. The issue is a testament to Hedi’s reductionist aesthetic and an exploration of a burgeoning new movement: art that has its base in architecture. To this end, architect Greg Lynn designed a lacquered gray monolith with an interior topography engineered to hold the bound book as though suspended in space. Contributors include architects Neil Denari, Andreas Angelidakis, and Dominique Perrault; video artist Chris Cunningham; artists Thomas Demand, Elisabeth Ballet, James Casebere, and Craig Kalpakjian; graphic designers H5 and John Maeda; and the French band Air."-visionaire world |