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Redstone's 25th Anniversary diary is a visual and linguistic spectacular. Readers will be able to revel in language's amazing presence every morning with this wonderfully-designed diary. Spiral bound, it includes folded pockets and sections for notes

‘Atlas of Echoes’ is the first monograph on the work of Dutch photographer and visual artist Sarah van Rij. An immersive journey through her entire oeuvre, the book presents both black-and-white and colour photography, as well as the collages she has

The book traces the exceptional career of Ruud van Empel, a pioneer in digital construction. Van Empel reveals an ability to capture the delicacy of the world through his works: editing and composing, from patiently collected and selected photographs

‘The Imaginary Friend’ depicts a dream of a young woman who commutes every morning by train across the Maas bridges on the Dordrecht-Rotterdam route. She passes an abandoned bridge keeper’s tower and imagines a friend lives there. She decides to brin

Wat moeten we ons voorstellen bij een 'Design Derby' tussen Nederland en België van 1815 tot 2015? Is er eigenlijk sprake van een karakteristieke Nederlandse of Belgische identiteit in het design? En hoeveel weten we over elkaars geschiedenis? Precie

Deze rijk geïllustreerde catalogus (NL/ENG) verschijnt bij de gelijknamige tentoonstelling in Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, met een uitgebreide bespreking van alle tentoongestelde werken en de voorbereidende tekeningen. Daarnaast wordt in vier inlei

What happens when a space adapts to the art instead of the other way around? Over the past years, a series of exhibitions in Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen's open foyer has challenged our perceptions of space. In 'Sensory Spaces' fifteen international

In 2019 is het honderd jaar geleden dat het Bauhaus werd opgericht, de revolutionaire kunst- en ontwerpschool waarvan de invloed nog steeds voelbaar is. De baanbrekende uitgangspunten van de opleiding hebben ook in Nederland nadrukkelijk weerklank ge

De collectie surrealisme van Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen geniet wereldwijd bekendheid. Toch is deze Boijmans Studie nu eens niet gewijd aan de oeuvres van gecanoniseerde namen als Salvador Dalí en René Magritte. In plaats daarvan wordt het verhaal

De afdeling vormgeving is zonder twijfel de meest gevarieerde deelcollectie van Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. In het openbare depot van het museum kan iedereen zich verwonderen over het pluriforme karakter van deze 50.000 stukken tellende verzamelin

Boek Best Of Boijmans, geschreven door Sandra Kisters, uitgegeven door Idea Books B.V., Museumgids

Boek Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen, geschreven door Peter van der Coelen, uitgegeven door Idea Books B.V., Museumgids

Boek De Vuurvogelgeneratie, geschreven door Sandra Smets, uitgegeven door Idea Books B.V., Beeldende kunst

Boek Best Of Boijmans, geschreven door Sandra Kisters, uitgegeven door Idea Books B.V., Museumgids

This continuation of the well-established and popular series of found photography books, provides another collection of intriguing images. This time its subject is one of the earliest successful photographic blogs, a site documenting the story of Ool

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The magazine's focus is to explore images created for practical purposes, in this case, the photographs used to guide solvers of jigsaw puzzles in their endeavours. These pictures, from animals, television and sports to postcard-perfect destinations,

The fourteenth edition of Erik Kessels' found photography series presents a semi-nude detective story: who chopped the heads off all the sunbathers? This latest series was discovered in the late eighties by the photographer Toon Michiels. Edited & de

In almost every picture #7 presents with the story of a Dutch woman whose life is seen from the point of view of a fairground shooting gallery. The chronological series begins in 1936, when a 16 year old girl from Tilburg in Holland picks up a gun an

Online auction sites often show photographs where details or sections of the photograph have been covered up due to privacy and/or censorship issues. As a result sellers are forced to come up with smart and practical solutions so that the photograph

‘Useful Photography’ features overlooked and underwhelming images taken for practical purposes. This issue presents the meticulous work of the “script continuity supervisor” on a film set, where details about every shot have to be recorded: camera an

From careful brushes to jealous scribbles, the stylistic range of how figures are censored is quite diverse. But the defacements here seem more concerned with the censor’s own feelings rather than enhancing the overall aesthetic. In these images it i

Noud and Ruby decided to spruce up their living room in 1965 by refurnishing the fireplace and adding a new sofa, a tufted corner piece in a classy shade of beige velveteen; not a right-angled design, but a soft, sensual curve snaking around the corn

A magazine published once a year focusing on overlooked and underwhelming images taken for practical purposes and is collected & edited by Hans Aarsman, Julian Germain, Frank Schallmaier and Erik Kessels. (Previous editors: Claudie de Cleen and Hans

In Italy, between 1945 and 1976, more than 12,000 women were married by proxy to partners who were unable to attend for reasons such as military service, imprisonment, or travel restrictions. Mina from Bologna was one of them. In 1961, twenty-six-yea

Published by Van Zoetendaal, this special collection of photographs by Dutch documentary filmmaker, author, and photographer Johan van der Keuken offers a fascinating window into the everyday lives of people through portraits, personal moments and ma

Boek Otto Snoek, geschreven door Otto Snoek, uitgegeven door Idea Books B.V., Fotoboeken

Charlotte Dumas spent a few months in the spring of 2006 living in a tiny rooftop accommodation in Palermo, overlooking the city. The photographer became fascinated with a pack of stray dogs hanging around the park across the street, watching them la

Axel van der Kraan has a less than optimistic view of humans and civilisation. He is fascinated by power and bureaucracy and the absurdity of routines and rules that sometimes seem to oppress people more than help them. The artist sees the world as a

Pas de culte (‘no service’) presents hundreds of photographs of places of worship in the Netherlands and its former colonies, spanning over 185 years - the length of photography’s history. The selection includes works by Pieter Oosterhuis, G.H. Breit

Dutch photographer Teun Hocks envisions pictures conceived primarily as conceptual constructs and develops them into theatrical tableaus that are at once amusing, bizarre, and unsettling. His ability to seamlessly manifest contradiction, idiosyncrati

Dutch photographer Teun Hocks uses his distinct style to draw the 26 letters of the alphabet. Each letter is a persona – a chef, a mermaid, a skateboarder – doing something whimsical, holding true to Hock’s oeuvre that is always characterized by craf

Kessels and Stultiens have again delved into the treasure trove of amateur photography. They have found a remarkable series of photographs taken by a taxi driver of one passenger only. The passenger and the taxi are pictured in front of mountains, fi

'Time to Play' is Underware’s exploration of the dynamic relationship between typography, language, and human interaction. With their trademark experimental approach, Underware challenges readers to rethink the role of type beyond conventional bounda

Dutch artist Mark Manders - who will represent the Netherlands at the 55th Venice Biennale in 2012 - was awarded the Heineken Prize for Art 2012. The jury praised him "for his ability to create a personal world with a distinct visual language that bo

When asked to design the capital of a young African republic, Rodrigo Tomás sees the opportunity of a lifetime. Eager to outshine his famous father he accepts, but he soon discovers that not all is what it seems Chronicling the trajectory of an archi