{"id":38560,"date":"2016-09-29T16:45:08","date_gmt":"2016-09-29T14:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/?p=38560"},"modified":"2016-09-29T16:45:08","modified_gmt":"2016-09-29T14:45:08","slug":"print-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/print-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Printed Books Are Experiencing a Revival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"size--small\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-38569\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Raf-Simmons_2-780x600.jpg\" alt=\"Raf Simons Redux First Edition 2005 Book. Courtesy Townes\" width=\"780\" height=\"600\" \/> Raf Simons Redux First Edition 2005 Book. Courtesy Townes<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Who says print is dead? According to\u00a0iPhone-wielding millennials, the demise\u00a0of inked matter is nigh, and never-ending\u00a0scrolls of listicles will soon become the\u00a0default media for modern thought. For\u00a0those of us with our senses still intact,\u00a0however, nothing as fleeting as clickbait\u00a0will ever compare to the smell of freshly\u00a0printed paper or the touch of leather\u00a0binding.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\">Literature as a luxury<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">In an increasingly speedy,\u00a0hyper-connected global society, what\u00a0could be more luxurious than something\u00a0so inherently slow? Viewed from this\u00a0perspective, a book is the height of personal\u00a0indulgence, and the act of reading\u00a0one is an inherently meditative practice\u00a0that exists in contradistinction to\u00a0the barrage of branded content. Today,\u00a0books and magazines are continuing\u00a0to thrive, despite the online shift, precisely\u00a0because they represent a material\u00a0choice, objects consumers can hold and\u00a0treasure rather than freely discard like\u00a0JPEGs and bookmarks.\u00a0And as fashion brands take to social media\u00a0and galleries go digital, it\u2019s the sturdy\u00a0coffee-table tome that\u2019s emerging\u00a0as the most sought after expression of\u00a0visual splendour.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Across the world, from\u00a0London\u2019s Cecil Court, the UK\u2019s home of\u00a0antiquarian book dealers, to Berlin\u2019s own\u00a0cabinet of curiosities, Do You Read Me?!,\u00a0hefty titles dedicated to art and fashion\u00a0are more in-demand than ever. Zines are\u00a0also making a comeback, and even the\u00a0agents of digital-savvy photographers\u00a0and art directors are choosing to circulate\u00a0their portfolios in handcrafted hard\u00a0copies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">As Hemingway once proffered,\u00a0\u201cThere is no friend as loyal as a book\u201d\u00a0\u2013 a pertinent sentiment considering the\u00a0increase in screen-induced headaches\u00a0caused by squinting at an ebook on a\u00a0laptop.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Old and new, these eight publications prove that print \u2013 in all of its beautiful, collectible and in-transient glory \u2013 is here to stay.<\/p>\n<p class=\"size--small\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-38570\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Raf-Simons-900x586.jpg\" alt=\"Raf Simons Redux First Edition 2005 Book. Courtesy Townes\" width=\"900\" height=\"586\" \/> Raf Simons Redux First Edition 2005 Book. Courtesy Townes<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\">Raf Simons Redux<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">Peter de Potter and Raf Simons,<br \/>\nedited by Maria Luisa Frisa<br \/>\nCharta, 2005<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Published to coincide with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/?s=raf+simons&amp;submit=Search\" target=\"_blank\">Raf Simons<\/a>\u2019 tenth\u00a0anniversary as a designer, this seminal\u00a0publication chronicles his legacy. Simons\u00a0made a name for himself with his take on\u00a0Nineties youth culture, using a creative\u00a0process that melded art, music, street\u00a0culture and notions of modern masculinity.\u00a0These pages offer a rare insight into\u00a0Raf \u2019s unique vision. Essential for all aspiring\u00a0menswear aficionados.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\">Suture<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">Morten S\u00f8ndergaard and \u00c5se Eg<br \/>\nBroken Dimanche Press, 2015<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Suture was inspired by the question preoccupying\u00a0Rilke\u2019s 1919 essay \u201cPrimal\u00a0Sound\u201d: What noise would be created if\u00a0the seam of a skull was played like a record?\u00a0Morten S\u00f8ndergaard and \u00c5se Eg\u2019s\u00a0creation pays tribute to this by depicting\u00a0the seams of 100 skulls found in the Parisian\u00a0catacombs transcribed into ornamental\u00a0lines. It\u2019s also bound in surgical\u00a0thread \u2013 another nod to the title.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-38566 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Allure-832x600.jpg\" alt=\"Mick Jagger, 1969,(Allure_P163): The Cecil Beaton Studio Archive at Sotheby\u2019s London\" width=\"832\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\">Allure<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">Diana Vreeland\u00a0(with Cristopher Hemphill)<br \/>\nChronicle Books, 2010<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Allure is the scrapbook of Diana Vreeland,\u00a0the fiery Vogue editor from 1963\u00a0to 1971. At heart, it\u2019s a photography collection\u00a0filled with Vreeland\u2019s obsessions\u00a0\u2013 noses, diamonds, geishas, crocodile\u00a0boots, Russia \u2013 documented by legendary\u00a0collaborators such as Irving Penn,\u00a0Richard Avedon, Adolph de Meyer and\u00a0Cecil Beaton. What makes it so compelling\u00a0is Vreeland\u2019s exaggerated style.\u00a0Think of it as a proto-Instagram feed.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\">Grapefruit<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">Yoko Ono<br \/>\nWunternaum Press, 1964<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In Yoko Ono\u2019s Grapefruit, the conceptualist\u00a0replaced traditional artistic \u2018content\u2019\u00a0with instructions of how individuals\u00a0might enact their own aesthetic gestures.\u00a0These so-called \u2018event scores\u2019 have a\u00a0muddled history: John Cage and Bertolt\u00a0Brecht are also credited with their invention.\u00a0But this volume is widely credited\u00a0as their first outing in this format.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\">Buffalo: The Style and\u00a0Fashion of Ray Petri<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">Jamie Morgan and Mitzi Lorenz<br \/>\npowerHouse Books, 2000<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Buffalo was an Eighties style movement\u00a0that defined British postmodern sensibility.\u00a0It took its name from the Caribbean\u00a0expression to describe rude boys\u00a0and rebels, and borrowed its aesthetic\u00a0from American workwear, punk, reggae\u00a0and Motown. The man behind the it\u00a0was Ray Petri, the subject of this book,\u00a0whose style unexpectedly infiltrated\u00a0mainstream culture \u2013 an important\u00a0chapter in fashion history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"size--small\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-38567\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Equisoain-780x600.jpg\" alt=\"Roberto Equisoain,\u00a0Martin Heidegger: Was ist Metaphysik? Berlin, 2014\" width=\"780\" height=\"600\" \/> Roberto Equisoain,\u00a0Martin Heidegger: Was ist Metaphysik? Berlin, 2014<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\">Was ist Metaphysik?<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">Martin Heidegger\u00a0(concept Roberto Equisoain)<br \/>\nEdita L.U.P.I. (La \u00danica Puerta\u00a0a la Izquierda), 2014<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Two years ago, Italy\u2019s Roberto Equisoain\u00a0contributed to the enduring controversy\u00a0surrounding Heidegger\u2019s reputation\u00a0by presenting an edition of the German\u00a0philosopher\u2019s famous essay in which the\u00a0pages were damaged, folded and placed\u00a0in the wrong order. In doing so it suggests\u00a0that the onus is on the reader to\u00a0make sense of Heidegger, who despite\u00a0his Nazi membership and anti-Semitism,\u00a0influenced many left-wing 20th\u00a0century thinkers.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\">Aromapoetry<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">Eduardo Kac<br \/>\nSelf-published, 2011<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Eduardo Kac\u2019s Aromapoetry takes literature\u00a0into the age of techno-science by filling\u00a0the pages with twelve custom-made\u00a0aromas enmeshed in a thin layer of porous\u00a0glass. In doing so, Kac explores scent\u00a0as language, insisting on fragrance as a\u00a0meaning-making thing in its own right,\u00a0probing the limits of poetic expression.<\/p>\n<p class=\"size--small\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-38568\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Nova-900x586.jpg\" alt=\"Nova, David Hillman and Harri Peccinotti. Images courtesy of casualoptimist.com\" width=\"900\" height=\"586\" \/> Nova, David Hillman and Harri Peccinotti. Images courtesy of casualoptimist.com<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\">NOVA, 1965\u20131975<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">David Hillman and Harri Peccinotti,\u00a0edited by David Gibbs<br \/>\nTrafalgar Square Publishing, 1993<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In the Sixties and Seventies most womens\u2019\u00a0periodicals were still running articles\u00a0on how to please husbands and what\u00a0to them make for dinner. Nova bucked\u00a0this trend by publishing features on then\u00a0controversial topics like feminism, the\u00a0pill, and female sexuality. Moreover, is set groundbreaking precedents in terms\u00a0of design, art direction and photography,\u00a0too. Ahead of its time, this tome collects\u00a0its finest moments.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nText von <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/author\/osman-ahmed\/\" target=\"_blank\">Osman Ahmed<\/a> and Ida Bencke<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The next chapter<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":38571,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11856,139],"tags":[6076,6077,6078,6079,6080,6081,6082,6083,6084,6085,6086,6087,6088,875,6089,6090,6091,1551],"class_list":["post-38560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sleek-art","category-art","tag-broken-dimanche-press","tag-charta","tag-chronicle-books","tag-david-gibbs","tag-david-hillman-and-harri-peccinotti","tag-diana-vreeland-with-cristopher-hemphill","tag-edita-l-u-p-i","tag-eduardo-kac","tag-jamie-morgan-and-mitzi-lorenz","tag-maria-luisa-frisa","tag-martin-heidegger-concept-roberto-equisoain","tag-morten-sondergaard-and-ase-eg","tag-powerhouse-books","tag-raf-simons","tag-self-published","tag-trafalgar-square-publishing","tag-wunternaum-press","tag-yoko-ono"],"acf":{"main_category":null,"legacy":"1","exclude_from_ads":null,"hero_title":null,"subtitle":null,"hero":null,"teasers":null,"facebook_image":null,"related_articles":null,"next_article":null,"sleek_card_focus":null,"content":null},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Why Printed Books Are Experiencing a Revival<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/print-books\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"de_DE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why Printed Books Are Experiencing a Revival\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The next chapter\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/print-books\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sleek Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sleekmag\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-09-29T14:45:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@sleekmag\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@sleekmag\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Verfasst von\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"sleek team\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Gesch\u00e4tzte Lesezeit\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5\u00a0Minuten\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/\",\"name\":\"Sleek Magazine\",\"description\":\"Sleek is Germany\u2019s leading independent media house\/brand for creativity and innovation located in Berlin the creative capital of the world. 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