Title: nijntje XXL miffy
Author: Dick Bruna
Design: Bob van Dijk studio ]]>
Book
In ‘nijntje xxl miffy' the focus is on Dick Bruna as a pioneering illustrator. Bruna's work is deceptively simple. The recognisable, seemingly childish shapes and colours are of course very well thought out. It is precisely the far-reaching stylisation and simplification that give Bruna's illustrations their powerful effect, on both young and old.
Bruna's illustrations are visionary and innovative. He was inspired by avant-gardists such as Braque, Picasso, Matisse and Léger. The use of colour, the lack of perspective and the simplicity of their work fascinated him. He started experimenting with a simple, clear use of colour and the omission of details. Bruna's vision, craftsmanship, and the art of using colour to create spatiality in the flat surface is nowhere clearer than in his most famous creation: miffy.
Uitgeverij Komma worked in close cooperation with Mercis Publishing on this special edition. 'nijntje xxl miffy' has a 1000 copy limited-edition and is therefore a special collector's item for the real aficionado. The book is numbered and comes with a certificate of authenticity.
The edition contains almost 600 pages that are completely dedicated to miffy’s powerful design. Designer Bob van Dijk created a beautiful book stand - especially for this edition - in the shape of the famous little cross.
Specifications
Author / illustrator
Dick Bruna
Design
Bob van Dijk studio
Binding
Sewn book block / Hardcover with Skivertex / Bruna colours on the edges
Volume
592 pages / 35,5 x 45 x 8 cm
Language
English
Copies
1000
ISBN
978-90-832266-6-8
NUR
640
The collector's edition ‘nijntje xxl miffy’
- contains a miffy made of plastic on the front cover
- comes with a specially designed book stand in the shape of the famous little cross
- is numbered
- includes a certificate of authenticity
Visual artist Pii Daenen has been producing sculptures, installations, videos, photographs, prints, artefacts, multiples, interior and furniture pieces for over 50 years. He draws his inspiration mainly from the basic human needs and technological developments and uses his art to make humorous comments on how we humans deal with this.
In 2012, Pii started archiving his work in the FileMaker Pro tool. This has turned his entire oeuvre into a visual encyclopaedia; a work of art in itself. The digital archive will be transferred to the Venlo city archive in 2022. A perfect moment for the creation of a special artist's book.
‘Pii-Files' contains Pii’s complete work archive, supplemented with a visual biography and a large number of his work’s reproductions. This striking and idiosyncratic publication invites us into Pii Daenen’s imaginative world
The numbered and signed collectors edition of 'Pii-Files' contains a book with a pink calfskin cover and gold trim. Together with a bronze fork, knife and spoon designed by artist Pii Daenen the book is offered in a beautifully designed box.
Collectors edition: 30 copies
Comes in a beautifully designed box
Title: Pii-Files
Author: Pii Daenen / Mat Verberkt
Language: English
Size: 15,4 x 21,5 cm
Pages: 936 pages
Binding: Softcover / Sewn glued / Bible print
Design: Pii Daenen / Peggy Simons / Nathalie Arts
ISBN: 978-90-832266-0-6-LE
NUR 640
The collectors edition of ‘Pii-Files’
- is numbered and signed
- contains a book with a pink calfskin cover and gold trim
- includes a bronze fork, knife and spoon designed by artist Pii Daenen
- comes in a specially designed box
Free postage worldwide
Author: Marcel van Luit
Design: Bob van Dijk]]>
‘Where the dreamers go’ takes us to the dreamworld of photographer Marcel van Luit. He likes to look through the eyes of a child when making his work. With amazement and unlimited imagination, he creates worlds he would like to escape to when times get dark. His photos harbour messages about hope, trust and love. Marcel wants to show us that using your imagination makes anything possible.
In a time of personal challenges or fear for the things that happen around us, Marcel wants to touch people with the reassurance his work conveys. Art can play a major role in this. With this book Marcel wants to help others to go where the dreamers go when they need it most.
The collectors edition of 'Where the dreamers go' comes in a luxury box and leather bag. For the cover of the book a lenticular print has been used. Besides that the collectors edition includes two fine art prints.
Author
Marcel van Luit
Design
Bob van Dijk Studio
Binding
Hardcover with lenticular print / Sewn bound
Volume
192 pages / 24 x 34 cm
Language
English
Copies
50
ISBN
978-94-91525-94-0LIMITED
NUR
653
The collectors edition of 'Where the dreamers go'
- comes in a luxury box and leather bag
- has lenticular print on the cover
- is numbered and signed
- includes two fine art prints (34 x 42 cm)
‘Q' was created at the beginning of the pandemic in the spring of 2020, during the walks that artist Jasper Krabbé took through a largely deserted Amsterdam. With his sketchbook at the ready, he walked along an empty Dam Square, Vondelpark, deserted canals and empty streets with the occasional vagrant and spotting shadows of people behind their windows. Jasper painted what he saw, dreaming of things that were no longer possible. ‘Q' is a visual diary, made at a historical moment when the world was on hold.
This special edition is an exact copy of Jasper's sketchbook. Printed with modern printing techniques on handmade watercolour paper, the facsimile can hardly be distinguished from the original sketchbook.
Author
Jasper Krabbé
Design
Jasper Krabbé
Binding
Softcover / Single sewn / Handmade watercolour paper
Volume
168 pages / 28 x 21 cm
Language
n/a
ISBN
978-90-832266-3-7
NUR
640
The special edition of 'Q' comes in a specially designed cardboard box (42 x 34,5 cm).
Author: Jenny Boot
Design: Harald Slaterus]]>
Jenny Boot started her professional life experimenting with painting, but eventually found her art form in photography. Her photos breathe the atmosphere of the works of the old Dutch masters through similar her themes and lighting.
Although beauty is the starting point for Jenny's work, her photographs are more than just aesthetic. The longer you look, the more layers unfold before your eyes. Her work is modern and draws attention to current issues. In the photo book 'On beauty' we are invited and challenged to look at the world through the eyes of Jenny Boot. The book is a beautiful summary of the photographer's work over the years.
The collectors edition of 'On beauty' comes in a luxury box and includes the fine art print 'Birdy'.
Specifications
Title: On beauty - Collectors edition
Author: Jenny Boot
Language: English
Book size 26 x 32 cm
Pages: 112 pages
Binding: Hardcover / Sewn bound
Design: Harald Slaterus
Copies: 75
ISBN: 978-90-831035-9-4-LE
NUR: 653
The collectors edition of 'On beauty':
- comes in a luxury box
- includes the fine art print 'Birdy' (30 x 40 cm / dibond + diasec glossy
Free postage worldwide
Author: Sjimmie Veenhuis
Design: Wout de Vringer]]>
Traffic signs, gear shift knobs and cassette tapes, in themselves they are everyday objects. But in Sjimmie Veenhuis’ installations, they are building blocks that are given a whole new meaning. With geometric precision, Sjimmie creates abstract compositions in which the objects transcend themselves and undergo the ultimate transformation. This results in works of art that invite us to re-examine our own material environment with a typical 'Veenhuis' view.
‘Aspect ratio' offers a retrospective of Sjimmie's work and is at the same time a prelude to its continuation. His complete artwork to date is presented in this publication and linked to substantive motivations and meaning.
The twenty-four unique limited editions of 'Aspect ratio' together form one artwork. All owners of this edition own a part of a larger whole. Especially for the limited edition, Sjimmie developed a beautiful wooden box that can be opened on two sides. The book and two rolls of warning tape are stored inside the box. At the same time, the box forms the frame for the artwork that is attached on the front of the box. The box can be put down or hung up.
Specifications
Limited Edition: 24 copies
Comes in a beautiful wooden box
that can be opened on two sides
Title: Aspect Ratio
Author: Sjimmie Veenhuis
Language: Dutch / English
Size: 36 x 24 cm
Pages: 160 pages
Binding: Hardcover / Swiss binding
Design: Wout de Vringer
ISBN: 978-94-91525-70-4-LE
NUR 646
The limited edition of ‘Aspect Ratio’
- contains an unpasted book and two rolls of warning tape
- comes in a wooden box designed by Sjimmie Veenhuis
- the top of the box contains a unique copy of one of the 24 artworks (40 x 60 cm)
- is numbered and signed
Free postage worldwide
In the book 'Barbaranalogica' photographer Barbara van Ittersum brings to light a world we are not so familiar with. She introduces us to the Barbarizsm; a visual language, oozing femininity. This language is not only used by women, but also understood, felt and even embodied by men. With her Barbarizsm, Barbara addresses various topics such as religion, sexuality, nature, culture clashes, deprivation of freedom and identity.
To Barbara, her analogue camera is not so much an instrument, as an extension of her perception. She doesn’t miss an opportunity and leaves no taboo untouched. As a viewer, you often feel like a voyeur. Barbara's photos are both confrontational and provocative, and delightfully beautiful on top of that.
The collectors edition of ‘Barbaranalogica’ contains three signed and numbered photos by Barbara. Together with the book they are offered in a specially designed box.
Specifications
Collectors edition: 25 copies
Comes in a specially designed box
Title: Barbaranalogica
Author: Barbara van Ittersum
Language: English
Size: 24 x 34 cm
Pages: 192 pages
Binding: Hardcover / Sewn bound
Design: Antonio Prisco
ISBN: 978-90-831937-8-6-LE
NUR: 653
The collectors edition of ‘Barbaranalogica’
- contains three signed and numbered photos (31,8 x 41,8 cm)
- comes in a specially designed box (32 x 42 x 6 cm)
Free postage worldwide
Book
Who are you really, when you cannot hide behind your clothes or your appearance? What remains when the mask disappears? This is what photographer and artist Richard Westerhuis investigates in his experimental portrait series Rubber Identity, Through The Second Skin and Whanganui.
Since 2016, Richard Westerhuis has been portraying his models in all their freedom and vulnerability. Out of their comfort zone, without clothes or appearance. He examines their true identity and consequently touches the core of the individual. Because, who are you really and how much of yourself do you show to others?
‘Unfolding Ambiguity' is central to the work of Richard Westerhuis and led to the title of his book. The beautiful photo book shows us an overview of his six conceptual portrait series that have been exhibited both nationally and internationally and have received multiple awards (including Best Photography Award, Visual Art Open in 2018 / National Award, Sony World Photography Awards in 2019).
"As an art photographer, the best way to convey my message is not a single photograph, but a series. A whole series around one underlying theme ensures the most powerful the message."
- Richard Westerhuis
Specifications
Special Edition Box includes:
Title: Unfolding Ambiguity book
Language: English
Book size 24 x 30 cm
Pages: 256 pages
Format: Hardcover dust jacket / Sewn bound
Design: Ad van der Kouwe
Print: Fine art print (24 x 30 cm)
Free postage worldwide
20 years after the death of Rock-'n-Roll artist Herman Brood, wife Xandra Brood and his sister Beppie Brood discovered a few boxes filled with never-before-seen drawings, letters, postcards, sketches and poetry full of humor, love, drama and sadness. This discovery is now bundled in a mega edition.
This limited edition with a print run of only 500 copies includes over 3750 works by Herman Brood. With its 2000 pages, a size of 33 x 47 cm and a thickness of 15 cm, this publication is not only impressive in content, but also in size.
The publication is handmade, numbered and is signed by Beppie and Xandra Brood. Together with a cahier - which includes the foreword by Beppie and Xandra - and a certificate of authenticity, the book is contained in a beautifully designed box with lenticular printing.
Ik aksepteer u zoals ik ben -
Herman Brood | Collectors edition
Author: Xandra Brood / Beppie Brood
Language: Dutch
Volume: +/- 2000 pages / 33 x 47 cm
Binding: Book block
Design: Bob van Dijk Studio / Wilco Art Books
Editions: 500
ISBN: 978-90-831937-0-0
NUR: 640
'Ik aksepteer u zoals ik ben - Herman Brood'
- is numbered and will be signed by Xandra Brood and Beppie Brood
- comes in a box with lenticular printing
- contains a cahier with a foreword by Xandra Brood and Beppie Brood
In the photo book 'Paradise', photographer Ruben van Schalm takes us along in his vision of paradise. This personal voyage of discovery was a journey of introspection, a path laid with shaky pebbles, but nevertheless essential for him.
Years of research, journeys and collaborations with like-minded individuals have shaped what the book now reveals to us: an artistic force that found its calling in the representation of the relationship between man and nature.
With an introduction by Erwin Olaf and an essay by Marth von Loeben.
Author
Ruben van Schalm
Design
Studio Amir Avraham
Binding
Hardcover / Sewn bound
Volume
112 pages / 24 x 32,5 cm
Language
English
ISBN
978-94-91525-91-9
NUR
653