THE ADDRESS IS THE ART
Mark Pawson

Product description: An A5 mixed-media book archiving multiple envelopes collected and addressed to the artist. Whilst some of the envelopes have been left blank, others have been drawn upon and edited adding a very organic nature to the book.
The book has various editions, with new copies being made when Pawson receives more envelopes. Pawson describes the book: "The Address Is The Art is made from over two decades worth of collected envelopes from family, friends,- from around the world, junk mail, boring letters from the bank and more".
Although primarily landscape, the format of certain pages is portrait. More importantly, “The Address is the Art” demonstrates the variation in (unintentional) hand drawn type.
The book is hand bound, 9 point stab stitch using a mixture of red and blue thread. This color palette is utilized throughout the book.
Publication details: 2006, London, United Kingdom, mixed media, hand bound: stab stitched.
Edition No. 120 of 500.

Ambeck’s Typographic Bestiary

AMBECK'S TYPOGRAPHIC BESTIARY 

Mette-Sofie D. Ambeck

Description: An A-Z exploration of typography. The images were taken from initial drawings completed in 1998/9, at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design in London. Ambeck constructs characters using letterforms, assigning them names such as “Borneo Billy” and “Nobody Noel”. The characters are personified, assigned a gender, diet as well as friends and foes.  The book is printed upon Munken Pure paper (200gsm).

Publication information: 2006, Denmark, scanned and printed (inkjet).

Edition 37/100

ambeck.mdd.dk

Alphabet

ALPHABET

Level two students, alumni of the School of Art, Design and Media

Description: A spiral bound book with 32 folded pages. Length 210mm, Width 150mm, Depth 10mm. This book is the result of a typographic - drawing wrokshop. Students randomly selected a letter of the alphabet. They had one hour to create some images of their letter. The letters were displayed and votes for the most creative were taken. These were then scanned and a book was produced.
Publication information: 2008, Portsmouth, UK, Metal Spiral, Colour laser print, Edition No. 1
http://www.envf.port.ac.uk/illustration/index.htm

Address is the Art, The

THE ADDRESS IS THE ART

Mark Pawson

Description: Softback artists' book: Length 145 mm, Width 200mm, Depth 10mm. The book is produced from envelopes and printed packaging in various weights and colours. These are bound into a book of 15 pages. The brown paper cover is printed with hand made stickers attached. The book is an exciting mix of envelopes and packaging collected by the author. it is one of 500 made with collected packaging making each book an origional. The cover is embelished with hand made stickers, text and images. By the use of collected packaging it allows the viewer to appreciate the visual delights of the vast array of papers, handwriting, stamps and stickers used on mail.
Publication information: Jan 2006, London, UK, Hand stitched, Various print methods, Edition 120 of 500
www.mpawson.demon.co.uk

Around the World in 80 Days

AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS
Simon White , alumni of the School of Art, Design and Media

Description: A stapled soft back artists' book: Length 160mm, Width 100mm, Depth 10mm. This book has 10 pages with 1 concertina fold glued to the cover. It is screen printed on heavy weight card with a brown card cover. The book is based on the novel 'Around the World in 80 Days' by Jules Verne. It uses classic imagery but introduces a contemporary graphic twist. It is in the form of a journal and introduces Mr Phileas Fogg.

Publication Information: 2007, Portsmouth UK, Stapled and glued, Screen Print, Edition 1

Anticipating Tomorrow

ANTICIPATING TOMORROW
Les Bicknell

Description: A book whose cover is made from perspex and held together with four screws into wood blocks. The 10 loose pages are made from heavy weight paper with rough edges. Some include stiched inserts and embossing. This is a set of 10 pages that use colour images, typography, paper engineering and embossing. Each page uses folds, inserts and cut outs allowing you to experience a visual delight of colour, text and image.
Publication Information: 1995, 1995, UK, Folded loose pages, Letterpress and Screen Print, Edition 6 of 12
http://lesbicknell.blogspot.com/

After the Freud Museum

AFTER THE FREUD MUSEUM
Susan Hiller

Description: Hard back artists' book: Length 302mm, Width 175mm, Depth 15mm. After the Freud Museum is printed offset in an edition of 1,000 copies, 114 pages, b/w. Designed by Rose-Innes Associates. This book is a companion to 'Susan Hiller at the Freud Museum', an installation that was originally commissioned by Book Works. Hiller's witty and erudite commentary is a response to Sigmund Freud's astonishing personal collection of art and antiquities, his library, his consulting room (including the famous couch) at his last home, in London. The book presents a series of archaeological collection boxes, and through turning the pages the reader embarks on a personal journey that discloses the secrets of each box.
Publication Information: 1995, Bookworks London UK, Perfect bound, Offset, http://www.bookworks.org.uk/asp/home3.asp

Abstracts

ABSTRACTS
Veronica Baxter, alumni from the School of Art, Design and Media

Description: Ring bound soft backed book. Its cover is a card envelope and the book has 48 pages. Length 220 mm, Width 130mm, Depth 10mm. The book is a collection of texts by history and cultural theory students from the School of Art, Design and Media. It uses text and image in a very graphic way with use of a simple grid. 

Publication information: 1997, Portsmouth UK, Ring bound, Laser printer

Abstract 2000

ABSTRACTS 2000
Anna Ruthven and students of year 3 Visual Culture

Description: Stapled soft backed book. The book has 34 pages. Length 100 mm, Width 145mm, Depth 10mm. The book is a collection of texts by Visual Culture students from the School of Art, Design and Media. These abstracts are from their final degree projects. The theme is based around the concept of maps which is described as a familiar trope within the studies of contemporary culture.
Publication information: 2000, Portsmouth UK, Stapled, Laser printer