Vol.82 A Life with Books issue
本のある生活 特集

紙媒体の危機と謳われ、インターネットによる即時的な文字情報やSNSでの写真情報のニーズが高まる昨今、前号で雑誌名と同じ「81」号という節目を迎え、仕切り直しとなる今回のVol.82では「本の魅力」に焦点を当てる。巻頭では、本としての機能だけではなく、オブジェとしての役割も担うアート作品を手がけるブック・アーティストを4名紹介する。続いて、近年の出版業界を代表する潮流でもある、インディペンデント出版社やZINE出版がリリースするユニークなアーティスト・ブックを多数セレクト。また、+81版「世界の一度は行ってみたいブックストア」も44店ピックアップする。1冊にコンパイルした本という形態の可能性、醍醐味、面白味など、本でしかできない表現方法やその存在意義を伝える。

Print media is in the midst of a crisis in light of a greater demand for instant textual and photo updates via the Internet and SNS. Given this situation, this time we cross the turning point from our namesake 81st issue by making Vol.82 all about what makes books great. Kicking things of f is a presentation of four book artists whose creations perform both their originally literary functions while also serving as objet d’ art. Following this is big selection of unique artist books from independent publishers and zine makers like those that have become a leading trend in the industry today. We also have a pick of 44 bookstores from around the world that everyone should visit at least once. Our goal is share all the possibilities, merits, and fun books compile into a single volume, along with the significance of the medium and all the distinct modes of expression it offers.


--CONTENTS--
-Book Artists’ File
Yasutomo Ota
Scott McCarney
Kevin Steele
Antony Cairns

-Independent 12 Publishers
Steidl
split/fountain
Sailor Press
Jiazazhi Press/Library
Small Editions
Carnage NYC
Editions du LIC
Roma Publications
Trapped in Suburbia
Case Publishing
Overlapse
InOtherWords

-Hand-made Books
Nieves
DR.ME
Arkitip

-World Individual Bookstores
ROUTE BOOKS
Hachinohe book center
serif s
Kura de Tabisuru bookstore
Keibunsha Ichijyoji-ten
COWBOOKS Nakameguro
BOOK MARUTE
READAN DEAT
IACK
sioribi
SO BOOKS
Totodo
ONLY FREE PAPER TOKYO
Tadahonya
Nagasaki Jiro shoten
Kamome books
Eslite bookstore Taichung Chungyo store
VVG Something
Pon ding
Post Poetics
Zhongshuge-Hangzhou Bookstore
kubrick
Printed Matter, Inc.
Aperture Gallery and Bookstore
Rizzoli Bookstore
Codex
Mast Books
Dashwood Books
The Last Bookstore
Casa Bosques
ARTAZART
Librairie Marian Goodman
Librairie Walther Konig & Cahiers d’Arts
Ivorypress
After 8 Books
Good Press
Libreria bookshop
Tenderbooks
Boekie Woekie, books by artists
Sautter + Lackmann, Fachbuchhandlung /
Specialized bookstore
phil
MZIN
Hochparterre Bu?cher
MOTTO BERLIN