Printed Matter is the name of a NY bookshop entirely dedicated to artists’ books, their dissemination and, sometimes, production. During this Media Studies course at the Architectural Association students have been shown some of the best artists’ books in London-based collections at the V&A National Art Library and Chelsea College Library. They heard from former MOMA curator Clive Phillpot, who defined Artists’ Books through a series of essays, as books produced by artists, or artists using the book as medium.

The aim of the course was to carefully consider paperspace and experiment with both its format and materiality in the context of a personal project. Students visited a printing press, Push in Bermondsey where they learnt about Lithographic techniques. They also engaged in a bookbinding workshop with Douglas Bevans and were shown AA works by Manijeh Verghese and Wayne Daly, designer and founder of Bedford Press at the AA, before engaging in their own Printed Matter production.

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Many thanks to:
Douglas Bevans (UAL)
Ed Bottoms (AA Archive)
Mick Clayton (St Bride Foundation)
Wayne Daly (Bedford Press)
Assunta Ferrera (Tate Britain Library)
Catriona Gourlay (V&A National Art Library)
Elizabeth James (V&A National Art Library)
Roy Killen (PUSH Printers)
Gustavo Montero Grandal (UAL)
Rosa Nussbaum (graphic designer)
Clive Phillpot (former MOMA curator)
Bob Richardson (St Bride Foundation)
Manijeh Verghese (AA Public Programme curator)

Course tutor:
Caroline Rabourdin

Students:
Khaled Al-Basir
Quentin Dauvergne
Allister Low
Alexandru Mitea
Ele Mun
Atieh Naghavi
Frida Østby Hansen
Alexander Saroki
Maria Nefeli Stamatari
Sarochinee Wongchotsathit

Anna Aleshkina
Mia Baraka
Hilal Bou Ali
Niccolo Cesaris
Mario El’Khouri
Amy Glover
Sean Gwee
Daniel Hambly
Mamoru Hoshi
Joy Lai
Philip Tsang
Jun Ho Yim

Aarohi Bakeri
Georgia Hablutzel
Tobias Hentzer Dausgaard
Jessica Hindradjaja
Neal Hitch
Jae Whan Kim
Ye Jin Lee
Carrie Li
Julia Slopnicka
Xuecheng (Chuck) Wang
Xiaoyuan Zhang