Dripping summer Issue 8 @thefencemag with writing from @sejalsukhadwala, @mikejakeman, @jadeangelesfitton, @imogenwk and mor, and illustrations from @paulcoxartist, @serge.bloch, @nishantchoksi, @john.broadley.77, @francois_maumont, @martin_groch and @gabrielcarr.ink Cover by @paulcoxartist and bespoke dripping letters by @adrienv9

‘Dear Aisha, Vol. 1’ by @danielbejar is the first artist book and launches the publishing venture Ligature Press by @aebenenson Typeset in a bespoke version of Firmin Didot script by @julesesteves, a scam alphabet of its own. It is a small thin hard back book with 27 loose ads, and available online. Link of website in bio, designed by us and programmed by @arnasz___ ‘Dear Aisha, Vol. 1 continues artist Daniel Bejar’s exploration of identity theft as experimental form. The book collects months of real emails Bejar exchanged with a scammer who wrote him posing as the millionaire daughter of late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. Revisiting his own impersonation of Gaddafi's wayward son (Operation Guest, 2014), Bejar draws his counterfeit sister into a bizarre, collaborative work of autofiction. Through considered design, Bejar’s reflections on disguise and belonging unfold not just through narrative but by a material melodrama of high and low—bespoke typography, spam ads, malapropisms—that renders a wry portrait of our age of digital fakery and self-reinvention.’ Photography here by @lewiser

The Fence 7 is out, with more variants of the bespoke font by @adrienv9 @thefencemag with fiction by @rebeccawhatsun, essays from @james.bloodworth & others, investigations from @dire.thoughts & @frankielisterfun, and comic shorts from @tootoosolid, @acet_art, @fkagogs and @jadeangelesfitton Illustrations by @martin_groch @olgaprader @cossematthieu @serge.bloch @john.broadley.77 Cover @martin_groch

Just published – ‘Monads and Dyads’ is Julie Curtiss first monograph, published on the occasion of her show in London by @whitecube. Great team, Zoom galore and at speed with @honeyluard and @julietuyetcurtiss Exhibition runs from 14 May – 26 June 2021 at White Cube Mason’s Yard Edited by @honeyluard Texts by Simon Baker, Erika Bolsom, Susanna Greeves Printed @dza.druck Typeface @fonderieabyme @colinesuniercharlesmaze ‘Curtiss’ visual language draws on a history of figuration that includes 18th- and 19th-century French painting, as well as the Chicago Imagists and the ‘pop’ imagery of comic books, manga and illustration. Through the use of unexpected juxtapositions of subject with object, of the seen and the implied, and exaggerated cartoon-like forms, her paintings are infused with a direct and deadpan humour, revealing the uncanny within the familiar and the grotesque and surreal undertones of human characteristics and behaviour. Known for her surrealist re-workings of archetypes of femininity, in this new body of work the artist expands from the intimate and subjective to broader themes of the individual and society.’ – White Cube #jacqueslequeu #ericsatie #buñuel

Documenting the book! Sound on and watch it on Youtube for full res (link in bio). Repost from @architecturefoundation ‘As we continue to showcase each of the practices in New Architects 4, we wanted to celebrate the studio behind the book's design. Commissioned by the Architecture Foundation twelve months ago, Studio Mathias Clottu (@studiomathiasclottu) have worked on the complicated brief of combining the works of 109 British architectural practices into a cohesive publication. This short animation, produced by the studio, explores their concept and process. Animation by Studio Mathias Clottu @studiomathiasclottu Sound by Vincent Devaud @vincentdevaud ’ Thanks @romain_lrt_ and @vincentdevaud

A brick, the new New Architects is out! A compendium of 109 British architectural practices, established in the past ten years, New Architects 4 is the latest edition of the Architecture Foundation’s long running series. The journey started a year ago, big thank you to @elliswoodman @roznaii @mateariality for the trust and great design team with @ariannatilche and @carolecourtille. Thank you both for the help and support along the way of designing the book. Reposting @architecturefoundation ‘Running to 550 pages, this lavishly illustrated book is the definitive survey of an emerging generation of British talent. Providing an invaluable guide for prospective clients, the book features essays by six of the best young architecture critics writing today and has been designed by the award-winning graphic designers @studiomathiasclottu. The book opens with a series of short essays by Eleanor Beaumont @eabeaumont, Luke Jones @tlukejones, Jon Astbury @jonastbury, Lucy Watson @lucywwatson, Meneesha Kellay @mishkk and Neal Shasore, each discussing an event that has occurred in the five years since the publication of the last volume of New Architects. We see these as emblematic of the often highly challenging context in which architecture is made today. Edited by @elliswoodman Practice texts & captions by Pamela Buxton Special thanks @roznaii, @ariannatilche & @mateariality’ Printed with brio by @veronalibri 🔬 Photography of the book here by @thomasadank 👁 Copies are available from architecturefoundation.org.uk #NewArchitects4 #NA4’

Very pleased with the award: ‘Richard Tuttle, TheStars’ is nominated as one of the Most Beautiful Swiss Books of 2020. Thank you to the gallery, the team and Richard Tuttle! @stuartshavemodernart @msjimilee @charlottecmcinnes With an early release of Antique Legacy by @optimofoundry ISBN 978-0-9567988-8-6. Printed by @dza.druck #richardtuttle #stuartshavemodernart #studiomathiasclottu

We’ve jumped over issue 5 (images coming soon) to reveal some of the Issue 6 before the end of the year. All issues are available from @thefencemag online shop. With essays from @jadeangelesfitton @butlergallief @edcumming fiction from @mitteleuropean and comic shorts from @john_john_johnson @acet_art @fkagogs and many more. Illustrations from @olgaprader @cossematthieu @john.broadley.77 and @serge.bloch Art direction by @studiomathiasclottu and a William Blake cover by @serge.bloch Photographed by @amygwatkin

Detail from Richard Tuttle’s book TheStars, typeset over the summer in an early version of Antique Legacy by @jfrappo released on @optimofoundry today published by @stuartshavemodernart #richardtuttle @studiomathiasclottu

‘TheStars’ by Richard Tuttle, new artist book and catalogue for @stuartshavemodernart published on the occasion of #richardtuttle show at Bury Street (go and see!) Great team with @msjimilee @charlottecmcinnes @studiomathiasclottu @ariannatilche Antique by @jfrappo @optimofoundry print @dza.druck

I’m talking with @sarahhandelman tomorrow at 6.30pm about Alternative Histories as part of the online book club on Zoom! @mostbeautifulswissbook To repost Sarah: ‘Editing the Alternative Histories catalogue was an intensive relay of conceiving and making the visual and material elements that define it – from a concentrated two-day photoshoot with @thomasadank to capture each model, to a wild (and successful) goose chase across London and Lithuania to find the perfect binding (thank you @alenkaoblakprint), and to this day, when we compared the first round of images in the book to their originals, making further tweaks to the colour to ensure the drawings were as close as we could get to what you might see if you visited the @drawing.matter collection. When putting a catalogue together, with drawings usually dispersed across numerous collections, it's rare to have so much contact with the original material. It forces you to slow down in the middle of a fast-moving process; it invites you to look more deeply at all the stuff you’ve been handling via screens for so long; and it asks that you make decisions about the drawings — for instance, would it be more accurate to the drawing if we cleaned up certain signs of ageing, or do we expose the workings of time on the material? Drawing Matter is a working archive, where drawings are meant to be seen, touched, used. That ethos, moving away from the overly precious, informed a lot of the decisions we ended up making about how the work looked on paper.’ – @mostbeautifulswissbook exhibition runs at @tenderbooks until 11 October. Display by @takeshi_hayatsu London events organised by @studiomathiasclottu and @jonasberthod

The soft opening of the @mostbeautifulswissbooks in London is today @tenderbooks. Join us for the first Book club on Zoom tomorrow at 6.30! Link in bio for more info – Display by @takeshi_hayatsu London events organised by @studiomathiasclottu and @jonasberthod