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Nike's Knacks And Snacks, Nike Desis

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

Nike Desis makes small editions of zines, screen prints, & refashioned clothing/ accessories. They are prototypes from primary sources as Nike often uses popular/ found imagery/objects. She curates this content outside of algorithms with a spirit of sharing and reuse. Nike is also always studying group work, in practice and through workshops, observations, interviews, research, and readings. www.nikedesis.com

Cardkits, Anther Kiley

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

Anther Kiley is a RISD alum (GD MFA ’13) and adjunct faculty in the GD department. They design and market Cardkits, a line of book-like paper toy kits for kids and adults that assemble into engaging miniature cityscapes. cardkitstoys.com

Risd Graphic Design | Utkan Dora Öncül, Uktan Dora Öncül

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

RISD Graphic Design offers BFA and MFA programs that push on the boundaries of the discipline, where students learn to communicate ideas visually, frame points of view and messages, build community, and embrace a fluid, networked culture. risd.gd

Olivia Orr, Olivia Orr

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

I am a graphic design senior at RISD (2020) and I love book arts! Most of my work involves Biblical themes and illustrated typography and graphics. I took a “Print on Paper” class last semester (2019) and made two risograph printed books that are on sale for Unbound. behance, oliviawaugh.com

Erik Gould, Erik Gould

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

I am a photographer and a bookmaker. I am interested in the ways that groups of images can work together and how those groups join with text, with sound and with pages, both physical and digital, held within the container of a book. The unique encounter of a reader with a book is where I wish the work to meet an audience. – Erik Gould, Senior Photographer, RISD Museum erikgouldprojects.com

Skate Or Dye | Mikaela Kautzky, Mikaela Kautzky

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

SKATE OR DYE is a 120-page art publication on DIY skateboarding, natural dyeing and textiles in a northern island context. This iteration comprises drawings, textile works, colour photography, short pieces of writing, and how-to’s on natural dyeing as well as skate feature assembling. Through words and visuals SKATE OR DYE investigates islands as laboratories for DIY culture and inclusive design. www.mikaelakautzky.com, mik00k instagram

Jr., Corinne Ang, Jina Choi, Julia Chu

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

Julia, Corinne and Jina are a self-publishing group of RISD graphic design students interested in creating stories and narratives through various printed mediums. We are particularly intrigued in the connection and interaction of people and culture and enjoy sharing these discoveries through print.

Ugly Duckling Presse, Ugly Duckling Presse

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

Ugly Duckling Presse is a nonprofit publisher for poetry, translation, experimental nonfiction, performance texts, and books by artists. Through the efforts of a volunteer editorial collective, UDP was transformed from a 1990s zine into a mission-driven small press that has published more than 300 titles to date, and produced countless prints and ephemera.

UDP favors emerging, international, and “forgotten” writers, and its books, chapbooks, artist’s books, broadsides, and periodicals often contain handmade elements, calling attention to the labor and history of bookmaking. uglyducklingpresse.org

Meichen Liu, Meichen Liu

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

Meichen Liu, PRINT 22 makes larger-than-human-size installations, picture books and zines to present personal understandings of human emotions as well as relationships, and also to resonate with her audience. She seeks a deeper meaning behind ordinary things, and her seekings are reflected in her arts. She is searching for a way to combine maths with fine arts. She hasn’t found the one she likes yet, but she never gives up on things she values, and she gains better comprehension in both fields through this process. View Meichen's Baker & Whitehill Annual Student Artists' Book Contest entries Pockets, 2020 and …

Yiqun Zhou, Yiqun Zhou

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

I've been working on a 32 pages comic about humor for over a year now (2020). It’s a story about a super power comedian interviewing another super power comedian. It has very interesting paneling (said by my professor and my classmates) and it’s a nice story.

Fish Tales, Experiments With Fish Skin For Bookbinding, Peter D. Verheyen

Librarian Publications

Tanned fish skin has been used in binding for decorative elements such as inlays and onlays, but it has a much longer history of use for clothing, sword handles, objets d’art, and other applications across global cultures. This article describes the history of fish skin in bookbinding, how to prepare parchment, basic materials testing, and shows bindings works by the author and others.

This Month, Jennifer N. Figueroa

Theses and Dissertations

This Month is a series of collages that depict police violence at civil rights and Black Lives Matter protests. By pairing events from 1964 to contemporary protests that occurred in the same month, the collection draws a connection between the past and present.

Drach, Prüss, And The Fifteenth-Century Book Trade, Jonathan Taylor

Extra-Textual Elements

The development of the moveable-type press in the mid-fifteenth century led to the rise of a new industry, the manufacture and trade of printed books. Before this, written works existed as handwritten manuscripts individually produced by scribes.

The printing press allowed works such as the Malleus maleficarum and Fasciculus temporum contained within Portland State University’s codex to be produced in a significantly more efficient manner. The printers of the two volumes contained in the codex, Peter Drach and Johann Prüss, successfully avoided the pitfalls facing early printers to become successful in their trade, and may have actively cooperated in the …

Party For One: A Monologue Of The Importance Of Oneself Through Book Arts, Jacob Zhefu Wan

Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020-2023

This thesis explores the importance of oneself through sexuality, context, and introspection in the art of book arts. I work with memories, imagination, and consciousness in the form of book arts to express the importance of the self from my personal experience. Through the use of colors, materials, spatial compositions, and other visual components to manifest the content of my art, I want to illuminate the awareness of otherness including gender issues and an individual's vulnerability. Playing with the texts of Chinese and English, I intend to create narratives with languages, images, and other mixed media. In addition to crafting …

Surrogate Memories In Animation And Sound, Jared Duesterhaus

Theses and Dissertations

A document in support of my exploration into memory in relation to the mediums of animation, sound, and theater. A reflection on remembering as a creative act.

The Morse Dry Dock Dial, Sarah Nicholls, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 31 x 46 cm folded to 17 x 13 cm. Cover title. Edition of 250. "The Morse Dry Dock Dial is the Spring 2020 Informational Pamphlet, taking its name from the magazine published by the Morse Dry Dock Company, my great-grandfather's employer in the early years of the twentieth century. The original publication reported on the lives and activities of their community of workers, many of which lived in the neighborhood, what was then called Bay Ridge and is now named Sunset Park, Brooklyn. This pamphlet talks about my family's history in the neighborhood, …

Avalanche Safety Book, Casey Gardner, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations Title from cover; imprint from colophon. "Written, drawn, printed and bound by the artist"--Colophon. Limited edition of 50 copies. Letterpress printed accordion-bound folios with pamphlet-stitched interior booklets. Printed on a Vandercook 4 with photo-polymer plates and carved linoleum. Two digitally printed, hand-bound fascicles. Covers are cloth-cornered davey board. Typefaces: Cheltenham, Kabel, Gill Sans, Futura, and Bodoni. Paper: Moulin du Gué, Zerkall Book, and Curious Metallic. "This book, through a story of two climbers, explores human vulnerability and vision in navigating physical and existential risks. The story reflects our era of environmental peril and the blind …

Visionaire 69: "2020" Guest Curated By Edison Chen, Edison Chen, Barbara Kruger, Tom Sachs, Lebron James, Greg Foley

Visionaire

1 box (10 laser-cut copper stencils, 1 face mask, 1 can of spray paint) wrapped in a silk scarf Title from infomation sheet Limited Edition of 500 hand-numbered copies include silk scarf by CLOT, wrapping a stenciled case housing; 1 face mask by Barbara Kruger, 1 can of spray paint, and 10 laser-cut copper stencils by 10 artists "Due to current shipping restrictions, we are sorry to inform you that the can of spray paint is not able to be sent inside the edition."--Information sheet

"VISIONAIRE 69 2020 guest curated by the inimitable, multi-hyphenate star, Edison Chen, comes as a …

A Cloud Index, Spencer Finch, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

60 folded sheets : illustrations. "The sixty pastel drawings that comprise this book were originally created for a public art project at the new Elizabeth Line station at Paddington in London. The entire work, titled "A Cloud Index," presents 27 different types of clouds within a single composition. The drawings were scanned and then printed onto 180 clear glass panels (each 2 meters x 6 meters) and installed in the canopy of the station. The pages of this book can be assembled and attached to a wall to re-create the entire artwork, at a reduced scale. The number printed on …

Don't Cut Your Hair It's Beautiful, Kellee Morgado, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

3 volumes : color illustrations Edition of 50. Each volume has 24 unnumbered pages, bound so that the reader can lift the center illustration to reveal a larger illustration within. The gatherings are unopened throughout, obscuring text and illustrations. In a cloth-covered portfolio, held closed with a printed paper band. "The work questions personal rituals surrounding hair, constructs associated with hair in Western culture, and the shift in value when hair is unattached to bodies. In this ongoing inquiry I explore my own experience with femininity, womanhood, my relationship with my own hair, and how it conforms to or disrupts …