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Barbie Paper Doll: A Transformed Wardrobe With Textile Mill History, Irene Chan, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2007

Barbie Paper Doll: A Transformed Wardrobe With Textile Mill History, Irene Chan, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 artist's book : color illustrations. Written, designed, and produced by Irene Chan ... produced in an edition of 10 copies. Place of publication for Elsewhere Artist Collaborative from box. Digital prints of cut paper doll clothes. Found object into sculptural book. Printed and illustrated paper box with paper doll, doll clothes, and printed leaf of references for text and images. "American textile history is printed on sixteen paper doll Barbie's clothes. Original doll from 1980 found at Elsewhere Museum and Residency. History is in the form of text and images from mill worker interviews and portraits, tools, statistics, and …

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Pig 05049 : 1:1, Christien Meindertsma, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2007

Pig 05049 : 1:1, Christien Meindertsma, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 volume (various pagings) : chiefly ill. (chiefly color). "Concept, photography, design & illustrations, Christien Meindertsma"--title page verso. The project was exhibited in the Kunsthal in Rotterdam in 2008. 3rd printing, Oct. 2009. Includes index. "Christien Meindertsma has spent three years researching all the products made from a single pig. Amongst some of the more unexpected results were: Ammunition, medicine, photo paper, heart valves, brakes, chewing gum, porcelain, cosmetics, cigarettes, conditioner and even bio diesel. Meindertsma makes the subject more approachable by reducing everything to the scale of one animal. After it's death, Pig number 05049 was shipped in parts …

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I Am The Place Where I Am, Jeong-Hoon Kim, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2007

I Am The Place Where I Am, Jeong-Hoon Kim, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

[32] pages : ill. (some color), maps (1 folded) "First edition limited to 150 numbered copies."--Colophon. "This book was designed by Hoon Kim, and all photos were taken from Google Earth."--Colophon. [8] page color booklet (13 x 10 cm.) stapled into the center. Cover is a folded map (28 x 38 cm.) Gift of Hoon Kim.

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Abracadabra: An Homage To N.H. Werkman, Werner Pfeiffer, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2007

Abracadabra: An Homage To N.H. Werkman, Werner Pfeiffer, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

2 dimensional flexagons and corresponding loose plates, enclosed in a four sided, cloth covered shaped portfolio; cover; various elements; detail; flat view of flexagon structure; detail. A tribute to the life and work of N.H. Werkman, noted German Graphic Designer. As Werkman playfully used text and letter forms as image, the flexagons revolve to reconfigure each composition.

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Connect The Dots, Macy Chadwick, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2007

Connect The Dots, Macy Chadwick, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

long stitch with cloth-covered cover boards, housed in a wrap box with plexi front and magnet closure; closed book inside cloth covered box; cloth covered box open with book inside; interior of cloth covered box; book cover without box; interior page; page spread. number 9 in an edition of 18, signed by the artist

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Sehnsüchtig, Amber Gayle, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2007

Sehnsüchtig, Amber Gayle, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

stab bound album, sewn cloth hinges; perfect bound; cover; page spreads; interior pages, back cover. In fhe form of a handmade photo album, this book recalls memories of a lake and longing for love. Written by Amber Gayle, produced by twin sister Stacy Erin Forte (formerly Wakefield), RISD Alumna.

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Sylvæ: Fifty Specimens Printed Directly From The Wood With Historical Anecdotes & Observations, Gaylord Schanilec, Ben Verhoeven, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2007

Sylvæ: Fifty Specimens Printed Directly From The Wood With Historical Anecdotes & Observations, Gaylord Schanilec, Ben Verhoeven, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

case bound with fold-out pages, bound in oak cover boards with leather spine and foil stamped spine label; cover; interior pages and spreads. Fifty specimens of timber trees on the farm property of Gaylord Shanilec are printed in full color woodcuts. Anecdotes about the making of the book, the trees, and the neighbors give personality to each tree sample. Ben Verhoeven is RISD alumnus.

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The Appeal Of Pornography, Karen Bleitz, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2007

The Appeal Of Pornography, Karen Bleitz, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

drum leaf binding, hard cover, pop-up, movable parts; accordion; cover; page spread, title page; page spreads; colophon. Pop-up book featuring the vast array of pornographic materials available in today's culture and the resulting objectification of women. Designed by Karen Bleitz, hand cut and bound by Amelia Drinkwater. Originally produced in 1996, re-issued in 2007.

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The Twin Survey: A Study, Amber Gayle, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2007

The Twin Survey: A Study, Amber Gayle, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

pamphlet stitch; stab bound; cover; page spreads, interior page. A study on the psychology of twins and their relationships to each other and other people.

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2007 Yearbook, Risd Archives, Center For Student Involvement (Csi) Jan 2007

2007 Yearbook, Risd Archives, Center For Student Involvement (Csi)

RISD Yearbooks

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Mixed Media September 22, 2006, Risd Archives Sep 2006

Mixed Media September 22, 2006, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

Mixed Media began as the student publication Your Name Here. The September 22, 2006 issue includes articles on departmental isolation at RISD, a Balls winning streak, visiting artist Laurie Rosenwald, a profile of a ceramics student, a planned public art piece for Boston's South Station, and ethnic hair products, along with student creative work, event notices, and other announcements.

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Office Of Multicultural Affairs (Oma) Annual Report 2005-2006, Intercultural Student Engagement Office, Anthony Johnson, Deborah Kanston Jun 2006

Office Of Multicultural Affairs (Oma) Annual Report 2005-2006, Intercultural Student Engagement Office, Anthony Johnson, Deborah Kanston

Intercultural Student Engagement (ISE) Annual Reports

The Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) Annual Report 2005-2006 is a year in review containing a message from the director, staff updates, community programs, statistics and general report of the work of this office. Our Mission: People from all backgrounds bring value to the art and human conversations held at RISD. The Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) assists the RISD community-at-large in shaping a culturally inclusive and supportive environment that enables all its members the opportunity to fully contribute to and benefit from the total RISD experience. OMA coordinates enriching opportunities for cultural awareness, dialogue, and interaction. The office services …

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Oral History Transcript | Interview With Baruch Kirschenbaum, February 2, 2006, Baruch D. Kirschenbaum, Andrew Martinez, Risd Archives, Alfred Chin Feb 2006

Oral History Transcript | Interview With Baruch Kirschenbaum, February 2, 2006, Baruch D. Kirschenbaum, Andrew Martinez, Risd Archives, Alfred Chin

RISD Oral History Project Transcripts

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On February 2006, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives Feb 2006

On February 2006, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

On was an interdisciplinary graduate periodical established by RISD graduate students in 2006. The February 2006 issue is the publication's first issue and features essays on the theme of space. Essays are on a variety of topics within this theme, including commentaries on RISD and explorations of student work.

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Muffin January 2006, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives Jan 2006

Muffin January 2006, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

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Muffin was a newsletter produced in the early aughts by RISD’s Queer Student Union as a student guide to queer culture. The January 2006 issue is the first since the February-March issue from 2004. It was revived by the Straight and Gay Alliance and features a "gay timeline," articles on freshman lesbians, female pirates Anne Bonny and Mary "Mark" Read, lesbians who look straight, why straight people are needed in RISD's Straight and Gay Alliance, a Jewish student's struggle to reconcile his homosexuality with his faith, and cheap and corny date ideas, along with a book review of "Women's Barracks" …

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Wunderground: Providence, 1995 To The Present, Judith Tannenbaum, Maya Allison Jan 2006

Wunderground: Providence, 1995 To The Present, Judith Tannenbaum, Maya Allison

Books

For the past decade, Providence, RI, has been the site of a radical underground art scene, giving rise to a multi-faceted, unbridled aesthetic that is as distinct as it is influential. As a celebration of the movement, The Museum of Art at the Rhode Island School of Design is presenting the exhibition Wunderground. The companion publication, Wunderground- Providence, 1995 to the Present features a foreword by celebrated artist and designer Gary Panter, 128 pages of full color illustrations and 4 fold-out gatefolds. Artists, musicians, writers and students who created and witnessed the rise of the movement offer shorter texts providing …

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Pictorial Webster's: G. & C. Merriam Dictionary Engravings Of The Nineteenth Century Printed Alphabetically As A Source For Creativity In The Human Brain, With Additional Dissertation, John Carrera, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2006

Pictorial Webster's: G. & C. Merriam Dictionary Engravings Of The Nineteenth Century Printed Alphabetically As A Source For Creativity In The Human Brain, With Additional Dissertation, John Carrera, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

case-bound in leather, clamshell box; open clamshell box with closed book inside; front cover; page spread 24-25, "letter B"; page spread 270-271, "letter P";. copy 10, signed by the artist

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2006-2007 Risd Course Announcement, Risd Registrar's Office, Risd Archives Jan 2006

2006-2007 Risd Course Announcement, Risd Registrar's Office, Risd Archives

RISD Course Catalogs / Announcements

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Meaning Maker, Kent Manske, Nanette Wilde, Preneo Press, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2006

Meaning Maker, Kent Manske, Nanette Wilde, Preneo Press, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

volumes. "This is Art." Title from glassine envelope and each brochure. Seven single sheets (11 x 8 ¹/₂ inches), tri-folded, text on both sides, each sheet printed on a different color paper. Each folded sheet has a copyright date. Academic Conference Edition -- American Citizen Edition -- Art Viewing Edition -- Family Gathering Edition -- Higher Education Edition -- Periodic Personal Evaluation Edition -- Relationship to Nature Edition. "'Meaning Maker' is a guided interactive response structure tailored to specific styles of experience."--website. "PreNeo Press is the conceptual and collaborative space of Kent Manske and Nanette Wylde."--Press website. Gift of Laurie …

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Thrift Store: The Past & Future Secret Lives Of Things, Emily Larned, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2006

Thrift Store: The Past & Future Secret Lives Of Things, Emily Larned, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

case bound in hard cover; cover; interior spreads. The relative value of things is brought to mind when looking at objects in thrift stores. Discarded or recycled "treasures" reflect the life of their former owners. Interesting juxtapositions create found visual narratives.

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Time Square, Buzz Spector, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2006

Time Square, Buzz Spector, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

screw post binding with mylar front cover, and paper wrapper; cover; detail. Results from a Google search of phrases relating to the concept of "time" were quantified and arranged in decreasing order and printed on 60 pages. When bound, the pages were then hand torn in decreasing amounts, revealing an altered version of the original. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition Stacked & Altered, summer 2022.

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State Of The Union: Live, Evil, Vile, Scott Mccarney, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2006

State Of The Union: Live, Evil, Vile, Scott Mccarney, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

stab bound with soft cover and duct tape reinforced spine; cover; interior pages and spreads. President George W. Bush's televised 2003 State of the Union speech is captured in full screen head shots. The overlaying text, similar to close captioning, reveals nonsensical phrases made from the letters in the book's subtitle.

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A Dictionary Story, Sam Winston, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2006

A Dictionary Story, Sam Winston, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

accordion fold with hard cover, housed in cloth covered slipcase. Slipcase cover; title page; interior pages; colophon. A dictionary longs to be a book of stories, not just a list of words and definitions. She gets into trouble when she lets her words run about, creating meaningless havoc. The alphabet comes to the rescue and restores order.

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Visionaire 50: Artist Toys, Stephen Gan, Cecilia Dean, James Kaliardos, Alex Katz Jan 2006

Visionaire 50: Artist Toys, Stephen Gan, Cecilia Dean, James Kaliardos, Alex Katz

Visionaire

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations. Ten plastic nesting toys, each designed by a different artist, designer, writer. Each cube consists of six pieces. Artists: Alex Katz, R. Crumb, Chiho Aoshima, Rita Ackerman, Chip Kidd, Rob Pruitt, Kehinde Wiley, Tim Noble & Sue Webster, Kurt Vonnegut and Joe Petro III, Tony Oursler. Toys are housed in a triangular shaped container. Container has a clear plastic lid with the title in silver. Library has no. 1132 of an edition of 4000. "For 50 ARTIST TOYS, Visionaire imagined a set of toys as animal companions to the designer figurines from 44 TOYS …

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Full Circle, Julie Chen, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2006

Full Circle, Julie Chen, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 volume (unpaged) in case : illustrations. Title from portfolio box. "Written, designed, and produced by Julie Chen ... letter-press printed on various papers using photopolymer plates...produced in an edition of 100 copies."--Colophon, boxtop verso. "Full Circle is a powerful exploration into the cycles of faith and belief from the first moments of obsession through the experience of deepest doubts, and ultimately passing through the place of peace where the mind and heart are (re)united before the endless cycle starts again. A large box-mounted wheel rotates continuously beneath a series of windows to reveal the many stages of the faith …

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View, Julie Chen, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2006

View, Julie Chen, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 volume (unpaged) in case : illustrations. Title from portfolio box. Written, designed, and produced by Julie Chen ... letter-press printed using a combination of photopolymer plates, wood blocks, and pressure plates...produced in an edition of 100 copies. "Based on a personal experience of loss, View is a bookwork that deals directly with ideas of coming to terms with mortality. The piece includes two books that are housed in a compartmented box. After the books have been read, the box can be tilted forward to reveal a mesmerizing view of a miniature world"--Flying Fish Press website. "Dedicated to JKR, 1960-2006"--Paper …

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Bird Watching, Paula Mccartney, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2006

Bird Watching, Paula Mccartney, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

31 unnumbered pages : color illustrations "Additional support was provided by the Minnesota Center for Books Arts, Minneapolis, MN"--Page 31 "Comprised of twelve chromogenic photographs mounted on Rising Stonehenge 100% cotton paper. The printed text is in Souvenir Lt BT and the written text is the artist's handwriting on Zerkall Nideggen sand paper, and the endsheets are printed on Canson Mi-Teintes flannel gray paper. The book is covered in olive and brown Iris bookcloth"--Page 31 Includes "Field notes" (3 postcard sized items in mounted pocket), inside back cover. "Edition ... of 40"--Page 31 Summary: Bird Watching explores the idea of …

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Bluestem, Karen Hanmer, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2006

Bluestem, Karen Hanmer, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

Flag book variation with 2 concertina spines attached back to back to 2 end pieces. Sculptural book. Colophon; extended view; view from above, extended; flattened view. . A quote from Willa Cather's book My Àntonia, about the movement of the tall prairie grass, is illustrated through the movement of the book pages.

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Cyborgs, Paul Sunday, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2006

Cyborgs, Paul Sunday, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

saddle stitch with soft cover; cover; interior spreads and pages. Black and white photographs of part human, part robot women.

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Reunion, Karen Hanmer, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2006

Reunion, Karen Hanmer, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

hand sewn, foldout flaps, leather spine and upholstery fabric cover boards; cover; interior spreads and pages. A tender tribute to the lasting relationship of the artist's parents. Edition of 25 numbered and signed copies. Images of the author's parents, William and Frances Salic Cecil, are printed on rectos with folding overlay showing William Cecil in isolation; text on facing pages. "Vintage photographs [reproduced as pigment inkjet prints] and brief text document a couple's many separations and ultimate reunion. I began Reunion shortly after the death of my father. My mother predeceased him by 34 years. He never remarried. I am …

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