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Book coverDeset!
Book coverDeset!
Book coverDeset!
Book coverDeset!

It’s all about playfulness in this book, starting with its story: DESET! is a card game presented at the exhibition Ondertussen in Stroom in 2021, where players create their own rules, resulting in a unique game each time. Through observing these improvised games, the artist explores how rules are formed and abandoned, highlighting the role of creativity and social interaction. The jury was inspired by the way in which the importance of the codified language on which the publication is based was blended with the printing process: Risography and its vividly colored flat tints. The book object becomes a sensory playground, whose enigmatic content at first glance reveals itself as an invitation to rethink thought formats. The choice of relatively transparent paper on the inside and textured paper on the cover give body to an object that stands out in the selection.

 

Edition: 2024
Date of publication: April 2024
Author: Laura Snijders
Language: English
Artist: Laura Snijders
Publisher: Laura Snijders (eigen beheer), Den Haag
Graphic designer: Jules Janssen (Berlijn)
Printer: Stencilwerck, Den Haag
Binder: Stencilwerck, Den Haag
Size book block (w x h x d in mm): 160 x 270 x 4
Number of pages: 108
Print run: 50
Price: € 60
ISBN: -
Font and foundry: Aperçu (Colophon Foundry), Pin Dot (Colophon Foundry)
Binding style: Unsewn Otabind; cold-glued
Paper for interior (grammage): 60gsm IBO One, Igepa
Material cover (grammage): 300gsm Softy White, Igepa
Special features: Cover screen-printed on one side in five colours (white, red, orange, green and blue) by Julian Sirre (De Grafische Werkplaats, The Hague); interior printed in five colours (purple, green, orange, bright red and blue) at a Riso stencil machine (A3); with a transparent Mylar sleeve (screen-printed by Laura Snijders in Masereel, Kasterlee (BE)
Awards: Honorary Appreciation, Die Schönste Bücher aus aller Welt, 2025