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The Pipe
Author: C.K.Wilde
Edition: single object, facimile of 15
Year: 1997
The second in the Fancy Cock series, this book further explores the theme of mass produced packaging from different eras and countries. The contextual changes through sequencing and referential positioning transpose contemporary aesthetics upon pre-exsistent frames of other realities. The beuty of clean design in action in the most incidental of products from Thailand, Mexico, Italy, Germany, China, Laos, And all over the U.S.; gathered by people like Roger, Katherine Grit, Kurt Allerslev-Reynertson, and the publisher. The icons were mounted to a wide variety of grey machine and handmade papers from many countries. The casing is quarter bound with grey flocked felt paper and iridescent blue to green silk washi paper from Japan on the spine. This book is chock a block with beutiful images.
Price: The single object is one thousand dollars. Facimile edition:$200
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