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Books on interior design – fashion – photography – illustration – art – food
100 Fashions shows later – dries van noten, fashion’s most cerebral designer
Death, smoking & alcohol – frieke janssens sheds a new light on taboo
Discover raw interiors and their rugged makers
PHOTO CREDITS Cover Patrice Stable, endpaper Nathalie Krag, p. 2 Ana Hop (top), p. 2 Richard Powers photographer (bottom), p. 3 Nathalie, Krag, production-styling Tami Christiansen (top), p. 3 Nelson Kon (bottom), p. 4 David Umemoto, p. 5 Tim Van de Velde (top), p. 5 Serge Anton (bottom), p. 6-7 Athos Burez, p. 8-9 Patrice Stable, p. 10 Ralph Mecke, p. 11-13 Henk Van Rensberghen, p. 14 Tim Dirven, p. 15 veilinghuis Millon, p. 16 Sammy Slabbinck, p. 17 @casualtimetravel, @eva_mouton, @rambler15, @classetouriste, @annettepehrsson, @classetouriste, @george_and_troja, @das_go, @carnetdeprintemps, @jimmymarble, @kameratsebastian (clockwise), p. 19 Carl De Keyzer, p. 20 Frieke Janssens, p. 21 Jan Verlinde, p. 22 Olivier Merie & Nicolas Sedlatchek, p. 23 Serge Anton, backcover Mathieu Ridelle GRAPHIC DESIGN Joke GossĂŠ Lannoo Publishers has made every effort to trace copy right holders. If, however, you feel that you have inadvertently been overlooked, please contact marked@lannoo.be.
#areyoumarked The question arises with the creation of every book. Which tendencies are ‘striking’ on paper? What ‘deserves’ to be eternalised in a book? What are the voices shaping today’s fashion, design and architecture? Which artist names are rolling off the tongues in the galleries? Which photographers have their finger on the pulse of our times and dare to leave the trodden paths? What kind of book is a true pleasure to give, to your partner, to a friend, to yourself? In the world of Marked we take you on a journey through the printed universe of the most beautiful books. Marked books, carefully selected by hand. Curated by the best authors and artists, designed by the most outstanding graphic designers. But Marked also stands for a community of people like you, who are enthralled by beauty. Looking for the pearls. We are glad to hand them to you. Irene Schampaert and Iris De Feijter selected the world’s most compelling brutalist interiors. Concrete, wood, steel: raw, yet elegant, just like their makers. Athos Burez already seduces with his photography, but into these interiors selected by Thijs Demeulemeester, you can project yourself as James Bond or Emanuelle. Chic. Erotique. Break through The Sweetest Taboos with Frieke Janssens’ aesthetic photography or lose yourself in Henk van Rensbergen’s No Man’s Land, a book of new work that both amazes and disorientates, presenting a world without people, or hope. Then again, hope and the search for a new life are the central themes in Carl De Keyzer’s Higher Ground. Apocalyptic, mystical, literally, a Higher Purpose. That quest returns in Tim Dirven’s imaginary journey from north to south to that place, somewhere, far away, where the carcass of life is all that remains standing. And to conclude, discover the designs of some of Belgium’s finest of fashion: Dries Van Noten, Martin Margiela. Mastery with a big ‘M’. The M of Marked. Are you Marked?
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“I find it more interesting to dissect an old building. To erase all the additions until you are left with the skeleton” — Paolo Gonzato, artist and designer of artist’s studio in Milan
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RAW INTERIORS AND RUGGED MAKERS Slick or soft? These interiors are as hard as a rock and as tough as they come. Solid houses with a polished look, and a generous portion of poetry and patina. Imagine: raw materials, such as bare bricks, rusty metal, weathered plasterwork, discarded materials and concrete. The imperfect and aesthetic interior designs radiate a warm atmosphere. Get acquainted with the artisans in this book too, each of them with a passion for metal, wood or ceramics.
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Introduce yourself.
these concrete sculptures to later
the freedom to occupy myself with
What exactly do you do?
photograph them in black and white.
the shape alone. I don’t need to worry
I began my career as an architect.
The rough texture and the sharp
about the social consequences of my
But after fifteen years, I was ready
edges created beautiful light and
design.
for something new. Five years ago,
shadow effects. In addition, concrete
I spent a year in Indonesia, where
is a modest, simple and durable
What is your biggest source of
I experimented with bronze and
material that you can also use outside.
brutalist inspiration?
aluminium casting. Since then, I have
As an artist, it is important to me to
The Bruder Klaus Field Chapel by
been working at the interface between
work with precision. The shrinkage
architect Peter Zumthor is my favourite
architecture and sculpture, although I
rate of concrete is negligible,
building of all time. I love everything
think of myself more as a builder than
especially compared to ceramics or
about it: the design, the building
a sculptor.
liquid metal.
process, the meaning. Zumthor did
Are your sculptures miniature
How do you work?
concrete framing for the inside. These
architecture?
I have various methods. I often draw on
tree trunks were later burned away
I try to evoke an architectural feeling
my library of rubber moulds. From these
with a light smouldering fire. The result:
rather than actually design a building.
I make a new composition from which I
blackened concrete with an imprint of
The ideas behind my sculptures
create a cast. This is not easy because
tree trunks. The chapel is open at the
can be applied to architecture,
I have to think in reverse. That is why I
top and the light enters beautifully.
interior design, town planning or
often start by making a sample cast.
I also find the series of socialist
even landscape design. I sometimes
Sometimes, I create a detailed sketch
monuments in the countryside of
compare my work to Japanese
beforehand, and based on that I create
former Yugoslavia inspiring. And finally,
rock gardens, which represent the
a single cast from polystyrene foam.
I would like to mention the composer
not use sheets but tree trunks as
David Umemoto ARTIST SLASH ARCHITECT WITH A PASSION FOR CONCRETE AND BRUTALISM
essence of nature in miniature format.
Philip Glass. In the past five years,
I also view my sculptures as elements
How do you link this to brutalism?
of a larger whole.
I appreciate brutalist architecture for its sculptural and monumental
In the Rough – Raw Interiors and Rugged Makers Irene Schampaert, Iris De Feijter Isbn 9789401441490 English. €39.99 May 2017
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Why do you like to work with concrete?
quality. However, the buildings are
I love the roughness and the
rarely pleasant to live in. Since I create
imperfections. Initially, I created
sculptures instead of buildings I have
I have listened to his music every day.
COSMOPOLITAN MAXIMALISM Gert Voorjans’ interiors are designed to live in – in every sense of the word. In this luxurious book, he showcases ten previously unseen projects in his own unique, exuberant style: from an exotic consulate in Antwerp to a penthouse in London, or a fabulous castle in Bavaria. Daily Life is his flamboyant statement: a glamorous tribute to color, character and craftsmanship.
© Tim Van de Velde
Daily Life – The Projects by Gert Voorjans Gert Voorjans, Thijs Demeulemeester Isbn 9789401433945 English. €125 October 2016
THE ICONOCLAST Brussels-based artist and interior designer Lionel Jadot is a rising star in interior architecture; every interior tells a story, a fairy tale for the inhabitants.
YOUR URBAN JUNGLE INTERIOR Lionel Jadot – Mixed Grill Thijs Demeulemeester, Lionel Jadot Isbn 9789401436748 English. € 45 September 2016
© Serge Anton
© Serge Anton
Wonderplants – Your Urban Jungle Interior Irene Schampaert, Judith Baehner Isbn 9789401436816 English. €34.99 August 2016
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INTERIORS OF SEDUCTION Thijs Demeulemeester on Erotique Chic Erotique Chic is a sexy interior design book. An architectural peepshow, filled with alluring film stills. In the ‘60s and ‘70s, modernism experienced several glamorous excesses. Not only in Los Angeles, Hollywood or Palm Springs, but also in Europe, architects designed houses that appeal to the erotic imagination. Sunken lounge rooms, indoor swimming pools, groovy carpeting, satin wall cladding, dance stages: these are the interiors you would normally only see in movies. And yet they still exist. You cannot visit them, in contrast to the classical glamarchitecture by John Lautner or Bruce Goff in the States. This book is vintage architecture porn: a sneak peek in private gems, for your eyes only. “Why do bad guys always get the best houses?” This film quote might just as easily have been the book’s subtitle. Because in these houses, you picture a wild night rather than a cosy Easter brunch. These houses are film sets rather than homes. In houses like this, you are less a resident than you are a character in your own script. You become an extra in the film you could be making there.
Erotique Chic – Interiors of seduction Thijs Demeulemeester Isbn 9789401440561 €45.00 September 2017
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That is exactly what we did in Erotique Chic. Photographer Athos Burez unleashed his cinematic fantasy on the sexy architecture. The result is not a series of cool architectural images à la Julius Shulman, but rather, tantalizing film stills. They make you wonder what happened – in private – behind these doors. Erotique Chic is James Bond meets Serge Gainsbourg. ‘2001: A Space Oddysey’ meets Bilitis. Bad Guy meets Bad Taste. Or just call it architectural lingerie: just subtle enough to still be seductive, exactly the right amount of lure to get in the mood. Your place or mine?
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DRIES VAN NOTEN’S LEGACY His fascination with professional skill, his designs, characteristic shapes and gift for combining unique prints and colors are the trademarks of his signature. 10 years after the first book achieved cult status, collections 51 to 100 of the famous Belgian fashion house are now also presented in a wonderfully illustrated and luxuriously designed book. Together, the reissue of Dries Van Noten 0 -50, and Dries Van Noten 51 – 100 capture Van Noten’s continuously evolving, yet always coherent, aesthetic vision.
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Dries Van Noten 0 -50 Dries Van Noten, Tim Blanks, Susannah Frankel Isbn 9789401446129 English. € 69 August 2017
Dries Van Noten 51 – 100 Dries Van Noten, Tim Blanks, Susannah Frankel Isbn 9789401442961 English. € 69 August 2017
DRIES VAN NOTEN
0-100
Dries Van Noten Box Dries Van Noten, Tim Blanks, Susannah Frankel Isbn box: 9789401446136 English. € 140 August 2017
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TIMELESSNESS AND TACTILITY Martin Margiela’s pioneering and timeless designs, made for the luxury house of Hermès between 1997 and 2003, are the stars of this book, highlighting that period in the iconic and enigmatic Belgian designer’s career. The match between Hermès, the epitome of French luxury, and Maison Martin Margiela’s deconstruction generated an earthquake in the fashion landscape that is still being felt to this day. Innovations in tailoring, technique and materials, as well as a new vision of fashion with an emphasis on comfort, timelessness and tactility, created clothing with the primary aim of pleasing the wearer, not impressing the spectator. An image of women was also introduced that was no longer obsessed with youth, but made room for women of different ages, thus generating an alternative vision of beauty. This key period of 20th and 21st century fashion is evoked through interviews with Margiela’s closest collaborators, more extensive essays by Rebecca Arnold, Kaat Debo and Sarah Mower, and a foreword by Suzy Menkes. Previously unpublished material from the Maison Martin Margiela archives, numerous striking and exquisitely refined images from Le Monde d’Hermès, as well as new photographic material tell the story of Margiela’s supreme wardrobe for Hermès.
Exhibition from 31 March 2017 to 27 August 2017 @ Momu Antwerp
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Margiela, the Hèrmes years Rebecca Arnold, Kaat Debo, Elisa De Wyngaert, Sarah Mower, Vincent Wierink, Karen Van Godtsenhoven Isbn 9789401440608 English. €45 March 2017
ABANDONED PLACES
Henk Van Rensbergen, the godfather of urban exploring, is a Boeing 787 pilot who flies around the globe. While his crew rests at the swimming pool, he goes out to explore the abandoned places of our world. From a floating warship cemetery in France, a forgotten love hotel in Japan to a flooded theme park in New Orleans. He searches for the beauty of their desolation and pinpoint the richness of their decay.
Abandoned Places Henk van Rensbergen Isbn 9789401434775 English. â‚Ź15.99 May 2016
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No Man’s Land Henk Van Rensbergen, Peter Verhelst, Desmond Morris Isbn 9789401443869 English. €45 June 2017
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NO MAN’S LAND Animals rule the world. Humanity is extinct. Henk Van Rensbergen, shows a new photo report that invokes many questions. The beauty of Abandoned Places’ desolateness is still present, but gets a new dimension with animals that seek and find their place in a world that once belonged to humans.
“We should accept that we are just as vulnerable as any other species if our environment can no longer support us.” — Desmond Morris
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TIM DIRVEN’S JOURNEY FROM NORTH TO SOUTH Tim Dirven has been capturing iconic images for over 20 years. He defines his collected works as Karkas (carcass), because it centralizes the architecture of man and animal, defining the essence of bodily existence. When everything has been eaten, the carcass is all that is left behind: the last witness. Similarly, this book is a search for the essence of existence. Dirven portrays no-nonsense people hardened by life, who are trying to find balance in an often insecure religious, cultural, political and ecological context.
Karkas – An Imaginary Journey from North to South Tim Dirven Isbn 9789401443890 Dutch & English. € 45 September 2017
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CABINET OF CURIOSITIES This is a book about discovery. About curiosity and adventure. About exploration and new trade routes. It’s also about far-away civilizations and their exotic fauna and flora. But first and foremost, it is a book about knowledge, proven as well as invented. Wunderkammer. An exotic time travel is a brave hunt for souvenirs on paper. An exciting and boyish adventure tale, for hunters and collectors. These exotica collections show the best and the most beautiful aspects of nature, from ostrich eggs to narwhal tusks. They demonstrate the best that mankind can do with nature. Stuffing and mounting animals for example, until it becomes impossible to see what is human and what is animal. Empiricism versus mother nature: does a plant even exist if it has never been given a scientific name? And what if a blacksmith creates elegant cutlery out of a rare shell: who is the actual artist? Do we acknowledge creation’s inventiveness? Or do we try and outshine nature? That is the silent struggle within this collection of exotica: who is the greatest artist of the universe: nature or mankind? Who imitates whom? And who is fooling whom?
Wunderkammer neemt je mee op een visuele ontdekkingsreis langs exotische rariteiten, prachtige botanische prenten, opgezette dieren, gesculpteerde struisvogeleieren en wild art. Een unieke collectie exotica op papier is het: acht eeuwen verzameldrift en nieuwsgierigheid naar verre beschavingen gevat in een kunstboek met hoog ‘Marco Polo meets Indiana Jones’-gehalte. Th ijs Demeulemeester is een lifestylejournalist, gespecialiseerd in kunst, interieur en architectuur.
Wunderkammer. An exotic time travel Thijs Demeulemeester Isbn 9789401442725 English. €34.99 August 2017
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THE MODERN MAGRITTE Using humor as a visual tool, Sammy Slabbinck choreographs compositions that meditate on the absurdity of popular consumerist culture, both past and present. Often witty but at the same time foreboding and dark, Slabbinck’s deft hand creates a unique signature that makes each collage unequivocally his own. Slabbinck also designed the last album cover of Leonard Cohen.
Sammy Slabbinck – Surreality Check Sammy Slabbinck Isbn 9789401443166 English. €39.99 June 2017
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THE BEE’S KNEES OF INSTAGRAM Instagram is more popular than ever. More than 40 billion pictures have already been shared, and roughly 80 million new ones are uploaded every day. Insta Grammar has drawn a selection from that well of photographs. The first three booklets City, Cats & Nordic are now joined by Green, Graphic and Dogs. Why? Because green is the new black, graphic the new art and dogs are the new cats. Let yourself be inspired by photos of plants, trees and everything green in Green, admire the work of the best graphic designers in Graphic, and give in to your guilty pleasure with Dogs.
Insta Grammar Cats Irene Schampaert Isbn: 9789401436953 English. €14.99 October 2016
Insta Grammar Nordic Irene Schampaert Isbn: 9789401436946 English. €14.99 October 2016
INSTA GRAMMAR
INSTA GRAMMAR
GREEN
Insta Grammar Green Irene Schampaert Isbn 9789401440554 English. €14.99 June 2016
Insta Grammar City Irene Schampaert Isbn: 9789401436915 English. €14.99 October 2016
GRAPHIC
Insta Grammar Graphic Irene Schampaert Isbn 9789401441599 English. €14.99 June 2016
Insta Grammar Dogs Irene Schampaert Isbn 9789401441605 English. €14.99 June 2016
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EMPOWERING DISGUISES
Walter Van Beirendonck curates an exhibition on the many different aspects of masks. @ Wereldmuseum Rotterdam, September 2017
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Power Mask – The Power of Masks Walter Van Beirendonck, Alexandra Van Dongen, Kaat Debo, Chris Dercon Isbn 9789401442954 English. €39.99 August 2017
SUBDUED TENSION In Moments Before the Flood, Carl De Keyzer portrayed a Europe on the cusp of drowning, flooded due to climate change. In Higher Ground, the flood has already passed. His images show people that have fled to the high mountains, depicting a fictional world of tomorrow. A large portion of the work is irony, but it bears an uncomfortably close resemblance to scientific predictions of the future.
Higher Ground Carl De Keyzer, Philippe Claudel Isbn 9789401437721 English & French. â‚Ź 60 November 2016
IN THE SAME SERIES:
Moments before the flood Carl De Keyzer Isbn 9789401400251 English.â‚Ź28 May 2012
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From the Diana-series
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THE SWEETEST TABOO Frieke Janssens sheds a new light on taboo. By evoking subjects that are considered improper or unacceptable, Frieke strips these taboos of their immoral connotation. She actively explores the threshold where taboo transforms from immoral vulgarity into aesthetic sophistication.
Why this book? I consider it an exposition on paper. In a book, my work can be shown to full advantage. On top of that, a book offers the opportunity to reach a different audience. Death, smoking, alcohol… : Where does your fascination with taboos come from? It is sometimes claimed that there are no taboos left. I do not agree with that statement. When I read that some countries banned The Beauty and the Beast because there is a ten second scene in which two men dance with each other, I seriously question the reactionary turn our society is taking. I want to put that message across in my work. I believe an image should be aesthetically pleasing, initially. But when you look at it for longer, you should be confronted with a second layer
which is less beautiful. I don’t want to shock just for the sake of shocking, but I do believe in having a strong message. Your photographs are very recognizable. What do you feel gives shape to your artistic signature? I believe that has to do with the way I use light. Chiaroscuro, but in a milder version. Moreover, I leave nothing to chance. The composition must be perfect before I make a print. Attention to detail is extremely important. My preparations are meticulous. Before I could start shooting the Diana-series – on single women and the hunt for a man – I collected fifty pages of research. I have to know everything there is to know on a subject before I can start shooting.
The Sweetest Taboo Frieke Janssens Isbn 9789401446471 English. € 45 October 2017
Radical Vintage Art Nouveau blossomed around 1900, art deco in the Roaring Twenties and the Memphis Style in the 1980s. But how about the beginning of the 21st century? In today’s interiors the key word is Vintage. Piet Swimberghe and Jan Verlinde went looking for houses with cosy, warm and colourful interiors. They listened to the owners’ stories on how they made their house into a home. With found objects, design classics and their own personal touch these creatives gave their home tons of personality.
Think Radical Vintage Piet Swimberghe & Jan Verlinde Isbn 9789401443814 English, French & Dutch. € 9.99 October 2017
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Mountain View. Nature Retreats Vol. 1 Sebastiaan Bedaux Isbn 9789401446150 English. â‚Ź 34.99 October 2017
MOUNTAIN VIEW Discover the most jaw dropping pieces of architecture deep in the forest, high in the mountains or next to a lake. In these unique places you find more than peace and quiet alone. The beauty of the houses and their location are a source of inspiration. Travel journalist Sebastiaan Bedaux went looking for the thirty most stylish hide-outs in the world in order to make Mountain View. All the houses are different in style, price and geography but they have one thing in common: the dreamfactor.
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Serge Anton – Faces Serge Anton Isbn 9789401446501 English. € 39.99 November 2017
A STORY WITHOUT WORDS The word photography comes from Greek and its literal meaning is “writing with light”. That is exactly what Serge Anton does in Faces. The photographer has been travelling around the world for thirty years. Faces collects the most remarkable portraits of his journeys to Africa and Asia. With his photographs, he tells a story without words. We recognize ourselves in these exotic faces from far away cultures. The nuances in their expressive eyes, the light that comes through the black and white images and the life stories that can be read in the lines in their faces. Serge Anton’s portraits are on display in many modern and bohemian hotels and restaurants. From Brussels to Marrakesh.
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