Editions Artists' Book Fair 2011

On Saturday I went to the Editions Artists' Book fair in Chelsea. The show mostly consisted of books made by artists, paper constructions and printmaking. In my design IIA class we are starting on the Event Book project, so I saw a lot of possibilities and sizes for artists books.  It was a relatively small show though, but that allowed me to see everything there. Every table had a stack of business cards, for the printmaker, artist, or representing company, and some were interestingly designed. So I collected a few. Here are the fronts of some of the ones I liked.

I also purchased a pamphlet/book by John Cage because the typography and design was nice. Here in the cover and pages from the interior. 

I saw the work of the Purgatory Pie Press (PPP) and was really impressed. 

http://www.purgatorypiepress.com/  SO, i've been inspired to make some small booklets. Hopefully by the end of the week I'll have at least one done!  I'm thinking that making a small un-foldable book could actually work for thesis and in the gallery because it could be un-folded and placed on the wall.  ideas ideas ideas.