Tag: The Publishing Industry
XYZ Books, Lisbon: endorsing experimentation without compromise
At XYZ Books, the focus is not aesthetics. Pedro Guimarães and Tiago Casanova encourage freshness and support the artists they collaborate with through their insight and intuition in editing
Hen’s Teeth, Dublin. A dialogue on the lack of cultural spaces in Ireland
A hybrid gallery, hi-fi café in Dublin 8 where art community meet, born from DIY pop-ups and crowdfunding to answer the city’s need for more cultural spaces
Uroš Kramberger: at Grünwaschen, sustainability is not a marketing slogan
Greenwashing has become a buzzword – founded by Uroš Kramberger, Grünwaschen in Berlin supports independent designers with ethical fashion and fair labor standards
Future Bookstore in Changshu and the question of what a literary space can become
In an ancient water town in Jiangsu province, Future Bookstore uses a traditional pagoda, a speculative interior by Mur Mur Lab and a reduced selection of titles to explore how...
Books Are Magic: Brooklyn’s indie bookstore growing with community spirit
«Last year, someone submitted a squirrel census, and we bought that». Thriving in the digital era, in the words of owner and founder Emma Straub
Librairie Candide in Brussels and the reshaping of a neighborhood
Prior to taking over the bookstore, Eric Haegelsteen spent twenty-five years of his life in administering services as an auditor in Kongo, Cameroon, Ivory coast and Senegal
New Mags Copenhagen: a 100–square-metre flagship in the Ny Østergade district
Finding roots in Scandinavian design to the creation of a flagship store, New Mags Copenhagen: art books, independent magazines, and design-led editorial culture
Casa Magazines, New York. The community around one of the last-standing magazine shops in the city
At Casa Magazines, «inclusivity extends to independent creators – to those who walk in with their merch saying, ‘I want to sell my magazine here’, Casa responds with ‘How many...
Libreria, London. A bookshop by Second Home, a labyrinth of books
Covering 830 square meters and housing more than 6,000 titles, Libreria is designed to go against the algorithm. No digital recommendations, no Wi-Fi, no distractions
Biutiful Shop Annecy: a concept store rooted in French Alpine tradition
On Rue de la Poste, founders Céline and Ludovic bring together the atmosphere of Annecy’s old village shops with a selection of everyday objects, design pieces, beauty products and publications
MASA Gallery, Mexico City: Brian Thoreen presents Non-Zero-Sum – collectible design
Founded in 2019 by Brian Thoreen, Age Salajoe and Hector Eraswe as a nomadic gallery – now a permanent space in the house that was formerly the residence of Federico...
Monograph Bookwerks, Oregon: a bookstore and an archive hub research project
John Brodie and Blair Saxon-Hill opened Monograph Bookwerks in 2010 for people to study, explore and purchase books about art, politics and theory
Gudberg Nerger, Hamburg. The future of digital is print
Founders Jürgen Nerger and Jan ‘Gudberg’ Müller-Wiefel on the conscious act of choosing a well-crafted book or magazine and diving in without being distracted by hyperlinks and clickbait
Santedicola: the rebirth of a Roman newsstand as a civic and cultural hub
Santedicola, Piazza Imola, Roma: Gaetano Orefice and an abandoned newsstand in San Giovanni district: a small-scale cultural hub, adaptive reuse and sustainable design
Brick and mortar comes secondary, print comes first: Paper Pages, Sofia
Georgi Michokov explains Paper Pages as being an online entity born from the adoration for printed materials, providing niche publications to Bulgaria
Lampoon SOAP: the new issue. We like it dirty and soapy
Editorial introduction to the new issue of Lampoon, SOAP, available in bookstores and some of the best newsstands worldwide from October 2025: soap and pure water, souls and stains, microplastics...
Soho News International, New York. Three-thousand magazines on Prince Street
Magazines span in volumes at Soho News International – showcasing a diverse set of titles in genres. Esoteric and well-known, catering to the wider sense of audience in the New...
Why re-reading old images is a subversive act?
Rodrigue de Ferluc reassembles Paris Match archives to question the meaning of images and their reuse —from glossy celebrity portraits to war reportage—in an era of algorithmic control
Livraria Mandarina, São Paulo. Where mandarins are metaphors for growth and resistance
«We compared the Livraria to a mandarin tree. As its seeds become fruits, books turn into knowledge in the process of reading.» - In conversation with Roberta Paixão and Daniela...
De Reyghere Boekhandel, Brugge: literature that has survived world wars
De Reyghere Boekhandel acts as an institution of change for the inhabitants of Brugge, supplying domestic and foreign literary goods – in conversation with fifth generation Thomas Barbier
Printed Matter, Inc., New York. Where publishing, social activism and inclusivity take precedent
«Our guardian trajectory is to take art off the pedestal and out of the sanctity of the museum, and fold it into everyday experiences». Max Schumann, Director of Printed Matter,...
Chandal, Barcelona. A shop in El Born to explore what the world has in store
Hunting for objects that integrate functionality, beauty and responsibility in their production is what the store’s owners have been doing since 2008, allowing Chandal’s perspective to grow with them
What does “editorial” mean? Redefining an overused word
A publisher is someone who guarantees the context and the trust that this context promises: the publisher allows creative talent to freely express themselves always within a shared message
Boekie Woekie, Amsterdam. Three owners and 7,000 art books from independent creators
Since 1986 Jan Voss, Henriëtte van Egten and Rúna Thorkelsdóttir have persevered in maintaining the child-like essence of the bookstore while seeing through the intertwining of art related literature
Paper Café, Nairobi: a patron for arts through visuals between Africa and Europe
Michael Mugambi founded Paper Café in Nairobi in the summer of 2022 to promote the crossbreed of European independent magazines and the African cultural scene
kurimanzutto: contemporary art between Mexico and NY
kurimanzutto’s first exhibition, Economía de Mercado, took place in 1999 in Mexico City and remained open to the public for less than twenty-four hours
Bleu&Book, Taipei. From a life in a television network to owning bookstores across Taiwan
«There are over two hundred independent-bookstores in Taiwan. To stand out, bookstores craft a thematic identity, serving a certain subject matter in a multitude of genres»
Mexico’s cherished artists: Museo Casa Estudio Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo
Commissioned by the couple from the architect Juan O'Gorman in 1931, Diego RIvera and Frida Kahlo lived in the estate until 1934
Gaia Store, Cervia – connecting the present with the past since 2016
A new community of young people linked by the passion for fashion, interior design, and perfumes has found its temple in the philosophy of Gaia Store
Aedicola Lambrate, reclaiming Milano: a micro-publisher to help the city
Aedicola is an independent newsstand and micro-publisher fostering print culture, civic engagement, and community life in a rapidly transforming Milan
Biblioteka, a public reference library, democratizes art, architecture and photography
Libraries are sustainable spaces as they discourage the mass-production of printed materials whilst encouraging the exposition of printed materials that the public doesn’t have access to
Village – the bookstore was founded to present art into the Leeds suburbs
Village – a bookstore gallery showcasing art from creators far, wide, and those surrounding them – sustained by the addition of a bookstore
Artwords Bookshop, London. A reflection of our here and now
The cleanliness of the backdrop allows the books to take center stage. One says 'never judge a book by its cover', but in Artwords that's exactly what you do
Good Press, Glasgow. The only bookstore in the UK with an open submission policy
«I might appreciate 10% of our stock, but I respect 100% of it. After it has been made, a book, zine or record deserves visibility». In conversation with co-founder Matthew...
Bookstore in 798 Art Zone, Beijing. Conveying the memoir of its Jewish American heritage
We do not want to use the architectural language and form thats has been already applied to works» - an architectural project by Hie Wei
Neue Galerie, New York. A window on German and Austrian Art Nouveau
In conversation with director Renée Price on the promotion and preservation of a foreign culture in the United States through art and crafts
McNally Jackson Books, New York. Inside the Nolita indie scenario
Founded in New York in 2004 by Sarah McNally, a former editor at Basic Books and daughter of Holly and Paul McNally, the owners of the Canadian McNally Robinson Booksellers...
A home for art built from the ashes of a volcano: Museo Anahuacalli, Mexico City
Inspired to Aztec temples, the museum hosts a permanent collection of pre-Columbian finds, temporary exhibitions of contemporary artists and a botanical garden
Odd Kiosk, Barcelona. An exploration of queer based literature
Odd Kiosk was a response to the climate of these spaces, giving the youth, in importance, a space to explore their sense of self without harming one’s mental health
En Route magazine and the story of Cesare Poma: an exhibition at the Vatican Library
A collection of early 20th-century newspapers from around the world has been rediscovered at the Vatican Apostolic Library. The House of Dior is establishing a scholarship to study it
Marie Tomanova’s New Volume Confronts Identity, Migration, and Belonging
Marie Tomanova recovers a photographic archive from the beginning of her career, challenging the norms of photography with a single 36-exposure roll of film
Swab Barcelona, a human scale fair, prioritizing quality programs and accessibility for its audience
Humane treatment and accessibility to culture are at the forefront in an event that seeks to break the barriers and elitism that often characterize the contemporary art scene – the...
Ona, Barcelona. How a Barcelona bookstore is reviving a lost language through literature
A store that vies to preserve Catalan culture through literature, spearheaded by Taxto Benet: «Catalan needs people to read in Catalan, to write in Catalan, to purchase Catalan books»
Yvon Lambert’s Paris outpost reinvents the classic gallery
Weaving a bookshop, a publishing house, and a spirit of serendipity into an ever‑shifting cultural laboratory – Yvon Lambert is currently showcasing Distances, the new exhibition by photographer Romain Laprade
Reading Room, Milan. A white cube for magazines turns into a cultural hub
A Forty-square-meter gallery in the district of Corvetto. In conversation with founder Francesca Spiller: «Running a bookshop today means creating a relationship with the producers of magazines»
Champaca, Bengaluru. A platform for books, zines and fanzines to defend the indie-publishing scene
On the rooftop of a bungalow, a metal-staircase takes you to the store that opens into a courtyard. Founder Radhika Timbadia wanted to create a sanctuary hide-away from the city...
