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Local communities in a global context Conceived as an archive, the book brings together the experiences of Frequencies, a global participatory project initiated by multimedia artist Oscar Murillo in 2013. Part of the artist’s multimedia practice, Frequencies addresses the notion of community through the lens of its making. For over a decade, it has involved members of Murillo’s family, studio team and collaborators, visiting schools around the globe, fixing raw canvas onto classroom desks, and inviting the students to freely mark, write and draw on them for a period of approximately six months. Murillo has collected an archive of canvases, which he presented in various interactive exhibitions. This elegant volume features a lay-flat binding, a dust jacket and richly produced slipcase.

The first comprehensive monograph on multidisciplinary design studio Formafantasma, one of the most creative and innovative design duos working today Formafantasma is a research-driven design studio founded in 2009 by Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresin. This monograph, edited by Alessandro Rabottini, offers a comprehensive, critical examination of their pioneering practice.Over the past decade, Formafantasma has emerged as one of the most influential studios of its generation. Founded in 2009 by Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresin, this research-driven creative practice challenges established norms and works fluently across disciplines to redefine the possibilities of contemporary design.Formafantasma is a systematic survey of their wide-ranging portfolio. Featuring work ranging from product design to spatial interventions, the book explores their rigorous, context-driven methodology through collaborations with Prada, Flos, Artek, Fondation Cartier, and many other leading institutions and brands.More than a catalogue of work, the book functions as an in-depth exploration of the nature and purpose of design today, positioning Formafantasma within wider conversations on materiality and culture. Extensive interviews with Trimarchi and Farresin sit alongside contributions from leading scholars, practitioners and curators, grounding the studio’s output within a global design discourse. Contributors include some of the most important voices in design, philosophy, architecture and art, such as Paola Antonelli, Alice Rawsthorn, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Hella Jongerius, Marianne Goebl, Domitilla Dardi, Anna Tsing, Emanuele Coccia, Alessandro Rabottini, and Andrés Jaque.The result is both a definitive account of Formafantasma’s trajectory and an essential guide to the ideas shaping contemporary design, offering deeper insight into the intellectual frameworks driving the field forward.

Tendered is the first comprehensive monograph dedicated to the filmic works of Karimah Ashadu (British/Nigerian, b. 1985), winner of the Silver Lion for Promising Young Artist at the 2024 Venice Biennale. Published on the occasion of Ashadu’s first institutional exhibitions in London at Camden Art Centre, and Chicago at the Renaissance Society, this detailed overview of her filmic practice features newly commissioned essays, an extended conversation with the artist and a collection of synopses documenting her video installations. It is a rich resource for readers who hope to gain an understanding of the breadth of Ashadu’s work to date, which engages with contemporary manifestations of Nigerian history borne by its people and landscapes.The publication covers more than a decade of works (2012–25), including Ashadu’s newly commissioned film MUSCLE, and features contributions from the artist herself; Myriam Ben Salah, executive director and chief curator at the Renaissance Society, Chicago; Leonardo Bigazzi, curator at Fondazione In Between Art Film; Gina Buenfeld-Murley, curator at Camden Art Centre, London; Martin Clark, director of Camden Art Centre; Dr. Clive Chijioke Nwonka, associate professor of film, culture and society at University College London; Alessandro Rabottini, artistic director of Fondazione In Between Art Film; Bettina Steinbrügge, director of Mudam Luxembourg; and Arese Uwuoruya, assistant curator at Camden Art Centre.