Year: 2026
Scope: book design
Publisher: David Zwirner Books
Editors: Julia Voss & Daniel Birnbaum
Format: 159×222mm
Pages: 208
︎︎︎davidzwirner.com
Scope: book design
Publisher: David Zwirner Books
Editors: Julia Voss & Daniel Birnbaum
Format: 159×222mm
Pages: 208
︎︎︎davidzwirner.com
HILMA AF KLINT AND WASSILY KANDINSKY: DREAMS OF THE FUTURE
While there is no indication that the Swedish artist Hilma af Klint and the Russian artist Wassily Kandinsky ever met, this publication presents a dynamic and visual conversation between them.
The book was originally published in German for the eponymous exhibition at Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen in Düsseldorf, but has now been completely reimagined in an English translation and new design.
We designed a matching dust jacket and hardcover, both on a beautiful and tactile, blush pink Materica paper and finished with orange foil stamping.
To make a clear visual distinction between the works of both artists, af Klint’s are always set from top to bottom with the captions at the bottom, and Kandinsky’s from bottom to top with the captions on the top.
While there is no indication that the Swedish artist Hilma af Klint and the Russian artist Wassily Kandinsky ever met, this publication presents a dynamic and visual conversation between them.
The book was originally published in German for the eponymous exhibition at Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen in Düsseldorf, but has now been completely reimagined in an English translation and new design.
We designed a matching dust jacket and hardcover, both on a beautiful and tactile, blush pink Materica paper and finished with orange foil stamping.
To make a clear visual distinction between the works of both artists, af Klint’s are always set from top to bottom with the captions at the bottom, and Kandinsky’s from bottom to top with the captions on the top.
“In this captivating volume, the af Klint biographer and scholar Julia Voss and the curator and writer Daniel Birnbaum convey in depth the two artists’ nearly parallel development away from figuration and into the liberating, mystical vision of art.”
