Catalogues series / Arts Santa Mònica, Actar / 2010-2012 / Editions in Catalan, Spanish and English / 165 x 235 mm / Colour / This series of short monographs on art and science is a register of the respective exhibitions that were held at Arts Santa Mònica art centre in the heart of Barcelona, the Rambles. Although some of them are dedicated to solo shows and others to collective displays, all the volumes are very visual and aim to spark critical reflection.
Catalogue / Art is Trash / Promopress / 2015 / English edition / 180 x 270 mm / 192 pages / Color / ISBN: 978-84-15967-34-7 / «Art is Trash is the nom de guerre of Francisco de Pájaro, the artist who has astounded passers-by in th streets of Barcelona, London and New York, but also bloggers, curators and gallery owners, eager to find straightforward, instinctive and honest artists. Leading urban art galleries such us Westbank Gallery in London and Base Elements in Barcelona have already exhibited his works. This is the first book to showcase the work, phylosophy and evolution of one of the most fascinating, groundbreaking and brave artists in the street-art scen today, through his street installations and his canvases in galleries». Montse Borràs (excerpt of the back cover) / Design in collaboration with Carla Bosch.
Catalogue / Marcel·lí Antúnez Roca / Arts Santa Mònica, Edicions Polígrafa / 2016 / Catalan, Spanish and English editions / Paperback with flaps / 165 x 235 mm / 228 pages / Colour / ISBN: 978-84-34313-51-4 (english) / This book is an autobiography structured in five parts, each one of which describes the author’s life and artistic career from a different point of view and style. This is translated into different variations of the composition of the layout: a fictionalised version, like a ledger; a strict chronology of the works and projects; a glossary; technical credits of projects; and, concluding the volume, an exclusively visual chronology formed starting from photographs, illustrations and video frames. The illustrated index is a new way of describing its contents, presenting a gallery of characters who symbolise each of the periods in the author’s trajectory.
Monography / Eduardo Arroyo / Actar / 2014 / Amadeu Santacana (ed.) / English and Spanish editions / Hardback / 125 x 170 mm / 448 pages / Colour / ISBN: 978-1-940291-05-5 (english) / This hybrid publication compiles texts and a monograph on Madrid architect Eduardo Arroyo that trace his professional career, illustrated with examples of works constructed and designed, drawings, thoughts and short stories. In the format of a small bible, structured in chapters and divided in a thousand and one verses, the end object is striking for its outer appearance, in particular for the texture of its dust jacket. / Designed in collaboration with Claudia Parra.
Two monographies series / Antoni Muntadas / Esteban Andueza (ed.) / Three editions: Asian Protocols. Muntadas [China] / Centre d’Estudis i Recerca [Arxiu/AM], Three Shadows Photography Art Centre / 2018 / Bilingual edition English-Chinese / Box containing an explanatory leaflet, an elastic band and a digital code to download the catalogue / 180 x 240 mm / Colour / ISBN: ND; Asian Protocols. Muntadas [Japan] / 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Institut Ramon Lllull / 2016 / Trilingual edition English-Japanese-Catalan / Paperback / 180 x 240 mm / 128 pages / Colour / ISBN: ND; Asian Protocols. Muntadas. Round-table transcripts / 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Institut Ramon Lllull / 2016 / Bilingual edition English-Chinese / Paperback / 180 x 240 mm / 112 pages / BN / ISBN: ND / “Asian Protocols is an attempt to deal with images and codes as part of visual experiences, with contrasting approaches: more versus less, near versus far, etc. By sharing stories about China, Korea and Japan and tracing their different paths of development we get a glimpse of moments of agreement and disagreement.” Antoni Muntadas. (Excerpt from the back cover.) The ‘Chinese volume’ is an object apparently devoid of content – a box, without its corresponding catalogue – intended to challenge that Asian country’s latent censorship. Through a conveniently readable QR code, the contents of the exhibition can be digitally downloaded. The ‘Japanese volume’ is structured in fragments, packets of texts, essays, graphs and images. In terms of design, the graphics of each different block start from a coded colour to create contrasts between densities and rhythmical readings.
Monography / Anna & Eugeni Bach / Fundació Mies van der Rohe / 2019 / Ivan Blasi (ed.) / English edition / Swiss binding / 195 x 280 mm / 96 pages / Colour / ISBN: 978-84-948820-0-5 / This book is intended to evoke a fragment of the actual Mies Van der Rohe Pavilion in which the architects worked. The object exudes absence, whiteness and a vinyl texture, elements that are present in the spatial intervention, with a subtle irregularity that can also be discovered in the layout of the inner pages. The volume is illustrated with photographs by Adrià Goula.
Monography / RCR Arquitectes / TOTO / 2019 / RCR Bunka (ed.) / Japanese-english bilingual edition / Paperback with fabric on spine and jacket / 190 x 250 mm / 400 pages / Colour / ISBN: 978-4-88706-377-8 / An extensive and retrospective survey of the work of the Olot architects who won The Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2017. This book is a balance of sobriety, order and subtle hierarchy à la Japonaise, harmoniously combined with photographs, plans and watercolours, where the different types of paper distinguish each part. The volume includes photographs by Hisao Suzuki and illustrations by the authors.
