Books The Failed Painter
The Failed Painter
The Failed Painter
The Failed Painter
The Failed Painter
The Failed Painter
The Failed Painter
The Failed Painter
The Failed Painter
Books The Failed Painter

The Failed Painter

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The g̶r̶a̶p̶h̶i̶c̶ d̶e̶s̶i̶g̶n̶e̶r̶ Failed Painter is a personal book about material anxiety in Graphic design's creative work. It speaks of fascination for singular and multiple production processes, perfectibility, and imperfectability in times of virtual surface and hunger for authenticity.

Writing out of the persona ‘The Failed Painter’, this book is a collection of essays on design and art spanning culture, race, nation, and sheer vandalism from the author of The Impossibility of Silence: Writing for Designers, Artists & Photographers. Within this highly curated, yet varied assortment of approachable writing on aesthetics: space exploration, mercenaries, puberty, instant nostalgia, precarious labor, and of course, zombies.

Set Margins' is an independent international publisher and platform based in Eindhoven, Netherlands. Founded in 2022 by Freek Lomme, the press champions marginalized cultural agendas, critiques corporate culture, and focuses on the politics embedded within visual culture, design, and art.

Operating outside the traditional corporate-dominated publishing industry, Set Margins' functions as a fluid support structure rather than a strict movement or group. Their catalogue highlights alternative voices, critical discourse, and experimental graphic design.

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Language: English
Number of pages: 220
Dimensions: 10,5×17,5cm
ISBN: 978-90-833188-2-0

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