Liner Notes introduces a number of books produced in recent years by book designers who had studied at the Leipzig Academy of Visual Arts. The publishers weren’t attempting to identify commonalities between these designers or the foundations of a ‘school’, but rather the very different approaches and attitudes which are evident in their work. However, the definition ‘in their work’ is rather misleading, because two of the editors, Markus Dressen and Lina Grumm, had themselves studied book art and graphic design at the Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig while the other two, Anne Konig and Jan Wenzel, were involved in several of the publications as authors.
Edited by Markus Dressen, Lina Grumm, Anne Konig and Jan Wenzel. Translated by Jan Caspers.
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