Illustrated Artist Biography
PUBLISHER: The Center for Art in Wood in collaboration with the Emil Milan Research Project | Philadelphia, PA | USA
9 x 11 in.
272 pages
Hardback
Standard, Limited, and Collector's Editions
The first publication dedicated to Emil Milan: artist, designer, and woodworker who was at the forefront of midcentury modern design.
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AWARDS
Gold Medal | 2018 | Regional non-fiction books, Mid-Atlantic | Independent Publisher Book Awards
Regional Winner | 2018 | Editorial Books, Midwest Region | Print Regional Design Awards | Published in The Best of Design, Spring 2019
Winner | 2018 | Creative Quarterly 53 | Published in January 2019
Exhibition Catalogue
The Center for Art in Wood | Philadelphia, PA | USA
12.5 x 10.625 in.
120 pages
Hardback
From mulit-axis CNC to laser-cut reliefs and digital joinery, the artistic objects in this exhibition examine the role technology has played in the work of wood artists over the past twenty years.
An international cross-section of furniture, sculpture, and art objects, Wood, Revisited looks at responses to the increased availability of technology from the perspectives of technique, subject matter, and aesthetics.
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Exhibition Catalogue
Foster Art & Wilderness Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | USA
12 x 9 in.
84 pages
Softback
Artist-Explorer Tony Foster is a plein air artist who lives in Cornwall, United Kingdom. Since 1982, Tony has created a series of watercolor journeys in the world’s great wildernesses.
Traveling throughout the Four Corners region of the American Southwest, Foster sought to experience and document the area’s rich blend of cultures and faiths.
Exhibition Catalogue
The Center for Art in Wood | Philadelphia, PA | USA
9 x 12 in.
288 pages
Hardback
This is an exhibition that considers new designs in chairs, benches, and stools for the 21st century. The publication includes the sculptural, conceptual, functional (and the occasional dysfunctional) seating which reflects the dramatic evolution from the storied history of chair making in Philadelphia.
Exhibition Catalogue
Foster Art & Wilderness Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | USA
12 x 9 in.
80 pages
Softback
Artist-Explorer Tony Foster is a plein air artist who lives in Cornwall, United Kingdom. Since 1982, Tony has created a series of watercolor journeys in the world’s great wildernesses.
Tony Foster’s art has always been inspired by the beauty of wild places. In no other body of work is this more apparent than in the journey. Here Foster argues for the need to return beauty to the arts, as well as to our daily lives.
This journey spans the globe with painting sites nominated by leading scientists, explorers, writers and environmentalists as “the most beautiful places in the world.” The catalogue includes color images of all 51 paintings, extracts from Foster’s diary, and an essay by acclaimed art critic Kenneth Baker.
Exhibition Catalogue
Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum | Washington, DC | USA
8 x 10 in.
220 pages
Hardback
WONDER is the exhibition catalogue that celebrates the reopening of the Smithsonian's Renwick Gallery following a major renovation of its historic landmark building—the first purpose-built art museum in the United States. Nine major contemporary artists were invited to take over the Renwick's galleries, transforming the whole of the museum into an immersive cabinet of wonders.
Exhibition Catalogue
Foster Art & Wilderness Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | USA
9.75 x 12 in.
108 pages
Portfolio Case with:
2 side-sewn booklets
27 individual artist prints on archival cotton paper
Fold-out map and poster
2 memo booklets
6 travel photo postcards
Artist-Explorer Tony Foster is a plein air artist who lives in Cornwall, United Kingdom. Since 1982, Tony has created a series of watercolor journeys in the world’s great wildernesses.
Traveling throughout the Four Corners region of the American Southwest, Foster sought to experience and document the area’s rich blend of cultures and faiths.
AWARDS
Gold Medal | 2016 | Regional Non-Fiction Books, West-Mountain
Independent Publisher Book Awards
History Publication
The Captain Frederick Pabst Mansion | Milwaukee, WI | USA
This award winning story details the comprehensive history of the great brewing family's innovative farm, Pabst Farms. In 1906, Frederick Pabst Jr. established Pabst Farms in Oconomowoc, which would became a center for Wisconsin's dairy industry.
AWARDS
First Prize | 2015 | Books | American Alliance of Museums Publications Design Competition
Silver Medal | 2015 | Regional Non-Fiction Books, Great Lakes | Independent Publisher Book Awards
Exhibition Catalogue
PUBLISHER: The Center for Art in Wood | Philadelphia, PA | USA
12 x 12 in.
176 pages
Hardback
Bartram’s Gardens in Philadelphia is an arboretum founded by John Bartram in 1728. After a devestating storm in 2010 artists from around the world were invited to use the wood from the felled trees to create artworks. The artists visited the gardens where they had the opportunity to be inspired by John Bartram’s work and methods and to choose the wood they would use for their projects. The exhibition presents the imaginative results of their explorations.
AWARDS
Second Prize | 2015 | Exhibition catalogue | American Alliance of Museums Publications Design Competition
Art History Publication
Layton Art Collection, Inc. | Milwaukee, WI | USA
10.5 x 12.5 in.
480 pages
Hardback
This is the first fully illustrated publication of the entire 125-year history of the Layton Art Collection and the Layton Art Gallery—one of the first single-patron art museums in the United States. The gallery later transformed into what is now the Milwaukee Art Museum. With over 700 illustrations this publication tells a visually stunning story of American museum history.
AWARDS
Gambrinus Prize | 2014 | Best book of the year about Milwaukee history | Milwaukee County Historical Society
Gold Medal | 2014 | Regional nonfiction book, Great Lakes | Independent Publisher Book Awards
Art Catalogue
PUBLISHER: Steve Olsen | Japan
240 Pages
22 X 30 cm
Hardback
Masaaki Hatsumi: Dojo Art is a book about the paintings and calligraphy of Bujinkan Soke, Masaaki Hatsumi. Hatsumi Sensei is the head instructor of nine Japanese martial traditions. He paints for students during break at his dojo in Noda City, Japan. This is a book of those paintings.
The book is bound using a traditional Japanese sewn spine utilizing nine holes. In this case, the nine holes represent the nine Japanese martial traditions of which Hatsumi Sensei is the head instructor.
Every book has a sheet of Japanese paper stitched in as a flyleaf which Hatsumi Sensei can sign at his classes in Japan. In this way, the book is a collection of Hatsumi Sensei’s art plus, if signed, one more piece of art painted specifically for the individual student.
The book was successfully funded through Kickstarter. To learn more and see video interviews with the artist, please visit dojoartbooks.com
AWARDS
Regional Winner | 2014 | Editorial Books, Far West | Print Regional Design Annual
Exhibition Catalogue
The Milwaukee Art Museum | Milwaukee, WI | USA
10 x 12.25 in.
208 pages
Hardback
An in-depth and generously illustrated look at six photographers prominent during and immediately after World War II. Street Seen uncovers what was a unique and pivotal moment in American Photographic history, broadening our understanding of photography in the middle of the twentieth century, when global media was in adolescence and photography was just beginning to gain purchase in the contemporary art world.
Featuring photographs by: Ted Croner, Louis Faurer, Robert Frank, William Klein, Saul Leiter, and Lisette Model
History, art, & Architecture Publication
The Captain Frederick Pabst Mansion | Milwaukee, WI | USA
9 x 12 in.
272 pages
Hardback
This generously illustrated book documents the history behind the Mansion of Milwaukee's famed beer baron, Captain Frederick Pabst. The book tells the life story of Captain Pabst, his family, his beer empire, and the Mansion that still stands today as a testament to America's Gilded Age.
AWARDS
Ruth Emery Award | 2010 | Victorian Society in America | The Ruth Emery Award, which was named to honor one of the founders of the Society instrumental in forming The Society's London Summer School, is given annually to the best book of the year which deals with a regional topic that best advances an understanding or appreciation of the decorative arts or architecture of the 19th Century.
Bronze Medal | 2010 | Coffee table books | Independent Publisher Book Awards
Honorable Mention | 2010 | Books | American Association of Museums Publications Design Competition
Exhibition Catalogue
Milwaukee Art Museum | USA
AWARDS
Merit Award | 2010 | Nonprofit Institutions
HOW Magazine | In-HOWse Design Competition
Exhibition Catalogue
Milwaukee Art Museum | USA
AWARDS
Merit Award | 2010 | Nonprofit Institutions
HOW Magazine | In-HOWse Design Competition
Exhibition Catalogue
The Center for Art in Wood | Philadelphia, PA | USA
7 x 10.75 in.
104 pages
Softback
This book documents an exhibition where artists explored the idea of function and dysfunction.
AWARDS
Second Prize | 2009 | Exhibition Catalogues
American Association of Museums Publications Design Competition
Exhibition Catalogue
Milwaukee Art Museum | USA
8.5 x 11.125 in.
120 pages
Softback
An original typeface was designed for this catalogue based on the handwriting of Niedecken.
This expanded second edition is a redesign of the out of print first edition originally published in 1981. The publication is a fully illustrated examination of a central figure in the history of interior design. George Mann Niedecken was a major designer in the Prairie Style primarily known for his collaborations with Frank Lloyd Wright to furnish the interiors of several houses. The second edition was published to celebrate the 2008 opening of the fully catalogued George Mann Niedecken Archive to the public for research at the Milwaukee Art Museum.
AWARDS
Merit Award | 2009 | Nonprofit Institutions
HOW Magazine | In-HOWse Design Competition
Exhibition Catalogue
Chipstone Foundation | Milwaukee, WI | USA
6.25 x 8.875 in.
192 pages
Furniture Meets Its Maker documents an exhibition of the works of Gord Peteran.
"It's not just a book about my works of art, but a book like one of my works of art."
—Gord Peteran, during a lecture at Cranbrook for the exhibition opening
AWARDS
Best of Show | 2008 | Best overall design of the year | HOW Magazine In-HOWse Design Competition
