Temporary Bookshop VII
Buro Belén
13 October – 11 November 2018

Looiersgracht 60 is pleased to present its Temporary Bookshop VII in conjunction with ‘Soft Borders’: a major solo exhibition by award winning design duo Buro Belén. In this detailed overview of Brecht Duijf and Lenneke Langenhuijsen’s design practice, materials and physical sensitivity take centre stage. Buro Belén are committed to realising designs for the future. To do so, they employ an intuitive, emotional and physical approach in their work, combining craftsmanship with the latest scientific discoveries.

The bookshop accompanying ‘Soft Borders’ has been organised by Looiersgracht 60 with a view to providing a literary context for those who wish to delve deeper into the exhibition’s key themes. Featured is a handpicked selection of titles, including publications on art, design and philosophy. Also available are a number of books written by several of the teachers and mentors who have inspired Buro Belén throughout the years, including a couple of recently launched publications – hot off the press.

Available books:

• Bakker, Aldo. Aldo Bakker. Rotterdam: nai010, 2016.
• Boelen, Jan (Edited by). Studio Time, Future Thinking in Art and Design. London:Black Dog Publishing, 2018.
• Cage, John. Color and Meaning: Art, Science, and Symbolism. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2000.
• Cranz, Galen. The Chair-Rethinking Culture, Body, and Design,New York:W.W. Norton& Company, 2000.
• Crawford, Ilse. A Frame for Life. New York:Rizzoli, 2014.
• Dunne, Anthony. Speculative Everything: Deign, Fiction, and Social Dreaming. London:MIT Press Ltd, 2013.
• Fromm, Erich. On Being Human. London:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 1997.
• Ghosh, Amitav. The Great Derangement. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2016.
• Gillow, John. African Textiles Colour and Creativity Across a continent. London: Thames&Hadson Ltd, 2003.
• LIMA, Zeuler Rm De A. Lina Bo Bardi. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2013.
• Munari, Bruno. Design as Art. London: Penguin Books, 2008.
• Pallasmaa, Juhani. The Eyes of the Skin: Architecture and the Senses, 3rd Edition. New Jersey: John Wiley& Sons Inc, 2012.
• Rudofsky, Bernard. Architecture Without Architect: A short Introduction to Non-Pedigreed Architecture. New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, 1987.
• Sellers, Libby. Women Design. London: Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd, 2017.
• Sloterdijk, Peter. Bubbles: Spheres Volume I: Microspherology, translation by Wieland Hoban. Los Angeles:Semiotext(e) Foreign Agents, 2011.
• Sloterdijk, Peter. Foams: Spheres Volume III: Plural Spherology,translation by Wieland Hoban. Los Angeles:Semiotext(e) Foreign Agents, 2016.
• Sloterdijk, Peter. Globes: Spheres Volume II: Macrospherology, translation by Wieland Hoban. Los Angeles:Semiotext(e) Foreign Agents, 2014.
• Smith, Rachel Charlotte (Edited by).Design Anthropological Future. London:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2016.
• Strauss, Carolyn; Pais, Ana Paula. Slow Reader A Resource for Design Thinking and Practice. Amsterdam: Valiz, 2015.
• Taussig, Michael. What Color Is the Sacred? Chicago:University of Chicago Press, 2009.
• Tiley, Chris (Editted by). Handbook of Material Culture,California:SAGE Publications Ltd, 2013.
• Wulf, Andrea. The Invention of Nature. London: John Murray, 2015.