Otra forma de editar: foto-libros y libro-objetos

Vanessa López is an editor at La Duplicadora in CDMX together with Emmanuel García. Since 2016 they have been reproducing and redesigning prints found in the private collections of some second-hand old bookshops, and they also publish current works by emerging artists. They are committed to small editions. They like to publish books that take advantage of the qualities of the risograph printing system and pay special attention to the finishes.

Swiss artist Frédérique Bangerter is co-founder of Editorial CABEZA DE CHORLITO, created in 2011 together with Alberto García-Alix. It does not adhere to any defined editorial line. They have forged ahead, against all odds, and continue with the desire to incubate eggs of creation, bringing future plovers to light. SER UN CABEZA DE CHORLITO (to be a plover's head) is an expression used to refer to someone who is not very bright or who is particularly absent-minded. Plovers are those birds we often see running along beaches chasing crabs. They are small, with long legs and necks so sturdy that it is difficult to tell where the neck ends and the head begins. The idea that plovers are foolish comes from their habit of digging their nests on beaches, leaving them completely unprotected. They are also extremely absent-minded; they do not recognise their own nests, so they end up incubating or feeding the wrong nest. How has a bird that leaves its young exposed to so many dangers managed to survive? Very simple: because pragmatism is not always right.

Alexandre Chaize graduate of the École supérieure des arts décoratifs de Strasbourg, he is an independent publisher. Since 2013, with Éditions du livre, he has been publishing children’s artist books with a geometric, minimalist, and colorful aesthetic. Whether game books or wordless picture books, each work explores a specific material aspect of the book: printing, handling, etc. In keeping with Bruno Munari’s publishing experiments, Éditions du livre upholds a clear principle: the form of the book is its content.