{"product_id":"irma-boom-book-manifest","title":"Irma Boom: Book Manifest","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBook Manifest\u003c\/span\u003e, world-renowned Dutch designer Irma Boom presents her vision on the essence, meaning and relevance of the book. Based on the in-depth research that Boom conducted into the development of the book in the library of the Vatican, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBook Manifest\u003c\/span\u003e is at once a survey of the history of the book and a miniature Irma Boom retrospective, reproducing a selection of more than 350 books she has designed over the course of her eminent career. Alongside reproductions, Boom extensively discusses the relationship between her work and older book forms.\u003cbr\u003e\nWith this tiny (two and a half by three inches), slipcased, 1,000-page, richly illustrated volume, itself an exceptional feat of bookmaking, Boom aims to inspire and encourage a new generation of designers to experiment and develop new ways of conceiving this simplest and most enduringly effective of forms.\u003cbr\u003e\nDescribed by \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEye Magazine\u003c\/span\u003e as “the Queen of Books,” \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eIrma Boom\u003c\/span\u003e (born 1960) has created more than 300 books, always challenging the conventions of both design and printed content. She is the youngest recipient of the Gutenberg Prize, recognizing outstanding services to the advancement of the book arts. A selection of Boom's books are held in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and an Irma Boom Archive has been instituted at the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, to showcase her work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"CAP BOOKSHOP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52209135419701,"sku":"9783753300917","price":17.0,"currency_code":"KWD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0965\/4157\/3429\/files\/71rUxSm0pL._SY425.jpg?v=1768477506","url":"https:\/\/capbookshop.com\/products\/irma-boom-book-manifest","provider":"CAP BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}