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How does photography come to life? How do you transform 2-D into 3-D? Can a photograph move on the printed page? This newest issue of the high-concept fashion quarterly Visionaire pushes the limits of paper with an issue devoted to pop-ups. Visionaire 55: Surprise presents 12 hardcover pop-up books, boxed together, with projects by Steven Meisel, Mario Testino, Steven Klein, Sophie Calle, Andreas Gursky, Cai Guo-Qiang, Guido Mocafico, S0lve Sundsb0, Yayoi Kusama, Gareth Pugh and Alasdair McLellan. Together, the pop-up folios are housed in a cloth-covered case with a magnetized closure and an engraved metal plaque. Surprise is a collaboration with the internationally renowned Champagne house, Krug..
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After the run-away success of Visionaire 44: Toys and Visionaire 45: More Toys, both of with featured a set of 10 adorable yet provocative adult playthings created in collaboration with the cult toy manufacturer, Kid Robot, by an assortment of today's hottest fashion designers, the editors of Visionaire are pleased to present the 2006 edition, Artist Toys. Unlike the previous sets, which were created from the same toy prototype, the shape of this new original toy multiple is brand new. The artists who have been selected to customize the new prototype include painter Alex Katz; sculptors Tim Noble & Sue Webster and Tony Oursler; conceptual artist Rob Pruitt; graphic designer Chip Kidd; illustrator Robert Crumb and many more. The set of 10 toys come packaged in an all-white tray with a silk-screened clear cover. Visionaire is pleased to celebrate its fiftieth issue with this very special limited edition of 4000 copies..
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Diana Vreeland's memos to the editors, bookers, and assistants on her staff at "Vogue" record her obsessions and her passionate prodding. The memos were dictated to one of her often replaced secretaries, usually from home in the morning or, after twelve, at her office in the Graybar Building on Lexington Avenue, with its faux leopard-skin carpet and red walls covered with photographs and clippings neatly lined up and attached with pushpins. "Visionaire", the art and fashion quarterly, invites readers to take an intimate look into her creative reign at "Vogue" by publishing these fabled inter-office memos in an appropriately exclusive edition portfolio. Loosely bound and wrapped in red ribbon, "Visionaire 37" reproduces a select 150 of the 400 surviving memos that detail Vreeland's absolutely definitive thoughts about fashion, photographers, models, and the inner workings of the world's most powerful fashion magazine. DECEMBER 9, 1966 RE: PEARLS I am extremely disappointed to see that we have used practically no pearls at all in the past few issues. In fact, many necklines could have been helped by pearls worn inside the dress that show inside the cutaway sides and back of most ordinary dresses on top ... I speak of this very often--and as soon as I stop speaking the pearls disappear. Nothing gives the luxury of pearls. Please keep this in mind. DECEMBER 11, 1968 RE: KNEE SOCKS I repeat again the importance of knee socks ... The white knee sock and the white show will again look devine this spring ... Don't let us forget this ... APRIL 14, 1969 Let's promote grey. For everything. At the present moment, how much grey have we got? APRIL 14, 1970 SUBJECT: IRONING ONE'S HAIR WITH AN IRON What has happened to this delightful idea, we have not heard about it lately.

13 x 9.5 in.
illustrated throughout
Numbered Limited Edition of 4,000.
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Get in touch with your tongue. After the overwhelming success of Visionaire No. 42: Scent, the editors explore another realm of the senses to bring you Visionaire No. 47: Taste. Here, leading artists, such as Jenny Holzer, Yoko Ono, Maurizio Cattelan, and Bruce Weber, as well as other accomplished cultural figures, like chef Ferran Adria and rock star Elton John, team with the professional flavorists of the International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) company to break new ground in the exploration of taste. The reader can join in to directly experience 12 original flavors produced exclusively for Visionaire in the form of fast-dissolving breath-strips in individually marked, custom-designed cases that correspond to images printed in an accompanying hardcover book. IFF is a leading creator and manufacturer of tastes and smells, the instigator of sensory experiences both everyday and extraordinary. Some 70 flavorists and 80 perfumers in 34 countries work with the company to create flavors and fragrances for everything from vanilla ice cream to the world's most legendary perfumes. This limited edition of 4,000 numbered copies comes in an innovative and eye-catching package as one can always expect from Visionaire..
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Guest Art Director Marc Jacobs teamed up with photographers Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott on the newest installment of the coveted fashion quarterly, Visionaire, which comes housed this time in a limited-edition Louis Vuitton case designed by Jacobs. Alas and Piggott photographed a series of intimate portraits of today's most inspiring contemporary icons, traveling to New York, London and Paris in search of their personal muses. Subjects include actors Drew Barrymore, Scarlett Johansson and Selma Blair; singers Jennifer Lopez and Lil' Kim; models Gisele Bundchen, Stephanie Seymour and Christy Turlington; New York City Ballet principle dancer and choreographer Benjamin Millepied; and fashion designers Marc Jacobs, Vivienne Westwood and Stella McCartney, to name a few..
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With a new theme and format for each issue, "Visionaire" stretches the imagination and boundaries of what an art and fashion publication can be. For "Visionaire #35: Man," "Visionaire" joins forces with world-renowned fashion photographer Mario Testino. Testino-who has been responsible for numerous advertising campaigns including Gucci, Ralph Lauren, and Calvin Klein-will focus his camera on men and cull talent from around the world to contribute to an issue of "Visionaire" devoted exclusively to the masculine world. .
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If you close your eyes, what sense takes over? Do you consume the world in sound bites? Are you moved by the art of noise? Issue 53 of Visionaire--produced this time around in collaboration with the British car manufacturer, MINI--is dedicated to the theme of Sound. Packaged inside a specially produced domed case, it consists of five 12-inch vinyl records, imprinted with images (picture discs), that together contain more than 100 minutes of sound content--from audio experiments to unreleased songs, samples and spoken word pieces. Also included is a MINI Clubman "Vinyl Killer" record player: a battery-operated toy car, containing speakers and a needle. As the little car moves along a record's groove, it plays each track, acting as a fully portable record player and sound system. Beyond all this, the issue also includes two CDs with all of the sound content gathered digitally, as well as a booklet of credits and instructions. Contributors include: musicians David Byrne, Courtney Love, Michael Stipe, Adam Horowitz (Beastie Boys), Antony & the Johnsons, Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth), Nick Rhodes (Duran Duran), Karl Bartos (Kraftwerk), Andrew WK, Chan Marshall (Cat Power), Danger Mouse, Malcolm McLaren, Ruyuichi Sakamoto; artists Robert Wilson, Yoko Ono, Christian Marclay, Doug Aitken, Gary Hill, Sylvie Fleury; DJs Miss Kittin, Trevor Jackson, Towa Tei, Michel Gaubert; fashion designers Alexander McQueen, Helmut Lang; bands Littl'Ans, Fischerspooner, Unkle, Animal Collective, SunnO))) and many more..
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