Like fashion designers Viktor & Rolf, Irma Boom is known for her bold, experimental, conceptual-driven approach to design. Cover Cover raises bookmaking to a whole new level. Consisting entirely of 8-page covers that reference the dramatic layers in the designers’ work, this hand-sewn publication was made with paper that becomes thicker as the reader leafs through the different collections. The folded flaps are reminiscent of a catwalk, and the changing combinations recall the fleeting nature of a fashion show. The inverted images forge the individual collections into a single visual whole. This radical intervention – which allows the book to transcend ordinary representation – is also significant in relation to the fashion designers’ oeuvre.
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