Rolf Sachs
Distanz VerlagArt and design captured in style
As an artist and designer, Swiss-born Rolf Sachs is known, amongst other things, for his paintings, photographs, sculptures, furniture – particularly his passion for chairs – and architectural projects. He continues to create new works today in his studio in Rome, his adopted home. Familiar with the world of fame from an early age – his father was the famous Gunther Sachs, his stepmother Brigitte Bardot – he made a name for himself decades ago and is internationally renowned.
This monograph features selections from Sachs’ interdisciplinary art. It includes illustrations of his works from the 1990s to the present day. His works are organised not chronologically but thematically, with a focus on visual, conceptual and formal connections. The monograph is rounded off with a variety of essays by leading figures in the respective genres and an interview with the artist himself.
Stiff brochure with plenty of surprises
A transparent dust jacket as a design element
Three-sided smooth cut of the stiff brochure
Screen-printed in Black on the dust jacket
Cover with flaps and a view of the unbound 3mm-thick cover boards
Cardboard with black print, glued over the entire surface onto black spine strip
Screen printing in a special Pantone colour on uncoated cardboard
The spine of the book, showing the endpaper gluing and the thread stitching of the five inner pages
16 content pages dyed through in Azzuro and one of three transparent pages, printed in solid black
Transparent page as a connecting element to the dust jacket
Sachs’ monograph is produced as a stiff brochure and contains a wealth of fine details. The transparent dust jacket, which features the artist’s large-format letters in black screen print, is striking yet understated. Beneath it lies the actual book, whose cover and spine are made of 3mm-thick, uncoated grey cardboard. The three elements have been bound together with a black spine strip, the spine is printed entirely in black. The cover board features a bright red screen-print in a special Pantone colour, displaying Rolf Sachs’s initials – the signature of his own work.
The endpaper of the booklet is glued to the covers in a shortened form. A look at the thread-stitched contents reveals further distinctive features: it comprises five different types of paper. In addition to the main text paper, the booklet contains three 16-page sheets of through-dyed paper in the intense colours of Azure Blue, Flamingo Red and Dark Yellow. Hidden away, yet forming an elegant curve towards the cover, a transparent page is glued in at three points. These, as well as the solid-coloured papers, are each printed in a single colour Black – whilst the main content paper is printed in four-colour process.
The three-sided smooth cut completes the stylish overall impression of the stiff brochure.
The finish in detail
- Stiff brochure
- Dust jacket made of transparent paper
- Cover and spine made from 3mm grey cardboard
- Spine strip
- Smooth cut
- Screen printing in a special colour Red on U1
- Screen-printed in Black on the dust jacket
- Unprinted endpapers
- 5 different content papers
Further print references
Do you have any questions, or would you like to speak directly with a representative?