“It’s a Book…” is an independent publishing fair taking place on 15th of March 2014 at the Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig, in correspondence to the Leipzig Book Fair. Entrepreneurs of the international independent publishing-scene are looking forward to meeting interested visitors and exchanging books and ideas. Formerly initiated by Spector Books, this year’s event is organized by students of the
department of graphic design and will open at the Academy of Visual Arts for the first time. Further, some celebrating is waiting ahead: The Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig commemorates its 250th anniversary, this year’s fair is accompanied by the 20 years jubilee exhibition of the Walter-Tiemann-Prize and finally, the first “BUGRA – Internationale Ausstellung für Buchgewerbe und Graphik” opened in Leipzig 100 years ago. This “International Exhibition of Printing Arts and Graphics” in Leipzig was initiated by Max Seliger, back then director of the Leipzig Art Academy. By recalling the past, the general importance of such institutions is broached: Hasn’t their existence become anachronistic, even dispensable? Switzerland being the official host nation of this year’s Leipzig Book Fair, a symposium of lectures by various Swiss guests will be resuming the questions. We are looking forward to seeing you! P a r t i c i p a n t s
Archive Books
argobooks
August Verlag
BLEK Verlag
Boabooks
BOM DIA BOA TARDE BOA NOITE Verlag
Cabinet Gold van d’Vlies
CAMELOT
Camera Austria
dienacht Publishing
ECAL – Master Art Direction
disadorno edition
Edit – Papier für neue Texte
edition fink
Edition Taube
everyedition
FOTOHOF Edition
Gloria Glitzer
Institut für Buchkunst
Kodoji Press
KOOKbooks
Lubok Verlag
Materialverlag
Merve Verlag
MMKoehn
Motto Books
MZIN Bookstore
Naives and Visionaries
Rainoff
Raum für Publikation
Spector Books
Textem Verlag
Théophile's Papers
Valiz
Zweizehn
1%ofONE VERLAG
2G12b
4478ZINE
&So
S t u d e n t s ’ P r o j e c t s
Ann Richter
Anton Stuckardt & Maximilian Gilleßen
Clemens Jahn
Daniel Poller
Fabienne Wyss
Frieder Oelze
Jana Topel & Franziska Sander
Katarína Dubovská
Kim Ki Chang
Laura Sirch
Lisa Stöckel
Marius Schwarz
Markus Stumpf
Maximilian Schachtner & Moriz Oberberger
Nicolas Polli
Norman Behrendt
Nuno Beijinho & Rita Matos
Rana Karan, Thomas Köck & Konstantin Küspert
Rudy Guedj & Ronja Andersen
Salome Grand & Rahel Preisig
Sara Hardegger
