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In an attempt to diversify and decolonise, we publish underrepresented references in the field of graphic design. 💌

08/11/2024

The fluent poster series is now available for purchase on our website ✨ Designed by , it celebrates the beauty and fluidity of the Arabic letterforms and honours its history. Each poster represents one, two or three of the Arabic modular alphabet. All 18 posters are available on our website. Which one is your personal favourite?

14/10/2024

We’re SO excited to announce our latest publication on our roster: IMPERFECT INDEX: a graphic design reference book.

This one is particularly special, so many wonderful contributors that we have either looked up to when we founded Sold Out Publishing or people we’re very excited to find out about.
and .parke have done a stunning job at bringing it all together.

Imperfect index is a reference document, a non-linear, imperfect guide to a more expansive understanding of graphic design. In this book, we are looking back at the disciplines discriminatory past, and directly at its discriminatory present, it contains a collection of voices, ideas and projects, that look forward to a more diverse and inclusive future. Featuring ( and .books) Kaleena Sales (Extra Bold and Centered) and Alison Place ()

More collaborators:
Alexandria Canchola
Alison Place
Amandine Forest-Aguié
Arjun Harrison-Mann
Beatrice Sangster
Conor Foran
Dellana Arievta
Dimitri Reist
Dina Benbrahim
Dohee Kwak
Elaine Lopez
Es-pranza Humphrey
Joshua Dutweiler
Kaiya Waerea
Kaleena Sales
Kelly Walters
Kinda Savarino
Lara Dautun
Lihao Zhu
Lynne Elvins
Michele Y. Washington
Mister Samo
Nina Paim
Poppy Thaxter
Radical Characters
Stephan Rosger
Tony Stiles
Zed Gregory

You can now buy a copy on sold-out.net

19/09/2024

📖 BOOK LAUNCH ALERTE 🚨: We are very excited to announce the launch of the publication. The book is the labour of love of Abbie Vickress () and Laura Parke (.parke) and includes contributions from Kaleena Sales (), Nina Paim () Arjun Harrison-Mann () Zed Gregory (), Kelly Walters () and many more! They have put together an amazing resource for designers who want to expand the graphic design industry and practice by making it more diverse and inclusive.

The book will be launched during the second edition of the imperfect index series of short talks on the discriminatory past and present of graphic design, looking forward to diverse and inclusive futures. Join us on Thursday 03 October 6-8.30pm BST in Bristol UK (or online) with a range of access options – link in bio for more information. For more info about the 2024 line-up follow

Follow for more info! 🔥

ID — A grey textured background with the text ‘imperfect index’ written in dark purple in the top left hand corner. The text ‘book launch, with a purple and yellow coloured strip underneath sits central. Below further text reads ‘volume 01, 03 October Bristol’.

02/09/2024

🚨 We have an announcement🚨
We have published the Muse-Zine by 🌟
Visit (muse-zine.xyz)

This initiative is all about storytelling for social change. Encouraging academic networks, libraries and research pals to embed the Muse-Zine in their curriculums and programmes. It’s designed as an interactive resource to inspire the next generation of truth-seekers, artists and curators. Empowering more critical thinkers to visit museums.

The muse-zine also supports the launch of the MOTL Podcast🎧 Listen to the limited-edition podcast series 🎙️ featuring a stellar lineup of activist artists + cultural leaders.

Six episodes with immersive sound design that each symbolise six imaginary galleries & Hosted by the founder and host of the Museum of Truth & Lies

Available from wherever you get your podcast. The podcast participants are the phenomenal & Dr Oonagh Murphy, Al & Digital Culture pro

To find out more about the podcast and the WISDOM manifesto supporting truth-telling in museums visit muse-zine.xyz

04/07/2024

Join us at for the third iteration of Small Press Fest, an annual fair celebrating small-press and independent publications. We’ll be there with some of the most incredible people, we’re a little bit starstruck! 🌟📚

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+even more

📅 Saturday and Sunday 13-14 July from 12-6pm
📍The Mosaic Rooms

You can RSVP on website :)

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19/12/2023

Thank you for supporting Sold Out this year. We’ll be back in a few weeks 💚 Happy Festive/Reset Season 💚

14/12/2023

We’ll be at this Saturday amongst other amazing publishers and artists.

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Details:
Artists Self-Publishers Fair (ASP Fair)
Saturday 16 December 2023 - 11.00 - 19.00hrs
Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL

16/11/2023

We’ve shipped our last orders out for the week today. Sold Out is away for two weeks for Business, and will go back to shipping on December 4th. 💚

24/10/2023

So excited to participate in the fair at !

Swipe to see all the other amazing participants! ❤️🤍

The Gallery at the Lewisham Arthouse has completely step-free access, with an accessible toilet and baby changing. We will be programming a quiet hour from 12–1pm and a quiet room available all day. KN95 masks will be supplied on the door, and we will be requesting that you wear one unless you are exempt.

More info at stickyfingers.cargo.site/News (link in bio!)

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06/10/2023

If you’re in Porto come and visit . Whilst we’re here we had a moment to reflect on the fact that part of why we started was because we really looked up to institutions like . Three years later, here we are at Etcetras, which was founded by them. Surrounded by the most amazing brilliant creatives who show nothing but talent, respect, intelligence and kindness every day. It’s inspiring to be around people who have created a real blueprint for more equitable and exciting structures and atmospheres in the graphic design and publishing industry. Feeling grateful today :)

03/10/2023

We’re so excited to be joining the fair this week to celebrate and showcase books, magazines, journals, zines and posters with fellow feminist publishers 💜💚

20/09/2023

“Beg Borrow Steal” is a publication by that celebrates the deepconnection between South Asian immigrants and their culture in the United Kingdom. Through poignant interviews and heartfelt recipes, it unveils the challenges and triumphs faced by people of colour in a predominantly white society. Each cherished recipe is typeset in the way they learned to cook and is presented alongside their personal stories. The book honours the resilience and perseverance of those who endured centuries of British colonialism. It goes beyond a cookbook, offering a comprehensive directory of South Asian stores and serving as an archive of art and design traditions, showcasing the intricate patterns found on the packaging.

Specifications: 9x6 inches, 160 pages, 110 gsm matt uncoated paper, offset printed, metallic embossed cover

Co-writer: Noor Awan
Photography: Leon Cairo
Sign Painter: Promod Prasad

18/09/2023

Proud to be taking part in our first fair abroad at at the this year alongside an incredible line up and program!

Come and say hi if you are in Berlin this weekend 👋😘

Poster designed by

02/09/2023

Very grateful for the amazing book review about How May I Serve You written by for ✨

Buy your copy now from our website! 🫶

Book edited and designed by
With words by Saadia Abbasi, Malik Ayaz, and

29/08/2023

first took the shape of a series of talks and will now take the shape of a beautiful publication.

Everyone is invited to participate to the conversations by submitting their work to be published in the book. The theme revolve around the discriminatory past and present of graphic design, looking forward to diverse and inclusive futures.

More on the formats you can submit in the next post!

11/04/2023

📘📖How May I Serve You? (book launch)

Join us at Courthouse Projects Gallery () on Tuesday 18th of April for Oliva’s book launch, followed by a talk and open discussion about participatory art practices, techno-colonialist structures and outsourcing systems.
Our two special guest speakers are Malik Ayaz and Saadia Abbasi, the two call centre agents who collaborated with Jose Garcia Oliva to create this thought-provoking book titled How May I Serve You? The book is a collection of chat transcripts between Saadia, Malik and an online audience, which were collected from three online participatory performances organised by Oliva over a period of four years. The discussion will be hosted by .

The book is edited and designed by , published by and printed by .press

🗓 Tuesday, 18 April 2023
🕔 Doors open from: 18:00. Talk start time: 18:45
📍Lambeth County Court, Cleaver St, SE11 4DP
🎟 Free. Booking via Eventbrite. Link on our profile.

Thousand thanks to .press , and for supporting the event.

17/11/2022

Only 13 days left to buy make this book a reality!

How May I Serve You is project developed by who worked with two call centre/live-chat agents based in Pakistan and working for UK companies.

This whole outsourcing system under the guise of giving opportunities to Pakistan for example is very much derived from old colonial systems. To read more about it go on the pre-order page (link in bio!)

Please please share this to whomever you think might be interested! If we don’t reach a minimum of pre-orders this book will only exist in our dreams.

30/10/2022

How May I Serve You, is now open for pre-orders!

How May I Serve You aims to disrupt the corporate customer service system to personify and reveal the experiences of those individuals hidden behind calls and online chats. These hidden workers behind offshore outsourced online customer services still experience negative consequences inherited from colonial systems. The project recreated a live-chat platform as a space to facilitate dialogues about working conditions, automation, online identities, and outsourcing systems with three call centre agents based in Pakistan outsourced by UK companies. The book, How May I Serve You, is a collection of all the research and chats collected during these live-chat performances. The project is researched, developed and led by artist in collaboration with two call centre agents, Malik Ayaz and Saadia Abbasi.

The pre-order will be open until the 30th November and the book will be distributed in February. Get your limited run copy now, numbered and signed by the artist!

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All the formats indicated will be accepted for the open call for @imperfectindex . You might wonder how an audio piece or video will fit within a book but don’t worry this is something for us to worry about. Don’t forget the deadline is on the 15th so you only have 2 weeks left! More info about the Open Call in our link in bio. 🫶

We are so so HAPPY to finally be able to share with you our new e-commerce/website. Where you will be able to purchase and read about our published books in one place. We will add more as we go along and the website will continue evolving and growing as we are. 💚 To those who have been with us since the beginning, thank you for you for your support! Link in bio 😋 #webdesign #ecommerce #weblaunch #publishinghouse #culturaldecolonisation #queerbooks #intersectionalfeminism