Reading Until I Sleep reflects on the work of designer and publisher Manuel Raeder. His practice unfolds between readers and books, artists and places, bodies and infrastructures, materials and memories, working with objects that bear their histories openly and resist disposability by insisting on the ongoing life of things. The essay brings multiple perspectives into contact with the inequities that determine who can work, rest, make and be seen; within this landscape, Raeder’s practice, like reading and sleep, becomes an act of resistance, an interval that reopens the possibility of relation, autonomy and care. Across two decades he has developed a distinctive body of work spanning books, furniture, textiles, exhibitions and long-term collaborations, founding Studio Manuel Raeder and remaining co-founder of BOM DIA BOA TARDE BOA NOITE, which continues as a collaborative team based in his Berlin studio.
Author: Joel Mu
English/French
52 pages
21 × 29,7 cm, CMY + 1 PMS
March 2026
isbn 979-10-95991-86-1
issn 2558-2062
About Revue Faire
Adopting an analytical and critical posture with regard to the forms and activities of Graphic Design, in 2017 Sacha Léopold and François Havegeer established a print publication that deals with these practices. Revue Faire invites various authors (writers, designers, design historians…) to contribute. The list of contributors includes Mathias Augustyniak, Stuart Bertolotti-Bailey, Arianne Bosshard, Lise Brosseau, Manon Bruet, Thierry Chancogne, Céline Chazalviel, Jérôme Dupeyrat, Aude Fellay, Catherine Geel, Catherine Guiral, Étienne Hervy, Olivier Huz, Joris Kritis, James Langdon, Victoire le Bars, Olivier Lebrun, Julie Martin, Alexandra Midal, Camille Pageard, Remi Parcollet, Sonia de Puineuf, Ziga Testen and Benjamin Thorel.
Design: Syndicat
Published by www.e-m-p-i-r-e.eu
