PLATES: an editorial and curatorial response to contemporary design practice and criticism. Each issue dives into a specific topic that is pertinent to the design reality we live in, presented and archived in a series of image and textual plates in an organic, iterative and evolving format.
Iteration 1 presents collective voices of practitioners situated along overlaps or cracks between disciplines to rethink the subject “Manifesto vs. Manifest” in relation to their practice through this iterative lens.
Contributors: Can Yang, Catherine Griffiths, Dinamo, Draw Down Books, Gabriel Melcher, Hezin O, Jack Self, John Provencher, Lamm & Kirch, Lukas Eigler-Harding, Nat Pyper, Related Department, Secret Riso Club, Sulki & Min, Tetsuya Goto, Toru Kase, Velvetyne, Vrints-Kolsteren
Creative Direction & Design: Related Department & Gabriel Melcher Studio -Publisher
Page Bureau (书局) is the self-publishing practice of the independent graphic design studio, RELATED DEPARTMENT (有关设计部门) from Shanghai. They publish printed matter and digital files designed with/for their artist/designer/illustrator/architect friends.
书局(Page Bureau)成立于2018年，是有关设计部门(RELATED DEPARTMENT)内部的自出版单位，致力于输出和朋友们一起构想、设计、发行的各类型印刷物及虚拟电子文本。有关设计部门(RELATED DEPARTMENT)是2017年在上海成立的平面设计工作室，我们投身于新鲜的设计尝试/视觉探索/文化产出，关注后网络、后殖民设计语境下的图像和文字创作机制。
40 p. + 1 poster + 1 flyer
28.5 x 21 cm, Paperback, Rubber Band
