“A rectangular object with a bunch of paper dredged in cyan, magenta, yellow, and black (CMYK) ink bound in between thicker sheets of paper or fabric using glue or thread”

It would be a rough description of a book. Smaller books are the size of a palm, but even the larger ones are typically no larger than the size of an A4 sheet of paper. And designers fiercely battle the tight frame of what a book should look like as they select the optimal font, paper, and binding method. They agonized over the relationship between the text and images, where the page numbers should go, where the ISBN barcode should go, and which post-processing method would be better. These types of generally pointless deliberation on unnoticeable details often end in vain, but they also rarely result in a prominent victory. The 30 books featured in this exhibition are some of the victorious results.