Antenne Books: a website for independent titles

Antenne Books: a website for independent titles
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A selection of titles from Antenne Books, including (clockwise from left): Qompendium, Volume 1, published by Lloyd & Associates; Peter Sutherland, 'Muddy Treads', published by Seems; Ryan McGinley, 'Everybody Knows This is Nowhere', published by Dashwood Books; Georg Gatsas, 'Five Points', published by Nieves; Peter Sutherland, 'Smoke Bath', published by Seems; Ingo Giezendanner, 'Baku & Back', published by Nieves; Aslak Gurholt Ronsen, 'Summer of 66', published by Aki Books and Victor Boullet, 'A Joyful Confusion', published by Lauren Monchar.

As you will soon see in our September issue, independent publishers of books, magazines, and fanzines get big respect here at Wallpaper* HQ. So, when photographer and Wallpaper* contributor, Marius W Hansen, set up his website, Antenne Books, dedicated to their wares, we couldn't let it pass by unnoticed.

Hansen teamed up with art director, Richard Hart, to launch the site in July. Its growing catalogue includes an enticing mix of titles, such as photographic essays by Peter Sutherland and Ed Templeton; illustrative works by Ingo Giezendanner; and publications like Home Sapiens Magazine, which explores contemporary domestic living. To give you the best possible feel for these works, Antenne Books helpfully accompanies them with a video revealing extracts from each.

The project was born from Hansen's experiences distributing titles by Aki Books and The Institute of Social Hypocrisy. 'I realised there are so many independent publications around but no strong platform for them here in the UK,' he says.

As well as being an online shop, Antenne Books will also distribute books and magazines to UK and Scandinavian retailers - focusing on works by publishers like Nieves, Dashwood Books, Seems and Hassla. And soon it will publish its own titles. Watch this space.

Antenne Books: a website for independent titles

Frédéric de Gasquet, 1. Published by Lauren Monchar

(Image credit: Lauren Monchar)

Antenne Books: a website for independent titles

Qompendium, Volume 1. Published by Lloyd & Associates

(Image credit: Lloyd & Associates)

Antenne Books: a website for independent titles

Henry Roy, 'Spirit'. Published by Gottlund Verlag

(Image credit: Gottlund Verlag)

Antenne Books: a website for independent titles

David Schoerner, 'Photographs'. Published by Hassla

(Image credit: Hassla)

Antenne Books: a website for independent titles

Ryan McGinley, 'Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere'. Published by Dashwood Books

(Image credit: Dashwood Books)

Antenne Books: a website for independent titles

Ed Templeton, 'The Second Pass'. Published by Seems

(Image credit: Seems)

Antenne Books: a website for independent titles

Victor Boullet, 'Plaster Saint'. Published by The Institute of Social Hypocrisy

(Image credit: The Institute of Social Hypocrisy)

Antenne Books: a website for independent titles

Edie McKay, 'Like Stupidity, Evil is Self-Hypnotic'. Published by The Institute of Social Hypocrisy

(Image credit: The Institute of Social Hypocrisy)

Antenne Books: a website for independent titles

Merlin Carpenter, 'Social Aesthetics'. Published by The Institute of Social Hypocrisy

(Image credit: The Institute of Social Hypocrisy)

Antenne Books: a website for independent titles

Morten Spaberg, 'But don't tell anyone'. Published by Aki Books

(Image credit: Aki Books)

Antenne Books: a website for independent titles

Aslak Gurholt Ronsen, 'Summer of 66'. Published by Aki Books

(Image credit: Aki Books)

Antenne Books: a website for independent titles

Takashi Homma, 'First, Jay Comes'. Published by Hassla

(Image credit: Hassla)

Antenne Books: a website for independent titles

Anders Edstom, 'Safari'. Published by Nieves

(Image credit: Nieves)

Antenne Books: a website for independent titles

Victor Boullet, 'A Joyful Confusing'. Published by Lauren Monchar

(Image credit: Lauren Monchar)

Antenne Books: a website for independent titles

Victor Boullet, 'Social Hypocrite'. Published by Lauren Monchar

(Image credit: Lauren Monchar)

Antenne Books: a website for independent titles

Peter Sutherland, 'Smoke Bath'. Published by Seems

(Image credit: Seems)

Antenne Books: a website for independent titles

Georg Gatsas, 'Five Points'. Published by Nieves

(Image credit: Nieves)

Antenne Books: a website for independent titles

Ingo Giezendanner, 'Baku & Back'. Published by Nieves

(Image credit: Nieves)

Antenne Books: a website for independent titles

Ari Macropoulos, 'Detroit 2008'. Published by Dashwood Books

(Image credit: Dashwood Books)

Antenne Books: a website for independent titles

Carl Johan de Geer, 'Long Live the Large Family'. Published by Dashwood Books

(Image credit: Dashwood Books)

Malaika Byng is an editor, writer and consultant covering everything from architecture, design and ecology to art and craft. She was online editor for Wallpaper* magazine for three years and more recently editor of Crafts magazine, until she decided to go freelance in 2022. Based in London, she now writes for the Financial Times, Metropolis, Kinfolk and The Plant, among others.