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
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.
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.
Frédéric de Gasquet, 1. Published by Lauren Monchar
Frédéric de Gasquet, 1. Published by Lauren Monchar
Qompendium, Volume 1. Published by Lloyd & Associates
Qompendium, Volume 1. Published by Lloyd & Associates
Henry Roy, ’Spirit’. Published by Gottlund Verlag
Henry Roy, ’Spirit’. Published by Gottlund Verlag
David Schoerner, ’Photographs’. Published by Hassla
David Schoerner, ’Photographs’. Published by Hassla
Ryan McGinley, ’Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere’. Published by Dashwood Books
Ryan McGinley, ’Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere’. Published by Dashwood Books
Ed Templeton, ’The Second Pass’. Published by Seems
Ed Templeton, ’The Second Pass’. Published by Seems
Victor Boullet, ’Plaster Saint’. Published by The Institute of Social Hypocrisy
Victor Boullet, ’Plaster Saint’. Published by The Institute of Social Hypocrisy
Edie McKay, ’Like Stupidity, Evil is Self-Hypnotic’. Published by The Institute of Social Hypocrisy
Edie McKay, ’Like Stupidity, Evil is Self-Hypnotic’. Published by The Institute of Social Hypocrisy
Merlin Carpenter, ’Social Aesthetics’. Published by The Institute of Social Hypocrisy
Merlin Carpenter, ’Social Aesthetics’. Published by The Institute of Social Hypocrisy
Morten Spaberg, ’But don’t tell anyone’. Published by Aki Books
Morten Spaberg, ’But don’t tell anyone’. Published by Aki Books
Aslak Gurholt Ronsen, ’Summer of 66’. Published by Aki Books
Aslak Gurholt Ronsen, ’Summer of 66’. Published by Aki Books
Takashi Homma, ’First, Jay Comes’. Published by Hassla
Takashi Homma, ’First, Jay Comes’. Published by Hassla
Anders Edstom, ’Safari’. Published by Nieves
Anders Edstom, ’Safari’. Published by Nieves
Victor Boullet, ’A Joyful Confusing’. Published by Lauren Monchar
Victor Boullet, ’A Joyful Confusing’. Published by Lauren Monchar
Victor Boullet, ’Social Hypocrite’. Published by Lauren Monchar
Victor Boullet, ’Social Hypocrite’. Published by Lauren Monchar
Peter Sutherland, ’Smoke Bath’. Published by Seems
Peter Sutherland, ’Smoke Bath’. Published by Seems
Georg Gatsas, ’Five Points’. Published by Nieves
Georg Gatsas, ’Five Points’. Published by Nieves
Ingo Giezendanner, ’Baku & Back’. Published by Nieves
Ingo Giezendanner, ’Baku & Back’. Published by Nieves
Ari Macropoulos, ’Detroit 2008’. Published by Dashwood Books
Ari Macropoulos, ’Detroit 2008’. Published by Dashwood Books
Carl Johan de Geer, ’Long Live the Large Family’. Published by Dashwood Books
Carl Johan de Geer, ’Long Live the Large Family’. Published by Dashwood Books