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62 unnumbered pages, 2 folded leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm + 1 case (30 x 24 x 3 cm) + 1 booklet (8 unnumbered leaves : illustrations ; 14 x 11 cm) + 1 metal circle (13 cm), Unbound sheets and booklets laid in decorated cardboard case. "This is no. ... in a limited edition of 2500 numbered copies"--Bottom of case. Three-dimensional hologram image of planet earth on case. Includes a booklet, 'The Midas touch,' which contains oversized gold thumprints, and a gold-tone metal circle (diameter 13 cm) with blind stamped title: Halo / Todd Oldham for Visionaire, 1996. Includes 'The spring 1996 collections' / by Bill Cunningham. "All embossing, foil stamping, and assemblage by Eric Fox and the staff of ABC Die Cutting Corp. ... "--Title sheet verso. Contributor list: Andres Edstrom, Andy Warhol, Azzedine Aliaia, Bill Cuningham, Cesar, Christian Lacroix, Francois Berthoud, Jean-Paul Goude, Inez Van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin, Isaac Mizrahi, James Nares, Jeffrey Fulvimari, John Galliano, Juan Gatti, Linda Evangelista, Maison Martin Margiela, Marcus Schenkenberg, Martin Margiela, Mats Gustafson, Origami USA, Philip Taaffe, Robert Medvedz, Ruben Toledo, Todd Oldham, Viktor & Rolf, Yaguel Didier. "For some time we had imagined a gilded issue-heavily embellished, incredibly ornate. GOLD gave us the perfect opportunity to go for baroque. The cover of the issue was hologrammed, embossed, and foil stamped, all on an already solid-gold background. Up until this point, it was one of the most extravagant and delirious issues we had ever created. There were seven pages of Philip Taaffe's gold stars foil stamped onto vellum, which ran an average of a dollar per page-a slight extravagance considering we had at least another fifty pages to fill. Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin's fashion photographs featured gold-foil stamping on top of four-color prints-crazy in theory but even more so in practice, when sometimes the only foil-stamped element was the stud earring in the model's ear! Cecilia tracked down OrigamiUSA, who folded a gold-paper goldfish for each issue, and Todd Oldham contributed actual gilded-metal halos. Such frivolities-not to mention the leap to 2,500 copies-came thanks to this issue's sponsor, the Japanese department store Beams"--Publisher's description. Issue sponsored by the Japanese department store, Beams. Includes subscription card. Library has copy no. 6. Gift of Gregory E. Foley, RISD Alumnus AP 1991.
ISBN
Visionaire17_GoldSunBeams.pdf
Publication Date
1996
Imprint / Year
New York, NY : Visionaire Publishing, 1996.; New York, NY : Danny Wu at Matrix Graphics
Measurements
28 cm + 1 case (30 x 24 x 3 cm) + 1 booklet (8 unnumbered leaves : illustrations ; 14 x 11 cm) + 1 metal circle (13 cm)
RISD Fleet Library Catalog Record
Publisher
Visionaire Publishing
City
New York
Keywords
color printing; art photography; illustration (process); graphic design; foil stamping; vellum (paper); origami; unbound; die cutting; blind stamping; metallic (color attribute); periodicals; collaboration; portraits; fashion (concept); illustrations (layout features)
Disciplines
Book and Paper
Recommended Citation
Gan, Stephen; Dean, Cecilia; Kaliardos, James; Foley, Greg; and Warhol, Andy, "Visionaire 17: Gold" (1996). Visionaire. 30.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/specialcollections_periodicals_visionaire/30