Virgil Abloh: Figures of Speech

ForAbloh,themuseumcatalogueisanotheropportunityto"questioneverything."Thismonograph,producedinclosecollaborationwiththeartisthimself,exploreshiscreativeoutputinathree-books-in-oneformat.ThecataloguesectionoffersanoverviewofAbloh'sinterdisciplinarypracticebyMichaelDarlingandfeaturesessaysandinterviewswithkeyvoicesinart,fashion,design,andarchitecture,includingTaiyeSelasi,LouStoppard,MichaelRock,SamirBantal,RemKoolhaas,andAnjaAronowskyCronberg.Inthearchivessection,morethan1,800never-before-seenimagespulledfromtheartist'spersonalfilesrevealtheremarkablebreadthofhisinfluencesandcollaborations.Andtheindexcrossreferencesthecatalogueplates--Abloh'sworks--withhisprojectsandprocess,usingavocabularyofthemesdevelopedbyAbloh.ThisbookisdesignedwithSwissbinding.Whenopenedthefrontcoverlayscompletelyflatandisnotattachedtothefrontpagesofthebook.Thebindingalsointentionallyexposesthespineoftheboundbookandtherawboardsusedforthecase(cover).