S,M,L,XL explained

S,M,L,XL
Author:Rem Koolhaas
Bruce Mau
Editor:Jennifer Sigler
Country:United States
Language:English
Subject:Architecture
Publisher:Monacelli Press
Pub Date:October 31, 1995
Media Type:Print
Pages:1376 pp.
Isbn:1-885254-01-6
Oclc:34225456

S,M,L,XL is a book by Rem Koolhaas and Bruce Mau, edited by Jennifer Sigler, with photography by Hans Werlemann.

Overview

The book was first published by Monacelli Press in 1995 in New York and 010 Publishers in Rotterdam. It is a 1376-page-long collection of essays, diary excerpts, travelogues, photographs, architectural plans, sketches and cartoons produced by the Rotterdam-based Office for Metropolitan Architecture (founded by Koolhaas) in the twenty years prior to publication. The second edition was published in 1997, printed and bound in Italy, and has the name Rem Koolhaas printed in orange ink on the cover unlike the original which was printed in yellow. The third, special edition was published in December 1998, printed and bound in Italy, and has the name Rem Koolhaas printed in blue ink on the cover. The book weighs .[1]

Reception

The book became immediately popular, selling all the 30,000 copies of the first edition within months[2] while it was counterfeited in China.[3] The second edition printed in 70,000 copies has been subsequently exhausted as well.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://www.amazon.com/dp/1885254865 Amazon.com: S M L XL: Second Edition: Rem Koolhaas,Bruce Mau, Jennifer Sigler, Hans Werlemann: Books
  2. http://www.hyphenpress.co.uk/journal/2002/05/22/architects_of_the_book Robin Kinross and Linda Eerme: The architects of the book, 22 May 2002
  3. https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/may/17/rem-koolhaas-architecture-book Justin McGuirk: Tomes, sweet tomes: how Rem Koolhaas re-engineered the architecture book