The Designers Republic are getting a new book!

The Designers Republic is releasing a pretty dope looking book helped funded by by a kickstarter. 

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1993782747/a-to-z-of-the-designers-republic

I was looking on google just now and i found the kickstarter link and an article about it:

https://www.creativebloq.com/news/the-story-of-the-designers-republic-finally-reaches-print

It will be called "A to Z of The Designers Republic" 

Backers should be getting there books next month

Hope they release more for people that didn't have that chance, isn't that how this stuff works?

I love TDR as much as the next person but aren't their things a little overkill in terms of pricing? I worked at a bookshop for a while and high quality prints, especially books, were never in the 80$ price range. Glad to see them backed, just curious how they justify such wallet-bending price tags like the AE poster. Would've loved one of those but.. sheckles! a spinborn has to eat!

Ah well, just woke up and wrote that, who cares, it's totally worth the price tag. And it's a small print compared to the things in the shop 

  On 7/15/2019 at 10:01 AM, chronical said:

I worked at a bookshop for a while and high quality prints, especially books, were never in the 80$ price range.

Dunno what book store you worked in, but for example, the Daido Moriyama book Record is £50 at RRP. $80 for an art book is not an extortionate amount of money.

  On 7/15/2019 at 10:01 AM, chronical said:

I love TDR as much as the next person but aren't their things a little overkill in terms of pricing? I worked at a bookshop for a while and high quality prints, especially books, were never in the 80$ price range. Glad to see them backed, just curious how they justify such wallet-bending price tags like the AE poster. Would've loved one of those but.. sheckles! a spinborn has to eat!

You should see the world of architecture books, which TDR being a design firm this is in a similar category.  Monographs with large prints and special materials absolutely get in this range, and lots lots more.  There are so many that I want but could never afford, especially ironic given the laughable salary that the majority of architects/designers often earn..

"The average Architect salary in Canada is $80,300 per year or $41.18 per hour."

Sorry for off topic but ^most likely heavily weighted towards high earning principals and people with 50+ years experience (they say architects never retire..).  Maybe theyre the ones buying those expensive books, all i can tell you is that in the US of A, an architect who goes through 6+ years of education enters the market making peanuts compared to similarly educated professions.  I started as an intern, and after 2 years professional experience, was promoted to make a whopping 40k... whilst working 80 hour weeks and living in the most expensive city in the US (nyc).  Im not complaining especially considering future salary potential.. but i do complain at the hyper expensive books that our profession seems to covet

I know I know lol I was just being a dink ;o

I'm curious, can you link me to one of these architects books? Curious to see what warrants all that money!

Random selection of monographs, all are in the tdr price range https://es.phaidon.com/store/architecture/monographs-a-z-by-architect/?page=all&page=all

Then theres loads of deluxe shit, like I saw a peter zumthor monograph set that im sure feels very nice to touch.. 250 euro

But even El Croquis, one of the most popular "magazine" style publications (soft cover, even has ads) goes for 60euro+ https://elcroquis.es/

I'm just channeling my inner grinch because I couldn't get an ae poster

(which was overpriced! convince me otherwise if I'm wrong)

Interesting tidbit about TDR work with ae: 

funny you bumped this thread, drum up. i've recently been thinking about grabbing the book >> but i don't know how thick the thing is. if it's a big book i can justify dropping the 100  hundred something it's going for...

https://www.uniteditions.com/products/a-z-of-the-designers-republic

Just what the world needs, another buttfuckin book

  On 11/12/2019 at 11:18 PM, yekker said:

funny you bumped this thread, drum up. i've recently been thinking about grabbing the book >> but i don't know how thick the thing is. if it's a big book i can justify dropping the 100  hundred something it's going for...

 

https://www.uniteditions.com/products/a-z-of-the-designers-republic

It says this on the page you linked:

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Specifications

Size: 280 x 240mm
Pages: 512 pages
Format: Hardback
Printing: Fluorescent yellow cover with foiled type, three special colour wrap, CMYK + one special colour throughout
Binding: Otabound
Typeface: Suisse Int’l
Printer: Verona Libri

Free postage worldwide
£85.00

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Sounds big, thick, and printed vibrantly. I think I'll get it.

don't stop get it get it 

Done.

plz do a 4K unboxing video!!!

tDR are just okay, don't get the hype

They were really cool ...

in 1998