{"product_id":"stephanie-baechler-forget-me-not-vergissmeinnicht","title":"Stéphanie Baechler - Forget Me Not \/ Vergissmeinnicht","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook Launch \/ Signing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNovember 12, 2024\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e5 PM - 7 PM\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe picturesque landscape of northeastern Switzerland is home to a diminishing number of Tröcknetürme and Hänggitürme: peculiar yet monumental wooden towers once used for drying dyed textiles. These structures are architectural remnants of the 19th century, when the region was a booming global centre of textile production.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book records the life of these towers in two ways. First, photographer Ladina Bischof’s photo series documents the last remaining towers in Switzerland. Second, I share my research and process behind the production of a monumental public artwork installed at the Tröckneturm St. Gallen. Once myself a textile designer in St. Gallen, my intrigue for the towers soon became determination, not only to trace the histories of these structures and the work they accommodated but to give them visibility once again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo essays accompany these two strands of the publication. Historian Andreas Zangger focuses on the globally entangled threads of textile production in East Switzerland, while Michael Gnehm addresses the architectural history and legacy of the towers. Applying a non-hierarchical treatment of knowledge and compiling images, archival material, notes, anecdotes, correspondence, and commissioned texts, Forget Me Not is a wandering exploration of craftsmanship, an attempt to uncover almost lost histories, and, above all, an ode to material in an increasingly dematerialised world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Stéphanie Baechler\u003cbr\u003ePhotographs: Ladina Bischof\u003cbr\u003eTexts: Stéphanie Baechler, Andreas Zangger, Michael Gnehm\u003cbr\u003eDesign: Rudy Guedj\u003cbr\u003eEditing: Harriet Foyster\u003cbr\u003ePrinting: Offset Black + Pantone RED on: Gmund Les Naturals Tourmaline 330g\/m2\u003cbr\u003eEmotion Touch 1.5 Natural White 240g\/m2 Emotion Touch 1.5 Natural White 100g\/m2 Terraprint Gloss 90g\/m2\u003cbr\u003eHolmen Trend Vintage 70g\/m2\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Otastar\u003cbr\u003eEdition: 900\u003cbr\u003e404 pages\u003cbr\u003e220×340 mm\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 978-90-833756-2-5\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Building Fictions (buildingfictions.com)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e© Building Fictions\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yvon Lambert Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49605287018844,"sku":null,"price":60.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0085\/4913\/8498\/files\/img_5295.1600x0.jpg?v=1729843871","url":"https:\/\/www.yvon-lambert.com\/fr\/products\/stephanie-baechler-forget-me-not-vergissmeinnicht","provider":"Yvon Lambert Paris","version":"1.0","type":"link"}