This second edition of I swear I use no art at all includes Book 101, which describes the design and production of the first edition and reveals the whereabouts of its 1000 copies.
This book displays and dissects the career and design motives of graphic designer Joost Grootens. In systematic and neutral fashion it charts the first hundred books designed by Grootens over the past ten years. In the first section, ´10 years´, Grootens uses timelines, lists and graphs to map the course of his career as a designer, the people he worked with and the places where the work took place. In ´100 books´, the designer dissects his book designs. He details the grids, formats, paper stocks, colours and typefaces, but also charts the books´ structure and composition. ´18,788 pages´ shows at actual size a selection of spreads from books designed by Grootens, including the internationally acclaimed atlases. In the text ´I swear I use no art at all´ Joost Grootens gives a personal account of making books and the ideas behind his designs.
