M/M (Paris): Inventory 2 Published by Haunch of Venison. M/M (Paris) is an influential partnership formed in 1992 by Paris-based designers Michael Amzalag and Mathias Augustyniak. Fusing a disciplined design ethic with Postpunk aesthetics and a unique collaborative and multidisciplinary approach, M/M (Paris) has worked with musicians, fashion designers and contemporary artists such as Björk, Madonna, Stella McCartney, Pierre Huyghe and Philippe Parreno. The duo is most known for the layered, collaged, hand-drawn look of their graphic work, which extends from artistic collaborations to product design. Inventory 2, a handsome paperback edition, features an in-depth look at the furniture, lighting, posters, candles, wallpaper, design objects, books, films and other works the duo creates as part of their varied and conceptually rigorous practice. The only comprehensive compendium of the M/M (Paris) oeuvre, this volume (which accompanied an exhibition at the Drawing Center in New York City in 2008) serves as an update to their sold-out 2006 catalogue, while introducing new works that have appeared in the past three years.
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