Ryan Waller is a partner at Other Means, a Brooklyn-based graphic design studio working with architects, artists, curators, editors, institutions, and schools.
A stack of books as well as it is a book of stacks
What do the books ”300 Best Word Puzzles,“ ”History of the Origin of All Things,“ and ”A Story as You Like It” have in common? They, along with 32 other titles, have been co-opted by artist Triin Tamm in the book A Stack of Books As Well As A Book Of Stacks. Every title, represented first by its cover, author, and date, has had an excerpt from its pages displayed, offering readers short snippets of information from multiple authors, genres, and languages. Tamm’s sequencing prompts clever psychological connections between the long list of varied books, suggesting that language, both verbal…