The Amsterdam-based artist and painter Charlott Weise, com­mis­sioned me to design her first publi­cation called Schade um jeden Kuss. The project involved not only the con­cept and design of the book but also the crafts­manship, inclu­ding manually binding 66 copies over a period of appro­xi­mately three months. Each copy was care­fully crafted from fol­ding and stitching to thread binding and gluing, and even the color-shifting linen covers were adorned using screen printing.

After Charlott initially sent me a multitude of her works, the first task was to make a coherent selection. The book is meant to evoke the feeling of one of her sketchbooks. Printed on rough paper with an indigo machine, there is no linear sequence of images. Additionally, completely empty spreads are meant to keep the drama of flipping through the pages lively. The imprint was subsequently applied with a double-grip stamp. For the hardcover, two differently colored linens were used. Both having a shifting effect: green-violet and red-violet. As a result, the book changes its appearance with every lighting condition.