First published in 2007, this book is the most complete survey of the studio’s work. It was published to coincide with the studio retrospective Friendly Fire at the Design Museum, London. The main text is by Jonathan Barnbrook, it also features essays from noted contributors such as, Kalle Lasn of Adbusters and Teal Triggs. It is designed with the work, explanations and historical reference combined in a fast paced and seamless style that also makes it very readable. Uniquely it also features text specially written by David Bowie on his album Heathen.

Designed in 2011 for The Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) – the brainchild of maverick art collector David Walsh, located in Hobart, Tasmania. It is the largest privately funded museum in Australia and presents art and artefacts from the diverse David Walsh collection. The work of Wim Delvoye provoked such a reaction in the permanent collection that Walsh decided to hold a larger exhibition of the Belgian artist’s work. Barnbrook worked in close collaboration with Delvoye’s studio to design the book that accompanied the show.

A square book arrives packaged in a cardboard box – alluding to the ephemerality of pizza takeaways and Delvoye’s interest in the digestive process. The disposable box sits in contrast with a precious cover printed on foil paper and featuring an image from the Double Helix series. The 200-page book features a foreword by MONA owner David Walsh, an essay by Bernard Marcadé and images of landmark pieces and works included in the exhibition.

Britain Creates: Fashion and Art Collusion

Launched in conjunction with an exhibition at the V&A in 2012, Britain Creates: Fashion & Art Collusion celebrating the relationships between fashion designers and visual artists. The book, created in conjunction with the British Fashion Council, documents nine collaborations between leading artists and fashion designers in a box set that includes two books, posters of the finished artworks along with a CD containing an audio track collaboration between Hussein Chalayan and Gavin Turk.

The bold and minimal design explores the idea of pairs. Contrasting colours, forms and textures are brought together to echo the idea of a creative partnership. The first of the two books contains an introduction by Lucy Yeomans and an essay by Iain R. Webb, plus biographies of designers and artists involved with the project alongside additional rough sketches, notes and ideas of their collaborative efforts. The second book includes visual interviews of artists’ and designers’ in their studios, highlighting their joint creative process with a foreword by curator Susanna Greeves and photography by Gautier Deblonde and Stephen White.