In Noir graphic designer Sandra Praun takes on the color black and the language that charges it with a variety of characteristics. The book consists of 3 parts:

The 1st comprises 1001 names for different nuances of black, taken from, for example, make-up, car paint, artist pigments, tattoo ink, and house paint. The often expressive names have been collated into an associative flow that transports the reader from countries and cities, over mountains and oceans, down among plants and animals, out into space, to myths and religions, power and eroticism, war and death.

The 2nd part is a lexicon using a selection of the names as its point of departure. The contents of the articles are based on a variety of materials, collected with a serendipitous method.

In the 3rd part, the 1001 names are listed in alphabetical order along with their product category and manufacturer.

A special edition is hand-bound in Viperblack by Phoebe Heess—the blackest textile measurable.

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Sandra Praun & Oscar Guermouche

Sandra Praun

Rotolito / Nava Press, Milan

Sandra Praun