Books published by Hatje Cantz

For quite some time now, ethnographic museums in Europe have been compelled to legitimate themselves. Their exhibition-making has become a topic of discussion, as has the contentious history of their collections, which have come about through colonial appropriation.Clearly, this cannot continue. That the situation can be different is something that Clémentine Deliss explores in her current publication. She offers an intriguing mix of autobiographically-informed novel and conceptual thesis on contemporary art and anthropology. Reflections on her own work while she was Director of Frankfurt's Weltkulturen Museum (Museum of World Cultures) are interwoven with the explorations of influential filmmakers, artists and writers. She introduces the Metabolic Museum as an interventionist laboratory for remediating ethnographic collections for future generations. CLÉMENTINE DELISS has achieved international renown as a curator, cultural historian and publisher of artist's books. In her role as Director of the Weltkulturen Museum in Frankfurt, as a curator, and as a professor and researcher at eminent institutes and academies, she focuses on transdisciplinary and transcultural exchanges. She is Associate Curator of KW Berlin and Guest Professor at the Academy of Arts, Hamburg.

Throughout his forty-plus-year career, Peter Arnell has built an unparalleled reputation creating groundbreaking, boundary-averse work for many of the world's most well-known brands. This beautifully conceptualized two-volume publication celebrates over four decades of tireless innovation and provides rich insight into a creative mind and an exceptionally diverse body of work. Arnell's far-reaching career has spanned disciplines ranging from graphic design, industrial design, automotive design, architecture, photography, and filmmaking, and has involved numerous collaborations with iconic figures like Helmut Newton, David Hockney, Muhammad Ali, Tom Brady, Steven Spielberg, and Jay-Z to name just a few. Included are signature projects for Samsung, Chanel, Gucci, DKNY, Pepsi, Reebok, Chrysler, Nespresso, and the Special Olympics, as well as texts by architect Frank Gehry, photographer Peter Lindbergh, and New York Times journalist Michel Marriott.PETER ARNELL (*1958, Brooklyn, New York) started his career working in the offices of Robert A.M. Stern and Michael Graves before publishing, writing, designing, and editing over twenty books on contemporary architecture, art, and photography for Rizzoli International Publications. He began specializing in design, branding, and product development with the founding of Arnell/Bickford in 1980. A twenty-year retrospective of his work Made in Brooklyn was published in 1996, and his New York Times best seller, Shift: How to Reinvent Your Business, Your Career, and Your Personal Brand appeared in 2010.