Björk book special > Intro   To coincide with the release of her new album “Vespertine” (August 27 2001), Björk has turned her sights to the printed page. The eponymously titled book has been created by Björk and has been edited and designed by celebrated Paris based design firm M/M <Paris> who are renowned for their work with Visionaire magazine, Yohji Yamamoto and Balenciaga (amongst others) and who are increasingly collaborating with Björk. The book is a breathtaking photographic representation of the creation of a cultural icon and documents the journey from private person to public figure. The book is non-chronological and all the images have been specifically chosen to illustrate this creative process. The book is divided into 3 sections: PHOTOGRAPHY -  a series of photographs of Björk taken by Nick Knight, Inez Van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, Araki, Chris Cunningham, Juergen Teller and Craig McDean amongst others.   WORDS – text pieces, including an interview conducted by Björk with her long time inspirational hero David Attenborough.   CONTRIBUTIONS (‘Four Pages for Björk’) – wherein Björk asks her closest collaborators to contribute 4 pages to illustrate her belief that her public self is the result of many great and creative minds and not just a personal product. The result is an enormously eclectic collection of offerings indicative of the pool of talent that unites to create one public persona.		With a beautiful fabric dust jacket featuring block foiled text on the front and an embossed hand- glued photograph on the back, the book boasts contributions from the world’s top photographers, video directors, fashion designers and Björk’s close musical and literary collaborators as well as by Björk herself. Small and flexible in design, the book has text on the cover rather than a celebrity photograph and has been designed as a transportable working manual rather than a traditional, hardback, coffee-table book - the concept of the book is unparalleled and the content is both beautiful and unique.   A must have, not only for Björk’s admirers, but for anyone interested in music, popular culture, fashion and design or for those simply craving an object of beauty for their bookshelf.    Björk 192 Pages 195X230mm Paperback with Binding Cloth Dust Jacket. Available in English, French, German, Italian and Japanese. Published Aug/Sept 2001 Except Japan published Nov 2001 To order see local details