Iñaki Ábalos Books

Iñaki Ábalos presents the quintessence of his thinking about architecture and the future of the trade. In his new book Absolute Beginners, acclaimed Spanish architect Iñaki Ábalos explores forms of innovation in architecture. Drawing on diverse materials elaborated during the twenty years since the publication of his best-known book, The Good Life, Ábalos examines questions centered on how and why architectural creation--at least the kind that arouses the greatest cultural interest--is strongly linked to philosophical thought, especially to the essay and the aphorism. He guides us to an understanding of why innovation--as happens in philosophy--is inextricably linked to reflection on the past and to the emergence of new ways of appropriating old problems. Absolute Beginners is a single essay written with effort and passion, made for the pure pleasure of composing a new and complex work and understanding the source materials as necessary fragments while remaining open to adjustments, changes, and bridges between them. Ábalos organizes his materials like a piece of music into a cohesive composition, to the delight and insight of his readers.

Izastikup is the unique product of a decade of collecting, exchanging and displaying some of the most iconic stickers that define the street. The first of its kind, this sticker book gathers the work of hundreds of legendary street artists including Buff Monster, Futura 200, Shepard Fairey, Jeremy Fish, Henet, Miss Van, Space Invader, Banksy, Big Foot, Jeff Soto, Jet-Pac, Jon Burgerman, 123 Klan, Inkunstruction, Abbominevole, Doodlebug, Jace, Papier Resistance, Mongomia and The London Police. With over 1,000 featured designs, this book guides the viewer through a vibrant collage of some of the most distinctive sticker art exhibited in the world’s largest the streets. Each page celebrates the coming together of a series of diverse styles and methods that have helped create this bountiful montage. In the true style of a sticker book, several pages at the end have been left blank, allowing the reader to complete this extraordinary work of art. The variety of stickers showcased in this book is truly astonishing. Hailing from all over the world, they are handmade, hand painted and cut, glossy, and matte, simple and elaborate. This book depicts the movement that started in the streets and is now recognized in galleries and museums as art.