USM Book Personalities:
16 Personalities & 8 Essays & over 120 photos
13 photographers & foreword by Lisa Jansen
Publisher: Hatje Cantz Verlag
Language: German / English
Format: 22,4 x 30 cm, Hardcover with Linen
Pages: 192
Release date: October 2015
ISBN 978-3-7757-4080-7
Available to order now, Personalities presents a series of richly illustrated portraits paired with essays that address the various facets of the subjects’ personalities:
from the influence of idols, to emotional relationships to objects, to the desire for self-realization and life-changing experiences.
Conversations with
Roman Arnold, Jon Ayling, Bettina Brenn, Andreas Ernst, Catherine Gay Menzel, Oliver Holy, Florian Holzherr, Daniel Klußmann, Julius Kranefuss, Uli Mayer-Johanssen, Götz Menzel, Louisa Rachedi, Kelly Robinson, Ana Strumpf, Jan van de Weyer, Anka Ziefer.
Essays by
Vera Kaps, Nina C. Müller, Michael Obert, Craig Schuftan, Anna Sinofzik, Jule Specht, Laura Storfner.
Customers from Germany can order Personalities online directly at Hatje Cantz Webshop.
If you’re looking to support a local bookseller, Hatje Cantz books are available internationally at selected stores. Find out more about distribution partners near you, here.
Personalities will further be available to buy at the by USM Showrooms in Berlin, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, München and Stuttgart. Additionally it will be available at The Little Moving Bookshop - an exclusive Ape Tour connected to our kick-off events in Frankfurt, Hamburg and Berlin.
The Ape, with integrated kiosk, offers along the book Personalities, an inspiring, well-curated selection of further books and publications.
Book Launch Dates
Frankfurt - 14.-18. October
14.-18. October: Frankfurter Buchmesse / Messegelände
Hamburg - 24.-31. October
24.-31. October: by USM Hamburg, Plan 6, 20095 Hamburg
Berlin - 21. November -23. December
21. November - 03. December: FvF Apartment, Mulackstrasse 26, 10119 Berlin
04.-23. December: by USM Berlin, Französische Str. 48, 10117 Berlin
16 Personalities & 8 Essays & over 120 photos
Mit einer Deutschland-Tournee der USM Ape feierten wir den Launch von “Personalities" – einer Zusammenarbeit von USM Möbelbausysteme, dem Hatje Cantz Verlag und Freunde von Freunden.
Bei den Stopps in Frankfurt, Hamburg und Berlin konnten die Gäste das Buch erstmals und exklusiv in den Händen halten. Darüber hinaus lernten sie in der begleitenden Ausstellung sowie über eine Videoinstallation verschiedene Perspektiven des zeitlosen Klassikers USM Haller kennen und hatten die Gelegenheit, einige der Personalities live zu treffen.
Personalities is presented by Hatje Cantz at Frankfurter Book Fair alongside a series of kick-off events by USM in cooperation with Freunde von Freunden in Frankfurt, Hamburg and Berlin: Frankfurt - 14.10. 2015 Hamburg - 21.10. 2015 Berlin - 04.11. 2015 For press inquires and hi-res images, please contact Thorsten Schaefers – Marketing Director..
