OK-RM
A Meaningful Order

This book is the result of discourse, between Oliver Knight, Rory McGrath (OK-RM) and James Langdon, in London and Berlin. It was made and remade as an idea of itself: versions of it were spoken aloud, thought through, dismissed. It began to manifest in text before it had any material specifications. Its happening as an exhibition, in Hangzhou, concentrated it and gave it structure. Negotiation of its production as an industrial design object gave its pages gravity and specificity. In its final phase it became a collective pursuit of synchronicity, its sequences of technical parameters brought into rhythm with its content.

This book is a site for committed study and experimentation, away from the structures of academe. It generates examples, prototypes, and models. It stages a dialogue rendered in a designerly writing through 26 alphabetised chapters (A–Z). It is unashamedly performative in its play with language, direction, and story. It captures the ongoing conversation between the editors, who are makers and thinkers of design, including a long form discussion in the form of an interview with Jack Self and is introduced by Lila Matsumoto. [publishers’ note]

Published by InOtherWords, 2025
Artists' Books / Graphic Design