Presenting a compilation of nine exercises, Kai Udema’s Bird shaped vinyl is based on a collection of shapes traced from the negative spaces of broken windows. Shifting between object, print, image, and page, the book attempts to visualise the metaphysical qualities of the hole through Udema’s own readings. Developed between 2021 and 2023 at the Werkplaats Typografie in Arnhem, the exercises were realised as studies for a series of sculptural works. Udema is an independent graphic designer based in Amsterdam who engages in bookmaking, exhibition design, visual research, and typography. [publishers’ note]

And this book feels quite nice > soft touch, subtelty of colors and papers, light plastic jacket, now we’re talking.