Books as Art Objects: A Look into the IAI’s Collection of Ediciones Vigía from Cuba
Blog entry from 10/31/2025
Source: Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut
The library of the Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut (IAI) holds with ist more than 300 titles the world’s largest collection of the renowned Cuban publishing house Ediciones Vigía, founded in 1985 by illustrator Rolando Estévez Jordán and writer Alfredo Zaldívar. The books of Ediciones Vigía are complex works of art based on traditional printing techniques, placing the creative process of design itself at the center of the book reception. The extraordinary interplay of text and image draws on…
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