Made in North Korea : Graphics from Everyday Life in the DPRK

Bonner, Nicholas

ISBN 10: 0714873500 / ISBN 13: 9780714873503

Published by Phaidon Press, London, 2017

Contents: Introduction -- Let's wear our hair in the socialist style -- Our country is best -- The people's paradise -- Yankees are wolves in human shape -- Single hearted unity -- Foreign language is a weapon for the life and struggle -- The shoes my brother bought me fit me tight - Gymnasts must not dance. 239 pages : .ill. ; 28 cm. First edition, first printing. Illustrated boards, slight shelf wear to cover, tanning to edges, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging. Seller Inventory # 016448

Synopsis:

North Korea uncensored and unfiltered – ordinary life in the world's most secretive nation, captured in never-before-seen ephemera.

Made in North Korea uncovers the fascinating and surprisingly beautiful graphic culture of North Korea - from packaging to hotel brochures, luggage tags to tickets for the world-famous mass games. From his base in Beijing, Bonner has been running tours into North Korea for over twenty years, and along the way collecting graphic ephemera. He has amassed thousands of items that, as a collection, provide an extraordinary and rare insight into North Korea's state-controlled graphic output, and the lives of ordinary North Koreans.

About the Author:

Nick Bonner studied landscape architecture in the UK. During a study trip to China in 1993 he visited North Korea and subsequently set up Koryo Tours, based in Beijing, specializing in tourism to the DPRK. Since 2001, Bonner has produced three documentaries on North Korea and a feature film.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Made in North Korea : Graphics from Everyday...
Publisher: Phaidon Press, London
Publication Date: 2017
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Edition: 1st Edition