Radius Books

Radius Books
Categories Art and Photography Publishing
Publisher David Chickey
Founder David Chickey, Darius Himes, David Skolkin, Joanna Hurley
Year founded 2007
Country United States
Based in Santa Fe, New Mexico
Website www.radiusbooks.org

Radius Books is a non-profit art book publishing company, with a focus on photography and fine art, based in Santa Fe, New Mexico.[1] Co-publishing partners include David Zwirner Gallery, Harvard Peabody Museum Press, Art Institute of Chicago, and Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego.

History

The company was established in 2007 by co-founders David Chickey (publisher, editor, book designer), Darius Himes (editor),[2] David Skolkin (production), and Joanna Hurley (marketing and public relations).[3]

In the first year, Radius Books published 4 titles (Mark Klett, "Saguaros"; Judy Tuwalestiwa, "Mapping Water"; "Johnnie Winona Ross"; and "Otto Donald Rogers").

From 2008 to 2010, the company published 8 titles each year, and from 2011 to 2015 has published 15 to 20 titles each year that focus on a wide variety of artists and photographers.[4]

Donation Program

Radius Books donates copies of every book published to libraries across the United States.[5] The current list of served libraries and schools is 527, and includes all 50 US states. Some of the institutions consist of, Ash Creek Elementary School District, Denver Public Library, New Mexico State University Library, and Memphis College of Art.[6]

Awards

Design and publishing awards include: multiple awards from the AIGA/The Design Observer Group '50 Books/ 50 Covers' competition (Fred Sandback, 2012;[7] Janelle Lynch: Barcelona, 2013;[8] and Stephen Dupont: Piksa Niugini, 2013);[9] National Gold in Photography from the Independent Publisher Book Awards for Aaron Huey: Mitakuye Oyasin; American Association of Museums Publishing competition [10] (over ten including two first place awards in the last three years); Publishers Association of the West; Infinity Awards for best photographic book of the year (International Center of Photography).

References

  1. ↑ Reid, Calvin (17 November 2008). "Art and Altruism: Radius Books". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Darius Himes, Publisher- Radius Books". 25 June 2008. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "The home team: Local services help writers get polished, published, and promoted". 6 February 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  4. ↑ Hayes, Tracy (12 March 2013). "Shelf Life: Radius Books". Neiman Marcus Daily. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  5. ↑ Kohlhaase, Bill (20 September 2013). "Donation, donation, donation: Radius Books combines art, design, and public giving". Pasatiempo. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Darius Himes, Publisher- Radius Books". 25 June 2008. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "50 Books/50 Covers". Design Observer. 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "50 Books/50 Covers". Design Observer. 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  9. ↑ "50 Books/50 Covers". Design Observer. 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  10. ↑ "2014 Independent Publisher Book Awards Results". Independent Publisher. 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2015.

External links

• Radius Books website

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