HKS Colours - Pruss

Thomas Pruss
The HANDBUCH FÜR SPIONE [»Handbook for Spies«] offers survival tactics and tricks of the trade for would-be secret agents. ?In these economically turbulent times, it is highly recommended to retrain yourself as a spy, a stable and solid profession.

This book parodies the subject of espionage, particularly in its heyday during the Cold War. It deals with the play between information and disinformation, between lies and deception. Secret service jargon, for example, is explained to the reader, sometimes with its real meaning, sometimes entirely made-up. Since the whole book is rather absurd and banal, it’s up to the reader to form his own opinion. The book covers all areas of intelligence-service activities, from “communication” to “self-defense,” to name just two examples.

The book’s real attraction is its design. It is made with a Japanese binding, meaning the individual pages are folded and closed on the fore margin. Since the edge is perforated, however, the individual sheets serve as secret envelopes whose contents are only revealed when opened. The book likewise plays with materials, e.g., mirrors (chromolux paper) or information that is barely perceptible at first glance (black ink on black cardboard). Ultimately, the book is like espionage itself: conspiratorial, subtile – and totally nuts.

Conspiratorially mentored by Mr. Bernhard Helzel (code name Peter Schaller) and Mr. Peter Schaller (code name Bernhard Helzel).

Thesis project of Thomas Pruss at Designschule München, 2010.

Format: 135 x 195 mm
Number of folded sheets: 24
Paper: Munken pure 100g/m² and black Soviet something

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