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OUT NOW!𝐍𝐨 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐂𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘉𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺.by Yaw Ofosu-Asare𝐀 𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐨𝐧...
07/11/2025

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𝐍𝐨 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐂𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧
𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘉𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺.
by Yaw Ofosu-Asare

𝐀 𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥, 𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐆𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐚.

No One Leaves Clean is a visceral portrait of Ghana at the turn of the new millennium, where dreams, betrayals, and survival unfold in the shadows of urban life. Set against the raw streets and market circles of Takoradi and Accra, this novel traces the life of a man haunted by deferred aspirations, a wife’s unrelenting desire for wealth, and the relentless weight of a nation caught between hope and disillusionment.

Blending realism with lyrical fragments and magical motifs, No One Leaves Clean captures the ghostly persistence of history in everyday rituals, political betrayals, informal economies, fleeting escapes through music, and the unspoken codes of secrecy, shame, and resilience. It is a story of masculinity undone, family bonds frayed, and identities reshaped in the crucible of Ghana’s postcolonial struggle.

This is a story of brilliant men made invisible, of women who carry history on their heads, of a city that counts bodies but never souls.

No One Leaves Clean asks: what does it mean to live, to dream, and to leave a mark in a country where nothing—and no one—remains untouched?

Written by Yaw Ofosu-Asare
Yaw Ofosu-Asare is a Ghanaian writer, educator, and researcher whose work moves between literature, design, and African cultural theory.

Graphic design by Freek Lomme and Yaw Ofosu-Asare
Made possible thanks to Set Margins’ publications
Book photography by Annette Behrens

out now:𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐀𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐚 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞, 𝐈 𝐀𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐚 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞𝘉𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦. 𝘙𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘹...
04/11/2025

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𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐀𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐚 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞, 𝐈 𝐀𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐚 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞
𝘉𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦. 𝘙𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘹𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘋𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦.
by Ilaria Palmieri and Georgina Pantazopoulou (Common Ground Practice) (eds.)

𝐀 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐬𝐞.

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Rooted‬‭ in‬‭ the‬‭ belief‬‭ that‬‭ domesticity‬‭ is‬‭ not‬‭ a‬‭ static‬‭ setting‬‭ for‬‭ everyday‬‭ life‬‭ but‬‭ a‬‭ living‬‭ and‬‭ evolving‬‭ experience,‬‭ the‬‭ book‬‭ expands‬‭ from‬‭ the‬‭ scope‬‭ of‬‭ the‬‭ architectural‬ lens.‬‭ By‬‭ reintroducing‬‭ home‬‭ as‬‭ something‬‭ felt,‬‭ remembered,‬‭ imagined,‬‭ and‬‭ continuously‬‭ made,‬‭ this‬‭ publication‬‭ tackles‬‭ the‬‭ issues‬‭ of‬‭ dwelling,‬‭ belonging‬‭ and‬‭ shared‬‭ living‬‭ with‬‭ architects,‬‭ interior‬‭ architects,‬‭ educators,‬‭ designers,‬‭ and‬‭ practitioners‬‭ whose‬‭ work‬‭ touches‬‭ on‬‭ care, intimacy, and everyday rituals.‬

‭ Divided‬‭ into‬‭ two‬‭ correlated‬‭ parts‬‭-Reflections‬‭ and‬‭ Exercises‭-the‬‭ book‬‭ brings‬‭ together‬ twenty-one‬‭ contributes‬‭ including‬‭ essays,‬‭ conversations,‬‭ and‬‭ interactive‬‭ exercises.‬‭

authors: Noemi Biasetton, Ramón Jiménez Cárdenas, Cecilia Casabona, Panos Dragonas, Edit Collective, Davide Tommaso Ferrando, Ines Glowania, Platon Issaias, Nicholas Korody, La-Di-Da, Kevin S.F. Lai, Rising Lai, Setareh Noorani, Ilaria Palmieri, Georgina Pantazopoulou, Sophia Pekowsky, Michele Rinaldi, Valentina Rizzi, Vida Rucli, Lara Schrijver, Susanna Tomassini, Feven Gebeyehu Zeru.
Illustrations by Georgina Pantazopoulou
Book photography by Annette Behrens

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When Words Fail
On Practice-Based Art, Design and Education
by Giulia Cordin (ed.)

Orientations towards and tools for visual and textual meaning–through art and design–in the contemporary blur.

with contributions by Nida Abdullah, Matteo Antoniazzi, Noemi Biasetton, Nitzan Cohen, Silvio Lorusso, Simone C Niquille, Kseniia Obukhova and Francesca V***a.

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The visual and textual contributions in this volume take shape from a series of questions that place at the center of reflection the role of artistic and design practices in the production of knowledge. What tools can we adopt when words are no longer sufficient to describe what surrounds us? How can we construct new languages and new imaginaries capable of giving form to experience, uncertainty, and the complexity of our present? What does it mean today to produce knowledge through practice, at a historical moment when the boundaries between discipline and action, between theory and project, between art and life are becoming increasingly blurred? How do artists and designers use the tools of their practices to question reality, deconstruct dominant narratives, and propose alternative perspectives?



The volume gathers and weaves together the works and writings of more than one hundred artists, designers, scholars, and thinkers who, through different approaches, languages, and sensibilities, explore the possibility of generating knowledge through image, gesture, form, and action. The aim is to shed light on how visual practices can not only represent the world but also have an impact on it, activating processes of situated, critical, and transformative knowledge.

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The Art of Automating Tax Evasion:ALGOFFSHOREa book by rybn.org22€via setmargins.pressand local bookstores The ALGOFFSHO...
28/10/2025

The Art of Automating Tax Evasion:
ALGOFFSHORE
a book by rybn.org

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The ALGOFFSHORE series of flowcharts (RYBN.ORG, 2017- 2021) presents five ready-to-use strategies for evading taxes or social and environmental obligations. En passant, these flowcharts document how contemporary financial engineering allows multinationals and enterprises to optimize profits, render transactions opaque, maximize anonymity, and circumvent all kinds of regulations hindering the smooth circulation—and ultimately the accumulation—of capital. As such, the present publication can be seen as a tactical manual for the art of evasion.

With an article by Pekko Koskinen and interviews of Citizens Against Bank Exploitation), Le Freeport, Melle Smets, Lora Verheecke.

graphic design by Jean-Baptiste Parre
book photography by Annette Behrens


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25/10/2025

These people are currently reading the Set Margins’ books bought yesterday at the checkout with in London at the fair!

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OUT NOW!𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧/ 𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐭By Office for Joint Administrative Intelligence (O.J.A.I.)Artistic act of sel...
23/10/2025

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𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧/ 𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐭
By Office for Joint Administrative Intelligence (O.J.A.I.)

Artistic act of self-institution, as both a conceptual and operational approach: a glossary.

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Self-Institution/Terminology Audit is a collection of profiles and lexicons documenting artistic practices that operate as self-declared institutions. It examines the act of self-institution as both a conceptual and operational approach, focusing on how these practices structure themselves and engage with their contexts.

The Terminology Audit reveals language and jargon unique to each practice. The case studies, currently active in the field, represent a broad range of approaches, including research-based, performance-driven, pragmatic, materially motivated, counter-institutional, esoteric, and absurd facsimiles of institutionhood.

Introduced by Chris Dreier and Gary Farrelly (O.J.A.I.), featuring an essay by Gary Farrelly, due diligence text by Andrea Knezović, and a responsorial note by Alicja Melzacka. Included self-instituted entities are: The Bureau of Melodramatic Research (BMR), The Office for Joint Administrative Intelligence (O.J.A.I.), Self Luminous Society, Gesellschaft zur Emanzipation des Samples G.E.S, Department of Ultimology, Minister of Cosmic People, Tac.ka Association, KOLXOZ, Pls, I’m Trying to Think Institute (PITTI), This Institute, Aurora-Rhoman Institute of Archaeology and Cultural Relics, AARS (Antwerp Artist Run School), The Letter Space Department (TLSD), Temporary Information Center (T.I.C.).

Graphic design by Carl Haase / Zero Desk supported by Freek Lomme
Book photography by Annete Behrens

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𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞: 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝘈 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘌𝘹𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯.By LDB+This guide o...
21/10/2025

𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞: 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐭
𝘈 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘌𝘹𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯.
By LDB+

This guide offers manuals to stitch, paint and identify appropriate wear, a script to perform and stimulating ideas and experiences.

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Breaking Free: Q***r Temporality and Collaborative Art is a celebration of collective creativity and self-expression, offering a dynamic fusion of artistic tools to explore and to q***r identity. Inspired by Brazilian
artist Hélio Oiticica and brought to life by q***r artist LDB+ (Lieven De Boeck), this manual blend academic insight, artistic practice, and lived experiences.

Through stitching, painting, and performing, this book guides and invites participants to engage in collaborative artmaking while challenging traditional norms. Highlighting the strength of community, the bookoffers open-source tools, ideas for creating, activating, and experiencing art in dynamic and transformative ways.

Breaking Free also invited two writers to engage with the project: Bradley Wester, who documented the creation and activation of the project in Sarasota and Miami, and Antony Hudek, who placed LDB+’s new work within the context of contemporary art.

graphic design by Freek Lomme
book photography by Annette Behrens

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𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐬8 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 8 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴: 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘧𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨.by Matteo Guarnaccia How people sit and are ...
20/10/2025

𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐬
8 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 8 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴: 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘧𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨.
by Matteo Guarnaccia

How people sit and are seated: an anthropology of chair design.

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The anatomy of our bodies requires sitting; but do we design seats in the same way? Has our meaning of sitting been colonised by Modern design? And how is the diverse, social-cultural act of sitting itself reflected in this functional commodity?

In observing and analysing social and cultural differences through chairs from eight cultures in the most populated countries, Sicilian designer Matteo Guarnaccia went on a field research to portray each country, in collaboration with selected local design studios, to situate each cultural context into the form of a chair. This project diversifies the supposedly mundane parts of chair-culture and chair design, to open the conversation of identity, community and a reality divided into a global and local conglomerate expression through chairs.

Introduction by FormaFantasma and Aldo Cibic followed by contributed texts by Tulio Amarante, Ana Elena Mallet, Hisashi Ikai, Ayos Purwoaji, Shell Xu, Spandana Gopal, Alexandra Sankova and Wale Lawal.

graphic design by Studio Albert Romagosa
book photography by Annette Behrens



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