about us
- we are small art publishing house oriented toward (not only) gender-focused art books
- we love to publish books ambitious both in content and design
milestones
2012 – Slečny
2014 – Měj ráda sama sebe, Self-portraits
2015 – Lágr Barbora, Intimita
2016 – Kde domov můj
2017 – Černé roky
2018 – Ženy 60+, Bibliodiverzita, Miss AmeriKa
2019 – Ženy o ženách
2020 – Svátosti, Děvčata první republiky, Milk and Honey
2021 – Hranice lásky, Hlasy žen: Austrálie
2022 – Toho dna se dotýkám už málo, Mařka, Proč jsme tak
naštvané?
2023 – Odolná společnost, Vlastní pokoje, Orel z Diyarbakiru
2024 – Jinak, ne špatně
awards
Our books have been awarded in the Czech Republic, as well as abroad.
Odolná společnost: Mezi bezmocí a tyranií
The Best Documentary Book of 2023 – Ji.hlava IFF – shortlisted (Czech Republic, 2024) The Most Beautiful Czech Books of 2023 – shortlisted (Czech Republic, 2024)
Vlastní pokoje The Most Beautiful Czech Books of 2023 – (3rd place in the Belles-Lettres category and Printing) (Czech Republic, 2024)
Proč jsme tak naštvané? Czech Grand Design 2023 – shortlist for the photographer Michaela Karásek Čejková (Czech Republic, 2023) Boom of the Year by Deník N – shortlisted (Czech Republic, 2023)
Toho dna se dotýkám už málo The Best Documentary Book – Ji.hlava IFF – shortlisted (Czech Republic, 2023)
Mařka The Most Beautiful Czech Books of 2022 – Hollar prize (Czech Republic, 2023) The Best Documentary Book – Ji.hlava IFF – shortlisted (Czech Republic, 2023) Czech Grand Design 2023 – shortlist for the artist Adéla Marie Jirků (Czech Republic, 2023)
Hlasy žen: Austrálie / Voices of Women: Australia
The Most Beautiful Czech Books of 2021 – shortlisted (Czech Republic, 2022) The Best Documentary Book – Ji.hlava IFF – shortlisted (Czech Republic, 2022)
Hranice lásky / Borders of Love
Magnesia Litera, shortlisted (Czech Republic, 2022)
The Most Beautiful Czech Books of 2021 – (2nd place) (Czech Republic, 2022)
The Best Documentary Book – Ji.hlava IFF – shortlisted (Czech Republic, 2022) Czech Grand Design 2023 – shortlist for the graphic designer Štěpán Malovec (Czech Republic, 2023)
Milk and Honey
The Most Beautiful Czech Books of 2020, shortlisted (Czech Republic, 2021)
Děvčata první republiky
The Most Beautiful Czech Books of 2020, shortlisted (Czech Republic, 2021)
The Most Beautiful Czech Books of 2020, awards for outstanding execution of printing (Czech Republic, 2021)
Svátosti / The Sacraments
The Most Beautiful Czech Books of 2020, MCL and MDA award for the best young artist under 30 (Czech Republic, 2021)
Ženy o ženách
Rector´s Award 2020, Tomas Bata University in Zlín, the best thesis of 2019 at FMK UTB (Czech Republic, 2020)
The Most Beautiful Czech Books of 2019, shortlisted (Czech Republic, 2020)
Černé roky
Vienna Photo Book Festival (2nd place) (Austria, 2017)
Kde domov můj / Where is my home
The Most Beautiful Czech Books of 2016 (the first place in the Fine-press and artist´s books category) (Czech Republic, 2017)
The Best Photobook in the Middle and Eastern Europe, 1st prize in the category of Contemporary Photograph, Mesiac fotografie, Bratislava (Slovakia, 2016)
Intimita
Les Prix du Livre (Prix Photo-Texte) at Les Rencontres de la Photographie in Arles - shortlisted (France, 2016)
Magnesia Litera in the category of Publishing Achievement (Czech Republic, 2016)
The Most Beautiful Czech Books of 2015 (2nd place in the Fine-press and artist´s books category) (Czech Republic, 2016)
Dita Pepe: Autoportréty / Dita Pepe: Self-portraits
35 best books - KALEID editions London (Great Britain, 2015)
Měj ráda sama sebe / Love yourself
The Best Photo Book at the Art Books Wanted Intl Award by Edition Lidu (Czech Republic, 2014)
Shortlisted - KALEID editions London (Great Britain, 2015)
Slečny
The Most Beautiful Czech Books of 2012 (3rd place in the Belles-Lettres category) (Czech Republic, 2013)
Honorable Mention at the Art Books Wanted Intl. Award by Edition Lidu (Czech Republic, 2012)
acquisitions
Dita Pepe´s Self-portraits were acquiered by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), Brooklyn Museum (USA), Skillman Library at Lafayette College (USA), Swarthmore College Library (USA) and SAIC - School of the Art Institute of Chicago (USA). Our books were sold to art collectors from Japan, Canada, Switzerland, South Africa, Australia, Sweden, Austria, Italy, France, Belgium, Great Britain, Germany, Slovakia and many more.
