Presenting a compilation of nine exercises, Kai Udema’s ‘Bird shaped vinyl’ is based on a collection of shapes traced from the negative spaces of broken windows. Shifting between object, print, image, and page, the book attempts to visualise the metaphysical qualities of the hole through Udema’s own readings. Developed between 2021 and 2023 at the Werkplaats Typografie in Arnhem, the exercises were realised as studies for a series of sculptural works. Udema is an independent graphic designer based in Amsterdam who engages in bookmaking, exhibition design, visual research, and typography.

Open spine binding, glued and stitched, with a silkscreened plastic dustjacket.

Design by Kai Udema, Johanna Himmelsbach