Luxus braucht Sklaverei

This notebook grew out of contradictions. Beauty and exploitation. Abundance and responsibility. Lustre and guilt. It is not a neutral object — it is a deliberate provocation.

The paper already existed and was destined for recycling. We continue to use it in its existing form rather than having new paper made. Recycling remains important; for this batch, direct reuse is possible.

Printed exclusively on a Risograph — one of the least energy-intensive printing processes of all. No heat, no heavy machinery, no industrial effort. Bound with a lockstitch on a sewing machine — quietly, slowly, by human hands. Here, Green Innovation does not mean technology. Green Innovation means doing without.

The gold statement on the cover — ‘Luxus braucht Sklaverei’ (‘Luxury needs slavery’) — is not provocation for its own sake. It is a mirror. Gold stands for what we admire. The text for what we shut out. Inside, hearts structure the pages: love becomes a grid, humanity becomes order — and suddenly the question arises of how much humanity remains in a system based on exploitation.

Cover: Gmund Colors Metallic 50, 310 g, 1/0 Risograph Gold. Inside pages: Lakepaper white matt 100 g, 1/1 Risograph FluoPink & Violet. Finishing: lockstitch binding, rounded corners.

Art project · developed from PR—014 · Small print run · Cover Gmund Colors Metallic 310 g · Inside Lakepaper 100 g · Risograph Gold / FluoPink & Violet · Lockstitch binding, rounded corners