KHO LIANG IE

KHO LIANG IE | designer + interior architect + networker brings a designer back into view whose work is still remarkably present, even though his name has largely disappeared from public awareness.

Based on extensive research, the book brings together a widely dispersed body of work: furniture, interiors, exhibitions and graphic design. But its particular achievement lies in what it does with this material. Photographs, drawings, advertisements and archival documents are not simply placed one after another. They enter into new relationships. Images fill entire double pages, documents form dense visual constellations, scale and rhythm constantly change.

The graphic design by Beukers Scholma is much more than a frame for the research. It turns the research itself into a visual experience. Rounded edges and translucent section pages add a physical layer to this play of connections. In this sense, the form of the book beautifully reflects its subject: both are built on connections.

The result is not simply an exhibition catalogue or an archive. It is a compelling book in its own right – one that makes the world of Kho Liang Ie tangible again.