Edith Hermann: minu jaoks on raamat alati elus

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Curator Edith Herman reveals how to beautifully display books in a massive exhibition spanning 70 years.

The episode is an interview with curator Edith Herman about the exhibition 'Kujundlikud kurvid.' The exhibition showcases Estonian books from 1956 to 2025, featuring over a thousand titles. Herman explains the design challenge of displaying books in various formats without using glass, so visitors can handle them. She details the exhibition's history, noting it covers 70 years but excludes four years due to missing records. The competition for beautiful books started in 1958 as '25 best Estonian books' and evolved to '25 most beautiful' by 2006. Herman shares her personal view that books are alive when seen as artifacts carrying history and human effort. Logistically, moving the books was difficult, done without a moving company by packing each year's books into separate boxes. The exhibition is currently at Tallinn University's academic library and will move to Tartu University's library. Herman discusses her background, including a master's thesis on book design competitions that revealed missing artist names in catalogs. She also presents her own book on Estonian book covers from 1956 to 2010, designed by Maaria Roosi. The episode touches on themes of book preservation, accessibility, and the cultural significance of book design.

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