Exquisite Curiosities – a co-created exhibition with Sarah Boris

In the spirit of A—Z Collective, we are inviting you to Sarah Boris ‘Show and Tell’ session: Exquisite Curiosities is an informal and collective moment to share an object, tool, book, stationary, art pencil or anything graphic that you love. It can be a project that you made and that was recently printed or a short text you read and want to share. The only rule is that it should be physical and that you can let other people touch and see it. In a round table-like discussion each one presented their chosen ‘show’ and ‘tell’ the story of why they brought it. The objects are then displayed at the A—Z space and form a collection of curiosities and treasured design items and creations. This new, informal and co-created exhibition will stay on display for up to six weeks.



Sarah Boris will also share some of her latest work, including a first presentation of her new Rainbow book.


Sarah Boris is an artist and designer based in London. She created a fictional design studio in which she based herself for one month during the festival Une Saison Graphique (2015) in Le Havre Normandie and more recently she made heart shaped benches for a public art commission in Saumur. Her books include: Le Théâtre Graphique, Rainbow and Global Warming Anyone?. Between 2005 and 2015, Sarah worked as a graphic designer for some of the UK’s leading cultural and publishing institutions: Phaidon Press, ICA and Barbican. She has judged numerous awards and was judge president for D&AD Professional Awards. She regularly gives talks at festivals and universities and runs workshops. Her work has been exhibited at the Design Museum, London, and acquired by the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; the New York Centre of Book Arts; and FRAC Normandie Rouen. She has also written articles such as: The design industry needs to take a stand against free pitching

A collective project by the A–Z Collective:
Emily Smith, Anja Lutz, Eunjung Kwak, Francesco Pini,
Gregory Cowling, Ioana Ferariu, Kelly Diepenbrock, Lisa Baumgarten, Pia Steiner, Sofia Harley, Alina Frieske, Manuela Dos Santos

Exhibition Dates: 15/06–02/08/23 at A–Z Berlin
Opening: Thursday 15/06/23, 19:00
Exhibition opening and Show & Tell event with Sarah Boris and visitors, co-creating the exhibition with everybody’s design items

The co-created exhibition includes contributions by: Alina Frieske, Alyssia Lou, Anja Lutz, Astrid Bornheim, Cassim Naomi, Damian Wayling, Ding Li, Duthey Martin, Emily Smith, Eunjung Kwak, Florentina, Francesco Pini, Huy Hoang Nguyen, Ioana Ferariu, Ivana Jecmenica, Kelly Diepenbrock, Kyoko Takemura, Lisa Baumgarten, Li Ling Yu, Liyana, Lucienne Roberts, Lun Jing Ru, Manuela dos Santos, Marta Savignano, Molly Haig, Natalie Davis, Patrick Thomas, Ràhel Rudolf, Sarah Boris, Sonja Knecht, Sooj Heo, Svenja Prigge, Quentin Schmerber, Tjaša Cizej, Wang Yixi, Wang Peiyuan, Yang Jingyuan, Yu Can.