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THE NIGHT IS YOUNG This is a book of South African Matric Balls. Photographed between 2018 and 2023, and at thirteen di...
27/03/2026

THE NIGHT IS YOUNG

This is a book of South African Matric Balls. Photographed between 2018 and 2023, and at thirteen different high schools, the book presents a comprehensive study of South African youth at a momentous point in their lives.

The book is published by IDEA Books, designed by Stuart Smith and clothbound in a vibrant blue with a gilded title, fittingly regal for the nights within. Each of these events have been long prepared for, long-longed for — an ultimate crescendo of the creation of self. This is a prepared portrait of who they are. The school corridors are their Met Steps, the dining hall their Oscars stage: it is their big day, and they go big...

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24/03/2026

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Our first shipment of stock from IDEA Books lands tomorrow 🟢⚫️⚪️🔵 Available in-store and online from Saturday!100% organ...
19/03/2026

Our first shipment of stock from IDEA Books lands tomorrow 🟢⚫️⚪️🔵 Available in-store and online from Saturday!

100% organic cotton IDEA hat. I DON’T WORK HERE on the front. SORRY on the back. All organic cotton classic unstructured six panel hat. Eco conscious :)
One size fits most.

ANATOMY by Do Ho Suh available in-store and online _Over a career spanning more than thirty years and a vast array of me...
12/03/2026

ANATOMY by Do Ho Suh available in-store and online
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Over a career spanning more than thirty years and a vast array of mediums, Korean-born artist Do Ho Suh’s work has circled around a constellation of recurring themes: memory, belonging, domesticity, corporeality, monuments, and collectivity. Anatomy is the first comprehensive survey of this interrelated and expanding body of work. It brings together renowned works such as his astonishing 1:1 fabric recreations of buildings and interiors with drawings, sculptures, installations, films, and speculative research projects. Varying wildly in scale and form, these works are joined by a breathtaking care and innovation of ex*****on on the one hand and an intuitive, iterative process of conception on the other. Here they are grouped by themes and mediums into lyrical sequences that reflect the importance of process and evolution to Suh’s practice. New essays by Rachel Armstrong, Douglas Fogle, Lynne Tillman, Renee Gladman, Hugh Brody, Penelope Haralambidou, Amie Corry, and Jung-Ah Woo reflect on and respond to Suh’s work from a variety of perspectives, while an extended conversation between Suh and Tavares Strachan prefaces the book, completing an authoritative and immersive reference to one of the world’s foremost working artists.

10/03/2026

Dieter Rams is one of the most influential product designers of the twentieth century, who, for more than sixty years, has been defining the look, feel, and function of some of the world’s best-loved consumer items. Using his ‘ten principles for good design’ as a philosophy and practice for improving the industry in a more holistic, responsible way, Rams has a stellar reputation with global resonance.

This extraordinary book forms a catalogue raisonné of every product that Rams has designed in his lifetime – a true celebration of his seminal contribution to the field of industrial and product design. Including 300 color illustrations, the book is organized chronologically, each product is accompanied by a detailed description and specification breakdown, making this the ultimate reference guide for Rams fans.

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Last two copies of Tetris B Mountaingoat available in-store and online now
05/03/2026

Last two copies of Tetris B Mountaingoat available in-store and online now

Now serving amaretti’s from our friends .ct
04/03/2026

Now serving amaretti’s from our friends .ct

Our library & store is featured in the latest issue of 🧡🤍💛Copies are available in-store now. A back catalogue of all 19...
03/03/2026

Our library & store is featured in the latest issue of 🧡🤍💛

Copies are available in-store now.

A back catalogue of all 19 volumes is available to view in our library.

Yosh*tomo Nara 📚❣️The definitive book on the life and career of internationally acclaimed artist Yosh*tomo Nara availabl...
25/02/2026

Yosh*tomo Nara 📚❣️

The definitive book on the life and career of internationally acclaimed artist Yosh*tomo Nara available in-store and online now
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Yosh*tomo Nara rose to prominence in the mid-1990s, a star in a generation of avant-garde Japanese artists associated with the neo-Pop ‘Superflat’ movement. This book, made in close collaboration with Nara himself, explores more than three decades of his work - and is the first truly authoritative monograph on the artist in more than a decade. Written by art historian Yeewan Koon and featuring texts by Nara himself, it includes his most recent work in painting, drawing, sculpture, and ceramics.

Our pillow face instillation created in collaboration with is available to view in A4’s Goods entrance while stocks las...
24/02/2026

Our pillow face instillation created in collaboration with is available to view in A4’s Goods entrance while stocks last 🤍

IN-STORE & ONLINE NOW_Set in an unprepossessing neighbourhood on the eastern edge of Johannesburg’s sprawl, opposite an ...
24/02/2026

IN-STORE & ONLINE NOW
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Set in an unprepossessing neighbourhood on the eastern edge of Johannesburg’s sprawl, opposite an early-learning centre and a Seventh-Day Adventist Church, House Villa is something of an anachronism, architecturally ambitious yet small in scale… A blue Johannesburg City Heritage plaque set on the wall beside the front gate confirms the building’s status as a ‘distinctive house’. This distinction is twofold: it was the home of the Italian-born South African sculptor Edoardo Villa and is a prime example of the region’s mid-century modernism.
– Lucienne Bestall, House Villa, 2026

In the early spring of 2025, A4’s team was granted permission to document the Johannesburg home of sculptor Edoardo Villa by its current custodian, Lunetta Bartz. Designed by architect Ian McLennan, a friend of Villa’s, the house was completed in 1968.

First edition of 50

Special edition of 10:
Artwork by Guy Simpson

19/02/2026

For .capetown this year we produced a small run of cushions with artist

Thirteen years ago, Jared Ginsburg began experimenting with ways to enlarge and enliven his n**e drawings into works which could fill three-dimensional space. To maintain the solitude of his studio while working on a larger scale, he asked his now-wife Stephanie Anastasopoulos to teach him how to sew, exhibiting the first of his fleshy canvas limbs and torsos in a solo exhibition titled ‘Body Parts’ (2013).

Inspired by these soft sculptures, Ginsburg collaborates with A4 Store to present Pillowface (2026), a series of unique cushions embroidered with ten slight variations of the same face.

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