Inventory Press
| Founded | 2014 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Adam Michaels, Shannon Harvey |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Headquarters location | Los Angeles, California |
| Publication types | Books |
| Nonfiction topics | Art, architecture, design, music |
| Official website | www |
Inventory Press is a Los Angeles–based independent press that publishes books on art, architecture, design, and music.[1][2]
Founded in New York City in 2014 by designers Adam Michaels and Shannon Harvey, the press relocated to Los Angeles.[1][2][3]
Publications and events
[edit]The press describes its focus as "subcultures, minor histories, and the sociopolitical aspects of material culture".[2]
Its authors have included Susan Buck-Morss (Seeing–Making: Room for Thought, with Kevin McCaughey and Adam Michaels),[4] Mindy Seu (Cyberfeminism Index),[1][5] and Jordan Peele, whose annotated screenplays for the films Us and Get Out were published by the press.[6] Titles published by the press have been the subject of reviews in publications including Hyperallergic (Blueprint for Counter Education: Expanded Reprint, a 2016 reissue of Maurice Stein and Larry Miller's 1970 work),[7] Artforum (The Detroit Printing Co-op by Danielle Aubert, 2019),[8] and Eye Magazine.[4]
In 2025, the press was a resident at the MAK Center for Art and Architecture as part of the exhibition Reading Room,[9] and together with Film at Lincoln Center presented The Other America: A Cosmology of Jordan Peele's Us, a screening and panel series organized around the annotated screenplay of Peele's film Us.[10][11]
Awards
[edit]Inventory Press books have been nominated for the Design Museum's Beazley Designs of the Year (A *New* Program for Graphic Design, 2020)[12] and included in Hyperallergic's list of the 30 best art books of 2024 (Sci-Fi, Magick, Queer L.A.).[13]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Typographically Nuanced, Research-Based, and Socially Driven — Inventory Press Share Its Favorite Books". AIGA Eye on Design. July 5, 2022.
- 1 2 3 "Publisher Highlight: Inventory Press". UC Berkeley Library Update. University of California, Berkeley. April 21, 2026.
- ↑ Del Val, Wes. "Taking Stock of Books with Inventory Press". Designers & Books.
- 1 2 Poynor, Rick (August 2024). "Images do the talking". Eye Magazine.
- ↑ Cai, Delia (December 11, 2023). "For Mindy Seu, Digital Archiving Isn't Just a Job—It's a Lifestyle". Vanity Fair.
- ↑ Hemphill, Jim (September 2, 2024). "Jordan Peele's Newly Published 'Us' Screenplay Provides an Expanded Understanding of the Film". IndieWire.
- ↑ Gómez, Edward M. (May 14, 2016). "Blueprint for Counter Education: Republished and Still Daring After All These Years". Hyperallergic.
- ↑ Marcus, Daniel (April 2020). "Review of The Detroit Printing Co-op". Artforum.
- ↑ "Reading Room". MAK Center for Art and Architecture. 2025.
- ↑ "Film at Lincoln Center Announces Winter/Spring 2025 Programming Lineup". Film at Lincoln Center. December 10, 2024.
- ↑ "Film at Lincoln Center Announces Summer 2025 Programming Lineup". Film at Lincoln Center. June 12, 2025.
- ↑ "Beazley Designs of the Year 2020". Design Museum. October 2020.
- ↑ Weber, Jasmine (November 25, 2024). "The 30 Best Art Books of 2024". Hyperallergic.