Through his pioneering works on design, abstraction, and color, Joseph Albers influenced generations of modern artists. In 1963, Yale University Press published Albers’s highly influential Interaction of Color, which remains in print in paperback. Now, the Press is thrilled to announce the publication of Interaction of Color: New and Complete Edition, a lavishly produced new edition featuring a full set of 150 color plates alongside Albers’s revolutionary text in two slipcased volumes. With die-cut forms and movable flaps that illustrate Albers’s techniques in a hands-on environment, this is without a doubt the most “interactive” edition of the work yet.

For an additional up-close experience with Albers’s artworks, the Museum of Modern Art will host a Josef Albers Color
Workshop on December 9 in conjunction with its Bauhaus 1919-1933:
Workshops for Modernity exhibition, which runs through January 25,
2010. And whether or not you make it to the museum, be sure to check out the exhibition’s beautifully designed website.