Albers Foundation and Princeton University Press are publishing a new, expanded edition of Anni Albers's “On Weaving”

On the occasion of Anni Albers's 118th birthday, we are thrilled to announce a new, expanded, full-color edition of her pivotal 1965 book On Weaving, out this September in association with Princeton University Press. Anni Albers first began working on the loom and learning her way with threads at the Bauhaus in Weimar when she was 22 years old. Over the course of her 60-plus year career she would become one of the most innovative and influential textile artists of the 20th century, creating subtle abstract works of art, bold wall hangings, and sophisticated architectural fabrics, in addition to experimental jewelry and prints all in her highly original voice. Albers became an expert on the history of weaving as well as an influential advocate for its future and the potential of new materials. She gathered her findings in On Weaving and the book remains an influential and important treatise for artists, makers, designers, weavers, students, teachers, and historians. The expanded edition of On Weaving updates the book's original black-and-white illustrations with full-color photos, and features an afterword by Nicholas Fox Weber and essays by Manuel Cirauqui and T'ai Smith that shed critical light on Albers and her career. The new edition of On Weaving is available for pre-order at indiebound.org