256GB is Yung Lean's first book, a deeply personal and visually arresting volume that charts the artist's path from an internet outsider to a global cult figure. Emerging from the vaporwave aesthetic and melancholic surrealism of the early 2010s internet culture, Yung Lean's practice resonates through its fusion of sincere introspection and raw humor.
This book is an autonomous artistic production, collating 574 intimate, extemporary images shot exclusively on his personal devices (iPhones 6, 8, X & SE). Developed in close collaboration with OK-RM and Suzie&Leo, this collection transforms the chaotic nature of a camera roll into a cohesive, classical body of work.
Design & Production:
Format: Hardcover, 17 x 24 cm, 596 pages.
Construction: The book's material construction draws upon the 500-year-old bible-making tradition, produced in Italy.
Aesthetics: Features striking red hot-foil typography on a melanged green substrate, complemented by a red silk ribbon on the spine.
Structure: The images are brilliantly reformulated across nine chapters, color-categorized into red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, black, and white.
Index: A deadpan index categorizes images with blunt, evocative phrases like 'Me and Mum,' 'Dead Fish,' and 'Travis,' echoing the candidness of Lean's lyricism.
Special Inclusion: Each copy includes a silver sticker sheet, provoking the book's enduring, classical presence with a token of viral ephemera.
Details:
Text by: Deborah Birch
Design by: OK-RM
Publisher: InOtherWords
Edition: 1st Edition, 4000 copies
ISBN: 978-1-7399309-7-4
