The Thousands

The lamella is a thin layer or membrane within an organism – in a mushroom it’s the gills. At Lamella Art Books, these layers are likened to the pages of a book. And conveniently this specialist book stop has a mushroom effect of contemplation.

In 1974, Lamella was conceived by one Victoria Palmerson in Amsterdam who, while immersed in a scene of specialists and distributors of the art book and obscure title sector, recognised Sydney’s need for a warm house of visual and critical edification.

Lamella’s focus is global, tapping remote publishers and local heads. They celebrate parking ideas on a page with distinctive permanence. Longtime distributor to the State and University Libraries, we can be sure their papered quantities are quality.

Artist monographs on Futureology and biomorphic installation sit beside collections of photography, printmaking, interior, landscape design, fashion and more. Addressing our new age of considered purchase, here the spines aren’t used, dusty and spindly, they’re new, heavy and the prices suggest they’re immortal.