Drei Stack

Drei Stack is an independent bookstore that reflects on the form and scale of publishing in 2025. Moving away from the mass production and distribution systems of the traditional publishing industry, we propose an experimental, author-centered publishing model. We invite illustrators and graphic content creators to reinterpret their original works through a distinct process that combines fluorescent printing and handmade binding. This approach emphasizes the materiality of books and highlights each artist’s unique visual language. By working closely with the creators, we aim to preserve the individuality of each project while transforming it into a physical publication. All books are produced in small quantities, made only as needed, allowing for flexibility, sustainability, and a more intimate connection between the work and its audience. Drei Stack reconsiders what a book can be today, positioning publishing as a creative practice rather than a standardized industrial process.

Lee changheon, 툰호수 Thunersee, Drei Stack, 2026, © Lee changheon

While recalling the story that discarded iron weapons gathered during wartime gave the lake its turquoise color, I imagine the weapons hidden beneath the water.

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Na junheum, Extra Body, Drei Stack, 2026, © Na junheum

Extra Body is a work in which images collected from the internet are collaged, and the empty spaces between them are connected through drawing, thereby creating a new context for the images.

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Speaking nonsense through graphics. This is a designed fictional academic journal that compiles metaphysical plant phenomena. The book introduces plants that draw nourishment from immaterial elements such as memory, decay, time, energy, and belief, through both text and images. Meanwhile, this book was produced with minimal environmental impact. It makes use of leftover paper (therefore, each copy contains different types of paper), and from binding to packaging, no chemical adhesives or binding glue were used. Following a traditional East Asian bookbinding method, it is bound and fastened entirely with thread.

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