No Sleep: NYC Nightlife Flyers 1988-1999

Step into a time capsule of NYC’s nightlife scene in the ’80s to ’90s—when DJs and promoters would print flyers (often made by people with no design experience) by the thousands and hope their events would spread by word of mouth. Though the internet killed this DIY practice, these ephemeral pieces of paper, with their arresting aesthetic, have been collected to make a book filled …

Gift Guide: Girl Power

Presents for your favorite feminists, no matter their gender

Despite what pop culture might show, the feminist movement has been in full swing for much longer than just the past few years. That said, having the movement for equality front and center in our collective consciousness is new—and remarkably satisfying. From stationery to lapel pins, here is a collection of some of girl power products for feminists of all colors, genders, sexual orientations, ages, …

“Ren Hang” Celebrates the Chinese Photographer’s Work

We speak with Taschen's Sexy Books editor, Dian Hanson, about what makes Hang's work so powerful

Update 24 February 2017: tragically, it’s been reported that Ren Hang has passed away aged just 29 years old. Shooting on film, photographer Ren Hang captures his friends in trees and rivers in the woods, in his apartment and on the roofs of buildings in Beijing, all providing an escape from the imposing world around him and breaking from a pervasive Chinese sentiment of sexual …