TTT

TTT: Tattoo is a visually stunning, high quality art book from leading tattoo studio Sang Bleu.

Exploring contemporary tattoo culture across the world, the book features the work of over 300 of the world's best studios and individuals, including Rock of Ages, Saved Tattoo, Into You, the Leu family, Scott Campbell, Duncan X, Maud Dardeau, Stephanie Tamez, Tomas Tomas and Kenji Alucky.

Exploring the connections between tattoo culture today and seminal developments in the recent past, TTT examines how the historical styles of this most enduring art form blend into new ones.

With features on Chicano-style tattooing, Russian and contemporary Asian tattooing as well as a selection of essays, contact information and a worldwide directory of the best studios and artists, this is the ultimate gift for anyone with an interest in the art form.

About the Authors

Nicholas Schonberger is an academic, journalist and author. His work on tattooing has informed museum exhibitions (notably "Skin and Bones: Tattoos and the American Sailor" – Independence Seaport Museum, Philadelphia, USA, October 2009 – February 2010), been featured in popular press, and presented within scholarly contexts (Popular Culture Association). Since 2011, Schonberger has served as an editor at Sang Bleu, where his expertise in modern tattooing merges seamlessly with the London-based company's contemporary focus.

TTTism is headed by Maxime Plescia-Buchi, a multidisciplinary artist whose work spans tattooing, typography, clothing design, creative direction and publishing. He founded Sang Bleu in 2006, and, though it began as a highly influential avant garde magazine, it has solidified as a global art project involving fashion, fine art, performance art, literature, sociology, and tattooing. Plescia-Buchi operates two tattoo studios, Sang Bleu London and Zurich, and helmed creative projects for industrial design company Gabriel Scott, musicians FKA Twigs and Kanye West, and Swiss luxury watch brand Hublot.