Muj Abdulzade, 2024
Measures: 21 x 29,7cm
Pages: 16
Technique: Digitally printed and bound in A4 format with simple staple binding. Biotop off-white paper. Inside, the publication features interactive bookmarks in baby blue and pink, which are attached using paper clips.
Editions: 40
“You Worked for It, Corporate Aesthetics” is an artist book that unfolds like a play: the cover opens a stage set up as an office environment, capturing the sterile, often monotonous aesthetics of corporate spaces—neutral color schemes, impersonal furniture, and uniform design that prioritizes function over individuality. Throughout its pages, you’ll find cutouts from iStock of staged office characters who share their experiences working in such a setting. Two distinct voices narrate the story: one thinks aloud, pointing out familiar situations like the uncomfortable chair they always sit on or the cliché of colleagues being referred to as a family. The other voice grounds these observations, providing historical, political, or factual contexts that reveal these situations aren’t just random—they have underlying reasons tied to the corporate culture and its aesthetics.