Alan Faena Continues to Fill the Blank Space With First Book

The way he tells it, Alan Faena is the poster child for the power of positive thinking. The right people and opportunities have just seemed to materialize at the right moment, thanks in part to an enduring optimism. Such was the path for “Alchemy and Creative Collaboration: Architecture, Design, Art,” the coffee table-sized memoir he’s releasing with Rizzoli on April 25. The book publisher approached him with the project, and the moment felt right. “They told me, ‘Alan, it’s so much bigger, what you have created,'” Faena recalls on the phone from Buenos Aires. The book chronologically tracks Faena’s life, accompanied by a slew of archival photos. Documented in the press from an early age due to his modeling beginnings, he had plenty of photographs to choose from; the challenge was sifting through and selecting the most resonant ones. “The book was a big exercise for me,” Faena adds. “I think that what you can take from the book about all of those images is a mind that goes in a direct line like an arrow, following his dreams.” Indeed, Faena’s story is one of transformation sparked by personal and societal change — from a young boy growing up during the Argentine Revolution

Follow WWD on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook.

Read More...

from WWDWWD http://bit.ly/2GDC4iG