TASCHEN

TASCHEN BOOKS IS AN ART BOOK PUBLISHER FOUNDED IN 1980 BY BENEDIKT TASCHEN IN COLOGNE, GERMANY. IT BEGAN AS TASCHEN COMICS, PUBLISHING BENEDIKT'S EXTENSIVE COMICS COLLECTION. TASCHEN HAS BEEN NOTEWORTHY ART PUBLISHERS IN MAKING LESSER-SEEN ART AVAILABLE TO MAINSTREAM BOOKSTORES, INCLUDING SOME FETISHISTIC IMAGERY, QUEER ART, HISTORICAL EROTICA AND ADULT MAGAZINES (INCLUDING MULTIPLE BOOKS WITH PLAYBOY MAGAZINE). TASCHEN HAS HELPED BRING ART INTO BROADER PUBLIC VIEW, BY PUBLISHING THESE POTENTIALLY CONTROVERSIAL VOLUMES ALONGSIDE ITS MORE MAINSTREAM BOOKS OF COMICS REPRINTS, ART PHOTOGRAPHY, PAINTING, DESIGN, FASHION, ADVERTISING HISTORY, FILM AND ARCHITECTURE. THE COMPANY'S STATED MISSION HAS BEEN TO PUBLISH INNOVATIVE, BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED ART BOOKS AT POPULAR PRICES.