Sandstein Verlag

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The sandstone publisher based in Dresden introduces artistic and historical program. The publisher brings out around 70 new books each year. The publishing house focuses on art books, museum and exhibition catalogs on the subjects of art, art history, history, architecture and monument preservation. The long-term cooperation partners include the German Historical Museum in Berlin , the Dresden State Art Collections , the Lower Saxony State Museum in Hanover and other institutions, associations and university facilities. Sandstone is one of the few publishers that covers all publications from developing a conceptEditing and design through to sales are completely in-house

Publishing history

The publishing house was founded in 1990 in eastern Germany by Lutz Stellmacher. Stellmacher, still managing director today, studied photography and initiated the prayers for peace in Leipzig's Nikolaikirche in the 1980s . In 1989 he designed a leaflet magazine for the New Forum , later, together with prominent artists such as Thomas Rosenlöcher and Wieland Förster, the magazine Thema - Posts for Social Design . Stellmacher received technology from a Hamburg company to set up a service company for printed matter. He founded the company as a GmbH under GDR law. The first orders came from the area of monument preservation .

In the 2010s the publisher specialized in books and catalogs on the subjects of art, history and architecture, often in connection with exhibitions. In addition to the publishing house, the company also includes the areas of sandstone communication and sandstone new media. A total of 22 employees are employed.

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  1. a b c Karin Großmann: Hidden object for dinosaurs . In: Saxon newspaper . August 19, 2016 (for a fee online [accessed on August 19, 2016]).