Taschen

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Taschen

Status	GmbH
Founded	1980; 45 years ago (1980)
Founder	Benedikt Taschen
Country of origin	Germany
Headquarters location	Cologne
Distribution	Worldwide[1] (including Ingram Publisher Services (US)[2] and Littlehampton Book Services (UK)[3])
Key people	Benedikt Taschen Marlene Taschen
Publication types	Art books
Nonfiction topics	Arts
No. of employees	250
Official website	www.taschen.com

Taschen is a luxury art book publisher founded in 1980 by Benedikt Taschen in Cologne, Germany.^[4] As of January 2017, Taschen is co-managed by Benedikt Taschen and his eldest daughter, Marlene Taschen.

Taschen focuses on making lesser-seen art and imagery available to mainstream bookstores.The firm has brought potentially controversial art and imagery, including fetishistic imagery, queer art, historical erotica, pornography, and adult magazines (including multiple books with Playboy magazine) into broader public view, publishing it alongside its more mainstream books of comics reprints, art photography, painting, design, fashion, advertising history, film, and architecture. ^[5]

Taschen publications are available in a various sizes, from oversized tomes to small pocket-sized books. The company has also produced calendars, address books, and postcards sets.