Arkitektur & design

The ultimate monograph on one of the most important artists of the twentieth century - a key figure in Arte Povera

Einst gleichgesetzt mit hässlichen Autobahnbrücken und abbröckelnden Fassaden ungeliebter Wohnblocks, hat Beton ein Revival erfahren und gilt heute als verwegen und sexy. Dieses Buch versammelt die beeindruckendsten Betonbauten zeitgenössischer Architektur, hervorgebracht sowohl von Stars wie Tadao Ando und Herzog & de Meuron als auch von aufstrebenden neuen Büros wie dem russischen SPEECH.

Mit einer prägnanten grafischen Gestaltung und zahlreichen Illustrationen wirft der Band einen frischen Blick auf das vielseitige Werk des Designkollektivs Metahaven. Das Kollektiv arbeitet erst seit kurzem mit dem bewegten Bild. Die Textbeiträge beleuchten, ob Metahaven den soziopolitischen Herausforderungen der Gegenwart, aber auch der Bildwissenschaft und Kunstgeschichte verpflichtet ist.

Jedes Gebäude beginnt mit einer Idee. Aber wie kommtman von einem Konzept zur praktischen Umsetzung?Warum funktionieren manche Ideen besser als andere? Wasist «gutes» Design? Dieser leicht verständliche Ratgeberhilft Ihnen, eigene Antworten auf diese Fragen zu finden.

A reduced edition of this cornucopia of Karl Lagerfeld's legendary maxims.

Master printmaker Anthony Burrill's wonderful world of printed matter, presented through a personal selection of offbeat ephemera and typographic curiosities.

An illustrated guide to the DC universe featuring chapters on the heroes, villains, teams, the science and technology, magic, locations, and workings of the multiverse. DC comics film "Aquaman" is set for this December, with this guide making for a helpful precursor.

The Painted Art Journal is storytelling at its most personal; an opportunity to capture one's history--past, present and future--in a beautiful art journal worthy of passing along to future generations using materials and techniques that remain in demand such as watercolor, creating storyboards and drawing portraits.

A personal reflection on the nature of the architectural imagination, shown through private sketchbooks, by one of the great architects of our day.

An illuminating guide to one of the great masterpieces of Celtic manuscript art, published to coincide with a major exhibition at the British Library.

In this lushly illustrated gift book author and artist Danielle Krysa inspires readers to unlock their own creativity through 15 imagination-sparking activities inspired by the work and stories of more than 45 internationally-acclaimed, contemporary female artists.

An exclusive look at the art and creation of the PS4 exclusive videogame Marvel's Spider-Man.

The 1970s was a decade of style contrasts. More so than in any other decade, every extreme of fashion was met by an equally trendy opposite reaction. Ankle-length maxi skirts vied for attention with super-short hot-pants. Outfits in vibrant prints and obviously man-made fabrics contrasted with subtly-colored ensembles in wool jerseys and silky crepes. Delicate floral cottons, hand-knits, and hand-tooled leather came up against boldly synthetic and plastic looks perched atop platform shoes--for men and women alike. More so than at any other time, fashion looked backwards in order to dress the future, with quirkily ironic retro looks, while alternative street-style movements such as Punk used appearance to startle and challenge the establishment.

The oil paintings of Pretenders frontwoman Chrissie Hynde are selected from and presented here, with introductory text and captions from Hynde. A personal and honest account of the artistic world of a much-loved performer.

Discover turn-of-the-century Vienna in this exploration of its most important protagonists, complete with sumptuous double-page reproductions across painting, sculpture, architecture, and design, as well as an essay by Rainer Metzger. Marking the centenary of the deaths of masters Klimt, Schiele, Wagner, and Moser, this collection joins the...

Chi returns to the US in a coloring book featuring dozens of cute and furry illustrations from award winning cartoonist Konami Kanata.

This retrospective of the fashion designer Alexander McQueen's most groundbreaking designs explores the underlying themes of his work, informed by commentary from members of McQueen's inner circle such as Simon Costin, Bobby Hillson and Les Child.

An entirely fresh perspective on the history of photography that uses timelines to trace the medium's development from its inception to the present.

This catalogue, which accompanies artist Danh Vo's installation at National Gallery Singapore, delves deeper into both Danh's practice as well as broader discussions surrounding cross-cultural identity through essays by leading scholar Professor Nora Taylor and Gallery curator Charmaine Toh, alongside full-colour images of the commissioned work.

From azalea to zantedeschia, this unique watercolour artist''s guide offers easy-to-follow, plant-specific information on how to paint, in a crisp and natural style, over 50 of the most popular species of flower. Includes step-by-step photographs, details, and instructions on capturing the individual essence of the flower, together with comprehensive information on the appropriate techniques and colour mixes to use. Glorious full-colour photographs of the finished watercolour show the depth and variety of the plant portraits, from the exquisitely executed passion flower to the bold luminosity of the oriental poppy. This book teaches the essential skills of creating realistic structure and form by close observation of the pattern of light and shade on petals and foliage.

Most take for granted that a pair of jeans is not considered complete without patches, rivets, buttons, and other trims. The existence of such design elements is not questioned because they are seen as the standard. Nick Williams's book is exclusively dedicated to denim branding and deconstructs every element that goes into branding a pair of jeans. These elements are a jeans' identity, its source code, a marker from which to discover the jean's provenance. Through beautiful and inspirational photography, this book tells the fascinating and sometimes surprising history of denim branding from the 1870s to current day. Primary source materials for this book come from the historical archive departments of Levi Strauss & Co., Lee Jeans, Wrangler, Carhartt, and Cone Mills, as well as some of the best contemporary denim brands of today, including Rogue Territory, Dawson Denim, Denham, Kings of Indigo, Endrime, Evisu, Eat Dust, Butcher of Blue, and Tellason.

The first comprehensive biography of Mary Granville Delany-the artist and court insider whose wide-ranging legacy still reverberates today

Architect, artist, ecological visionary, Friedensreich Hundertwasser left a thrilling trail of imagination and activism in buildings, paintings, manifestos, and more. From naked addresses and tree planting campaigns to the Hundertwasserhaus in Vienna, Hundertwasser refused the straight line in every sense. His vision was as much for society at...

"The rhythm of the body moving through space has been the motivating source of most of my work."--Richard Serra

An ambitious and revelatory investigation of the black female figure in modern art, tracing the legacy of Manet through to contemporary art

A book without words, recounting a day in the life of an office worker, told completely in the symbols, icons, and logos of modern life. Twenty years ago I made Book from the Sky, a book of illegible Chinese characters that no one could read. Now I have created Book from the Ground, a book that anyone can read.—Xu BingFollowing his classic work Book from the Sky, the Chinese artist Xu Bing presents a new graphic novel—one composed entirely of symbols and icons that are universally understood. Xu Bing spent seven years gathering materials, experimenting, revising, and arranging thousands of pictograms to construct the narrative of Book from the Ground. The result is a readable story without words, an account of twenty-four hours in the life of "Mr. Black,” a typical urban white-collar worker.Our protagonist's day begins with wake-up calls from a nearby bird and his bedside alarm clock; it continues through tooth-brushing, coffee-making, TV-watching, and cat-feeding. He commutes to his job on the subway, works in his office, ponders various fast-food options for lunch, waits in line for the bathroom, daydreams, sends flowers, socializes after work, goes home, kills a mosquito, goes to bed, sleeps, and gets up the next morning to do it all over again. His day is recounted with meticulous and intimate detail, and reads like a postmodern, post-textual riff on James Joyce's account of Bloom's peregrinations in Ulysses. But Xu Bing's narrative, using an exclusively visual language, could be published anywhere, without translation or explication; anyone with experience in contemporary life—anyone who has internalized the icons and logos of modernity, from smiley faces to transit maps to menus—can understand it.

This comprehensive biography of the sculptor Alberto Giacometti takes in the early influences, the turn from cubism to surrealism and beyond. Published in collaboration with exhibitions at the Fondation Beyeler, Guggenheim and Musee Maillol.

This book concentrates on residential buildings, notably mass housing and affordable strategies, for which new, more socially and health-oriented indicators are being developed. Provides practical design guidance based on scientific evidence.

A heavily illustrated and highly designed tribute to Los Angeles architect Pierre Koenig, a key figure of the Los Angeles Modernist movement.