Arkitektur & design

New creations by the master of the absurd| Over 11,000 sold copies of this debut book, Topsy-Turvy World

Focuses on wearable, collectible vintage clothing and accessories. The Sears catalogues provide the basis for a comprehensive evaluation of the fashions of this period.

The Beggar Maid, more beautiful than day in Tennysons poem, takes on a particularly touching relationship with King Cophetua, while Medea gives new meaning to the word enchantress as she prepares the ingredients for a spell.

Examine the basic elements and principles of architectural design in this comprehensive reference that defines each of the basic elements. This must-have book enhances visual literacy, and inspires with dynamic and memorable visual references.

Madness and Modernism provides a phenomenological study of schizophrenic disorders, criticizing some standard conceptions of these disorders. Sass argues that many aspects of this group of disorders can actually involve more sophisticated (albeit dysfunctional) forms of mind and experience.

This guide to the designs, technologies and materials that really make green buildings work will help architects, specifiers and clients make informed choices, based on reliable technical information.

"The Tres Riches Heures" is the most luxurious and most famous examples of manuscript illumination in late medieval Europe. This title reproduces each of the miniatures in "The Tres Riches Heures" to scale and in full colour, capturing both the subtle colour and minute detail of these historic images.

An autobiography of George Grosz, one of the twentieth century's greatest satirical artists. It presents a graphic portrait of Germany in chaos after the Treaty of Versailles. It includes a chapter on Grosz's experience in the Soviet Union as well as writings about his twenty-year self-imposed exile in America, and a fable written in English.

Over the last decade or so, the widespread adoption of digital techniques have greatly expanded the possibilities of applying ornament in design. As well as looking at the c topic of ornament, the book reflects on what is currently happening in the light of current theoretical and historical research.

The first European edition of Francis DK Ching s classic visual guide to the basics of building construction. For nearly four decades, the US publication Building Construction Illustrated has offered an outstanding introduction to the principles of building construction.

Herod the Great, King of Judaea from 444 BC, is known as one of the world's great villains. This notoriety has overshadowed his actual achievements, particularly his role as a client king of Rome during Augustus's reign as emperor. This title presents and discusses the building projects known to have been initiated by Herod.

Revised edition of the best-selling history of the trademark.

An astute exploration of the most outrageous shoe designs of the 21st century

"With this book, Robin Guenther and Gail Vittori show us how critical our green building mission is to the future of human health and secures a lasting legacy that will continue to challenge and focus the green building movement, the healthcare industry, and the world for years to come.

Swissted takes rock concert posters of the '70s, '80s, and '90s and remixes and reimagines them through a Swiss modernist lens. This book features 200 posters, all microperforated and ready to frame.

The perfect introduction to the life and works of Brice Marden.

This practical and supremely useful manual is the first comprehensive, hands-on introduction to Japanese ceramics. The Japanese ceramics tradition is without compare in its technical and stylistic diversity, its expressive content, and the level of appreciation it enjoys, both in Japan and around the world. Inside Japanese Ceramics focuses on tools, materials, and procedures, and how all of these have influenced the way traditional Japanese ceramics look and feel. A true primer, it concentrates on the basics: setting up a workshop, pot-forming techniques, decoration, glazes, and kilns and firing. It introduces the major methods and styles that are taught in most Japanese workshops, including several representative and well-known wares: Bizen, Mino, Karatsu, Hagi, and Kyoto. While presenting the time-tested techniques of the tradition, author Richard L. Wilson also accommodates modern technologies and materials as appropriate. Wilson has gathered a wealth of information on two fronts-as a researcher of Japanese pottery and art history, and as a potter who has studied and worked for years with master Japanese potters. In his introduction, he provides a short history of Japanese ceramics, and in closing he looks beyond traditional methods toward ways in which Western potters can make Japanese methods their own. Richly illustrated with 24 color plates, over 100 black-and-white photographs, and over 70 instructive line-drawings, Inside Japanese Ceramics is indispensable for potters as well as connoisseurs and collectors of Japanese ceramics. Above all, it is an invitation to participate-to study, make, touch, and use the exquisite products of the Japanese ceramic tradition.

A bountifully illustrated exploration of the cemetery in American landscape and narrative.

Rasante technologische Fortschritte bei Informations-, Rechen- und Fertigungsprozessen bieten auch Produktdesignern neue Wege der Problemlösung und enorme Chancen. Dieses Buch bietet einen umfassenden Einblick in die Forschungsmethoden für das Produktdesign, mit zahlreichen Fallstudien und Tutorials.

Drawing on examples from literature, politics, philosophy, and additional pieces of art, this book reveals surprising parallels between the people's political representation and their aesthetic representation.

This inspiring sketchbook is part of the new 20 Ways series from Quarry Books, designed to offer artists, designers, and doodlers a fun and sophisticated collection of illustration fun.

A ground-breaking monograph of Otto Kunzli, 'one of the most intelligent makers in the jewelry world and also one of the most sceptical.' (Ralph Turner, The New Jewelry, 1985/1994)

In the early twenty-first century, China occupies a place on center stage in the international art world. But what does it mean to be a Chinese artist in the modern age? This title traces its evolution chronologically and thematically from the Age of Imperialism to the present day.