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Bertil Vallien is ranked today as one of the world s foremost artists with glass as material. He has worked with glass for more than 60 years, and is represented, among other places, at the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg in Russia and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City in the United States. In "Atlas", we take part of Vallien's world through his thoughts, words and stories accompanied by a rich visual flow of art glass, sketches and newly taken pictures from his studio and cabin. We get a premonition of the demanding work process that results in these unique glass sculptures, which is an example of when skilled craftsmanship and artistry meet. Vallien's sources of inspiration derive in everything from the story of the girl Karolina, who slept for 32 years, to the black series Desert Snow. His famous crafts have been developing from the first one in ceramics to the later ones in advanced sand casting in glass. This is a technique that he has been developing for decades, which has made it possible for him to increase the sizes of his pieces. Passage, the largest glass boat in the world, was created by Bertil Vallien. "Atlas" is an unusual book at 400 pages, with Peer Eriksson behind the graphic design and idea. The images come, aside from Peer, from photographers that Vallien use when the pieces are photographed for catalogues and exhibitions. "This book is the only one out of all my books where I actually have written the texts myself. An idea from Peer Eriksson that both felt exciting and a little terrifying when we started talking about the approach to the book." Bertil Vallien

In the post-war 1920s, new ideas were blossoming and a creative experimental appetite was awakening. A new avant-garde took form. At its epicentre was an unconventional dance troupe with a politically charged repertoire that did not hesitate to provoke its audience: they went by the name Ballets Suédois. The eccentric couple Rolf de Maré and Jean Börlin were its leaders, but the co-creators were many. Ballets Suédois was not an ordinary dance company, their creations were more than plain choreography, they were total artworks. Aside from the young dancers in the company, they had collaborations with artists such as Nils Dardel, Francis Picabia and Fernand Léger, and composers like Erik Satie, Hugo Alvén and Darius Milhaud, to name but a few. With multi-media works such as Les Mariés de la Tour Eiffel (The Wedding on the Eiffel Tower), Iberia, and L Homme et son désir (Man and his Desire), where the music, stage décor, choreography, costumes, performance, and at times even the audience, were part of the creation, they took over stages around Europe and the USA between 1920 and 1925. In ten chapters written by art history professors, dance historians, music historians, theatre scholars and choreographers, the story about Ballets Suédois is told: Through the feuds with the Stockholm Opera, the scandals and the vicious gossip in the press. Through the art collections and painters that inspired and were inspired. Through historical views on the male body. Through the adventures of the female dancers. Through love, friendship, conflict and tragedy. Through financial troubles and the fierce competition with Ballets Russes. Through Paris, Stockholm and Copenhagen. Through experimental musical compositions and their influence on composers such as John Cage. Through the innovative and extravagant haute-couture costumes. Through the legacy they left behind for new generations of dancers and through a re-enactment of their Dadaistic piece Relâche.

This book illuminates the human and holistic approach to architecture by the Scandinavian office C.F. Møller Architects, in order to to inspire to a new approach in the industry. Consisting of a series of essays, the book explores the company’s most recent projects in relation to today’s biggest challenges and changes in architecture, urban planning and design. A special introduction from Kent Martinussen tells the story of how architecture has helped create and support the welfare society in Denmark and across Scandinavia. Essays from a selection of writers then explore how architecture can help us live, work, learn, heal and move better as well as how it can help tackle climate degradation through the lens of C.F. Møller s ambitious projects. C.F. Møller Architects is one of Scandinavia’s leading architectural firms, with 90 years of award-winning work in the Nordic region and worldwideToday C.F. Møller has app. 300 employees. Head office is in Aarhus, Denmark and branches in Copenhagen, Aalborg, Oslo, Stockholm and London.

This book begins where Fresh left off and presents a selection of Wingårdhs latest works, such as Nationalmuseum, Liljevalchs, Helsingborg Watertower, Basaren and Malmö Saluhall. It is edited by author and architect critic Mark Isitt and contains in-depth project interviews with the humans behind the architecture.Wingårdhs is an artistically driven Swedish architecture firm working with architecture, urban planning, interior design and landscape planning. Gert Wingårdh, architect SAR/ MSA and CEO, is the company's founder and owner. Wingårdhs has been operating in Gothenburg since 1977, in Stockholm since 1985 and in Malmö since 2011.

In today's digital world, where the computer has taken over so many aspects of the artist's earlier role in visual communication, there has been a growing movement among talented young Danish illustrators who are working at the intersection of art and illustration. This book presents a documentary snapshot of contemporary Danish illustration today. It is a physical and visual collection of 32 of the most talented and prominent Danish illustrators and their work.

Kring sekelskiftet 1900 gjorde Rörstrands porslinsfabrik succé på utställningar världen över med sin konstkeramik i Art Nouveau eller jugendstil. Det var en tid då konst och vetenskap gick hand i hand in i ett nytt sekel. På fabriken strävade man mot nya tekniska och estetiska höjder. Konstnärer anställdes och nyheter infördes i rasande takt. Mycket har länge varit bortglömt. Markus Dimdal har under mer än ett årtionde sökt i arkiv, receptböcker och samlingar efter ledtrådar till hur föremålen kommit till. Resultaten presenteras i detta omfattande och rikt illustrerade referensverk. De keramiska aspekterna synas ingående, liksom de konsthistoriska perspektiven och de internationella influenserna.

Birthday party on Israel’s Square, workplace at the local library or an afternoon in the sun on Queen Louise’s Bridge. For COBE, the city is our new living room and we are increasingly moving our everyday activities into it, where we feel at home. In the book and exhibition “Urban Living Room”, they speak about their vision and show the ideas behind their projects from the past ten years of work in Copenhagen. Our Urban Living Room is a careful examination of Copenhagen and the lives it contains. It is a look into COBE’s process - how they look to the past, present, and future for inspiration and guidance.

BIG Architects have designed an extraordinary museum to revive Denmark's proud maritime history. In order to preserve the dock as an open, outdoor space, BIG has placed the museum underground, just outside the wall of a dry dock in a formerly abandoned shipyard. Through this extraordinary museum, BIG once again confirms its position as one of the world's leading architectural offices.

Good Buildings on a Small Planet portrays eight Danish architectural firms who strive to define new ways forward. They are creating new architecture where sustainability is not simply a question of consuming less, but also about giving more. More beauty. More meaning. More community. Architecture can contribute to a sustainable development not only by reducing negative climate impact, but also by enriching our daily lives, making a sustainable lifestyle the meaningful and desirable choice. What is a good building on a small planet? How can we create a rich and humanist architecture that is built on a profound respect for local as well as global resources? The book presents eight different answers that are framed by thoughts, ideas and new architecture. It also contains an introductory essay that discusses how architecture can contribute to a sustainable development and lays out a humanist approach to sustainable architecture. The contributors are C.F. Møller Architects, EFFEKT, GXN, Henning Larsen Architects, Lendager Group, SLA, Third Nature and Vandkunsten.

Adventures in Conceptualism explores the method of concept-based architecture through a series of conversations with some of the world's leading architects and urbanists. From offices such as Snøhetta, BIG, NL Architects and Danish HLA, the production of formal diversity shows an apparent devotion to a free and experimental practice, cutting across regional differences and stylistic modes. Every new project seems to conceptually reinvent the architectural language, responding to specific programmatic and contextual conditions.

The third volume in the esteemed Nordic Architects series focuses on the global impact of urbanization and the escalating climate crisis. Architects all over the world face the challenge of creating buildings and cities that are sustainable and inclusive. The ability to respond to the challenges will define the architecture of the 21st century and foster a new wave of innovative and critical designs. This has particular resonance in the world's northernmost regions, where many look to find benchmarks of urban innovation and problem-solving through quality design. Edited by Kristoffer Lindhardt Weiss, this book presents the Nordic region's foremost architectural practices through original images of iconic works and insightful conversations with each architectural office. Included in the book are projects from 60 Nordic architecture studios, among them Bjarke Ingels Group, Reiulf Ramstad, Snøhetta and Tham & Videgård.

Ebbs & Flows, the second volume of Nordic Architects, features the work of 60 leading offices on the Nordic Architectural scene. Showcasing their latest works, including as-yet unbuilt competition entries, this book gives an incomparable view of the present and the future of the new wave in Nordic Architecture. Leading studios such as BIG, Snøhetta and sandellsandberg are already claiming their share of the global market with important assignments in South Korea, Russia, Saudi Arabia and the USA, suggesting warm winds blowing from the north.David Sokol is a New York-based writer and editor specializing in architecture and interiors, planning and product design. A former managing editor of I.D., today he is a contributing editor at Architectural Record, Greensource Magazine, and others.