Harald Grundl
Grundl (designer of Armani stores and founder of EOOS design office) seeks answers to why the annual sale of high-end fashion is characterised by slashed prices and no-design displays. In this highly original investigation into the meaning of fashion, Grundl sees fashion sales as a modern Dionysian sacrifice ritual. Springer Verlag. ISBN 9783211498545. Hardback. $85.
Petra Hodgson & Rolf Toyka
Examining the links between architecture and cooking, this collection of essays by critics, architects and food writers includes essays on architecture and food composition, measurements in cooking and architecture and the cuisine of making shelter. Includes essays by Claudio Silvestrin and Carlo Petrini.Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783764376215. Hardback. $93.50.
Bernard Cache
Bernard Cache studied under Gilles Deleuze and founded together with Patrick Beaucé the office Objectile. Cache’s projects include a residential building in Kuala Lumpur, an extension to Schipol Airport (together with Ove Arup’s office) and cash terminals for the French Railway. His scientific research concentrates on materials, their manufacture and utilisation. Springer Verlag. ISBN 321125238X. Paperback. $43.50.
Clemens Richartz et al eds
A practical guide to upgrading buildings to enhance energy efficiency. Using completed projects to illustrate different solutions for improving efficiency, with each project documented in detail, this is an essential guide to help evaluate measures for improving sustainability in buildings.Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783764381219. Paperback. $80.
Yu-Tang Liu ed
The 52 best projects by architects, students and designers worldwide as showcased in the Far Eastern International Digital Design Award. These projects help define and discuss future space and architecture in the digital age and are an invaluable sourcebook for all who make use of new media in their work. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783764381202. Paperback. $93.50.
Stephen Holl
Holl’s most recent residences, as well as a selection of his best known projects from the past, in a collection of fifteen unique and innovative houses. Each project is accompanied by watercolours by Holl as well as explanations of how he was inspired by site and materials in each project. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 1568985878. Hardback. $78.
iF International Forum Design eds
One of the four most important design awards in the world, the iF product design award covers consumer electronics and telecommunications, computers, office and business, lighting, house and home, leisure and lifestyle, industry and building, medicine, public and interior design and transportation. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783764379988. Hardback. $129.50.
Anne Denastas and Camille Gallet
An introduction to the world of visual design and typography, including proportion, the tension between black and white and type families. Through the use of slightly transparent paper, the effect of particular grid systems becomes obvious, arousing the reader’s curiosity and bringing a different pattern to every page. Verlag Niggli. ISBN 3721205979. Hardback. $89.50.
Martijn LeCoultre and Alston Purvis
One of the most outstanding and influential graphic artists and typographers of the 20th century, Tschichold made posters that express the avant-garde ideas of the Neue Typografie, strongly influenced by the Bauhaus. This book contains his own collection of posters, with works by Hans Arp, El Lissitzky, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Oskar Schlemmer, and others. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 376437604X. Paperback. $93.50.
Axel Muller-Scholl
An essential introductory guide for interior designers, at once a reference work, an inspiration and a notebook. Also includes a guide to architectural drawing and the fundamentals of graphic design with original essays by Ruedi Baur, Axel Kufus, Norbert Rademacher, Martin Kunz and others. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783764378202. Hardback. $69.50.
Jean-Louis Cohen
With in-depth, scholarly essays and opulent photographs and plans, this book traces the development of Mies van der Rohe’s work, including his first Berlin buildings, his villa projects, his work at the Bauhaus in the 1930s and his American projects of the postwar years. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783764379605. Hardback. $93.50.
Klaus-Peter Gast
Starting with the rise of modern architecture in India, this book looks at the important tendencies of contemporary Indian architecture with built examples. In addition to the new younger generation of Indian architects, it also considers the first post-independence generation, including Balkrishna Doshi and Charles Correa. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783764377540. Hardback. $93.50.
Dean Boothroyd et al, eds
Independent architecture magazines Mongrel and Subaud combined in one volume. Includes articles on assimilationist policies and housing development by the Aboriginal Welfare Board, book reviews, and architecture from Robert Simeoni, Kerstin Thompson Architects, Lacoste + Stevenson and others. Mongrel Publishing. ISBN 1832603X. pb. $25.
Kevin Finn ed
After two issues, Open Manifesto has established itself as one of the most thoughtful and thought provoking magazines devoted to writing on graphic design and visual communication. Issue 3 includes George Hardie on cultural exchange, Rami Elhanan on the Israeli/Palestinian issue and Zoe Barber on the ego in design. Open Manifesto. ISBN 18325947. Paperback. $25.
Martin Gasser et al
A collection of works by artists Francoise and Daniel Cartier whose use of photograms combines archaic photographic techniques with objects from the modern consumer world. A freely arranged artist book which connects with this Swiss artist couple’s installation work. Verlag Niggli. ISBN 3721206002. Hardback. $89.50.
Andrew Losowsky
An in-depth look at independent magazine publishing from around the world. Includes a directory of over 1,100 pop culture magazines from around the world, 10 chapters by 10 groundbreaking independent magazines, a magazine graveyard of now defunct style setters and much more. Die Gestalten Verlag. ISBN 9783899551884. Paperback. $95.
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