William Wondriska
First published in 1959, this book without words uses the numbers 1 to 10 and a series of simple line drawings of everyday objects to develop the idea of numbers and quantities. It’s a simple counting and beginner number book by a renowned American graphic designer. Edizioni Corraini. ISBN 9788875702939. Hardback. $33.50.
Harriet Russell
The White Queen in Through the Looking Glass boasted of believing as many as six impossible things before lunch when she was young. Graphic designer Harriet Russell presents 60 impossible and unknowable things in a range of categories, with delightful colour illustrations. What is a penguin’s favourite colour? What colour is yesterday? And what if a camel were a thread… Edizioni Corraini. ISBN 9788875702847. Paperback. $38.50.
A large collection of Arabic geometric ornamental patterns, painstakingly redrawn and catalogued here for use by designers and illustrators, with image files on an included CD-ROM. Pepin Press. ISBN 9789057681561. Paperback/CDROM. $35.
With a cutting-edge selection of international examples, Behind the Zines introduces the range of zines that exists today. Some function as a kind of project-oriented portfolio or document an exhibit, while ohers act as (pseudo) scientific treatises to call attention to a specific topic, or serve as playrooms for creatives to communicate in a space that is free from editorial restrictions. Die Gestalten Verlag. ISBN 9783899553369. Paperback. $95.
Paul Sloman (ed)
A stunning 220-page documentation of current art, installation, and design created from books. The work is as diverse as books themselves: from large-scale installations with thousands of books to intricate sculptures made by cutting and folding individual volumes. Die Gestalten Verlag. ISBN 9783899553666. Hardback. $70.
Bianca Maria Rinaldi
Presents historical and modern Chinese gardens from around the world in their essential compositional principles from the perspective of contemporary landscaping. This is an inspirational and comprehensive work that offers a huge variety of pictures, maps and drawings. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783034602228. Hardback. $110.
Lots of film icons have used hats to make themselves more recognisable on screen: from Charlie Chaplin to the Blues Brothers, from Humphrey Bogart to John Wayne… Cinema Wears a Hat tells of the century-old relationship between film and hats, showing the kinds of stories, passions, disguises and identifying traits which headgear can create. Edizioni Corraini. ISBN 9788875702816. Paperback. $85.
Magazine exploring the relationship between food and creativity and food and community. It’s published in Melbourne but the focus is global: this issue includes an interview with Revolver Books publisher Christoph Keller about his schnapps distillery and farm in southern Germany, reflections on food and art by Taro Nettleton and the surreal still-lifes of Elizabeth Bryant. Food and Form. ISBN 1837-8226. Paperback. $15.
Peter Petschek, Sigfried Gass, eds.
This manual offers advanced know-how and inspiration for the design and construction of shade providers. As an introductory manual for students and beginning practitioners, the manual details construction methods, structural engineering, history, the introduction to plants as models, and of course, the phenomenon of shade. Includes many images, plans and scale drawings. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783034607148. Hardback. $130.
María del Rosario González y Santeiro and Jorge Margolles Garrote
Noovo document and report on fashion, jewellery and photography via their blog-like website. This series of books extends their work into print, with profiles of fashion and jewellery designers and photographers and folios of their work. The emerging talents and established names featured here share a commitment to artistic integrity and an absolute devotion to their art. Pepin Press. ISBN 9789054961635. Paperback. $40.
Kristin Schrader (ed)
The American photographer David LaChapelle is know for his colourful, detailed, lavish, provocative and sometimes scandalous work. In this series he presents riotous still-lifes and outlandish (and scandalous) tableaux that mix Christian iconography with pop-culture inspired images of the (media-saturated) contemporary world. Distanz Verlag. ISBN 9783942405294. Hardback. $90.
Jade Niklai
Hernandez – who grew up in Cuba – developed this exhibition in Budapest in 2010, finding, assembling and re-appropriating materials from flea markets and antique dealerships, creating a tribute to the city’s age-old tradition of independent creative practices and its rich culture of second-hand goods. Distanz Verlag. ISBN 9783942405287. Paperback. $60.
María del Rosario González y Santeiro and Jorge Margolles Garrote
The second in the Noovo series on contemporary cutting-edge fashion. The designers and jewellers profiled here are presented with personal texts and stunning images of their work. Pepin Press. ISBN 9789054961642. Paperback. $40.
Dana Cuff, Roger Sherman
Fast-Forward Urbanism presents a mixture of essays, opinions, and design projects by well-known architects and theorists including Stan Allen, Will Alsop, Lars Lerup, and Keller Easterling. Equal parts theory and practice, their ideas lay the groundwork for the next American metropolis. They favor working with the realities of urban space, finding opportunities in what already exists. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 9781568989778. Paperback. $52.50.
Elisabetta Drudi & Tiziana Paci
Figure Drawing for Fashion Design offers a concise, topic by topic guide to acquiring and perfecting fashion design drawing skills, concentrating on the female form. The book is ideal both for those who want to apply themselves professionally to fashion design, and for all enthusiasts of drawing the human body. Pepin Press. ISBN 9789054961505. Paperback. $40.
Elizabetta Drudi & Tiziana Paci
As in the its female counterpart, Figure Drawing for Men’s Fashion offers a concise, topic-by-topic guide to acquiring and perfecting the skills needed to produce realistic and precise fashion plates that accurately reflect a designer’s creative vision. Pepin Press. ISBN 9789054961550. Paperback. $45.
Agile Rabbit Editions
Frames contains some 500 high-quality line drawings of frames in many shapes and styles that can be used for a multitude of applications. All the illustrations are stored in high-resolution format on the included CD-ROM and are ready to use for professional quality printed media and web page design. Pepin Press. ISBN 9789057681486. Paperback/CDROM. $35.
Graphics 1900 contains 150 exceptional patterns from the turn of the 20th century. The patterns were made for the decoration of textiles, but are generic in the sense that they are typical of a graphic style from that period. Their style has more in common with the styles that emerged in the 1930s than with the Art Nouveau that was in vogue at the time they were made. Pepin Press. ISBN 9789057681554. Paperback + CD. $35.
Nigel Peake
In the Wilds features hundreds of previously unpublished illustrations of the Irish countryside By Peake, whose clients include Hermes, Eastpak and Dwell magazine. His linear pencil and ink drawings and beautifully muted watercolors are infused with fresh air, colors, patterns and other sensations distilled from nature and rural architecture. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 9781568989525. Hardback. $34.50.
Haile Falkenberg (ed)
A comprehensive introduction to the planning and construction of gardens inside buildings. Covers every aspect of the process from design fundamentals and concept development to materials and construction processes. Illustrated with numerous examples, with projects ranging from a green wall as a design element to gardens in Australia, New Zealand, Germany and the USA. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783034606202. Hardback. $150.
Karel Martens with Jaap van Triest and Robin Kinross
Karel Martens has been a prolific designer of books for 50 years, and has also produced typographic work for architecture and other public settings. His work is tactile, experimental and process driven. He’s a modernist, but also stands apart from Modernism. This third edition brings the survey of Martens’ work up to 2010 (marking 50 years of his practice), including an interview with him. Hyphen Press. ISBN 9780907259411. Paperback. $95.
100 eco-friendly ideas in graphics, products and building design – with recycled, reused and upscaled materials. From biomass tote bags to footballs for third world kids made from specially-printed aid packages and the manga farming art project – in which an artist planted radish seeds between the pages of discarded Japanese comic books – this is full of amazing ideas. Victionary. ISBN 9789881732750. Paperback. $65.
The German painter Michael van Ofen paints portraits, still lifes, flowers, interiors, and landscapes-subjects that tend to be rare in contemporary painting. A unique interplay of brushwork, the placement of colour, and a particular treatment of light keep his pictures poised in a fascinating suspense between figuration and abstraction. Distanz Verlag. ISBN 978942405058. Hardback. $95.
Donald Albrecht
During the late 1920s and 1930s, architectural photographer Samuel H. Gottscho created a now-classic portrait of New York City as the quintessential modern metropolis. Silhouetting Manhattan’s new skyscrapers, celebrated buildings and signature skyline with a unique vision, Gottscho carefully embraced the tenuous line between documentary and art in photography. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 9781616890155. Paperback. $45.
Super Identity explores the cutting edge of identity design, documenting identity design projects across a range of disciplines and industries, from fashion branding to traffic signals, from the service industry to restaurants and food. All Rights Reserved. ISBN 9789881797131. Paperback. $75.
Gerrit Smienk, Johnannes Niemeijer
Palladio (1508-1580) is recognised as one of the first professional architects. This volume explores his architectural work in relationship to the landscape in which it sits and looks at how his principals can be transferred to contemporary architecture and landscape design, focussing on 10 villas, with copious ground-level and aerial photographs and plans. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783034607124. Hardback. $110.
A striking collection of decorative designs from the Victorian Age. Design and the decorative arts in this period were known for their intricate ornamentation, reinterpretation of historic styles and the introduction of artistic and cultural influences from Asia and the Middle East. This book and CDROM includes designs from textiles, furnishings, architectural and interior design and weaponry. Pepin Press. ISBN 9789057681387. Paperback + CD. $35.
Skadi Heckmuller
A practical guide to private art museums in German-speaking Europe. This German-language-only, well-illustrated, guide-style book features 60 private museums in Germany, Switzerland and Austria, all open to the public. Distanz Verlag. ISBN 9783942405089. Paperback. $85.
Jeanne Gang
Jeanne Gang’s recently completed 82-story Aqua residential tower is already an icon of the Chicago skyline and has been hailed as a masterwork for the young firm. Reveal is an in-depth look at the firm’s stunning work through drawings, diagrams, sketches, and photographs of eight featured projects, from houses to high-rises and exhibition spaces. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 9781568989938. Paperback. $67.50.
Sang Soo Ahn
Leading Korean typographer Ahn Sang Soo transforms the new issue of Un Sedicesimo into a photographic project: a selection of 16 shots for his new project “One eye”. Dancers, musicians, designers, students, teachers and hostesses pose in a range of contexts covering one eye with a hand. There’s one photo for each page, with a text recording the occasion on which it was taken. Edizioni Corraini. ISBN 9771972284002. Paperback. $10.
The German pavilion at the 2010 Venice Architecture Biennale examined the idea of longing in a series of atmospheric spaces created by leading German architects and artists. The book complements the exhibition, with pictures and texts approaching the theme of longing in architecture through disciplines including the arts, literature and music. Springer Verlag. ISBN 9783709103265. Hardback. $110.
Agile Rabbit Editions
A unique step-by-step manual, containing hundreds of great folding ideas and ready-to-use packaging designs. This is an essential tool for anyone involved in the fields of graphic and industrial design, advertising and printing. All patterns are stored in eps vector format on the enclosed CD-ROMs. They may be used freely to create new designs, and can be scaled and modified to suit any purpose. Pepin Press. ISBN 9789057681592. Paperback + CD. $40.
Agile Rabbit Editions
Another step-by-step manual full of folding packaging ideas and ready-to-use designs. This is an essential tool for anyone involved in graphic and industrial design, advertising and printing. All patterns are stored in EPS vector format on the enclosed CD-ROMs. They may be used freely to create new designs, and can be scaled and modified to suit any conceivable purpose. Pepin Press. ISBN 9789057681608. Paperback + CD. $40.
Berkhardt Leitner constructiv, ed.
Since 1993 Burkhardt Leitner constructiv has been developing, producing and distributing modular architectural systems for temporary constructions in trade fairs and displays, offices and public spaces, museums and exhibitions. The book shows numerous projects from all over the world, each accompanied by insider tips for the worldwide locations. AVedition. ISBN 9783899861471. Hardback. $83.50.
Joanna Neborsky
The creative and colourful collages of Joanna Neborsky illustrate a short story by Daniil Kharms, recreating the unreal and imaginary atmosphere of early 19th-century Russian Surrealism. A sequence of old women falling out of the window attracts the attention of the narrator. By the sixth tumbling woman, boredom leads him to search for new curiosities in a visit to the market. Edizioni Corraini. ISBN 9788875702915. Paperback. $24.
The 1960s an 1970s taught us that utopian visions are an important catalysts for change. The imaginative projects and concepts presented here – from aircraft carriers converted into amusement parks to communities built under the desert – point the way to the cities that we need to create for a humane and sustainable future. Die Gestalten Verlag. ISBN 9783899553352. Flexi. $105.
The American painter Wayne Thiebaud’s work bears striking parallels with Giorgio Morandi’s: the interest in everyday objects, the tendency to align them in tidy lines, the aesthetic isolation of objects, the attention to light, form and quality of brushstroke to achieve visual effects. The book accompanies an exhibition of Thiebaud’s work at Bologna’s Museo Morandi in 2011. Edizioni Corraini. ISBN 9788875702892. Paperback. $43.50.
Günter Beer
The fifth volume in Pepin’s Web Design Index by Content. Every year, 500 new sites are selected and grouped in more than 20 categories, such as architecture, art, fashion, food, IT, music, photography, product catalogues. Two pages from each site are included in the book. The CD-ROM allows you to view the designs on screen and access the sites online. Pepin Press. ISBN 9789057681509. Paperback + CD. $45.
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