Bruno Klomfar
A comprehensive overview of the outstanding buildings that were created for the arts and culture in Lower Austria over the last 20 years. Sumptuous photos by Bruno Klomfar show the cultural buildings’ function and real-life use. A historical retrospective and an overview of the Lower Austrian cultural construction and architecture landscape complete the volume. Springer Verlag. ISBN 9783211991473. Hardback. $74.50.
Marc Angelil and Dirk Hebel
The Urban Laboratory is a research initiative launched by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. Emphasizing the specific case of Addis Ababa, the research brings to the forefront general questions of method and procedure that can be transferred to other “cities of change”, whether in the developing or the developed world. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783034600903. Paperback. $105.
Christina Kleineidam and Hans Peter Jost
Hans Peter Jost has created a photographic portrait of cotton on his trips to India, China, Brazil, America, Uzbekistan, Mali and Tanzania, documenting the lives and working conditions of cotton farmers and the cultivation, harvesting, processing and marketing of cotton. Christina Kleineidam describes what they saw and offers information on individual countries. Lars Müller Publishers. ISBN 97830377832019. Hardback. $100.
Form Books eds
The authoritative work on the design scene in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Every two years it enables designers from the fields of industrial, exhibition, graphic and multimedia design to present their ideas, concepts and successes. These volumes form an valuable reference work for agencies who need speedy and targeted information. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783034600613. Hardback. $235.
Form Books
The authoritative work on the design scene in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Every two years it enables designers from the fields of industrial and exhibition design to present their ideas, concepts and successes. These volumes form an valuable reference work for agencies who need speedy and targeted information. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783034600590. Hardback. $133.
Form Books
The authoritative work on the design scene in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Every two years it enables designers from the fields of graphic and multimedia design to present their ideas, concepts and successes. These volumes form an valuable reference work for management and agencies who need speedy and targeted information. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783034600606. Hardback. $133.
Rod Stanley ed
Over 70 of the world’s biggest musicians and visual artists have created a new body of artwork based on the acclaimed photographer Rankin’s portraits of musicians. Asked to “destroy” the photographs, artists including Michael Stipe, Beck, Debbie Harry and Marianne Faithfull have a created deeply personal reflections on their music and images. Die Gestalten Verlag. ISBN 9783899552805. Hardback. $125.
Design2context eds
In the design of graphic products, instructions, city planning, and other creative disciplines, complex tasks related to orientation and disorientation are on the rise. Dis-/Orientation 2 is an academic investigation into phenomena, representations and stagings of these two concepts. Lars Müller Publishers. ISBN 9783037781586. Paperback. $82.50.
Yann Mingard and Alban Kakulya
Photographers Yann Mingard and Alban Kakulya spent a long time on Europe’s new eastern borders, which stretch from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea. One of them travelled from the north and the other from the south in an effort to document the places and landscapes that mark the edge of the Western world. Lars Müller Publishers. ISBN 9783037781760. Harback. $165. ISBN 9783037781777. Paperback. $93.
Ales Vodopivec and Rok Znidarsic
Ravnikar, 1907-1993, is considered the central figure in Slovenia’s post-WWII architecture. He was Joe Plecnik’s most famous student. Ravnikar worked for Le Corbusier in Paris from 1939 after completing his studies in 1935. This monograph contains documentation on his buildings and written work, as well as contributions by Boris Podrecca and many others. Springer Verlag. ISBN 9783211992036. Hardbback. $155.
Design Center Stuttgart
Focus Open centres around product innovations and the latest design trends. This publication presents all the award-winning products, which stand out by virtue of their excellent design in categories such as manufacturing, kitchens, bathrooms, living space, ambience, lifestyle, lighting, audio, leisure, outdoor activities, public design and transport. AVedition. ISBN 9783899861181. Hardback. $105.
Sonja Stummerer and Martin Hablesreiter
Analyses how the design of foods is influenced by form, colour, smell, consistency, chewing sounds, production technique, history and stories, exploring the parameters constituting food design. Food Design XL makes the case for a discipline of design that has not received the attention it deserves to date. Springer Verlag. ISBN 9783211992302. Hardback. $99.50.
Klaus-Dieter Weiss
Gatermann and Schossig are among the leading architects of their generation in Germany, combining high standards of climate, material and energy efficiency, construction, and aesthetics with a highly developed empathy for users’ needs. An authoritative overview of the spatial, artistic and technical aspects of the architects’ work. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783764399443. Hardback. $190.
R Klanten and H Hellige
Follows in the footsteps of the bestselling Illusive and Illusive 2 books and continues to document the flourishing discipline of contemporary illustration. Addresses the inexhaustible possibilities of styles and techniques that are practiced today through the broad range of examples featured that stretch from fashion illustration to the current flirtation with figurative painting. Die Gestalten Verlag. ISBN 9783899552508. Hardback. $127.50.
Helmut Bien
The first professional guide for the international lighting design scene, appearing every two years. This book presents the players who are marking out current international trends with their light concepts: for office buildings, in urban planning as well as for cultural buildings and urban night life. AVedition. ISBN 9783899861082. Hardback. $130.
Colin Davies and Monika Parrinder
Limited Language is a web-platform for generating writing and discussion about the design process, founded in 2005 by Colin Davies and Monika Parrinder. This book version comprises an article from the website, followed by a responses to the topic on the site. Rich colour images illustrates each article/response. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783764389345. Paperback. $53.
Kenya Hara
White is not a book about colours. It is rather Kenya Hara’s attempt to explore the essence of white, which he sees as being closely related to the origin of Japanese aesthetics – symbolizing simplicity and subtlety. The central concepts discussed by Kenya Hara in this publication are emptiness and the absolute void. Lars Müller Publishers. ISBN 9783037781838. Hardback. $53.
Lars Muller, editor
Following the success of Sleeves of Desire (1996), a second publication about the ECM label is now devoted to its sleeve designs from 1996 to the present. Since its founding in 1969, ECM has been dedicated primarily to jazz and contemporary classical music and is a leading international label in both these fields. Lars Müller Publishers. ISBN 9783037781579. Paperback. $120.
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