Aoi Huber-Kono
Huber-Kono, author of the classic Winter, writes and illustrates a tender and fascinating story about a little island inhabited by fisherman, the sun and the waves. Originally published in 1968, The Big Fish continues to talk to and touch contemporary children and adults alike. Edizioni Corraini. ISBN 8875700095. Hardback. $37.50.
A feminine style of illustration is becomes more and more popular in art and design and this collection of the most talented artists working today showcases their amazing illustrations. Includes well-known as well as undiscovered names including Annabelle Verhoye, Hal Ikeda, Maki Kuhori and Pierre-Louis Mascia. All Rights Reserved. ISBN 9789889900182. Hardback. $95.
Antonio Marras celebrates ten years as a designer with a book whose pages are sewn together and bound with the red ribbon that has become a symbol of his fashion production. An experimental book with contributions by fashion journalists, art critics and artists and a text by Marras himself. Edizioni Corraini. ISBN 8875700141. Paperback in a cloth bag. $115.
Bruno Munari
In this small but extraordinary encyclopedia, Bruno Munari selects and describes the many uses of the circle in art, design and architecture. A fascinating and mysterious form, the circle stands for perfection, cyclicity and the divine, but also instability and movement.Edizioni Corraini. ISBN 8875700486. Paperback. $25.
Bruno Munari
Bruno Munari takes us on a personal tour of his life and work with his usual humour and intelligence. There are exceptional pictures from his own personal album to illustrate this mini design autobiography.Edizioni Corraini. ISBN 8887942323. Paperback. $19.
Zo Ryan
The Parachute Pavilion Competition was held to find a design for a year-round pavilion in the shadow of the Parachute Jump, a landmark built for the 1939 World’s Fair, as part of the revitalisation of Coney Island. All 864 submissions – from the feasible to the fantastic – are detailed including the winning design by London-based Carmody Groarke Hardie. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 1568986238. Paperback. $59.50.
Christine Killory & Rene Davids (eds)
Looking at the best work of the past two years, this book demonstrates how complicated design principles have been handled by architects to achieve innovative, sustainable or beautiful results. Includes work by Chipperfield, Herzog and de Meuron, Morphosis, SHoP and many other firms. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 1568985762. Hardback. $110.
Form eds
This edition of Form looks at the phenomenon of collecting and how prices have skyrocketed for the booming design market. An article on the collections that graphic designers amass for inspiration shows how visual inspiration can come from cataloguing the everyday. This issue also contains a calendar of important design events for 2007. AVedition. ISBN 9783936560398. Paperback. $35.
Stanley Mathews
Cedric Price was one of the most visionary architects of the 20th century and his work influenced such architects as Richard Rogers, Rem Koolhaas and Rachel Whiteread. This is the first and only authoritative text on Price’s body of work and is the result of exhaustive research based on vast quantities of unpublished archive material. Black Dog Publishing. ISBN 1904772528. Paperback. $96.50.
Edwin van Onna et al
For the first time a look at how design can help to make PR events unique and compelling occasions. Selected projects show that there is virtually no limit to the influence and variety that are possible for events such as product presentations, pop concerts and cultural exhibitions. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783764379766. Hardback. $139.50.
Raul Ruiz
Following his research in Poetics of Cinema 1 on new narrative models as tools for apprehending a fast-shifting world, Raul Ruiz makes an appeal for an entirely new way of filming, writing and conceiving the image. Ruiz proposes a working model for the writing of films, and exercises and formulae that propose a method of filming. Dis Voir. ISBN 2914563256. Paperback. $48.50.
Ralf Herms
In times of permanent change and an all-pervasive state of unrest, design magazine +rosebud reaches out to readers to question the essentials, namely ideals. Over 250 artists, designers, photographers and authors the world over have examined the decline, revival and genesis of ideals showcased in this sixth issue. Die Gestalten Verlag. ISBN 3899551621. Hardback in case. $95.
Margaret Birney Vickery
Smith College is known for its beautiful campus set in an idyllic landscape. A walk around its grounds is like a tour through American architecture from the 18th century to the present. The university’s most recent additions include the Brown Fine Arts Center designed by the Polshek Partnership and the Olin Fitness Center by Leers Weinzapfel Associates. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 1568985916. Paperback. $49.50.
The most talented artists from around the world showcase their creatively printed works in sensory design. From a handy flyer to a hardcover book, special printing effects deliver a unique look and feel to each printed object. Includes works by Asylum, Chie Morimoto, Hung Lam, Jekyll + Hyde, Stefan Sagmeister and Yoshie Watanabe. All Rights Reserved. ISBN 9789889900113. Hardback. $95.
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