Wojciech Czaja et al eds
91 Degrees is a crossover leisure magazine that specifically caters to architects’ special interests. This issue includes articles on Spencer Tunick, what building skins and clothing have in common, a look inside the studio of the French architect Edouard François, what causes architects to pack up and travel the world and much more. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783764387167. Paperback. $56.50.
Michael Erlhoff, et al (eds)
A stimulating and exhaustive foundation for a serious international discourse on design. Some 50 authors from around the world have written original articles for this design dictionary, their cultural differences providing perspectives for a shared understanding of central design categories and communicating about design. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783764377397. Paperback. $93.50.
form books, eds
An indispensable reference work covering the design scene in Germany, Austria and Switzerland from the fields of graphics and mulitmedia. Designers showcase their latest projects and provide clients and designers with compact information, images, full addresses and data for comparing, finding and archiving. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783764383787. Hardback. $129.50.
form books, eds
An indispensable reference work covering the design scene in Germany, Austria and Switzerland from the fields of industrial and exhibition design. Designers showcase their latest projects and provide clients and designers with compact information, images, full addresses and data for comparing, finding and archiving. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783764383763. Hardback. $129.50.
form books, eds
A special reduced price when both volumes are bought together as a set. Designer Profiles cover the design scene in Germany, Austria and Switzerland from the fields of product design, fair and exhibition design, graphics and multimedia. This bilingual reference work is an indispensable guide to potential design service providers. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783764383800. Hardback. $210.
Walter Zschokke
This monograph on a new office building by Rudiger Lainer explores innovative concepts for the use of space in office buildings. Providing a convincing counterpoint to the stereotypical building of glass facade and rectangular floor plans, the Chamber of Commerce building proposes a flexible and sustainable alternative. Springer Verlag. ISBN 9783211492789. Hardback. $55.
Hong Kong Designers Association
The latest Hong Kong Design Award brings the best of graphic, product, spatial and new media design for 2007. This year's theme of 'No Junk Food' is a statement of the determination of the judges to promote professionalism and high quality design. All Rights Reserved. ISBN 9789889900168. Hardback in slipcase. $95.
Peter Zec, ed
All the winners of the red dot award design 2007/8. In an impressive and informative way this book documents the most important trends in communication design offering detailed portraits of the best works and their designers and allows an insight behind the scenes of the red dot design award. AVedition. ISBN 9783899390896. Hardback. $170.
Cecilia Heffer, ed
A collection of contemporary lace textiles that explore the integration of current technologies with existing traditional craft practices, including a contemporary lace curtain for Government House, Sydney. Essays by experts from a range of design disciplines initiate an exchange of ideas on the cultural meaning of lace. DAB Documents. ISBN 9780977532551. Paperback. $30.
H Merkel et al eds
Creativity and innovative power are important components in entrepreneurial success. This book shows the different aspects of these components based on the example of Norintra, the creative design center of the Arcandor/KarstadtQuelle group in Hong Kong. The publication focuses on interviews with six designers who work for Norintra. AVedition. ISBN 9783899390940. Hardback. $68.
Host Sondermann
The visualisation of light in space, its effect on model cubature and scenery, is one of the great challenges in architectural rendering. This volume features a number of exercises that enable the reader to learn how to light architecture models correctly with the help of Cinema 4D software. Springer Verlag. ISBN 9783211487617. Hardback. $105.
Alexandra Schantl, ed
A collection of sculptural works that represent a wider understanding of sculpture: light-, sound- and video-sculpture, assemblages, light installations and kinetic art. This collection of art produced since 1980 includes pieces by Brigitte Kowanz, Bernhard Leitner and Vadim Kosmatschof amongst many others. Springer Verlag. ISBN 9783211732199. Hardback. $87.50.
Peter Zec
Interzum is the world’s largest fair for furniture manufacturers and wooden fittings, with intelligent solutions for products with added value and new materials for the design of tomorrow’s living environments. This book includes profiles of all the products that have received an award from the international jury. AVedition. ISBN 9783899390872. Hardback. $47.
Manuel Hotzl, et al
A compendium of Ortner & Ortner’s buildings and designs for “European culture”: theatres, museums and libraries. Beginning with their experimental works and charting the development of their career to the current day where they are responsible for some of the most important international cultural buildings. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783764371548. Hardback. $129.50.
Deutsches Architektur Museum, ed
Published to accompany the exhibition on Niemeyer for the Museum for Architecture in Frankfurt, this book on the Brazilian architect most noted for his buildings in Brasilia contains important essays by noted authors as well as an essay by Niemeyer himself on his architecture and duotone photos from the Niemeyer archive. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 3764369922. Paperback. $64.50.
Peter Riepl and Gabriele Riepl
Preferring to modify and recondition existing spaces rather than invent novel constructions, Riepl Reipl Architekten have produced an ambitious range of buildings, from cultural and industrial buildings to housing and churches. This comprehensive collection of their workk includes an essay by Friedrich Achleitner. Springer Verlag. ISBN 9783211339862. Hardback. $98.
Stichting Lijn in Landschap, eds
The planning parameters of city planning and landscape architecture are changing as a result of global warming. ’scape 4 presents the most intelligent and exciting designs, and discusses the various possibilities planners have, for working with the changing climate. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783764384210. Paperback. $35.
Esther Lee
Un Sedicesimo is not a traditional magazine: each issue has a different author, whose job is to create a 16-pages-long project. It will become a sort of gallery on paper, which proposes a new personal exhibition every two months by artists, graphic designers, illustrators, students, writers and cooks, too. Edizioni Corraini. ISBN 9771972284002. Paperback. $10.
Daniel Eatock
Un Sedicesimo is not a traditional magazine: each issue has a different author, whose job is to create a 16-pages-long project. It will become a sort of gallery on paper, which proposes a new personal exhibition every two months by artists, graphic designers, illustrators, students, writers and cooks too. Edizioni Corraini. ISBN 9771972284002. Paperback. $10.
Steven Guarnaccia
Un Sedicesimo is not a traditional magazine: each issue has a different author, whose job is to create a 16-pages-long project. It will become a sort of gallery on paper, which proposes a new personal exhibition every two months by artists, graphic designers, illustrators, students, writers and cooks too. Edizioni Corraini. ISBN 9771972284002. Paperback. $10.
Conway Lloyd Morgan
Not so much designers as storytellers, mythmakers and fabulators, Thomas Manss & Company, based in London and Berlin, combine wit, visual subtlety and a narrative approach to create identities, literature, websites and environmental graphics for a range of clients including the Tate Modern, Tate Britain and Foster + Partners. AVedition. ISBN 9783899860894. Hardback. $112.
Lilli Hollein, ed
The work of feld72 explores the intersection between architecture, applied urbanism and art. The Austrian contribution to the 7th International Architecture Biennial in Sao Paulo curated by Lilli Hollein is an exhibition of 20 architectural and art projects created by feld72 and an installation made especially for the Biennal. Springer Verlag. ISBN 9783211757833. Paperback. $42.5.
Bettina Schlorhaufer et al, eds
A surprisingly large number of construction projects in the Val Venosta are the work of these three architects. The work of the three offices includes administration and residential buildings as well as schools and sports facilities and all have created projects for the Messner Mountain Museum. Springer Verlag. ISBN 9783211327678. Hardback. $109.
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