Hitoshi Mitomi, editor
Introduces 100 illustrators – masters of Bishojo (beautiful girl) painting – active in the digital illustration world doing work such as cover illustration for young adult novels, character design for games or animations and amateur artists who show their works on pixiv (the most famous user-generated illustration website in Japan) or in independently published comics. BNN. ISBN 9784861006661. Paperback. $44.
Peter Campbell
For over 10 years Peter Campbell has reviewed art exhibitions for the London Review of Books. This generous selection of reviews covers a wide range of subjects, from Bellini and Titian to Lucian Freud and Louise Bourgeois, from Hawksmoor to Libeskind. Reviews of buildings and pieces on the everyday urban scene add another dimension to this book. Hyphen Press. ISBN 9780907259435. Paperback. $57.50.
Architekturzentrum Wien, editors
Visionary designs of architects and artists from the avant-garde movements in Austria, with protagonists such as Hans Hollein, Walter Pichler and Coop Himmelblau. A comprehensive documentation that includes a cross-section of images and texts elucidated and situated in the context of international architectural history. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783034601245. Hardback. $220.
Felipe Hernandez
Contemporary Latin American architecture responds to the masters of the past and the challenges of the future in outstanding projects such as the Santo Domingo Library in Colombia by Giancarlo Mazzanti and the works of Alejandro Aravena in Chile, showing that recent Latin American architecture can hold its own beside the works of the founders. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783764387693. Hardback. $105.
Ludger Hovestadt
The Institute for Computer Aided Architectural Design in Zurich is regarded as one of the most important institutes working at the interface between architecture and information technology. This publication presents the work of the chair for CAAD using numerous examples – from the Monte Rosa Alpine hut of Andrea Deplazes to the residential development of KCAP. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783034600965. Hardback. $110.
Tsuchiya Yutaka, et al
A comprehensive survey of the moving image in the age of YouTube and Tumblr with contributions, images and essays from a range of artists, critics and filmmakers including Chantal Akerman, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Alfredo Jaar, Jung Yeondoo and Raymond Bellour. Film Art Inc. ISBN 9784845909384. Paperback. $33.50.
Olaf Hajek
Olaf Hajek is one of the world’s most successful illustrators, his colourful work infused with a folkloristic naivety and freshness. Despite the diversity of his clientele, Hajek makes no aesthetic compromises. His characteristic style of “magic realism” is what makes his work appealing to a broad audience and range of clients. Die Gestalten Verlag. ISBN 9783899552812. Hardback. $110.
Judith Schalansky
Reproduces 300 variations of blackletter fonts, ranging from historical to contemporary, in a beautifully crafted hot pink prayer book that is destined to become a fetish object. Each font is presented with its complete alphabet, date of origin, the name of its designer and its original foundry with 137 examples on an enclosed CD. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 9781568988016. Hardback with CD. $79.
Sven Voelker
A collection of over 100 examples of racing car design that documents the carefree anarchy in which they were created. Each colorful car is featured next to a blank white model. Thanks to this juxtaposition, Go Faster shows its readers exactly how graphics modulate the look of the vehicle. Die Gestalten Verlag. ISBN 9783899552799. Hardback. $70.
Sayaka Ishii ed
A visual collection of graphics and art works by Japanese designers and artists which exhibit the unmistakable and unique qualities of the handmade. This book features various handmade works including art installations, furniture and motion graphics that are at the cutting edge of the contemporary as well showing a touch of the artisanal. BNN. ISBN 9784861006579. Paperback. $62.95.
Bree Delian, editor
Retrospect Galleries is Byron Bay’s premier fine arts gallery, renowned for presenting cutting-edge contemporary works from established and emerging Australian artists and designers. This collection features work by 34 of their artists including Doug Bartlett, Jan Van Dijk, Luke Taaffe and Kelsey Brookes. Retrospect. ISBN 9780646521046. Paperback. $25.
Giancarlo Iliprandi
Published for the first time in 1972. Iliprandi is a graphic designer and was inspired to write this story about a small grey dove by the birds he could see from his studio window. As Iris Colombo the little grey dove flies across the landscape a little bit of colour is left on her body until one day she has collected all the colours of the rainbow. Edizioni Corraini. ISBN 9788875701710. Paperback. $24.95.
Souun Takeda
The Japanese calligraphy artist Souun Takeda is the centre of public attention in Japan. His unique, dynamic calligraphy transmits the visual appeal of kanji (Chinese characters). Also featured in the book are his conversations with a linguist and various foreigners on the charms of kanji. An introduction to kanji from an original viewpoint. BNN. ISBN 9784861006616. Paperback. $33.50.
Klaus Kemp and Keiko Ueki-Polet
One of the most influential designers of the 20th century, Dieter Rams spent more than 40 years working at Braun, where he defined functional design. Less and More elucidates Rams’ design philosophy with images of hundreds of products as well as sketches and models. Die Gestalten Verlag. ISBN 9783899552775. Hardback. $139.50.
Christophe Szpajdel
A collection of work by Christophe Szpajdel, an artist whose fans in the underground black metal community worship him as the Lord of the Logos. It includes hundreds of powerful logos, each of which captures the force of this musical genre anew. In the style of a black prayerbook, this publication shows how he has expanded the canon of forms it uses. Die Gestalten Verlag. ISBN 9783899552829. Paperback. $98.50.
Michelle Arnaboldi
Michele Arnaboldi, an architect from Ticino, has made his reputation with residential architecture. This volume documents 35 of Arnaboldi’s projects, primarily residences in Switzerland and Italy, but also public buildings such as the new cultural center in Lugano and the pavilion for the Locarno film festival. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783034603553. Hardback. $140.
Department of Typography, University of Reading
A collection of essays and articles which provide rich contexts for graphic design in Britain. Reaching from WWII to the early 1970s, they fizz with provocative interconnections: between print culture, photojournalism and publishing, the London of emigres, political meetings and demonstrations, cultural cafes and art schools. Hyphen Press. ISBN 9780907259398. Paperback. $70.
Yusuke Shouno
This reference book introduces a worldwide collection of fashion brands’ direct marketing, catalogues and other printed matter. Hundreds of examples of the work of the most creative minds who produce sophisticated and cutting edge graphics for fashion designers such as Maison Martin Margiela, Nom de Guerre, Dior, Rick Owens, Adam Kimmel and many others. BNN. ISBN 9784861006760. Hardback. $180.
Landscape Architecture Europe Foundation
’scape offers a journalistic, critical and professional view of the design of landscapes and townscapes. Richly illustrated and attractively laid out, the magazine contains news, features, interviews, portraits, design criticism, essays, book reviews and commentaries. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783034601337. Paperback. $40.
Ulrich Dangel
The combination of a regional building style of sophisticated simplicity with sustainable construction methods has made the architecture of Vorarlberg in Austria a model for the rest of the world. This book presents particularly successful projects from recent years involving various building types and portrays their development from design idea to built detail. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783034601191. Hardback. $157.50.
Asako Arita et al
10 artists who create collages on the theme of travel, using their ideas and found objects to make collages that also acts as travel books. This book introduces a variety of collage techniques using everyday materials such as used transportation tickets, pamphlets, maps and receipts that will serve to remind you of travel memories. BNN. ISBN 9784861006821. Paperback. $29.50.
Fumiaki Ogino ed
A collection of fontbats, a symbolic and illustration-like font that can barely be read as an alphabet. All the fontbats shown in this book are in the attached CD so you can easily make cool message cards, logos and packages. Fontbats are fun to look at but it is more exciting when you use them! BNN. ISBN 9784861006555. Paperback. $52.
Alessandro Sannaq
Written and drawn by Alessandro Sanna directly after the earthquake in Abruzzo, A Home, My Home is a poem for all those children in the world who have lost their home. Sanna's simple drawings are complemented by a simple phrase rendered in Italian, English, French, German, Spanish and Japanese. Edizioni Corraini. ISBN 9788875702267. Paperback. $24.95.
Someone's Garden, eds
The artists-in-residence phenomenon has influenced many artists such as Gauguin, Donald Judd and Takashi Murakami. This visual book introduces around 90 artists-in-residences around the world and the more than 100 artists who use them. Also included are shorter summaries on 520 artists-in-residences with detailed profiles and up-to-date information. BNN. ISBN 9784861006692. Paperback. $70.
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