Cristano Ceccato et al. (eds.)
Modern computer tools for the efficient design and manufacturing of complex geometric shapes open up new perspectives for architecture, and architecture poses new problems to geometry. The AAG 2010 symposium brings together the world’s leading specialists to share their knowledge on advances in modeling and three-dimensional geometry in architecture. Springer Verlag. ISBN 9783709103081. Hardback. $87.50.
Greg Lynn
When first published in 1999, Greg Lynn’s Animate Form pushed back the boundaries of architectural form. It inspired a generation of designers to think of architecture as elastic, malleable and mutable, bounded only by imagination. Using high-end computer animation software, Lynn opened a new paradigm of thinking about architectural form. Reprinted for Princeton Architectural Press’s 30th anniversary. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 9781568980836. Hardback. $60.
Franziska Ullmann
Starting from Kandinsky’s analysis Point and Line to Plane, and using more than 300 images with short explanations, Ullman explores the meaning of basic architectural elements, explaining that their effect is not based on external appearances but rather on the tension inherent to forms. This standard reference on architectural form is now available in English. Springer Verlag. ISBN 9783709103234. Paperback. $87.50.
The second volume of this annual publication documents 15 public art projects in the Austrian state of Styria, which includes the city of Graz. With essays, theoretical writings and artists’ statements, and 280 colour photographs of the works. Springer Verlag. ISBN 9783709102657. Paperback. $79.50.
Danielle Picciotto
An insider’s memoir and creative history of the Berlin underground from the 1980s to the present. The book brings together Picciotto’s accounts of musicians, fashion designers, club owners and other artists and their milieus with her first-hand descriptions of milestone places and events, both before and after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Die Gestalten Verlag. ISBN 9783899553284. Hardback. $53.50.
Joachim Kobuss, Alexander Bretz, Arian Hassani
This easy-to-understand guide to the legal issues that affect designers’ everyday professional activities provides information on ways to protect and handle intellectual property rights. For product, interior, fashion, communications and graphic designers. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783034601016. Paperback. $80.
Stefano Boeri
Milan, like many cities, can either continue to expand, eating up valuable food-producing land and the natural environment, or it can become a biodiverse metropolis, making a new agreement with agriculture and the natural world. Boeri proposes 6 projects to achieve this, including creating reforestation zones around the city and reclaiming disused industrial land for agriculture and parks. Edizioni Corraini. ISBN 9788875702885. Paperback. $7.50.
Petra Gruber
The new field of biomimetics in architecture examines the overlap between architecture and biology. This book aims to promote an understanding of the subtle systems that have developed in nature over millions of years and how they can be applied to architectural problems. It uses a variety of case studies to examine this idea, from vernacular architecture to space exploration. Springer Verlag. ISBN 9783709103319. Paperback. $130.
Oscar Bolton Green
The endlessly different shapes and sizes of birds’ beaks are determined by what they eat, how they eat it and the environment they live in. Oscar Bolton Green’s clear-cut line drawings and brilliant colours explain the many different variations with the same simplicity as the accompanying text. Part of the collection ‘22’ series featuring historical masters and up-and-coming illustrators. Edizioni Corraini. ISBN 9788875702779. Paperback. $23.95.
Giorgio Maffei, Bruno Tonini
This book features the magazines and books which Ettore Sottsass wrote, illustrated or edited over a period of 60 years from 1947 to 2006, as well as works on printed paper for which Sottsass set up texts, illustrations and/or graphic inventions. Nearly 300 colour pages full of Sottsass’s graphic work and writing. Edizioni Corraini. ISBN 9788875702762. Paperback. $95.
Georg Russegger, Matthias Tarasiewicz, Michal Wlodkowski (eds)
New creative cultures are emerging at the intersection of art, science, technology and design – even if we don’t yet know in what creative directions these disciplines are taking us. Artists, theorists, researchers and curators from around the world examine the directions and forms digital creative cultures might take. Springer Verlag. ISBN 9783709104576. Paperback. $110.
Liz Diller and Ric Scofidio
Targeting the body as ‘a site of transient inscriptions, inseparable from program,’ New York architects Diller & Scofidio constructed Flesh, a book/project that was not so much a documenting of their projects as a reworking of them though multiple strands of text and imagery. Re-printed for PAP 30th anniversary. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 9781878271372. Paperback. $60.
Giacinta Cavagna di Gualdana
An account of the long career of Giovanni Gariboldi (1908-1971), a decorative arts designer specialising in ceramics whose name was inextricably linked to manufacturer Richard Ginori. Careful research has produced many designs, drawings, letters and photographs that shed light on the activities of a key figure in 20th-century Italian industrial design. Edizioni Corraini. ISBN 9788875702748. Paperback. $95.
An eclectic magazine-style ramble across a range of topics, from Philippe Petit (who walked across a wire between the towers of the World Trade Centre in 1974) to the artist André Cadere (1934-1978), an interview with the ‘new masters’ of contemporary design, Fernando & Humberto Campana, and a celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Italian flag through artworks using the Tricolore’s hues. Edizioni Corraini. ISBN 9788875702809. Paperback. $24.
Charles Waldheim
The idea of infrastructure in landscape architecture treats urban and rural space as a network that calls for integrated planning. Natural and man-made infrastructure are viewed as a single whole. This book examines this new and ecologically sustainable approach to landscape and documents 13 international examples. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783034605939. Hardback. $115.
The lighting design firm Licht Kunst Licht was founded in Bonn and Berlin in 1991. The firm designs lighting for office buildings, museums and other cultural buildings, shopping centres, hotels, restaurants and transport infrastructure. This is the third volume in a successful series documenting their work. AVedition. ISBN 9783899861372. Paperback. $137.50.
Vincent Laganier, Jasmine van der Pol, eds.
A study of the effects of lighting based on interviews with 47 international lighting designers. It explores in a systematic fashion the aesthetic, emotional and atmospheric tasks that good lighting design can accomplish. The study makes special notes of the different effects that lighting can achieve in different cultures and societies. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783034606905. Paperback. $54.50.
Andrea Leers, Jane Weinzapfel, Joe Pryse and Josiah Stevenson
Made to Measure captures the handcrafted spirit of Boston-based Leers Weinzapfel’s work. The practice has a reputation for meeting extraordinary building challenges with design clarity, elegance and refinement. They approach constrained and demanding design problems with a clear set of modernist core principles, a passion for material and a desire to create places for social interaction. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 9781568989570. Hardback. $97.50.
Sascha Peters
Offers an overview of the currently available sustainable materials, providing users with a wealth of information about such materials’ suitability for any particular project. It also examines natural and biodegradable materials and materials with the potential for diminishing energy needs. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783034606639. Hardback. $137.50.
Blaine Brownell
Japanese designers regularly implement radical experiments in new materials and building systems that successfully address imminent energy and resource challenges. These technological achievements are combined with an acute awareness of the ephemerality of existence, creating a rich dialogue between the concrete and the abstract. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 9781568989969. Paperback. $60.
Christoph Kronhagel
A manual for architects and engineers on the potential and design of media facades and media spaces. With contributions from specialists in technology, urban construction, computer sciences, arts and marketing. With numerous examples and 1000 colour images. Springer Verlag. ISBN 9783709102992. Hardback. $140.
Andrew Watts
Gathers the two books on roofs and facades by Watts into a single volume, treating the two elements as a single building envelope. Watts uses current examples by renowned architects to detail the construction techniques and materials for complex modern building envelopes. Springer Verlag. ISBN 9783709102572. Hardback. $175.
Presents inspiring work from around the world that is bringing nature back into cities: from urban farming, guerrilla gardening and architectural visions, to furniture, products, and other everyday objects that use plants in a functional or aesthetic way. Some of the included projects are changing the landscapes of our cities as a whole, while others can make our own streets and homes greener. Die Gestalten Verlag. ISBN 9783899553345. Flexi cover. $92.
Robert Jelinek (ed)
The State of Sabotage was founded on an uninhabited Finnish Island by the Austrian artist Robert Jelinek in 2003 and was de facto recognised by Slovenia, Switzerlad, Monaco, Andorra, San Marino and Italy. The book is a tribute to its 14,000 ‘citizens’ – holders of passports and ID cards issued on request – and an examination of the idea of the microstate as artwork. Springer Verlag. ISBN 9783709105337. Hardback. $88.50.
Christina Bechtler
A discussion motivated by Mike Kelly and Jim Shaw’s common interest in the transcendent and the spiritual – the beyond – and the influence of this interest on their work. The latest volume in a successful series of artists’ conversations. Springer Verlag. ISBN 9783709102605. Paperback. $39.50.
Maria Morganti
The diaries here are Maria Morganti’s colour diary – the paint colours she uses in her studio applied to strips of wood as a visual record – alongside entries from a diary her father Piero kept from the 1960s to the 1990s chronicling events in Italy. The second volume contains contributions inspired by the idea of the diary from numerous contemporary artists and writers. Edizioni Corraini. ISBN 9788875702755. 2 volume set. $90.
Lebbeus Woods
For his first monograph, originally published in 1989, Woods painstakingly drew a book of two-page spreads that weave text, architectural elements, maths and physics into a unique vision of a new humanism for the information age. Princeton Architectural Press calls it one of the most influential books they have published – here re-printed to celebrate their 30th anniversary. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 9780910413800. Paperback. $37.50.
Ralph W. Liebing
The Other Architecture is the name Liebing gives to the working drawings of a design that must be produced once the commission has been won – the drawings that guide the construction. In this practical manual he shows the correct way to convert design presentations into real working drawings, a skill he says is often taught only briefly in architecture courses. Springer Verlag. ISBN 9783709102626. Hardback. $130.
Papercraft 2 is an up-to-the-minute survey of contemporary design with paper. In addition to more outstanding 3D graphic design, illustration, complex spatial installations, objets d’art, and motion design, the book and included DVD present work from an even broader range of creative disciplines including scenography, fashion design and advertising. Die Gestalten Verlag. ISBN 9783899553338. Hardback. $105.
Rainer Haupl, Sabine Marinescu, Janina Poesch
The first journal to cover all areas of scenography: exhibition design, set and stage design, installations and virtual spaces. This quarterly journal includes background articles, columns, interviews and documents current projects in this specialist field. AVedition. ISBN 9783899861280. Paperback. $29.50.
Werner Fenz, Evelyn Kraus, Brigit Kulterer (eds)
The first yearbook of the Institute for Art in the Public Space documents 37 art projects in the whole province of Styria, which includes the city of Graz, from the Institute’s foundation in 2006 to end of 2008. Now an annual series. Springer Verlag. ISBN 9783709101186. Hardback. $93.50.
The first book to demystify the process of producing and publishing a book of photographs, by two industry insiders. It is organised into 6 sections covering the history of the photo book; the publishing industry; the process of making a book; marketing a photo book; case studies based on interviews with published photographers; and a section of resources. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 9781568988832. Paperback. $52.50.
Mike Perry
Pulled stretches screen-printing in all directions, leaving no element untouched. This book is a survey and a how-to, a collection of prints and an idea bank. It brings together more than 40 talented screen printers, including Aesthetic Apparatus, Deanne Cheuk, Steven Harrington, Maya Hayuk, Cody Hudson, Jeremyville, Andy Mueller, Rinzen and Andy Smith, among many others. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 9781568989433. Paperback. $52.50.
Bart Lootsma
A collection of essays by Bart Lootsma, architecture professor, historian, critic and curator. The essays cover architectural theory, the second modernism, populism and architecture, landscape architecture and the changing role of the architect in society. Springer Verlag. ISBN 9783709102909. Paperback. $110.
Fausto Gilberti
Gilberti’s monochrome drawings of rock stars from Elvis and Chuck Berry to the Arctic Monkeys are accompanied by a first-person account of his own discovery of their music. But there’s nothing nostalgic about this book, and as each new trend emerges so it warps into something else. Gilberti is “always on the lookout for new faces, because there’s something novel every day’. Edizioni Corraini. ISBN 9788875702823. Paperback. $52.50.
Calendars are art objects in themselves, finding new ways to help us mark out our lives. Examining material from promotional merchandise to art and experimental projects by 86 designers and ad agencies from around the world, Save the Date showcases calendars that are engaging, captivating, fun, original – and useful. Victionary. ISBN 9789881943828. Hardback. $70.
Toni Meneguzzo
During a trip to India Meneguzzo was struck by the way sacred cows were adorned – with paint, wreaths and colourful cloths, and in this latest Sedicesimo he documents what he saw in a series of colour photographs against a neutral white background. Edizioni Corraini. ISBN 19722842#18. Paperback. $10.
Thomas Couderc & Clément Vauchez [Helmo]
The words and drawings arranged here in what seems like random order will be transformed into whole sentences and pictures of rounded faces full of colour when readers fold this intriguing Sedicesimo by French graphic designers Thomas Couderc e Clément Vauchez, who founded design studio Helmo in 2007. Edizioni Corraini. ISBN 19722842#19a. Paperback. $10.
Alexis Rom & Claude Marzotto
This Sedicesimo was made without using a computer: the printing film was processed by hand, tracing and gluing pointed shapes, made from scraps of paper. The printing plates were impressed and produced used traditional methods: the result is a sixteen-page 'adventure in photolithography' of faces and objects. Edizioni Corraini. ISBN 19722842#19b. Paperback. $10.
Painter Sergej Jensen uses jute, coarse cotton and jeans. Spots on fabric turn the “expressive gesture’ into a sign of wear from real life. He sews fabrics together leaving the seams visible to evoke the impression of a drawing, hangs his fabrics from windows to allow the sun and rain to contribute a patina, and treats them with paints mixed with bleach to reduce their brilliance. Distanz Verlag. ISBN 9783942405065. Paperback. $105.
Andrea Gleiniger, Angelika Hilbeck, Jill Scott
Critical reflections on the way art, architecture, technology and science affect urban societies and their rural alternatives. The book focuses on the potential of creative works to raise public awareness of pressing challenges such as recycling, agricultural production, climate chaos and energy conservation. Springer Verlag. ISBN 9783709102879. Paperback. $76.50.
David Buckland, Chris Wainwright
Unfold documents the work of 25 artists who took part in expeditions to the High Arctic and the Andes in 2007, 2008 and 2009, seeing first-hand the effects of climate disruption in these fragile environments. Their responses explore the physical, emotional and political dimensions of a complex and changing world put under stress by human activity. Springer Verlag. ISBN 9783709102749. Hardback. $65.
G Bast, A Husslein-Arco, H Krejci, P Werkner (eds)
Viennese Kineticism, a unique response to expressionism, cubism, futurism and constructivism, was one of the few Austrian contributions to the international avant-garde. It was conceived as a revolutionary pedagogical experiment at the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts. The publication introduces Kineticism as a chapter of Viennese Modernism that has yet to be discovered in the context of the history of its ideas. Springer Verlag. ISBN 9783211991435. Hardback. $110.
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