Ludwig Steiger
Timber construction is usually one of the first building exercises encountered by students. This introduction to wood as a building material describes the most important building components and their construction possibilities, instilling an understanding of fundamental connections and principles.Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783764381028. Paperback. $30.
Gabor Palotai
The award-winning graphic designer Gabor Palotai is renowned for the powerful imagery he creates using the simplest elements and textures. 111 Posters presents a collection of poster art Palotai has created. His brilliant designs evoke emotion and humour using traditional prim-looking letters and neutral pictograms. Die Gestalten Verlag. ISBN 9783899551754. Hardback. $110.
Alfred Meistermann
In order to provide architectural students with an easily understandable introduction to the field of supporting structures, this volume begins with the fundamentals of loads and forces and then moves on to building components and finally to load-bearing systems. A clear and simple guide for students. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783764381073. Paperback. $30.
Jons Messedat
The flagship store has become a fascinating new construction challenge at the forefront of contemporary architecture. This comprehensive collection presents more than 35 stores, brand centres and showrooms from all around the world. AVedition. ISBN 9783899860832. Hardback. $68.
Tiziana Casapietra
Thirty-four great artists, including Alviani, Branzi, Cucchi, Guixe, Mendini and Pistoletto, express themselves using the difficult and fascinating art of ceramics. Using the famous ceramic laboratories of Albissola, the artists were able to see their ideas become concrete objects. A combination of contemporary sensibility and traditional knowledge. Edizioni Corraini. ISBN 9788875701024. Paperback. $55.
Thomas Fletchner
After the success of Snow in all its whiteness comes an explosion of colour from the camera of Thomas Fletchner with his latest book of photographs, Bloom. Revelling in the unbridled colour and movement of nature after his exploration of the visual metaphysics of snow, Fletchner offers us a feast of light and colour. Lars Müller Publishers. ISBN 9783037780916. Hardback. $139.50.
Marten Claesson et al
The Swedish design partnership Claesson Koivisto Rune was founded 10 years ago but has already received extraordinary recognition. This two volume collection of their work, divided into architectural and design works, includes their design work as well as buildings such as the Sfera Cultural House in Kyoto and private houses. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783764379483. 2 volume slipcase. $115.
Asset One, eds
An entire city district of Graz had fallen into oblivion until the redevelopment of this industrial park, part of the former Reininghaus Brewery. This documentation of the research associated with the sustainable urban development of the site asks what our conceptions are of desirable places to live. Springer Verlag. ISBN 9783211712597. Hardback. $105.
Andreas Berlinger et al
Tat Ort Is a collaborative studio involved in cross-disciplinary projects that incorporate visual arts, architecture and urbanism. With INWENDIG tat ort presents for the first time a comprehensive monographic documentation of their work, the latest in the Consequence series of books on young architects. Springer Verlag. ISBN 3211252460. Paperback. $43.50.
Anne Pasternak
For more than 30 years Creative Time has been an avatar of public art in New York, working to engage art and the environment, artists and the public. Their work shows how a single organisation made it possible for thousands of artists to present awe-inspiring works that engage and transform a city. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 1568986963. Hardback. $99.50.
Peter Bilak & Stuart Bailey
Independent art/design publication which began life as a graphic design magazine, but whose content has gradually widened to cover art, music, language, film and literature. Covers a wide variety of inventive critical writing on all aspects of culture. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 9077620079. Paperback. $33.50.
Alan Berger
Alan Berger investigates the redevelopment of toxic waste sites – drosscapes – across America. Using aerial photography and geospatially derived maps to examine 10 cities across the US, Berger offers a guide to this vast and hitherto largely ignored field of waste landscapes whose reuse is both a political and design challenge. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 1568987137. Paperback. $54.50.
etapes international (eds)
Etapes international is a quarterly catering for all those involved in visual creation and communication. It analyses the latest news and innovations in the field of graphic design. This magazine has become a graphic design benchmark for professionals and students, noted for its observations on global design trends. Etapes International. ISBN 9782350170978. Paperback. $56.50.
Jane Amidon (ed)
Grant Jones has practiced ecological design for more than 30 years and is a pioneer in river planning, highway design and landscape aesthetics. Jones & Jones developed the software ILARIS for their work on Puget Sound to evaluate the aesthetic resources of landscape regions and that can be applied to other landscapes at risk. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 1568986041. Paperback. $59.50.
Suzanne Treister & Richard Grayson
Rosalind Brodsky, the alter ego of artist Suzanne Treister, is a delusional time traveller who believes herself to be working at the Institute of Militronics and Advanced Time Interventionality in the 21st century. Hexen 2039 charts Brodsky’s scientific research towards the development of new mind control technologies. Black Dog Publishing. ISBN 1904772633. Paperback. $65.
Beppe Finessi
Munari and Mosconi devised a series of structures and machines that produced strange sounds to be heard “invece del campanello”: instead of the doorbell. Originally exhibited by Danese in 1991 and now reshown in Munari’s centenary year, this book tells the story of the exhibition through never-before-seen drawings. Edizioni Corraini. ISBN 9788875701147. Paperback. $37.50.
Maximo Tuja
Maximo Tuja, aka Max-o-matic, discovered the contagious happiness of balloon characters by accident and had such fun designing them that he invited designers from around the world to create characters from latex products such as balloons, gloves and condoms. Eighty-eight designers from 20 countries respond to his challenge. Die Gestalten Verlag. ISBN 9783899551907. Paperback. $95.
Bruno Munari
Munari’s reworkings of the Little Red Riding Hood stories play with the traditional fairy tales and widen their horizons, creating new characters and stories. Colour becomes a main character and is the protagonist of drawings, texts and colours. First published by Einaudi in their famous Tantibambini series. Edizioni Corraini. ISBN 9788875701055. Paperback. $25.
Bruno Munari
Munari’s reworkings of the Little Red Riding Hood stories play with traditional fairy tales and widen their horizons, creating new characters and stories. Colour becomes a main character and is the protagonist of drawings, texts and colours. First published by Einaudi in their famous Tantibambini series. Edizioni Corraini. ISBN 9788875701062. Paperback. $25.
Liat Margolis & Alexander Robinson
An inspirational collection of important innovations in landscape architecture, from biodegradable geotextiles and super-absorbent polymers to plants that react to changing soil conditions. Water is a major subject and there are many sample projects from around the world, including Australia. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783764377007. Hardback. $160.
Ian Gwilt (ed)
MadeKnown was an exhibition of 12 digital sculptures emailed to UTS from artists around the world. Curated by Ian Gwilt and Brit Bunkley, the exhibition was made possible by using a 3D rapid prototyping printer to “print out” each artist’s work in liquefied plastic strands ejected from the printer’s cartridges. UTS Centre for Digital Design. ISBN 064646244X. Paperback. $15.
Smout Allen, et al
Augmented Landscapes features a landscape architecture practice for the first time in Pamphlet history. London’s Smout Allen presents five projects that respond to the way in which man has enlarged the landscape through architecture and infrastructure, manipulating and blurring perceptions of what is natural and what is artificial.
Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 1568986254. Paperback. $33.50.
Julia Bingham
Published in collaboration with the Wolverhampton Art Gallery, one of the most valued collections of Pop Art in the UK, this book combines visual excitement with accessible academic reflection of the work of the Pop artists. Includes stickers and pop-ups which encourage the reader to take a playful and creative attitude towards the art.
Black Dog Publishing. ISBN 1904772692. Paperback. $80.
Christian Tschumi
Shigemori decisively shaped the development of Japanese landscape architecture in the 20th century, publishing in 1938 the 26 volume Illustrated Book on the History of the Japanese Garden. From 1938 to his death in 1975 he designed 240 gardens, all engaging with Japanese tradition but open to Western modernity. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783764377489. Hardback. $139.50.
Naoto Fukasawa & Jasper Morrison
Fukasawa and Morrison look at the disappearance of the “normal” in the design world today. Based on their exhibition of “super normal” design at the Axis Gallery Tokyo, the objects range from anonymous designs such as a simple plastic bag to design classics such as Dieter Ram’s 606 shelving system or Colombo’s Optic alarm clock. Lars Müller Publishers. ISBN 9783037781067. Paperback. $58.50.
Beppe Finessi
Beppe Finessi continues Bruno Munari’s researches in the field of visual perception mechanisms, showing the complexity that lay behind the extreme simplicity which characterised Munari’s work. Through play and experiment Finessi amazes us with his reworkings of visual perception. Edizioni Corraini. ISBN 9788875701154. Paperback. $30.
Lesley Jackson
The first book to examine pattern as an essential part of 20th century design history. With stunning colour plates and lively text, Jackson takes readers on a tour of the development of pattern design from around the world. An inspiring and informative book, now available for the first time in paperback. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 9781568987125. Paperback. $68.50.
Kimberly Elam
Author of Geometry of Design and Grid Systems Kimberly Elam here explores eight major structural frameworks beyond the grid. By taking the reader through exercises, student work and professional examples, Elam offers a broad range of design solutions. This is the seventh title in the bestselling Design Brief series. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 1568986874. Paperback. $38.50.
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