Florian Beigel, Philip Christou (eds)
Documents the Architecture Research Unit at London Metropolitan University's proposal for a land reclamation project in Korea to create Saemangeum Island City over an area of 400 square kilometres. The proposal includes a phased landscape infrastructure design of 8 new islands with innovative solutions to a number of environmental problems. Springer Verlag. ISBN 9783709103678. Hardback. $122.50. LINK
Peter Davey
Finnish architect Pekka Helin draws in a specifically Scandinavian manner on functionalism and on the organic architecture of Alvar Aalto, Viljo Revell and Heikki Siren. Wood plays a prominent role in this extremely clear architecture. This book presents 24 of the firm's projects organised by typological task. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783034606042. Hardback. $137.50.
Laura Hoptman, Yilmaz Dziewior, Uta Grosenick
This directory is a who-will-be-who of the art world of the near future, presenting four pages of work and biographical and contact details of each of 77 emerging artists, selected by MoMA curator Laura Hoptman, Yilmaz Dziewior (director of the Kunstmuseum Bregenz) and a member of the acquisitions committee of Germany's contemporary art collection. Distanz Verlag. ISBN 9783899554069. Hardback. $100. LINK
Howard L Bingham
In 1968, Life magazine sent photographer Howard Bingham to document the Black Panther Party. Bingham spent months taking photos in Oakland, Berkeley and even the UN – but Life never ran the story. Now, 40-some years later, these portraits of America's most famous black activists, and the story behind them, are available in a well-priced new hardcover reprint. Ammo Books. ISBN 97819344429662. Hardback. $33.50. LINK
A how-to book about making paper and cloth jewel boxes, with step-by-step instructions (in Japanese and pictures) for 25 different jewel boxes, each with a birthstone theme. High-end craft, or just lots of great photos to browse. BNN. ISBN 9784861007316. Paperback. $29.50. LINK
Yoko Ganaha, Piggy Tsujioka
A crafty collection of cut-out patterns for many different little animal-themed cardboard boxes and labels, with heaps of photos of the finished product. For kids and adults – kawaii! BNN. ISBN 9784861007583. Paperback. $22.50. LINK
Alison J Clarke (ed)
Design Anthropology charts the radical turn to the user in design thinking, which has transformed object culture. Leading design thinkers offer provocative insights into how we use designed objects to make sense of our everyday lives. This is a must-read for everyone in design, creative industries, sociology, anthropology, marketing and cultural studies. Springer Verlag. ISBN 9783709102336. Paperback. $80. LINK
A catalogue with nearly 200 pages featuring hundreds of different designer products in great colour photos; handbags, stationery, jewellery, textiles, ceramics – even a polar bear chopstick rest! You get the picture – includes contact details for each product. BNN. ISBN 9784861007354. Paperback. $40. LINK
A catalogue presenting the award winners of this international design competition at the Design Center Stuttgart. It features the year's best design objects in many categories ranging from architecture and public design to bathrooms, lighting, audio-visual, sport and medicine. AVedition. ISBN 9783899861426. Paperback. $110. LINK
Sabine Seymour
A sequel to Seymour's Fashionable Technology (2008) that contains new state-of-the-art artistic and design examples of 'wearables' – smart clothing – focusing on the aesthetic and functional aspects of tech-embedded fashion, gathered under provocative chapter headings such as The Garment as Amplifier of Fantasy, Transparent Sustainability and Woven Interface. Springer Verlag. ISBN 9783709103111. Hardback. $90. LINK
A cute documenting of nearly 50 girl zines, many from Japan, printed, photocopied, hand-drawn and online. And zine number 4 is Hello Sandwich Tokyo Guide by Australian Ebony Bizys. Another great BNN collection full of DIY inspiration. BNN. ISBN 9784861007453. Paperback. $29.50. LINK
A showcase of visual projects by 76 talented graphic designers from around the world working in a range of graphic mediums, from print to T-shirts to 3D objects. With 272 pages, colour throughout. Victionary. ISBN 9789881732705. Paperback. $75. LINK
Conway Lloyd Morgan
The first book on one of Germany's most successful design agencies. Hafelinger + Wagener's clients include BMW, the new Dornier Museum and the technology group ThyssenKrupp, and their work stretches from annual reports to trade fair stands and new technology launches. AVedition. ISBN 9783899861402. Hardback. $110. LINK
TwoPoints.Net
In this new Victionary series, Spanish graphic design duo TwoPoints.Net look at contemporary uses of classic typefaces. Avant Garde was designed by Herb Lubalin in the 1960s for a short-lived but influential graphics magazine of the same name, and is one of the most instantly recognisable sans serif faces. Victionary. ISBN 9789881732873. Paperback. $55. LINK
TwoPoints.Net
In this new Victionary series, Spanish graphic design duo TwoPoints.Net look at contemporary uses of classic typefaces. Futura is Paul Renner's timeless 1927 sans serif face, designed on geomoetric pricipals, and which became emblematic of the Bauhaus. Victionary. ISBN 9789881732880. Paperback. $55. LINK
Michael Schneider (ed)
This journal is annual forum for the discussion of theoretical, conceptual and technical questions in the field of printmaking. Im:Print 2010 documents the Symposium Matrix of the International Print Network at the Kunstlerhaus in Vienna. Springer Verlag. ISBN 9783709103043. Paperback. $57.50. LINK
Junko Yazaki
Features the work of Japanese artists and craftspeople using traditional techniques such as woodworking, textiles and papercraft to create beautiful modern design objects and products. Peek inside the workshops, see detail pictures of the processes and peruse many examples of finished items – and practice your Japanese! BNN. ISBN 9784861007187. Paperback. $29.50. LINK
Koichi Takahashi
Leading papercraft artist Koichi Takahashi has created paper models of famous historical buildings. This book shows how to make his models, classified into three levels of difficulty. Includes an introduction that outlines essential tools and basic techniques. BNN. ISBN 9784861007064. Paperback. $29.50. LINK
In his provocative manifesto, Alexander D'Hooghe says that architecture and urban planning have lost the confidence to tackles their greatest challenge – urban sprawl. D'Hooge argues that planners must return to large-scale thinking and late-modernist ideas of placemaking, which he says have been jettisoned because of the taint of totalitarianism. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 9781568988245. Hardback. $47.95. LINK
Lulu de Kwiatkowski
Lulu de Kwiatkowski's colourful, dreamlike and autobiographical handmade collages are available again in this low-priced reprint. Lulu's work blends depictions of flora and fauna, with geometric studies of pattern and colour. Ammo Books. ISBN 9781934429457. Hardback. $80. LINK
Thomas Schropfer
Taking material qualities and properties such as texture, elasticity and transparency as a point of departure, the book describes a multitude of material operations in art, architecture and design, such as folding and bending, carving and cutting, weaving and knitting, mirroring and screening. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783034600354. Hardback. $115.
Frank Peter Jäger (ed)
A comprehensive overview of intelligent approaches for working with existing building stock. Projects include revitalising of structures from the 1950s to the 1970s but also more specialised examples. With essays on technical aspects such as improving energy efficiency and working with contaminated building materials. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783034605250. Hardback. $155.
Suzy Lee
With a little imagination, a dark and deserted cellar can become a thick and knotty jungle, full of curious plants and animals, sometimes quarrelsome but always ready to be involved in new adventures. By Korean-born illustrator Suzy Lee. Edizioni Corraini. ISBN 9788875702526. Paperback. $37.50. LINK
Stephan Engelsmann, Valerie Spalding, Stefan Peters
An introduction to the structural and design possibilities of plastics in architecture and building, presenting 25 built projects from around the world that use plastics for a range of technical and aesthetic applications. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783034603225. Hardback. $115.
R. Klanten, H. Hellige, J. Middendorp, eds
There's a big move in graphic design towards the use of hand-made and custom typography. The work documented here uses illustration, hand lettering, calligraphy and other hand-made type solutions to stunning effect on both the page and the ubiquitous digital screen. A follow-up to the successful Playful Type. Die Gestalten Verlag. ISBN 9783899553185. Hardback. $100. LINK
"Keywords to know the frontline of creatives in Japan". An invaluable directory of Japanese creative types: fashion designers, graphic artists, photographers, craft makers, publishers, information designers and more. In English and Japanese. BNN. ISBN 9784861007293. Paperback. $22.50. LINK
Michele Rami
Lighting designer Michele A. Rami places people and their well-being at the centre of his planning approach. Among the projects presented here are lighting designs for houses and holiday houses,public buildings, doctors offices, agencies, shops, exhibitions, restaurants and bars. AVedition. ISBN 9783899861327. Hardback. $68.50. LINK
Michael Bell, Craig Buckley
An interdisciplinary group of architects, historians, theorists, engineers, fabricators, and materials scientists explore the past, present, and future possibilities of this highly calibrated, fluid material. Contributors include Sanford Kwinter, Antoine Picon, Detlef Mertins, Toshiko Mori, Qingyung Ma and Bernard Tschumi. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 9781568988955. Hardback. $105. LINK
Angelica Bäumer, Amos Schueller (eds)
Explores the life and work of the Austrian artist Soshana, who fled Vienna in 1938 and has lived in Paris, New York and Jerusalem. Her paintings, graphics and experimental works tackle topical issues, putting them on an equal footing with her landscapes and informal paintings. Springer Verlag. ISBN 9783709102749. Hardback. $125. LINK
Teresa Chan (ed)
Carol Lee is one of Hong Kong's most promiment contemporary artists. Using a technique she calls “time painting”, Lee places objects on newsprint in the sun, using light to record the passage of time. Patterns of shading and fading are projected through the objects, creating beautiful images described as 'minimalist, elegant, serious and reflecting'. MCCM Creations. ISBN 9789881858436. Paperback. $59.50 LINK
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Todd Oldham
The clever and warped world of artist Wayne White. From his early days as a production designer and puppet maker for the iconic TV show Pee-Wee’s Playhouse to his unmistakable and exquisitely rendered text paintings, this monograph is a comprehensive view of Wayne White's oeuvre. Now in a low-priced reprint. Ammo Books. ISBN 9781934429679. Hardback. $50. LINK
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