The 120 works of advertising photography awarded prizes by the Japan Advertising Photographers’ Association (APA) are presented in this volume. This is a must-have title for commercial photographers. Pie Books. ISBN 9784756240798. Hardback. $115.
Kent Kleinman et al, editors
This well-curated collection documents new theories and emerging critical practices in the field of interior design. It investigates taste, a concept central to the formation of the discipline in the 18th century that was repudiated by architects in the early 20th century, but which continues to play an important role in interior design today. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 9781616890261. Paperback. $52.50.
Blurring the boundary between real and surreal, Altered Images presents digital photography works by contemporary artists who are pushing post-production image-making to its limits. Full-page images accompanied by interviews with the artists. Gingko Press. ISBN 9781908211002. Hardback. $59.50.
Jean-Loup Daraux
A vivid photographic tour of French interior designer Jean-Loup Daraux’s country home in the south of France. Following a path through the house and garden, Daraux helps the reader to discover a few of the secrets that helped him design the house in a rich French country style. Verba Volant. ISBN 9781905216222. Hardback. $140.
Hentschel, Martin
One hundred and fifty images tracing the career of the Leipzig-born photographer, covering nearly 30 years of his work. Hatje Cantz. ISBN 9783775730228. Hardback. $83.50.
Andreas Mühe is one of the shooting stars of the German photography scene and a sought-after portraitist of prominent politicians and celebrities. Mühe takes analog photographs using a large-format camera. Whether he captures people or landscapes, his pictures are always surrounded by an aura of artificiality and unreality, exuding a sense of gloom and even menace. Distanz Verlag. ISBN 9783942405430. Hardback. $120.
Featuring over 300 examples of designs, this focuses on Jonathan Ive, Senior Vice President of Industrial Design for Apple, who since 1997 has been responsible for the design of all of the company’s products. Over the past decade, Ive and his team of designers wrote electronics design history with their standard-setting iMacs, iPhones, iPods, and iPads. Their design has made a significant contribution to the brand’s cult status. Hatje Cantz. ISBN 9783775730112. Paperback. $83.50.
Christine Schöpf, Gerfried Stocker, Hannes Leopoldseder (eds)
Ars Electronica on the Search for the Origin: How and Where it All Begins. In co-operation with CERN, the international research institute, where over ten thousand scientists from many different nations are attempting to understand the creation of the universe and the origin of all material, Ars Electronica 2011 is working at the intersection of art, science and philosophy. Hatje Cantz. ISBN 9783775731805. Paperback. $58.50.
Enter the incredible world of Alex Pardee - inhabited by a disturbing menagerie of misfit monsters and improbable superheroes plucked from the very nightmares of childhood, documented here with 250 colour illustrations. Gingko Press. ISBN 9781584234463. Paperback. $45.
Marc Leverton
Showcases street murals by the enigmatic British artist Banksy, mixed in with anecdotes that blur the line between fact and fiction to paint a picture of the world’s most famous anonymous artist. Gingko Press. ISBN 9781908211019. Paperback. $14.95.
Kiriakos Iosifidis
Nearly 900 bike-inspired artworks on canvas, paper, walls, pedestals, bike frames, clothing and skin. In addition designers compete to make the most original ride, and a section showcases bike festivals, performing arts and good works. Gingko Press. ISBN 9781584234777. Hardback. $50.
A collection of exquisite photographs of bonsai grouped by month – featuring many seasonal examples of these miniature trees from January to December. Pie Books. ISBN 9784756240941. Paperback. $60.
99 projects by Vienna architecture practice Caramel – buildings, designs, studies, art and actions, castles in the air and hot-air balloons. Glossy pictures to leaf through, texts that no one, except architectural critics, wants to read? Not likely! Springer Verlag. ISBN 9783709105115. Hardback. $90.
Narelle Yabuka
Packed with examples of the ingenious ways architects, designers, artists and craftspeople have harnessed cardboard’s amazing qualities of strength and sound absorption. Projects featured include the conversion of a Paris industrial space into a youthful and dynamic office; a collection of do-it-yourself cardboard furniture for kids; and a flat-packed recyclable Christmas tree that comes with an assortment of cardboard decorations. Gingko Press. ISBN 9781584233718. Paperback. $44.50.
Isaac Cordal
The British sculptor Isaac Cordal creates little people from concrete and sets them in ‘real situations’. His work, found in gutters, on top of buildings and bus shelters, is documented here in 180 photos. Gingko Press. ISBN 9780955912184. Hardback. $33.
Chi Peng
The most important works created by the Chinese photographer between 2003 and 2010. Hatje Cantz. ISBN 9783775731324. Hardback. $73.50.
Caroline Stummel (ed)
First monograph on the complete works of the Japanese installation and performance artist. Hatje Cantz. ISBN 9783775731560. Hardback. $105.
Surprise and artistic annoyance aggravate the boundary between sculpture and Conceptual Art in the Austrian artist’s work. Hatje Cantz. ISBN 9783775731836. Paperback. $73.50.
Museum Haus Konstruktiv
An intriguing and multifaceted examination of the development of Concrete, Constructivist, and Conceptual Art. Hatje Cantz. ISBN 9783775728416. Hardback. $120.
Tons of ideas for designing cool stuff using type, lines, squares, circles, colour combination etc. without photographs or illustrations. No need to spend money on special illustrations and photographic materials – just get clever ideas from here! Pie Books. ISBN 9784756240620. Hardback. $115.
Nikos Papastergiadis (ed)
Documenta Notebook series on the lecture notes of philosopher, economist, social critic, political thinker and psychoanalyst Cornelius Castoriadis (1922–1997), written not on note paper but whatever came to hand, whether the backs of ration cards or the empty lines in a conference program. Selected by Australian Nikos Papastergiadis, who has also written the introduction. Hatje Cantz. ISBN 9783775728706. Paperback – stapled. $16.50.
The latest in corporate brochure and annual report design from around the world, with works grouped by industry in a must-have reference for commercial graphic designers. Pie Books. ISBN 9784756240514. Hardback. $120.
Marshall McLuhan
In the same year that Wyndham Lewis published Self Condemned, Marshall McLuhan took inspiration from Lewis’s journal Blast and produced Counterblast, intended, like Self Condemned, to shake the city of Toronto out of its smugness, complacency and spiritual torpor. In Counterblast McLuhan worked out the model of media analysis that would find full expression in his writings through more than 30 years. Gingko Press. ISBN 9781584234524. Hardback. $29.95.
Janice Lowry’s art includes assemblages that are like Joseph Cornell’s boxes, surreal 3-D worlds made of found objects, as well as mixed-media paintings and Dada-esque collages of printed matter. This is both an epitaph and an insightful look into Lowry’s work and influences. Grand Central Art Center. ISBN 9780981798745. Hardback. $67.50.
Christine Schöpf, Gerfried Stocker, Hannes Leopoldseder (eds)
The recipients of the Prix Ars Electronica 2011: the trend barometer of media art. Brimming with pictures and texts by artists and members of the jury, this book documents the outstanding works from the Prix Ars Electronica 2011. The DVD presents a selection of prizewinning submissions dealing with current trends. Hatje Cantz. ISBN 9783775731812. Paperback & DVD. $100.
Philippe Büttner (ed)
Featuring exemplary works by prominent Surrealists – from Salvador Dalí, Max Ernst and Joan Miró to René Magritte, Yves Tanguy and Meret Oppenheim – this is a new documentation of the origins, history, and current impact of Surrealism. Hatje Cantz. ISBN 9783775731614. Hardback. $105.
The first art-historical compendium on the dynamics of the line in drawing and dance assembles works by about 40 different artists in an attempt to find a place in art history for the affinities between contemporary dance and the modern visual arts. Hatje Cantz. ISBN 9783775731639. Hardback. $62.50.
Nikolaus Gansterer
A reader on the role of drawing in thought, in relation to science, art and theory, organised as a series of hypotheses by numerous scientists and artists. Springer Verlag. ISBN 9783709108024. Paperback. $87.50.
Margot Krasojevic
A collection of architectural design projects that give an overview of philosophical theories of the real. Chapters on hyperreality and simulacra within postmodern philosophy, drawing on Jean Baudrillard; semiology and the authority of form; complexity and noumenon/non-Euclidean geometry; the exhausted confines of structuralist theory according to Roland Barthes; and authenticity, with the aim to describe how we perceive reality and the urban fabric. Springer Verlag. ISBN 9783709108154. Paperback. $43.50.
Useful and cool ideas in graphic design, photo direction, printing and post-printing techniques for eye-catching design on a budget. Designers can pick up an idea from this book and apply it to their next assignment. Plus special cover with a face and peel-off face parts that you can rearrange. Pie Books. ISBN 9784756240705. Hardback. $115.
Hannah Collins
Photographer Hannah Collins sought out the sources of around 30 foods and ingredients Ferran Adrià uses in his famous restaurant elBulli. The images show the cultivated landscapes of their origin as well as the physical properties of the respective foods, accompanying them during their transformation into products and their journeys through processing and regional preparation. Hatje Cantz. ISBN 9783775732109. Hardback. $83.50.
Franco Berardi
Bifo (Franco Berardi) undertakes a critical examination of the current political situation that prevails in his homeland, Italy, where both media and politics have been under the influence of Prime Minister and media magnate Silvio Berlusconi for three decades. Berardi was the founder of Radio Alice and is an activist and thinker of Autonomia. Hatje Cantz. ISBN 9783775728768. Paperback. $8.50.
Swiss artist François Berthoud (born 1961) is one of the world’s foremost fashion illustrators. He began working in Milan in 1982, and gained worldwide prominence through his work for magazines such as Vanity and Vogue. His work has appeared in countless advertising campaigns – from Yves Saint Laurent, Bulgari, Calzedonia and Ferragamo to Viktor & Rolf and Sonia Rykiel. Hatje Cantz. ISBN 9783775730143. Paperback. $73.50.
Friedrich Seidenstücker (1882–1966) is noted for his atmospheric photographs of everyday life in Berlin during the Weimar Republic, and his haunting pictures of Berlin in ruins are a precious source of material for historians. With more than 280 duotone examples of his work. Hatje Cantz. ISBN 9783775731317. Hardback. $94.50.
Marshall McLuhan
Six years after the publication of his seminal work, Understanding Media: the Extensions of Man, Marshall McLuhan linked his insights into media to his love of literature and produced From Cliché to Archetype. In these pages, readers learn how to look at stale clichés with fresh eyes, as artists do, and discover that clichés provide the key to understanding Modernism, from the puns of James Joyce to Ionesco’s Theater of the Absurd. Gingko Press USA. ISBN 9781584230663. Hardback. $36.95.
Heine, Achim
Beginning in the ’60s, Polaroid supplied artists around the world, from Ansel Adams to Andy Warhol, with their latest products. In return, 4,400 works by 800 photographers found their way into the company’s International Collection at their European headquarters near Frankfurt. Features 230 selected Polaroid masterpieces and new Impossible instant photography by contemporary artists such as Stefanie Schneider and Nobuyoshi Araki. Hatje Cantz. ISBN 9783775732215. Hardback. $83.50.
Goran Djurovic
The second monograph on Belgrade-born Goran Djurovic’s work features more than 100 of his delicate yet dark and disturbing paintings. Hatje Cantz. ISBN 9783775731942. Hardback. $73.50.
Gregory Crewdson
The American middle-class nightmare: nothing is clean, orderly, idyllic, or romantic. In his perfectly staged, hyper-realistic tableaux, photographer Gregory Crewdson (born 1962) reveals the claustrophobic limbo and abyss of spiritual repression that is the typical suburb. Features more than 70 of Crewdson’s photos. Hatje Cantz. ISBN 9783775731362. Hardback. $71.50.
Andres Janser (ed)
Contemporary buildings and projects in their cultural and urban-planning contexts. With 200 photos and illustrations. Hatje Cantz. ISBN 9783775729932. Hardback. $83.50.
Katsushika Hokusai, 1760-1849, was a master of Ukiyo-e art, depicting ordinary people’s lives, animals, plants, landscapes and human figures, historical and supernatural, even demons and monsters, in a 15-volume visual encyclopaedia. This selects pieces from each volume and compiles them into one book of nearly 700 pages. Pie Books. ISBN 97848944440699. Paperback. $75.
Mathias Braschler, Monika Fischer
Compelling portraits of victims of climate change. In 2009, Mathias Braschler and Monika Fischer traveled to 16 countries around the world, taking photographs and conducting interviews with people whose existence is threatened by the consequences of climate change – from Guangxi in China to Africa’s Lake Chad and Western Alaska. Hatje Cantz. ISBN 9783775728071. Hardback. $62.50.
Interior Pop! features spaces which maximise the communication role of interior design within a new visual system, attracting and sustaining our attention with freestyle interiors that juxtapose visual art, sculptural installations, graphics, patterns, and spatiality. Gingko Press USA. ISBN 9781584233992. Hardback. $59.50.
Joachim Grommek
In his geometrical, abstract works, Joachim Grommek often refers to art history and artists such as Kasimir Malevich, Piet Mondrian, Blinky Palermo and Robert Ryman. This is the first major monograph on the artist's treatment of illusion and deception. With 100 illustrations in colour. Hatje Cantz. ISBN 9783775730044. Hardback. $62.50.
Johan Grimonprez
This reader brings together the most insightful dialogues and critiques on the work of Johan Grimonprez (born 1962 in Belgium) and assembles fragments of his film scripts for the very first time. Hatje Cantz. ISBN 9783775731300. Hardback. $62.50.
Presents work by more than 20 leading artists, designers and illustrators exploring the figurative line, from the irreverent cartoon style of Johnny Ryan to fine drawings by Josh Cochran marked by precision and depth and the mysterious miniature universes portrayed by Evah Fan. Gingko Press USA. ISBN 9781584234234. Hardback. $45.
Second volume of Juxtapoz Tattoo presents the work of tattooists working at the cutting edge of their artform. Gingko Press USA. ISBN 9781584234227. Hardback. $45.
Kevin Erskine
Fascinating and breathtaking large-format photographs of severe weather – enormous cloud masses in continually different formations, be it before a thunderstorm, during a tornado, red in the evening sun or forebodingly dark purple or black by night. Hatje Cantz. ISBN 9783775732093. Hardback. $120.
Presents the work of 10 designers and studios working with letterpress in New York and San Francisco, studios that produce exquisite custom-made cards and stationery, including Dutch Door Press, Hello! Lucky, Austin Press, Sesame Letterpress and more. Pie Books. ISBN 9784756240422. Paperback. $42.50.
London-based artist Lothar Götz (born1963 in Günzburg, Germany) creates brightly coloured geometric murals with an emphasis on architectural references and concepts of space. This presents his work, and the drawings that inspire it. Hatje Cantz. ISBN 9783775730020. Hardback. $83.50.
R. Klanten, S. Ehmann, K. Bolhofer eds.
New technologies such as LEDs and OLEDs are inspiring designers and manufacturers to develop new forms of interior lighting. Lux features an inspiring range of current approaches to the use of light that represent a fundamental change in the technical and aesthetic possibilities available. Die Gestalten Verlag. ISBN 9783899553734. Hardback. $70.
Mario Garcia Torres
In his notebook, Mexican artist Mario Garcia Torres invites the reader to share in his thoughts on the relation between being a guest and being a host. Hatje Cantz. ISBN 9783775728751. Paperback. $12.50.
Marrigje de Maar
Beautiful photos of the spaces people live in in China today, taken by the Dutch photographer during five trips to that country. Hatje Cantz. ISBN 9783775730013. Hardback. $83.50.
Max Beckmann
Max Beckmann is one of the titans of modern art, although he considered himself the last of the Old Masters. This publication examines his landscape paintings, full of splendid painterly qualities and a potent experience of nature. With 135 illustrations. Hatje Cantz. ISBN 9783775731478. Hardback. $105.
Bryan Cantley
The work of Bryan Cantley, and his firm, Form:uLA, based in Los Angeles, is intended to be confounding – a practice that is a theory, a theory of practice, practice as theory. This book documents Cantley’s work, lavishly illustrated and combined with essays by Aaron Betsky, Dora Epstein Jones, Ruth Keffer, Wes Jones + Doug Jackson and Neil Spiller. Springer Verlag. ISBN 9783709108345. Paperback. $43.50.
James & Karla Murray
Photographers James and Karla Murray reinterpret the shops from their bestselling book Store Front: The Disappearing Face of New York with the help of top street and graffiti artists. These institutions were reproduced at close to life-size scale and then painted over by artists such as Blanco, Lady Pink, Zoltron, Dave Cooper and Billi Kid during an art installation presented by Gawker Artists. Gingko Press USA. ISBN 9781584234210. Board book. $22.
Focuses on Mondrian’s development toward abstraction – from his early works in the circle of the Neo-Impressionist luminists to his neoplasticist period. A second focus is De Stijl’s interdisciplinary approach, looking at period furniture, clothing and architectural drawings and models. Hatje Cantz. ISBN 9783775730235. Hardback. $83.50.
Simple design that sets off photographs, type, white space and other elements to their fullest has a universal beauty. This is a great source book of simple design ideas. Pie Books. ISBN 9784756240767. Hardback. $115.
Avi Friedman
After visiting 12 unique spots around the world, architect and writer Avi Friedman asked himself what made being there memorable. Whether strolling, dining, looking or getting lost, certain locales pulled at his memory long after he bid farewell to the natives. The Nature of Place is about Friedman's intricate and emotional connection to place, and what makes these places work, and is perfect for the frequent traveller and the frequent dreamer. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 9781616890384. Paperback. $29.95.
Joachim Jäger
Richly illustrated book on Mies Van Der Rohe’s National Gallery, Berlin, which opened in 1968 and is considered one of the icons of modern architecture. Hatje Cantz. ISBN 9783775731454. Hardback. $41.50.
Focusing on successful graphic works for “eco” products and services as well as graphics using “eco” materials, this book is a must-have reference for designers working with eco and green projects. Pie Books. ISBN 9784756240576. Hardback. $90.
This reference book focuses on promising Japanese women creators: graphic designers, illustrators and photographers, and presents their commercial works. Each spread includes one creator’s works, a profile and contact information. Pie Books. ISBN 9784756240392. Paperback. $60.
Stephen Taylor
Stephen Taylor came across a 250-year-old oak while on a walk in Essex, England, shortly after the deaths of his mother and close friend – a tragic time that brought him back to painting and then to an obsession with realism and colour perception. He painted the same oak scores of times over a period of three years, in extremes of weather and light, at all times of day and night. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 9781616890322. Hardback. $45.
Charles Bloszies
Old Buildings, New Designs is an Architecture Brief devoted to working within a given architectural fabric – from the technical issues that arise from ageing construction to the controversy generated by the various project stakeholders to the unique aesthetic possibilities created through the juxtaposition of old and new. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 9781616890353. Paperback. $37.50.
A collection of 400 outstanding pieces of work by Eksell, one of the most respected and distinguished Swedish graphic designers. Eskell, who died in 2007 at the age of 87, created the iconic eye logotype for Mazzeti Cacao and produced ad campaigns, book covers, children’s book illustrations, textiles and more. Pie Books. ISBN 9784894445475. Paperback. $60.
RomanyWG
A collection of artworks found in empty rooms in derelict buildings – graffiti, stencils, murals and more in abandoned factories, warehouses, industrial sites and churches. Documented in great, atmospheric photos and featuring the work of around 30 prominent street artists. Gingko Press. ISBN 9780955912177. Hardback. $59.50.
New York-based illustrator Tomer Hanuka is known for vividly drawn and intensely colourful book covers, comics and editorial work. Hanuka contributed art to the award-winning film Waltz With Bashir. Gingko Press USA. ISBN 9781584234654. Hardback. $44.50.
Vladimir Nabokov
At the heart of Nabokov’s Pale Fire beats a 999-line poem, penned by its fictional hero, John Shade. This first-ever facsimile edition of the poem shows it to be a masterpiece of American poetry, albeit by an invented persona. This box contains two booklets - the poem “Pale Fire” in a pocket edition and the book of essays by Boyd and Gwynn - as well as facsimiles of the index cards that John Shade used for composing his poem, printed as Nabokov described them. Gingko Press USA. ISBN 9781584234319. Box set of two books. $52.50.
This is a resource book with more than 300 examples of paper and cloth patterns useful for design backgrounds, including image files on CD-ROM in JPEG and PNG formats. Examples of the use of these materials are also shown for extra design inspiration. Pie Books. ISBN 9784756240262. Paperback plus CDROM. $55.
Helen Armstrong and Zvezdana Stojmirovic
Users of websites such as Flickr, Threadless, WordPress, Youtube, Etsy and Lulu approach design with the expectation that they will be able to fill in the content. How will such a shift toward bottom-up creation affect the design industry? Participate considers historical and contemporary models of creation that provide ideas for harnessing user-generated content through participatory design. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 9781616890254. Paperback. $37.50.
Almost all of the great 20th-century portraitists photographed Pablo Picasso, including Cecil Beaton, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Doisneau, Man Ray, Irving Penn and Lee Miller. Here are around 200 photos of Picasso taken over a period of five decades. Hatje Cantz. ISBN 9783775731997. Hardback. $71.50.
Klaus Klemp, Matthias Wagner
Iceland is home to an incredibly vibrant creative milieu and thriving design scene. Against this backdrop, Randscharf – on the Cutting Edge is an inspirational collection of the best contemporary designers in fashion, interior design and visual communication from that country today. Die Gestalten Verlag. ISBN 9783899553901. Hardback. $70.
Richard Prince
Richard Prince: Collected Writings is the first collection of selected short works by American artist Richard Prince. Written between 1974 and 2009, these 35 pieces of prose explore everything from Franz Kline to Woodstock, and include revealing musings on the revolutionary approach to photography central to Prince's technique. Hatje Cantz. ISBN 9783775731768. Hardback. $62.50.
Rimpa, one of the major movements of Japanese painting, was founded in Kyoto in the 17th century by Hon’ami Koetsu and Tawaraya Sotatsu. A feature of Rimpa is its rich decorative style using gold leaf. Simple natural subjects such as birds, flowers and plants were often used as motifs. Rimpa artists worked in various formats, notably folding screens, hanging scrolls, fans, woodblock printed books, lacquer ware, ceramics and textiles. Pie Books. ISBN 9784894448988. Paperback. $60.
Roman Bezjak
Slovenian photographer Bezjak’s photographs of residential buildings, institutions, hotels and palaces of culture in familiar and foreign places – from Tallinn and Tirana to Dresden and Dnipropetrovsk. His series render an archaeology of post-war architectural modernism without glorifying the former Eastern Bloc. Hatje Cantz. ISBN 9783775731881. Hardback. $83.50.
Sandra Kantanen
Unusual, beautiful landscape photos of China, Japan, Finland, and Tibet by a young Finnish photographer. Hatje Cantz. ISBN 9783775731911. Hardback. $73.50.
Features the interiors, graphics and products of many beautiful, striking and funky contemporary shops in Scandinavia. Pie Books. ISBN 9784756240460. Hardback. $115.
Donna Haraway
Part of the Documenta Notebook series. “Sf is that potent material semiotic sign for the riches of speculative fabulation, speculative feminism, science fiction, science fact, science fantasy – and, I suggest, string figures.” From the book. Donna Haraway is the author of 1985’s influential A Cyborg Manifesto. Hatje Cantz. ISBN 9783775728829. Paperback – stapled. $12.50.
Stella Hamberg
The focus of the sculptural vocabulary of Stella Hamberg (born 1975 in Friedberg) is the human being, the same figure that has predominantly stood at the center of sculpture throughout art history. This is the first monograph on Hamberg’s work. Hatje Cantz. ISBN 9783775731584. Paperback. $46.50.
Ryan McGinness
A tongue-in-cheek guide to producing studio artwork to McGinness’s own exacting standards and building a design business as successful as his. Gingko Press. ISBN 9788461469581. Paperback. $89.50.
Nathan Spoor
Drawing from interior and exterior influences, the artists featured work in a variety of mediums to present vivid scenes that leave narrative to the imagination and meaning open to interpretation. A survey of contemporary lowbrow art in the USA. Gingko Press USA. ISBN 9781584234470. Hardback. $52.50.
Renowned sushi chef Kazuo Nagayama’s own sushi recipes are presented here with exquisitely photographed examples that show the painstaking work that goes into making this jewel of Japanese cuisine. Arranged by season according to the availability of ingredients, with thoughtful descriptions and infographics. Pie Books. ISBN 9784756241344. Paperback. $40.
Kunstmuseum Bonn
A cross-section of Swiss conceptual photography with works by artists such as John Baldessari, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Sigmar Polke, Imi Knoebel, Martin Kippenberger, Thomas Ruff, Andreas Gursky, Fischli & Weiss, Roman Signer, Richard Prince, Jeff Wall, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Stan Douglas, Ken Lum, and Gabriel Orozco. Hatje Cantz. ISBN 9783775729987. Hardback. $83.50.
Lois Weinthal
Interior design, as a relatively young discipline, has been interpreted as an extension of other fine arts. Narratives exist, but they all too often treat interior design as a function of architecture or display rather than experience. An independent interior design theory is virtually nonexistent. Weinthal envisions a future where interior design is treated on a par with architecture and industrial design. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 9781616890308. Paperback. $67.50.
Features the Tuscan homes of 20 artists from all over the world. Neither modest nor lavish, these houses demonstrate that sober elegance, uncontrived architecture and true harmony with the landscape are where the beauty of this region lies, a beauty that artists have always been able to embrace. Verba Volant. ISBN 9781905216352. Hardback. $60.
Aapo Bovellan, Chris Merrick
Twenty-six characters details how Nokia’s new typeface, Nokia Pure, was designed and developed by typography icon Bruno Maag. Twenty-six characters is also design inspiration, a specimen sheet, a rough guide to typography, and the tale of a global business undergoing radical change. Die Gestalten Verlag. ISBN 9783899553888. Hardback. $60.
Marshall McLuhan:
This critical edition of McLuhan’s Understanding Media features an appendix that makes available for the first time the core of the research project that spawned the book. Individual chapter notes are supported by a glossary of terms, indices of subjects, names, and works cited. Gingko Press USA. ISBN 9781584230731. Hardback. $36.95.
Cleon Daniel
Unventions are simply everyday objects that we are already familiar with, and Unventions tells new stories about the things around us, releasing them from the mundane and the everyday so they can take on new roles. Gingko Press. ISBN 9781908211033. Hardback. $24.50.
David Barnes
David Barnes is a multimedia artist and performer best known for his work with his brother Kevin’s band Of Montreal. His interpretations of the band’s work include memorable album covers and theatrical live performances. What’s Weird collects 20 years of his work, including more than 100 paintings and hundreds of sketches and doodles in his unique style. Gingko Press. ISBN 9780983387404. Paperback. $52.50.
Sabine Himmelsbach (ed)
Unusual projects in photography, video, painting and installation, each one with the sky as its theme. With works by by Alex Cecchetti, Peter Coffin, Cerith Wyn Evans, Spencer Finch, Olia Lialina, Matt Mullican, Lisa Oppenheim, Trevor Paglen, Katie Paterson, Walid Raad/The Atlas Group, Semiconductor and Joe Winter. Hatje Cantz. ISBN 9783775731751. Paperback. $62.50.
Wim Wender
FIlmmaker Wenders has assembled a fascinating series of large-scale photographs taken from 1983 to 2011 in countries all over the world. From his iconic images of exteriors and buildings to his panoramic depictions of towns and landscapes, this book presents the full range of Wenders’s photography. Hatje Cantz. ISBN 9783775731485. Hardback. $52.50.
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