Individual designers Books
Phaidon Press Ltd Omer Arbel
Book SynopsisA dynamic, highly visual, and in-depth study of Omer Arbel, the internationally celebrated and collected multi-disciplinary designer and master of sculptural lighting The work of Omer Arbel Office moves fluidly between the fields of design, architecture, sculpture, and invention. This monograph brings together twenty-two compelling projects – from lighting works for Bocci to furniture and standalone homes – to reveal practice founder Arbel's radical design ethos, which is rooted in material experimentation and collaboration. Organized by four thematic chapters and richly illustrated with beautiful product photography interwoven with preparatory drawings and ephemera, this book provides unique insight into Arbel's highly diverse practice. With essays by guest contributors including American curator Glenn Adamson and senior design curator at the V&A, Brendan Cormier, and excerpted historical texts from seminal writers, artists, and thinkers – from Sigmund Freud to Robert Smithson – which provide compelling cultural context for this stimulating contemporary studio.
£55.96
Phaidon Press Ltd Jens Risom: A Seat at the Table
Book SynopsisAs featured in Bookforum, ELLE Decor, and Interior Design MagazineThe first and only monograph on the life and work of the iconic Danish-American mid-century furniture designer Jens Risom – an unsung hero of Mid-Century Modern designJens Risom, a key figure in mid-century modern design, was one of the first designers to introduce Scandinavian design to the United States and his highly collectible original work is currently selling for large sums at auction. In 1942, Risom’s designs formed the majority of the inaugural collection of original furniture for the iconic Hans Knoll Furniture Company and many of his key pieces are still in production today, by leading manufacturers including Knoll, Design Within Reach, De Padova, Camira, and Ralph Pucci. This, the first authoritative biography of Risom, spans his education in Denmark, early collaborations with Georg Jensen and Hans Knoll, the creation of his own company – Jen Risom Design – his celebrated prefab house on Block Island, RI, as well as his legacy and presence in the 21st century. With unique access to a plethora of never-before-seen sketches, photographs and ephemera, this book proves, as the immortal slogan in his iconic ad campaign shot by Richard Avedon tells us, ‘The answer is Risom’.Trade Review'Richly illustrated.' - Booklist 'Risom's implicitly ecological bent toward inventively reusing and adapting available materials has lessons for the future.' - Bookforum 'Filled with its treasures, from the designer's meticulously composed drawings and fashionable advertisements to personal diaries, photographs, and mementos.' Galerie 'It's perfect for the design buff in your life.' - ELLE Decor 'Thorough, generously illustrated, and long overdue.' - Interior Design Magazine 'Author Vicky Lowry finally gives [Risom] his proper due.' - Azure 'Even to the previously uninitiated, his woven seating options and way with wood are bound to ring familiar.' - AD Pro
£80.00
HarperCollins Publishers Labour of Love: Over 20 knitting patterns for
Book SynopsisThis beautiful new book of functional, stylish designs for little girls contains over 20 unique knitting patterns for sweaters, cardigans, dresses and tops, skirts and snoods and charming accessories. Combining true comfort with contemporary design, in a world where time is precious and clothes are often mass-produced, Danish knitwear designer Vibe Ulrik Sondergaard has produced a delightful range of garments that are definitely worth investing time into. Many of the designs focus on texture and shape in solid colours, and all aim to be functional for active children. They are feminine but not too childish in look and feel. Beautiful stitches, quirky details, classic shapes and lush yarns are combined to inspire others to create their own ‘Labour of Love’. Word count: 19,500
£12.74
David & Charles Preston Tucker and Others: Tales of Brilliant
Book SynopsisCan you imagine a world where people drive beautiful and unusual cars, created by designers prodigiously endowed with talent and imagination? Names like Preston Tucker, Carl Borgward and John DeLorean are hardly known today. Nevertheless, today's cars would be a lot different without their contributions to automotive engineering. Although the car is a technological and rational affair, it's the dreamers and eccentrics like these who have made the biggest contribution to the development of the industry; those who have had the ability to think beyond their time and conventions. Money doesn't drive progress in the car business - it is a passion for speed, and an obsession with mechanisms. Yet for many a dreamer, this passion has ended in fiasco. Misunderstood and pushed aside by their contemporaries, they have been forced to watch their dreams trampled underfoot. This book takes a look at the history of the car from a different angle, avoiding the mainstream moguls and telling a story about a man and his dream, and the like-minded people that came before and after him. Lavishly illustrated and intensively researched, it documents the making of some of the strangest and greatest cars of the past century. The main section is devoted to the unsung heroes of motoring, and the rest of the book shines a light on the many ingenious inventions we now take for granted. Let's show some respect to the dreamers. Our world wouldn't be so exciting without them.Trade Review"Packs plenty to fascinate anoraks of obscure cars and their masterminds." - Classic & Sports Car "Well worth a read." - Octane "This is a fascinating book - an excellent selection of pictures bears testimony to the far side of car design." - Classic Cars "Innovation and engineers go hand in hand, and this book celebrate automotive trail blazers such as Preston Tucker and Guy Negre. There's a lot in here, which proves how ahead of their time many of these automotive geniuses really were." - Practical Classics "Preston Tucker & Others is highly recommended for any auto buff interested in automotive innovators. It celebrates the pioneering innovators of automotive designs who took radical approaches to design, and offers a history lavishly illustrated, well researched and packed with color photos. A top pick for any collection strong in auto innovations and history!" - Bookwatch "A great look at the more unusual elements of automotive history." - Daily Express We at Car Articles can thoroughly recommend Preston Tucker & Others - Tales of brilliant automotive innovators & innovations. It offers a rather unique insight into automotive history without being overly dense and difficult to read. As the book states on page 5 in the Introduction - "Let's show some respect to the dreamers. Our world wouldn't be quite so exciting without them." We salute that sentiment, just make sure not to bore too many people at the pub with your new found car knowledge! cararticles.co.uk This is a superb round-up of noteworthy inventions by unsung heroes of the automotive industry that have shaped the design and technology of today’s cars. fleet transport magazineTable of ContentsPart 1 - The dreamers John DeLorean - Sweet, Fast Life A look into both the private and business life of the famous John DeLorean, following his extraordinary road from success to complete failure. Preston Tucker - Too Good for his Time The life of Indy 500 engineer Preston Tucker, and the strange fate of his helicopter-powered car, Torpedo, still regarded as one of the best cars of all times. Felix Wankel The genius German engineer, author of the only working prototype of a rotary engine, who was not recognized until after his death. Gabriel Voisin Known as the greatest design philosopher of his time. Inspired by industrial fantasists Clement Ader and Le Corbusier, his cars fulfilled an idea of ergonomics coupled with unusual shapes. Carl Borgward Building the best cars in Germany was not enough. A true story about how BMW destroyed its competitor in 1961. Malcolm Bricklin Also known as the unsinkable Bricklin. He has had more failures and scandals than anyone else in the car business, yet surprisingly he has never been in jail and still keeps generating crazy ideas. Gerald Wiegert A man whose quest was to build the first All-American supercar that would be better than Lamborghini. He fulfilled his dream by creating the Vector W8, but had to pay a price like other dreamers. Roumen Antonov The Bulgarian inventor, currently living in Paris, invented a revolutionary new type of internal combustion engine, a new gearbox, and tried to revive the Bugatti Atlantic in his 4-stroke prototype. Still operating with huge losses, he will probably come out as a winner eventually. Guy Negre He surprised the world by inventing a way to produce cheap zero-emission vehicles. His Air-car is powered by compressed air, but the start of mass-production has been postponed since 2000. The next launch date is 2011 - is it going to be yet another failure? Part 2 - Times and countries Panhard & Levassor The trailblazers of the French car industry, Panhard & Levassor are now totally forgotten, despite pioneering the front engine layout that is still used in modern day car production. The last romantics Producing exclusive and pricey cars in France of the 50s and 60s was probably a crazy idea. That's why Facel Vega, Monica and even Citroen failed. No luxury car has been mass-produced in France after 1970. The end of the royal cars The unfortunate timeline of events that led Britain from being the top car manufacturer in Europe to a country where there are no native cars produced at all. Under the red stamp A tribute to the talented car designers of Russia whose projects failed to see daylight. The story ends on a more positive note, telling about the achievements of Russian contemporary designers. Part 3 - There is nothing new about a car Internal combustion engine Popular culture has made Gottlieb Daimler the inventor of the internal combustion engine. However, the idea was first described by Al-Jazari and Leonardo da Vinci, the first working prototype was allegedly built by Huygens back in 1673, but it was an Englishman who patented the first working engine. Electric cars An electric car is not an invention of the 21st century. In fact, the concept has existed for more than 170 years. The first working example was built in 1834. Fuel cells How about the naughty announcement by General Motors in 1967 that it had invented a fuel cell powered car, suggesting it had developed the entire idea? The first fuel cell was built by William Robert Grove in 1838. Turbo boost The invaluable invention was patented by coal-miner Francis Roots in 1860. Carburettor Neither Karl Benz nor Donat Banki was the first man to build a carburettor. Siegfried Markus created a brush carburettor in 1875, and Frederick Lanchester built his wick carburettor around 1890. Disc brakes The first set of disc brakes was produced by Frederick Lanchester in 1901, yet 107 years later, there are producers that still mount drum brakes on their cars. 4x4 car Four-wheel drive was first designed by a Dutch firm, Spyker, in 1902. Just five years later the Caldwell brothers pushed the boundaries even further by creating a 4x4 car with a four-wheel steering system that allowed the car to move sideways. Windscreen wiper One of the only automotive inventions contributed by a lady. Mary Anderson patented the first windscreen wiper in 1905 and Charlotte Bridgewood improved her design in 1917. Electric horn Although pneumatic klaxons were in use up until the early '30s, the first electric horn was invented in 1908. Fuel injection system Although the modern fuel injection system was perfected by Bosch during the '50s, it was as early as 1898 that Frederick Lanchester started experimenting with injection. 1910 is the year when the first steadily working fuel injection system was built by Adam Farwell. Motor starter A simple hand crank was used to start an engine in early motor cars. It was both tough and dangerous. Charles Kettering built a working example of an electric starter in 1910 but it took almost 40 years for all carmakers around the world to stop using hand cranks. Hydraulic brakes Malcolm Lockheed invented hydraulic brakes in 1918. Although his invention was considered suspicious, it took only three years for hydraulic brakes to appear on a Duesenberg. They had no choice - the car was too fast and too heavy for anything else to be able to stop it. Short and exciting facts about car ergonomics and other inventions, like the first car stereo, first front-wheel drive car, first fuel station, electric windows and air-bags. 6 Index by model name, code, issue date
£16.99
Titan Books Ltd Start Your Engines
Book Synopsis"Start Your Engines" compiles works from Scott Robertson's, vast archives of ground vehicle drawings and renderings, and features the following chapters: Cars, Bicycles, Snowcraft Mechanimals and selected work from the conceptual design of vehicles for the video games "Field Commander" and "Spy Hunter 2". The Cars chapter comprises about half of this book and features original designs both futuristic and retrospective.
£21.24
ACC Art Books Jean Muir: Beyond Fashion
Book SynopsisWith the closure of Jean Muir Ltd. in 2007, interest in the life and work of the Iconic British fashion designer has never been greater. Jean Muir (1928-1995), doyenne of dressmaking, is forever associated with the 'little black dress'. Her signature style married a distinctive purity of line with a soft fluidity on the body, to create the sensuous, deceptively simple clothes that became her trademark, epitomised by her work in matte jersey, and in particular her jersey dresses, which brought her legendary status in an internationally-renowned career that spanned four decades. Working with a range of fabrics, which apart from her matte jersey included wools, silks, suedes, leather, and fine cashmere, she was the first designer on the international stage to apply couture quality and craftsmanship in her collections. Whilst the French accorded her the title 'la nouvelle Reine de la Robe', the actress Joanna Lumley, a Jean Muir house model in the '70s, who has worn Muir designs ever since, famously stated that, 'every woman should have a Jean Muir in her wardrobe'. Her designs were constant favourites with artistic, literary, and dramatic personalities drawn to the discreet luxe and timeless femininity of her clothes: Dame Judi Dench, Dame Maggie Smith, Lady Olivier, Charlotte Rampling, Lauren Bacall, Barbra Streisand, Bridget Riley, Dame Elisabeth Frink, Lady Antonia Fraser, Dame Diana Rigg, whose actress daughter, Rachael Stirling now also wears Muir. This beautifully illustrated book highlights the variety and appeal of a career that covered every aspect of the fashion world, and includes many of Muir's sketches, as well as photography by Norman Parkinson, David Bailey, Eric Boman, Barry Lategan, Sarah Moon, Deborah Turbeville, Helmut Newton and Arthur Elgort. It has written contributions from Lady Antonia Fraser, Sir Roy Strong, Bridget Riley, Suzy Menkes, Fashion Editor of The International Herald Tribune, and Alexandra Shulman, Editor-in-Chief of British VOGUE, amongst others.
£18.75
ACC Art Books Hardy Amies
Book Synopsis"This beautiful and sumptuous hardback book published by the Antique Collectors' Club (ACC Publishing Group) features hundreds of original sketches, drawings and photographs from a career spanning eight decades, many never been seen before now." Candy Says Hardy Amies epitomised understated British couture, emphasising the cut of fine materials by tailored construction. Untrained in dress-making, he achieved headlines in Vogue in 1937 with his 'Panic' suit, a reconstructed design of a staple in every woman's wardrobe, wittily named to reflect current events. Evoking the glamour of pre-war London while meeting the demands of contemporary society's activities - town to country, morning to night - Amies designs drew a star-studded clientele. His war-time 'utility' designs revealed his design philosophy (and partly concealed his role as head of the Belgian Section of SOE), unveiling a needle-sharp intelligence and intuition for the changing world of fashion, his elegant execution of which was rewarded through the influential seal of approval by HM Queen Elizabeth II, as Princess Elizabeth, in 1950. The first post-war international designer to visit the USA, Amies' luxurious style produced lucrative global business opportunities, including ready-to-wear, menswear shown as couture, and wide-ranging merchandising options.
£33.75
Design Museum Publishing Platform Bethan Laura Wood
£13.46
Headline Publishing Group Mark Brazier-Jones
Book SynopsisMark Brazier-Jones is a unique force in the world of design, whose wonderfully eccentric works literally defined the term 'Creative Salvage' in the mid-1980s. Today, his work is increasingly recognised as forging a new and more artistically compelling way forward. As a veritable 'designer-laureate of metal', his metalwork possesses a poetic sensibility and an engaging quirkiness that is suffused with symbolic meaning rarely found in contemporary design. A sumptuously illustrated tome, Mark Brazier-Jones assesses his approach to design and making, and is an important catalogue raisonne of his work. By playfully subverting our notions of art, craft and design Brazier-Jones' surprisingly ecletic work offers an alternative definition of modern design - one that is about quality of craftsmanship and individuality of expression that is intended to last generations.Table of ContentsIntroduction Home Sweet Home The Workshop The Work Catalogue Raisonne
£35.96
Design For Today Les Les Sardines a l'huile
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£58.50
Counter-Print Sunday Suns
Book SynopsisSunday Suns is the weekly project of American designer Tad Capenter, who has taken on the simple of task of designing, illustrating, scuplting, modelling, making, stitching or creating a sun every Sunday.
£21.25
Hardie Grant Books Typodarium 2026
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£19.46
Editions Flammarion Thomas Bastide Design
Book SynopsisStep inside designer and sculptor Thomas Bastide’s studio to discover the techniques, concepts, and inspirations that lie behind his glass creations.This book retraces forty years in the creative career of Thomas Bastide. The designer and sculptor has collaborated with prestigious French and international companies, including Baccarat, Hennessy, and Christofle, and this volume pays tribute to the unique techniques that he has contributed to the fields of crystal glassmaking, goldsmithery, and porcelain-making.Featuring the themes that are fundamental to the artist’s work, such as equilibrium, deconstruction, mechanics, and fluidity, this volume invites readers to discover an exceptional savoir faire combining creativity, technical prowess, resilience, and dexterity. The text paints an authentic, vivacious, yet humble portrait of Bastide, and his anecdotes accompany photographs by Jo Pesendorfer of a selection of his works.
£48.75
Editions Flammarion Signed Sybille de Margerie: Bespoke Interiors
Book SynopsisSybille de Margerie is one of the world's most sought-after interior designers, with recent and upcoming projects in Epernay, Megève, Dubai, Oman, Agadir, and Moscow, for clients such as Hilton and the Four Seasons.Laure Verchère is a journalist for Elle Décoration. She is the author of several books including Infinitely Ritz, Mamounia, and At Home with Juan Pablo Molyneux.
£32.00
Actes Sud Leila Menchari
Book SynopsisIllustrates Menchari's intricate, ornate oeuvre. Joseph Akel, L''OfficielFor more than 30 years, Leïla Menchari (born 1928) was responsible for designing the traffic-stopping window displays at Hermès' prestigious flagship store at 24 rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré in Paris. Menchari's aesthetic vision and her sense of color and texture created magnificent installations that brought the best out of silk and leather. Born in Tunis and considering herself a citizen of the world, Menchari was inspired by her journeys to the Near and Far East, her encounters with extraordinary figures of the art world and her Beaux-Arts training. For Hermès she created Egyptian archaeological sites with sand and crumbling statues and iconic scenes of Paris with monuments crafted out of organza, among many other fantasies. Featuring a preface by Hermès CEO Axel Dumas, this extensively illustrated, sumptuous publication focuses on 137 Hermès storefronts created by Leïla Mencha
£32.00
Dis Voir Duchaufour Lawrance: Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance
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£17.85
Birkhauser Koloman Moser: Universalkünstler zwischen Gustav
Book SynopsisKolo Moser was one of the most important universal artists in fin-de-siècle Vienna and is one of the leading representatives of Art Nouveau. His oeuvre includes painting, graphics, and crafts, as well as designs for fashion, lighting, and furniture, stage decoration, stained glass windows, book illustrations, and even banknotes. Blazing a trail for the art of his age, he was a founding member of the Vienna Secession and, together with the architect Josef Hoffmann and the industrialist Fritz Wärndorfer, he established the Wiener Werkstätte in 1903. The objective of this collective of fine artists was to realize the Gesamtkunstwerk or total work of art at the highest caliber of arts and crafts. Some 400 objects, presented systematically and explained with essays, open up a new perspective on his impressive oeuvre.
£37.05
Birkhauser Mid-Century Modern – Visionäres Möbeldesign aus
Book SynopsisVisionary furniture design from Vienna In 1938, Vienna lost its best and most creative minds. This rupture was manifested in all of the arts and sciences and its mark is felt to this day – not least in the field of furniture design. With inexhaustible creativity the Jewish furniture designers who were forced to flee Vienna continued to work while in exile. They taught at the best universities and spread their ideas and vision throughout the entire world. Their creations became classics of twentieth-century furniture design, the epitome of mid-century modern style. This book honors the memory of the exiled designers with a thorough overview of their work. It details their life stories and their visionary designs, which remain as relevant and contemporary as ever, and brings to light new aspects of the history of Viennese furniture design. A new history of Viennese furniture design, with 27 detailed biographies Numerous previously unpublished photographs and sketches Including works by Friedl Dicker-Brandeis, Martin Eisler, Josef Frank, Friedrich Kiesler, Richard Neutra, Bruno Pollak, Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Franz Singer, Ernst Schwadron, among others
£999.99
Birkhauser Emotion gestalten: Strategie und Methodik für
Book SynopsisStrategies for the design process considering emotions. How does design make the indestructible character of a drill tangible? Why does a brand become a trusted friend? And what emotions should intelligent gardening tools actually radiate? The accurate communication and design of emotional worlds remain one of the greatest challenges for companies and professional design. Designing Emotion offers practical support here. Based on current research from neuroscience and psychology, the book presents tools for systematically analysing emotions and controlling them through precise use of form, colour and material. In addition to case studies and interviews, this expanded edition offers insights into the design practice of successful companies. Basic knowledge of emotions and psychological models for the design process. Still unrivaled publication on strategic design and emotion Expanded third edition with exclusive interviews, practical examples and analyses Available in German and English (Designing Emotion, ISBN 9783035623857)
£39.42
Birkhauser Sterne, Federn, Quasten / Stars, Feathers,
Book SynopsisFelice Rix-Ueno studied under Josef Hoffmann, a co-founder of the Wiener Werkstätte (1903–1932). Inspired by the Japanese formal language, she formed her own style, which was expressed in particularly imaginative fabric and wallpaper patterns, fashion and home accessories, and wall paintings. After her marriage to the Japanese architect Isaburo Ueno, she moved to Japan in 1926. There they created joint works that received much attention, such as the Star Bar in Kyoto, which was shown in the famous exhibition Modern Architecture in New York’s MoMa in 1932. Felice Rix-Ueno, who was already prominently represented in the successful MAK exhibition Women Artists of the Wiener Werkstätte, is given a substantial monographic treatment for the first time outside Japan with this catalog. Important artist of the Wiener Werkstätte and beyond Fabric patterns, wallpapers, fashion and home accessories, commercial graphics, and wall paintings Large exhibition at the MAK Vienna, 22 Nov 2023–21 Apr 2024
£32.30
Birkhauser Grafikdesign unterrichten
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£35.15
Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH Nutzen statt Besitzen
£32.40
Triest Verlag Olivetti Identities. Spaces and Languages
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£999.99
Triest Verlag Impact Type
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£24.65
Scheidegger & Spiess Schweizer Grand Prix Design 2025
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£29.75
Merian, Christoph Verlag Im Besengebiet Field of Brooms
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£31.20
Merian, Christoph Verlag Thomas Ott From Scratch
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£24.65
Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig Folds
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£22.50
König, Walther Camper 50
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£28.50
König, Walther Sparkling tree decorations from Gablonz 19201980
£33.75
Taschen GmbH Modedesigner AZ. 40th Ed.
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£22.50
Christoph Merian Verlag Living Wunderkammer
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£51.56
Arnoldsche Babetto: The Entity of Being / L’Entità
Book SynopsisThe Italian goldsmith of the “Paduan School” Giampaolo Babetto is famous for his jewellery – geometrically distinct shapes arranged into refined entities of extraordinary perfection and beauty. However, the artist’s wide-ranging spectrum also includes furniture design, silverwork, sculptures, liturgical utensils, and architecture; even his design drawings possess an autonomous character and artistic value. In addition to Christian iconography, his sources of inspiration include the fresco cycles of Renaissance artist Jacopo da Pontormo but also echo Minimalism, Neoplasticism, Neoconstructivism, and “arte programmata/cinetica.” The Entity of Being presents the first overarching survey of the virtuoso Babetto. The comprehensive catalogue section is complemented by four contributions that provide exciting insights into the work of this universal artist. Text in English, German and Italian.
£43.20
Arnoldsche Stahlrohrrevolution!: Kálmán Lengyel, Marcel
Book SynopsisThe tubular steel design of furniture designer Marcel Breuer (1902–1981) is considered an outstanding design style of the 20th-century. Yet widely unknown is the development of the first tubular steel prototype to its early series production. Breuer’s fellow compatriot Kálmán Lengyel (1900–1945), to whom this comprehensive publication is dedicated, played a significant role in this. In 1927, they founded the company Standard Möbel together, in order to organise the series production and distribution of tubular steel furniture. The development of the company and the work of Breuer, Lengyel, and the later director Anton Lorenz are depicted here in-depth with previously unpublished archive material. As a prominent furniture designer and architect, Lengyel also founded his own furniture brand, Ka-Le-Möbel, and worked as an interior designer in Paris, as well as constructed buildings in Berlin, Szeged, and Budapest. This publication expands our knowledge about the early models and highlights the life and work of the protagonists of the tubular steel revolution! Text in German.
£999.99
Arnoldsche Daniel Kruger: Jewellery – The unexpected meaning
Book SynopsisDaniel Kruger’s (b. 1951) new monograph Jewellery – The unexpected meaning of curious things presents his jewellery art of the last ten years. Kruger, who grew up in South Africa, studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and taught at the University of Art and Design at Burg Giebichenstein in Halle. He gives things an unexpected meaning. Inspired by movement and his fascination with the visual quality of materials and objects, shapes, and colours, he creates a synthesis of supposed opposites, and it is this new context that elevates these connections into something precious. Through his freedom of thought, he creates a world of objects to be contemplated, but above all to adorn the body and the human being. Text in English and German.
£33.60
Arnoldsche Gabi Dziuba Friends
Book SynopsisGabi Dziuba's jewellery is stringent, laid-back, fragile, minimalist, glamorous, and progressive. Blister packs, coins, beans, or letters are turned into wilful creations. Collaboration with close artist associates is characteristic of her work, including those with Günther Förg, Hans-Jörg Mayer, Martin Kippenberger, Heimo Zobernig, Monika Baer, and Alexandra Bircken, whose works are included in this monograph. This highlights the openness of Dziuba's artistic approach to new trend Pop Art, Minimal Art, punk, fashion. A fascinating biography results in which the visual artist, musician, designer, and entrepreneur has freely experimented with the traditional assignment of roles since the 1970s.Gabi Dziuba & Friends is a vivid survey of her extraordinary working methods and the exhibition activities in her Berlin studio.Text in English and German.
£33.60
Verlag Hochparterre AG The Most Beautiful Swiss Books 2020
£26.00
Hochparterre AG Die schönsten Schweizer Bücher 2024
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£27.20
Strzelecki Books Marta KuhnWeber Puppets Pop Poetry
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£29.20
Favoritenpresse Modern Cyclists
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£17.10
Favoritenpresse V für Victory V for Victory
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£13.30
JOVIS Verlag Convivial Ground: Stories from Collaborative
Book SynopsisWe are all improvising. We are all making decisions. And we are all watching each other improvise. Together, we are improvising. Decisions become shared ones. We will have built this city together. Convivial Ground invites the reader to discover the work of the transdisciplinary European design-build network Constructlab piece by piece. Taking Ivan Illich’s understanding of conviviality as departure point, the essays, conversations, stories, and images in the book reflect on the specificities of collaborative practices as situated experiments, as well as on their possible roles in the creation of convivial societies. Exploring contemporary conditions of togetherness, learning, and working, the book is not a "how-to" guide, but an invitation to cooperatively write new convivial narratives.
£25.20
NEUTRAL COLORS Neutral Colors 6 Stay
£30.60
Strandberg Publishing The Joining of the Arts: Danish Art and Design
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£60.00
Skira H: Hangar Design Group: as I told you before
Book SynopsisThe hidden soul of a group of creative individuals which, since the beginning, has always expressed itself in images. As I told you before, Ideas not Airships is a 500-page table book celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Hangar Design Group, one of the first independent and multidisciplinary creative design groups in Italy. The book is a narrative in pictures representing an attempt to discover an underlying theme in the intricate creative process of a group that is unique from the point of view both of its degree of expertise and its creative practices. Through works and experiences the book illustrates the life of the studio, tracing a decidedly unconventional figurative path made up of suggestions, inspirations, memories, faces and places – not only those of the Hangar Design Group itself but of anyone who undertakes to give form to an idea. The book illustrates the network’s modus operandi. It begins from the birth of the first embryonic concepts and follows through to the finished product. As I told you before, Ideas not Airships is the enthusiastic narration of a gripping story, and is dedicated to all those who believe that with creativity we can (even) change the world.
£21.60
Skira Fredrikson Stallard: Works
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£46.40
Skira Fashion, Art & Nature chez Oscar Carvallo
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£999.99
Mondadori Electa The Cappellini Method: A Performing Dream
Book SynopsisThe book delves into the fascinating world of the Milan-based designer, who transformed his family-owned business into one of the world's most celebrated purveyors of modern decor. Presented in a dictionary-like format, each letter offers an opportunity to discover Cappellini's astounding oeuvre and myriad inspirations. The book is a collection of Cappellini's private memories, extraordinary encounters, design objects, exhibitions, methods, and innovative ideas. The unusual structure of the volume allows readers to arrive at their own interpretations.
£27.62
