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AVEdition Loewe. 100 Years Design History
In the iF ranking, Loewe is among the top 10 German companies awarded for exceptional design performances. This is a good reason to take a close look at the design history of the company on the occasion of its 100-year anniversary. The design historian Kilian Steiner distinguishes three historical phases: The first phase (1923 to 1945) marks the build-up and destruction of the Loewe brand. In the second phase (1945 to 1985), the focus was on the rebuilding of Loewe and overcoming numerous changes. The third period from 1985 onwards saw the rise of Loewe to an internationally renowned design brand. For the first time, the creative minds in product and communication design who contributed to the development of the brand are named and previously unknown details of the Loewe corporate history are revealed. From its foundation in 1923 to the invention of the electronic television in 1931, Loewe has evolved into a globally operating design brand. A unique combination of German engineering, excellence, exclusive design and sustainability have shaped the brand culture. Text in English and German.
£33.30
AVEdition Focus Open 2022: Baden-Württemberg International Design Award and Mia Seeger Prize 2022
Pioneering and outstanding design achievements are at the heart of Focus Open 2022, one of the most renowned German design competitions with an international orientation. For many years, it has been an exclusive platform for companies and professional designers from around the world – from industrial heavyweights to small enterprises. This yearbook presents all the award-winning products of 2022. High-quality images and detailed product descriptions are supplemented by the lively commentary of the jurors. The prize winners come from fields such as investment goods, healthcare, bathrooms, kitchens, interiors, lifestyle, lighting, consumer electronics, leisure, building technology, public design, mobility, service design and materials + surfaces. Text in English and German.
£45.00
AVEdition Retail Design International Vol. 7: Components, Spaces, Buildings
What’s next? The question of whether future retail design will be analogue, digital or hybrid has long since been answered. It is now interesting to ask what synergy effects result from this and how these can contribute to the resilience of our built environment. Especially the mature inner cities are facing enormous innovation pressure. Smart alliances are being formed and daring retail concepts are being tried out that add value in the urban space. The new yearbook shows solutions that accompany us worldwide into the “new normal”. Text in English and German.
£67.50
AVEdition Trade Fair Design Annual 2019/20
So-called Instagramability has long become part of our communication policy - has the design of trade fair stands also changed as a consequence? Is the presentation's focus no longer the product but rather the potential customer and their interaction? How important are live experiences in order to draw the full attention of visitors? What effect does this have on the communication strategy and on the spatial design? These are questions pursued by the new Trade Fair Design Annual with 60 exceptional examples. Text in English and German. Also available: Trade Fair Design Annual 2018/19 ISBN 9783899862829
£76.50
AVEdition The Happy Collector: A Card Game for Design Lovers
ow many cubic metres does the little Michelin man actually take up? What insurance value does the potato peeler Rex have and how fragile is Sophie Taeuber-Arp's Dr. Komplex? The designer pack of cards The Happy Collector shows 52 objects from the design and decorative arts collection at the Museum of Design Zurich. Playfully - as a classical card game or top trumps - it presents not only the favourite objects and collection highlights of the museum, but also conveys important aspects of the collection procedure: from purchase, storage and handling to insurance and documentation. The Museum of Design Zurich is the leading museum for design and visual communication in Switzerland. The collection of international importance comprises around 500,000 objects from the areas of decorative arts, textiles, graphics, typography, as well as poster, furniture and product design. Sabine Flaschberger and Renate Menzi are its curators.
£20.52
AVEdition Thinking Tools: Design as Process - On the Creation of Writing Utensils
How are products and everyday items created, which their owners like to use, value greatly and identify with? Things with a high practical value and that are functional, durable and beautiful. Based on the writing utensils by Lamy, the catalog shows an example of the complex design process behind creating a product, including models and sketches by Phoenix Design, Wolfgang Fabian, Sieger Design, Naoto Fukasawa, Richard Sapper or Franco Clivio.
£18.00
AVEdition Architectural Design Engineering
The aed is a non-profit initiative founded by engineers, architects and designers from Stuttgart. Its aim is to promote the extensive design competence in the Stuttgart region - from product and graphic design to multimedia, engineering and architecture and to raise public awareness of it. Since its foundation, the aed has organised hundreds of events dedicated to the whole spectrum of design. The aed highlights a wide array of subjects, inviting exchanges and discussion. It therefore provides a unique platform for interdisciplinary exchange between designers and all those interested in design. The book presents a deep insight into the topics, places and people that have influenced and shaped the association over the past years.
£18.00
AVEdition Media Architecture Compendium: Digital Placemaking
New frontiers for media architecture: This compendium explores how digital media is shaping cities today and in the years to come. It illustrates groundbreaking use of light and media in urban environments through 36 winning or shortlisted entries from the Media Architecture Biennale Awards in 2014 and 2016 in five categories: Animated architecture, Money Architecture, Participatory Architecture & Urban Interaction, Spatial Media Art, Future Trends & Prototypes.
£36.00
AVEdition Very I Person
Everyone is a VIP, in their own way - what counts is the personality. Based on this idea, the illustrator Miri Lee presents around 60 varieties of VIPs, simply by replacing the word Important" with other adjectives beginning with the letter I" and illustrating them with sharp wit. The result is a contemporary and humourous collection of various VIPs, from Very Ignorant" to Very Insane" and Very Intelligent". Miri Lee, born in 1986 in South Korea, is an illustrator and communications designer. She studied at the Kaywon School of Art & Design, then studied communication design at Constance University. The book was put together as part of a project series by design students at Constance University for the Year of Justice" 2015 in Constance.
£10.00
AVEdition Sound Scenography: The Art of Designing Sound for Spaces
On the occasion of the 15-year anniversary of Idee und Klang Audio Design (Idea and Sound Audio Design), a publication has been created that is dedicated to sound scenography and at the same time reflects the work of the atelier. It includes questions about the still-young field of acoustic exhibition design as well as personal experiences in the area of audio creation. The topic is framed by interviews and texts by guest authors within this discipline. Text in English and German.
£58.50
AVEdition Healing Art: How art in hospitals promotes healing
Explores the concept that art promotes healing through a survey of work created for the Robert Bosch Hospital in Germany. Includes 48 commissioned artworks by significant contemporary artists, including some that were created with input from patients. Offers specialist contributions from architecture and art history, healthcare design, art and corporate philosophy. Art can contribute to a healing environment, supporting the work of hospitals and enriching the lives of both patients and staff members. In this book, Isabel Gruener, the art officer at the Robert Bosch Hospital in Stuttgart, explores how the hospital's commissioned art program supports the complex process of healing. Whether it is seriously ill patients in the intensive care unit, visitors in the public corridors, or employees in sterile functional areas: each is affected in their own way by the total of 48 artistic interventions. The narrative describing these art projects, which were created between 1998-2018, is supplemented by specialist contributions from the fields of art, design, and corporate philosophy. They explore an interdisciplinary approach and offer a view towards the future potential of healing art in healing environments. Text in English and German.
£49.50
AVEdition Design Education in Germany 2023: Contribution to Public Value
Today, it seems more urgent than ever to focus more attention in design on the common good. This is because we are faced with the consequences of a design methodology that is geared towards the good of individuals wherever we look. The concept of public value seems ideal as a way of focusing design education more strongly on the common good: Public value is what the public values. It provides an alternative to one-sided orientations such as the shareholder value paradigm. The iF Design Foundation 2022 has carried out the present study in order to determine the public value of design study programs at German universities. This study provides a basis for encouraging and realising a form of design education in Germany geared towards the common good. This publication also contains a list of all design courses of study at German universities.
£25.20
AVEdition Provisorium / Stopgap: European Architectural Photography Prize 2023
Architekturbild, the European Architectural Photography Prize, has been awarded on a two-yearly basis since 1995. Numerous synonyms are offered for the term "stopgap", such as replacement, emergency solution, transitional or interim solution. We all know such expedients from the private environment as well as from public life. The 28 awarded series of EAP 2023 show stopgaps that make us smile tolerantly or thoughtful, they discover imaginative solutions, but they can also point out to shortcomings. Text in English and German.
£27.00
AVEdition Design Engineering: Sustainable and Holistic
The book describes the potential of both design objects and concepts, as well as design as a process, with a strong focus on the process of design engineering in the past, present and future. The book makes a stance by referring to historic and current design parameters in industry in relation to certain training methods. It compares these within Europe, explicitly the approach taken by Germany, Great Britain, and Scandinavia – and highlights best practice examples. The range of design disciplines, especially an in-depth look at classic product and textile design, leads to new “blueprint” possibilities and interactive design methods.
£40.50
AVEdition Münchner Volkstheater: Lederer Ragnarsdóttir Oei
How do you actually build a people‘s theatre? As simple as necessary, so as not to cause any fear about entering in the audience, and as chic as possible, because theatre is not only about staging on stage. This is the answer of the architectural firm Lederer, Ragnarsdóttir, Oei (Stuttgart) and the construction company Reisch (Bad Saulgau). Their Munich Volkstheater presents itself as a powerfully poetic brick building that is in dialogue with the old buildings of the former Munich cattle yard and gives the neighbourhood an important cultural impulse. Text in English and German.
£37.80
AVEdition Ausbau und dergleichen: House Building and the Like
Idea (sketch), concept (presentation drawing), execution (photograph): structured by these three aspects, Axel Müller-Schöll presents in his book House building and the Like a variety of different projects that have to do with an interior or structural architect’s classical portfolio in varying degrees. They are, however, all developed on the basis of the classical toolkit that is part of every architect’s training and then of their professional work. It is still the idea that makes all the difference and that serves as a basis for a draft in the following step. Text in English and German.
£31.50
AVEdition Retail Design International Vol. 5: Components, Spaces, Buildings
Hybrid systems not only revolutionise our mobility but also provide a fresh breath of air in retailing with the layering of various functions. Large-format building structures such as department stores and shopping centres are revitalised in line with climate optimisation and supplemented with small-scale mixed uses. Shared spaces for young start-ups and established brands offer greater variety and the opportunity to liven up too extensive spaces with new experiences and inspirations. Retail sharing has developed into an effective recipe against decreasing frequenting. Text in English and German.
£69.00
AVEdition Spaces and Stories: Co-Creating Scenography
It is interdisciplinary teams with complex compositions that develop and realise exhibitions. Groenlandbasel directs a network of specialists and with Spaces and Stories enables an insight into the cooperation and the dedicated efforts of a wide range of involved parties. Exhibition thinkers and exhibition makers express themselves alongside each other in essays, shorter highlights and interviews. The texts are accompanied by a diverse selection of projects by Groenlandbasel: museum developments, special and permanent exhibitions, architecture, as well as indoor and outdoor installations. With text contributions from: Dominic Huber, Director Rimini Protokoll, Zurich; Nina Gorgus, Curator Historical Museum Frankfurt; Ramon De Marco, Sound Designer Idee und Klang, Basel; Daniel Tyradellis, freelance curator, Berlin; Beat Hächler, Director Alpine Museum of Switzerland, Bern; Sibylle Lichtensteiger, Director Stapferhaus Lenzburg. Text in English and German.
£47.70
AVEdition off the wall: flying thoughts: hotel, restaurant and bar design. Dreimeta 2003-2018
A beautifully photographed compendium of inventive and inspiring work created over the last 15 years by the award-winning German interior design firm Dreimeta. This book explores their unique approach to every project, and takes a look behind the scenes at their pursuit of adventurous ideas - the soul and the driver of creativity. Pictures, sketches and collages with side notes on hotel, restaurant and bar design projects illuminate the creative process, supplemented with anecdotes and memories from many of those involved - including "greats" from the hotel industry like Claus Sendlinger (Design Hotels), Kai Hollmann, Christoph Hoffmann (25Hours) and Remo Masala (Thomas Cook).
£45.00
AVEdition Trade Fair Design Annual 2017/18
Current brand communication is increasingly moving towards real-digital narratives. Storytelling plays a major role in this, as well as the type of communication. Particularly at trade fairs, personal discussion is still the key aspect of every presentation. With this edition of the Trade Fair Design Annual, the authors present a series of successful examples of transmedia storytelling, attaching particular importance to the accomplished use of means of communication. What is decisive, however, is the exceptional design of the overall presentation, which can add communicative and therefore informative value for the exhibitor, as well as provide an emotional experience for the visitors. Text in English and German.
£54.00
AVEdition Borders: European Architectural Photography Prize 2017
architekturbild, the European Architectural Photography Prize, has been awarded on a two-yearly basis since 1995. This time the contestants' subject is "Borders." A polarized subject, borders can be understood in the sense of opening or closing, of including or excluding, or as definitions of geographical or (urban) spatial areas. They can be clearly recognizable or subtly noticeable, but are always perceived as either protecting or deterring. In the context of the European Architectural Photography Prize 2017, this book by no means focuses on the negative interpretations of this term, but rather on how the concept of 'borders' influences and stimulates photographic-artistic involvement with our built environment. This book accompanies an international traveling exhibition, starting in the German Architecture Museum (DAM) on May 5th, 2017.
£18.00
AVEdition Stuttgart Architecture Guide
This book presents around 100 buildings that were erected between 1917 and 2017, and are already considered to be classics of architectural history. With informative texts accentuated by photos, plans, archive material and, most importantly, facts (planners, construction period, addresses, access), this book is the holistic guide to Stuttgart's incredible architecture that the world has been waiting for. Featured buildings are by: Theodor Fischer, Martin Elsaesser, Paul Bonatz, Paul Schmitthenner, Rolf Gutbrod, Paul Stohrer, Gunther Behnisch, Hans Kammerer, Fritz Leonhardt, Frei Otto, Hans Scharoun, James Stirling, Schlaich und Partner, LRO, UN Studio, Auer und Weber, Atelier 5, Hascher Jehle, Wulf und Partner, and many more.
£17.10
AVEdition Retail Design International Vol. 2: Components, Spaces, Buildings, Pop-ups
The retail world must keep up with digitization. Shops compete with online stores that operate in an augmented or virtual reality. However, despite the recent boom in internet shopping, the tangible human component has never quite lost its appeal. This standard work about the retail sector shows how new forms of spatial expression can be created to appeal to all the senses. It provides an overview of innovations in multi-channel and omni-channel commerce, from pioneering in-store technology to new products. Around 50 current best-practice examples, from temporary pop-up stores to avant-garde brand worlds and hybrid retail centres, offer an inspiring cross section of retail designs from around the world. Included are designs for brands such as BMW, Jaguar, Land Rover, O2, Porsche, Primark, Sun & Sand Sports, and Wurth.
£58.50
AVEdition Event Design Yearbook 2016/2017
As every year, the current edition of the Event Design Yearbook also presents the best and most interesting events of the last year informatively, with a wealth of pictures. What is new, however, are the authors: with the Yearbook 2016/2017, the two makers of PLOT - Staging Spaces and authors of the Trade Fair Design Annual, Sabine Marinescu and Janina Poesch, are looking for small and large, private and public, cultural and corporate, exceptional and fascinating events, which all distinguish themselves through the idea behind it and its realization. Interviews and theoretical texts accompany the projects, with inspiration and information going hand in hand and providing an insight into the sector.
£37.80
AVEdition Retail Design International Vol. 1: Components, Spaces, Buildings
Current challenges in retail design, such as increasing digitisation, and the merging of online and offline platforms, have led to altogether new forms of retail and of their spatial expression. This is what this new yearbook takes a look at. It provides a current overview of innovations in multi-channel commerce, from pioneering in-store technology to new products, materials and lighting solutions at the point of sale. More than 50 current examples of best practice, from temporary pop-up stores and avant-garde brand worlds, to hybrid retail centres, present an inspiring international cross section. Text in English and German.
£49.50
AVEdition Trade Fair Design Annual 2015/2016
If all five senses are appealed to in brand communication, then it significantly intensifies the emotional links between the brand and the consumer. Therefore it is no wonder that multisensory aspects play a particularly important role in trade fair presentations. The atmosphere of a trade fair hall can easily lead to a sensory overload. Exhibitors are therefore not only engaged in a product competition, but also in a perceptual competition. In light of this, authors of this year's trade fair design yearbook have once again brought together the best 60 trade fair stands of the past year and show a cross section of trade fair design that appeals to all the senses. Text in English and German.
£54.00
AVEdition El Arenal
50,000 hotel beds, 50 discos, 15 balnearios and six kilometres of beach - all of this is El Arenal on Mallorca, prompting Oliver Kroning and Dennis Orel to take a closer look at it from a photographic perspective. The result is a continuous view of the popular stretch of beach from a bird's eye perspective, with a fascinating wealth of detail from an unusual point of view. Long before the emergence of drones, the award-winning photography duo photographed the beach, with their camera appearing to hover above the masses of people. Technically sophisticated panoramas have been composed of countless individual images.
£28.80
AVEdition Corporate Interiors: Basics, Components, Examples
Today, well-designed spaces are essential for every company. They have an inside and an outside effect and create interaction between employees and customers. The better they feel, the more emotional the connection to the company and the brand can be. As a result, the importance of corporate interiors as a marketing tool is rapidly increasing. This book on the basics of corporate design shows the most important premises for the conception of interiors and gives a general overview of the topic with more than 100 examples. It contains detailed presentations including plans and projects in the following fields: retail/shop/stores, hotels/ gastronomy/leisure/education, office and manufacturing. The book looks at both small and large companies.
£49.50
AVEdition Sustainable Architecture & Design 2023 / 2024
Forty international projects in six categories present the most innovative and forward-looking solutions, whose contribution to building culture development is clearly evident. The focus is on all the relevant themes of transformation development: use of resources, circular processes, biodiversity etc. The editors take a comprehensive look at current developments in the building sector and inspire novelty. With InteriorPark, they have been driving sustainable developments in the building sector forwards since 2010. Text in English and German.
£61.20
AVEdition Trade Fair Design Annual 2021 / 22: Special Edition
“We need new concepts for trade fairs as places of chance encounters. This might also be showrooms and brand worlds in places where people and ideas converge. What we need are open forums for critical and competent dialogue.” You will find lots of demands like this one expressed by Ranger Design in this special edition: The industry has given us an outlook of the near future and shows what they have achieved in the last few months, where they had to find alternatives, what new concepts evolved and how the trade fair format has changed in recent times. Text in English and German.
£76.50
AVEdition The Urban in the Periphery: European Architectural Photography Prize 2021
architekturbild, the European Architectural Photography Prize, has been awarded on a two-yearly basis since 1995. The theme for 2021 is "The Urban in the Periphery". Migration between conurbations and rural areas, their respective attractiveness and independence, but also dependence and interdependence with one another: What would be more predestined to trace the subtle or even obvious effects of the urban-rural movement than architectural photography? Text in English and German.
£27.00
AVEdition Event Design Yearbook 2021-2022: Special Edition
For over a year, the coronavirus has been holding us in its grip. Live events and brand experiences are either not possible at all or only with significant restrictions. The consequences and problems for the industry are enormous. But alongside this, it enabled us to learn a lot, surprise us and fascinate us with new ideas. Digital and hybrid experiences have developed dynamically, initiating new and creative approaches that are to be perfected over the forthcoming years. This edition of the Event Design yearbook 2021-2022 builds bridges between events before and since the coronavirus, between analogue, hybrid and digital events. Text in English and German.
£58.50
AVEdition Gerd A. Müller: The Designer who got forgotten
The LAMY 2000 fountain pen and the KM 3 food processor are well known even beyond design circles. Nevertheless, their designer, Gerd A. Müller, has faded into obscurity. His designs can be considered pioneering for the development of a new, pared-back design language among well-known companies. Together with Dieter Rams, he was one of the first form designers at Braun. Now, for the very first time, the highly diverse body of work created by this industrial, graphic, ecological and exhibition designer from Frankfurt has been compiled in a publication. Here, the focus is firmly on Gerd A. Müller’s product designs, which have helped shape German industrial design to this day. Text in English and German.
£32.40
AVEdition Event Design Yearbook 2020/2021
The world is changing. A host of developments are impacting our lives: sustainability, values, equality, purpose, digitisation or 'Gen Z'. However, a consideration of the majority of brand experiences gives rise to the question: Where is the change? It occurred: with COVID-19! And suddenly it was about people's lives, about our supply system and saving our and many other sectors. This is therefore a special Event Design Yearbook. It allows us to revel in projects that have been prohibited for months in 2020. It also shows experience concepts from the time before COVID-19. With all the foreseen changes after the pandemic, as described for example by Cedric Ebener in an interview, one can only speculate how the concepts presented here might look in future. Text in English and German. Contents: Public Events; Consumer Events; Employee Events; Press Events.
£63.00
AVEdition Joyful Architecture: European Architectural Photography Prize 2019
A catalogue for an exhibition of photographs submitted for the architekurbild award 2019 on the theme of "Joyful Architecture", which explores the playful in the built environment. This travelling show opens at the German Architecture Museum (DAM) on May 3rd 2019. The European Architectural Photography Prize architekturbild has been awarded every other year since 1995. The theme for 2019 is "Joyful Architecture". The most common expectations of architecture can be described in terms such as usability, urban planning, economy, sustainability and aesthetics. The fact that architecture can also trigger well-being, induce happiness, be playful, and have a sense of humour, is (rarely) considered. This award highlights architecture - whether subtle or striking - which is joyful in shaping and positively influencing the built environment and those who move within it. Text in English and German.
£26.10
AVEdition Waiting: People in Transit
Since 1978, Dieter Leistner has been photographing people waiting at public transport stops throughout the world. Whether in Asia or Europe, South America or the Indian Ocean, in the countryside or in town, under capitalism or socialism - Leitner captures those waiting subtly and with a professional perspective. He opens up a cosmos of instantaneous shots with their own particular personality: sometimes cheerful, sometimes melancholic, sometimes busy, sometimes lonesome. The observer is always part of the composition, recognising themselves in some of those waiting. Text in English and German.
£25.20
AVEdition Focus Open 2019: Baden-Württemberg International Design Award and Mia Seeger Prize 2018
Pioneering and exceptional design trends are at the heart of Focus Open 2019. Companies and professional designers from around the world were invited to participate. The publication presents all the award-winning products that persuaded the jury with their exceptional design quality. Award-winners from the fields of, for example, production, medicine, bathrooms, kitchens, interiors, lifestyle, lighting, media, optics, sport, outdoor, public design, architecture and transport are presented and described. It also publishes the results of the 'Mia Seeger Award': the prize is awarded to up-and-coming designers who have developed products that 'serve more than one purpose'. Text in English and German. Also available: Focus Open 2018 ISBN 9783899862812
£40.50
AVEdition Event Design Yearbook 2018 / 2019
The current edition of the Event Design Yearbook presents the best and most interesting events of the last year informatively, with a wealth of pictures. What is new, however, is the author: with the Yearbook 2018 / 2019, Katharina Stein - specialist journalist, scene insider and founder of 'eveosblog' for event marketing - is looking for small and large, private and public, cultural and corporate, exceptional and fascinating events, which all distinguish themselves through the idea behind it and its realisation. Includes events in Netherlands, Chile, Germany, the UK, Spain, Macao, Switzerland and France, among others. Text in English and German.
£58.50
AVEdition Seoul Living Lab
A major paradigm shift is taking place in Korea. The previous system of area rehabilitation, which involved the demolition of entire urban districts, is no longer considered appropriate. New concepts for careful urban regeneration are being developed. The book documents the results of 'Seoul Living Lab', a project held in the Sangdo-Sa-Dong district in Seoul. It was set up as a cooperation between KIT (Karlsruher Institut für Technologie), Seoul National University (SNU), bw-i Baden-Württemberg International and ISA Internationales Stadtbauatelier, as part of the research project URBAN VOIDS.
£26.10
AVEdition What Urban Media Art Can Do: Why, When, Where and How?
Urban media art is one of the most significant trends currently unfolding in contemporary art. It enables artists to develop new participative and interactive forms of art. The wealth of examples in this volume show how these scenarios are reflected in an urban context, including themes such as urban activism, telepresence, placemaking, sensing and ecology. The book is based on the cultural project "Connecting Cities" sponsored by the EU, which studies the effects of urban media art on urban culture and its environment, architecture and participative urban development. The aim is an expanding worldwide network of media facades, urban screens and projection surfaces within the urban space.
£28.80
AVEdition New Media Facades: A Global Survey
The in-depth reference work Media Facades History, Technology and Content is now sequelled by a stock take: what developments have there been in the last three years? Which kind of media facade has established itself? How can media facades be integrated into today's often curvaceous architecture and urban landscape? These are just some of the questions that are examined by looking at around 35 current examples, supplemented by interviews with early protagonists from this field, scientists, journalists, product developers and many more. New trends, directions and technologies are discussed and the important topic of sustainability is not forgotten either. With projects by Asymptote, Big, Realities United, UN Studio and many more.
£36.00
AVEdition new exhibition design 03
The new volume in the successful series New Exhibition Design presents and documents in images, text and information the museum and its exhibitions – a fantastic success story. A broad overview of current concepts and trends in exhibition design and scenography from around the world. With more than 110 projects: well-known agencies, designers and curators have their say. There are numerous outstanding presentations with varied themes, content and ground-breaking designs. And more important than ever before: "exhibitions" are reliable places for education, enlightenment and democratisation. In interviews 16 experts explain their take on current discussions and exciting methods. Uwe J. Reinhardt and Philipp Teufel provide an analysis of the current social and political discourse and open up new strategies for poetic spaces. Text in English and German.
£58.50
AVEdition Licht Kunst Licht, Vol. 4: Lighting Design for Architecture
The office of Licht Kunst Licht AG was founded in 1991 by Andreas Schulz, simultaneously at two locations in Bonn and Berlin. Today, the field of work of the office's twenty six employees covers office and administration buildings, museums and cultural buildings, representative buildings, government projects, transport infrastructure, shopping centres, hotels and restaurants, outdoor projects and private construction projects. The seventeen projects in this book show the total range of the firm's works, illustrating, amongst others, the Städel Museum in Frankfurt am Main, the ThyssenKrupp Quartier in Essen or the New Gallery in Kassel. Text in English and German.
£54.00
AVEdition experimenta: A science center in a new dimension
The book explains the development history of experimenta in the context of the educational institutions Science Center, Planetarium and Schülerlabore (Educational Laboratories). In addition, the contentual and methodological-didactic concept is conveyed clearly. The volume is rounded off with further information about the architectural design concepts of the two experimenta buildings: the repurposed historical Hagenbucher warehouse and the spectacular glass and steel new building by Sauerbruch Hutton.
£31.50
AVEdition Trade Fair Annual 2020/21: The Standard Reference Work in the Trade Fair Design World
Until spring 2020 the trade fair sector was still boasting: "You can't e-mail a handshake!" Then Covid-19 came along and everything was turned upside down: exhibitions were postponed, cancelled or relocated into digital space. It also brought forth new concepts with which we had not reckoned a couple of years ago: virtual twins, AR or VR walk-through stands, online exhibitions with new meeting formats, or quite different ideas that are currently turning the sector upside down, providing new impetuses and making the trade fair a place as we have never known it before. The new trade fair yearbook presents not only the most exciting exhibition settings of the previous year but also entices us into virtual space.
£76.50
AVEdition mayhaus: Das Musterhaus des Neuen Frankfurt
The mayhaus in Frankfurt's Römerstadt is the only residential building in the style of the Neues Frankfurt of the 1920s that has been completely restored. The book explains the functions of the model house using current photographs and historical plans. Via the text level, which zooms from the city via the housing estate and then the street into the building, the mayhaus, including the famous Frankfurt cuisine, is classified in terms of architectural history and socio-cultural aspects. Text in English and German.
£19.80
AVEdition Retail Design International Vol. 6: Components, Spaces, Buildings
The processes of change throughout the retail sector has rapidly gained dynamism through the COVID-19 pandemic. In an unprecedented situation, social distancing has fuelled the integration of digital shopping functions and at the same time the yearning for real places of encounter. Retail Design International addresses these shifts and presents over 40 brave concepts that drive the retail shift forwards. Text in English and German.
£58.50
AVEdition Focus Open 2020: Baden-Württemberg International Design Award and Mia Seeger Prize 2020
Professional design has never been as important and par for the course as today. Pioneering and exceptional design achievements are at the centre of Focus Open 2020, one of the most renowned German design competitions with an international orientation. For many years, the competition has been an exclusive platform for companies and professional designers from all around the world - from industrial heavyweights to small companies. The yearbook presents all the prize-winning products of 2020. The award winners come from, for example, the sectors of investment goods, healthcare, bathrooms, kitchens, interiors, lifestyle, lighting, consumer electronics, leisure, building technology, public design, mobility, service design and materials and surfaces. Focus Open, the state prize of the Baden-Württemberg state, shows what is state-of-the-art in terms of design, innovation and sustainability. Text in English and German.
£40.50