In architecture, a span is something to be conquered, a challenge to overcome. For an instance by reducing the number of supports, expanding floor slabs horizontally, tearing into the open air, and sh
This book is a tool kit to create new forms. It deals with grid-based design and gives the reader techniques to develop new forms, fonts, logos, and patterns. The concept represents a design process i
With Ultimate Atlas, Theo Deutinger-architect, designer and author of the acclaimed Handbook of Tyranny- illustrates the basic data of Earth and its inhabitants to create a total portrait of the plane
The starting image was of a circle on a rectangle; every subsequent image was visually connected to the previous one. It was understood from the beginning that they had to use images that could be sca
Struggles to escape form as a manifestation of various norms and constraints are as old as architecture itself. But the formless is also increasingly in the air today, explicitly as in discussions of
Neue Grafik, the "International Review of graphic design and related subjects," was initiated by designer Josef M ller-Brockmann and published in eighteen issues between 1958 and 1965 by an editorial
Adolf Meyer was Walter Gropius's right-hand man, his planner and close confidant. As early as 1910, they jointly created the Fagus Factory, one of the most important modernist buildings. The experimen
At its presentation in 1955, the Citroen DS was a sensation and a magnet for designers, philosophers, and politicians alike. No other automobile was able to combine form and technology so coherently a
Spatial dance, gestural dance, rod dance, Triadic Ballet: Oskar Schlemmer developed his costumed, masked dancer into an "art figure" synthesizing dance, masquerade, and music. The fourth volume of the
The Bauhaus sought to unite life, craftsmanship, and art under one roof. In this volume, Walter Gropius provides a comprehensive overview of the Bauhaus workshops. He explains the basic principles gui
Theo van Doesburg was a jack of all trades: painter, writer, architect, typographer, and art theorist. In this volume of the Bauhausbucher, he attempts to make elementary concepts in the visual arts g
Aircraft is a project combining the field of the aviation industry as well as the conventions of the photography medium. Maxime Guyon meticulously dissects various techno-species with distinct aerial
In Search of African American Space explores the relationship between the African diaspora and contemporary spatial practice from multiple critical vantages in order to locate a transhistorical moment
Hanna Saliba's restaurant Saliba in Hamburg, which serves Syrian cuisine, is renowned far beyond the city's borders for its magical culinary experiences. Some of the restaurant's guests -Hans Hansen f
The interactive book object Poemotion 2 is a color sequel to Takahiro Kurashima's popular title Poemotion from Lars Muller Publishers. The abstract graphic patterns in this slim volume start to move a
Religious communities inscribe themselves into the cityscape not only socially and politically, but also acoustically and architecturally. Global Prayers examines the mutual influence of religion and
With Apple, Ken Miki playfully presents a complete basic course in visual communication - all based on a simple and familiar object: the apple. First, all five senses are activated in a step-by-step a
