The fast-track guide for the smart traveller A tightly edited, discreetly packaged selection of city highlights for the design-conscious visitor. Each Wallpaper* City Guide unearths the most happenin
The fast-track guide for the smart traveler. A tightly edited, discreetly packaged selection of city highlights for the design-conscious visitor. Each Wallpaper* City Guide unearths the most happening
Frenetic. Pulsating. Disorienting. Japana??s contemporary culture is constantly in flux. In stark contrast to the centuries old imperial architecture of Kyoto, recent Japanese architectural practices
DIY gets a designer makeover. Do it Yourself brings an Ai WeiWei original into every home, a Patricia Urquiola chair and a Ross Lovegrove table. No longer restricted to exclusive showrooms, galleries
The history of ceramic art is ingrained in the history of mankind. Clay is one of the very first materials 'invented' by man. An essential part of our lives it has been moulded, thrown, glazed, decora
Tomi Ungerer's classic tale about a bat who learns to embrace his differences through friendship. Like all bats, Rufus sees life in black and white, until he chances upon an outdoor movie theatre and
Tomi Ungerer’s classic tale about a bat who learns to embrace his differences through friendship.Like all bats, Rufus sees life in black and white, until he chances upon an outdoor movie theatre and i
A digitally remastered facsimile edition of Danny Lyon's seminal 1971 photobook, highly influential in the history of documentary photography.Heralded as a "masterpiece" by Martin Pa
German designer and educator Otl Aicher was a pioneer of 20th century graphic design, renowned for creating visual identities for numerous corporations and his work on symbol systems. This book incorp
Definitive monograph on America's most challenging and influential artist Los-Angeles-based artist Paul McCarthy (b.1945) creates Disneyesque installations, sculptures of animal/vegetable/human hybrid
"An accessible, beautifully designed introduction to Celtic art, written by the world expert, this book offers a carefully chosen sequence of 250 masterpieces ranging from the fifth century B
An expanded edition on the master of Modernism, Le Corbusier, by award-winning architectural historian William J. R. Curtis. Originally published in 1996 to critical fanfair, scholar William J.R. Cu
"The first major monograph on Zhang Xiaogang (b. 1958), a leading Chinese contemporary artist, world‐renowned for his haunting, surrealist works. Both a retrospective of his pa
A new title in the fascinating series from world’renowned cinema magazine Cahiers du cinema, which focuses on ten key performances from a single actor. Once a teen idol, Johnny Depp (b. 1963) has led
A newly revitalized edition of Tomi Ungerer’s children?s classic. Snail, where are you? At a party? At sea? In the mountains? Young sleuths will have hours of fun finding Tomi Ungerer’s snail in his m
Assembled from the wisdom of 36 legendary art teachers – all of them artists or critics at the top of their field – Akademie X: Lessons in Art + Life is an ideal curriculum for the aspiring artist.Eac
A beautiful insight into the creative processes of one of the most exciting European design duos to have emerged in the last ten years. Reproducing Scholten & Baijings explores this dynamic de
The completely revised new edition of the best‐selling restaurant guidebook, which sold over 100,000 copies. This is the ultimate restaurant guide written by the real experts: more than 600
"All my life I have wanted to travel through Mexico to learn authentic recipes from each region and now I don’t have to – Margarita has done it for me!" – Eva LongoriaThe first truly comprehensive bib
As an artist, Anthony Caro revolutionized our perception of sculpture; as a teacher, Caro inspired a generation of accomplished artists such as Anish Kapoor, Antony Gormley, and Rachel Whiteread. This
A leading female figure in Chinese contemporary art, Yin Xiuzhen (b. 1963, Beijing, China) began her career in the early 1990s following her graduation from Capital Normal University in Beijing where
Alvaro Siza (b.1933) is considered Portugal’s greatest living architect. His buildings are known for their austere beauty and their imaginative relationship to their surroundings. Relatively unknown o
The 21st‐Century Art Book is an A‐to‐Z guide of contemporary artists featuring established art‐world figures – Maurizio Cattelan, Cindy Sherman, Jeff Wall –
If you were creating a world of your own, what would it look like? Would you build your house out of brick – or out of jelly? Would it be on the ground or in a tree? Would your shops sell envelopes an
Renowned for his vivid, larger‐than‐life portraits, Alex Katz is a towering figure in contemporary painting. His work can be found in institutions such as the Metropolitan Museum
Monsieur Racine wakes up one day to find his precious pear tree looted of all the award‐winning fruit. When he discovers that the culprit is funny‐looking beast, his anger gives
Eden and After is a new collection of photographs from one of today's most influential photographers. For over 30 years, Nan Goldin has created intimate and compelling photographs that tell personal s
Named one of the season’s best photography books by TIME Lightbox.Danny Lyon is one of the 20th century’s most influential documentary photographers. In The Seventh Dog, Lyon tells the story of his pe
The artistic stagnation of Vienna at the end of the 19th century was rudely shaken by the artists of the Vienna Secession. Their work shocked a conservative public, but their successive exhibitions, t
Nathan Myhrvold, co–author of Modernist Cuisine, says of Ferran Adria’s elBulli 2005 – 2011, "This record of his cuisine, techniques, and creative process is invaluable both as a book to cook from, an
