A useful current overview for designers, consultants, agencies, and their customers of modernfonts, independent foundries, and innovative type designers.In the past, there were only a few specialists
Introducing movement, tension, balance, and surprise in visual language. Change is one of the few constants in the world. In recent years, more and more images are being created that not only capture
Studio On Fire is at the forefront of the current rediscovery of old printing machines and techniques by young designers. Young designers and typographers are currently rediscovering traditional print
Vhils is undoubtedly one of the most skilled and talented young artists on the urban art scene today. The young, internationally acclaimed artist Vhils creates technically skilled, contemporary portra
At the intersection of photography, art, and graphic design, Sarah Illenberger creates vivid imagesthat make stories come to life. The visual language of Sarah Illenberger is extremely effective at tr
From his images of deserted small towns and solitary figures in empty offices to his cheerfully tranquil New England landscapes, Hopper's most famous compositions can be seen as products of a life spe
To the cursory glance, Andreas Gehrke's photographs show a copse of robinias that have grown like a piece of deserted nature. Only our knowledge of the history of the site changes our perspective and
As he traversed the worlds of abstract expressionism and figurative painting, Diebenkorn became one of America's most beloved post-war artists. The Ocean Park series, begun in 1967 and comprising work
Monet's dazzling depictions of flowers, sunsets, fields, and oceans, in which line and shape are suggested through pure colour, changed the way we perceive our natural surroundings. His numerous serie
Celebrated for his penetrating portraits, richly detailed landscapes and evocative narrative paintings, the seventeenth century artist Rembrandt is generally considered one of Europe's greatest painte
This new volume in the highly successful 13A" series uses colourful reproductions, glossaries, and a timeline to explore milestones in the history of art. Kids will learn about important innovations i
This is How it Happened is an artist's book dedicated to a body of comic watercolor works made by the artist Amelie von Wulffen. She paints a bucolic world inhabited by fruits, vegetables, sausages, t
"Utopia Forever conceived by Lukas Feireiss, is a collection of current projects and concepts from architecture, city planning, urbanism, and art that point beyond the restrictions of the factual to u
One could argue that today’s most innovative street artists come from Latin America. The unique visual styles of Os Gêmeos, Bastardilla, Vitché, Saner, Jorge Rodriguez Gerada, and others are not only
Presents a collection of contemporary graphic design works that have classical type elements and geometric designs found in works from the 1950s to the 1990s.
There is a continual exchange between the fields of visual culture and art. Techniques, concepts, and motifs inspire each other, and the fields where they intersect are in constant flux. In the tradit
This book chronicles eight critical years in the career of Andrew Bromberg, beginning in 2001 when he emigrated from Seattle to join Aedas Hong Kong, and running to 2009 when, as Aedas Executive Direc
Today's graphic designers, illustrators, and typographers are rediscovering old printing techniques and handcrafts. The work collected in this book shows the many facets of the graphic design busines
The Beauty of Transgression is an insider’s memoir that captures the atmosphere and documents the creative history of Berlin’s underground from the 1980s to today. In this book, de Picciotto tells her
This highly readable and informative collection of the best of British art showcases magnificent portraits by Thomas Gainsborough and Stanley Spencer; landscapes by J. M. W. Turner and David Hockney;
Her oversized enamel canvasses of everyday objects put Tatjana Doll's name on the map: cars, trains, containers, pictograms, babushkas... And yet the pictures do not show reality. Instead they retain
This book tells the story of the postman Zephyr, who lives in a little blue village in the mountains where nothing ever changes. A dreamer hoping for adventures, he travels on a cloud, embarking on a
Thanks to almost complete absence of figurativee elements, Eberhard Havekost's recent works mark a visible caesura. He questions the authenticity of pictures, broaching the issue within the medium of
In his previous well-received volumes of photographs, Hugo offers unflinching yet striking portraits of humans, animals, societies, and landscapes that shock and disturb, but also demand our attention
Twenty international artists investigate the role of destruction in contemporary art--from a creative act to a memento mori of the environment, from prosperity trash to a poetic transformation.
Over the course of almost thirty years, the painterly oeuvre of Michael van Ofen (b. 1956) has staked out an exceptional position within contemporary art that is not without its inner contradictions.
Illustration is one of today's fastest-growing creative disciplines, and its versatility has made it a key element in fashion, lifestyle, editorial design and advertising. 'The Beautiful' presents the
The true importance of signage and wayfinding systems only becomes evident when they do not work. This book presents the unsung heroes of functional graphic design.
City Works 3 is the third in a series of books which document the exciting and innovative work of students from The City College of New York, Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture. Through a
The work of Spanish architect Julio Salcedo is shown in this book as a series of built and speculative projects. Salcedo's houses - early achievements that stunned both academic and professional circl
A collection of remarkable paintings created mostly without paint. Since the mid-1990s, Sergej Jensen (b. in Copenhagen in 1971) has been offering one of the most remarkable responses to the question
In this captivating collection of five houses built in five different Asian countries, Argentinean born designer Ernesto Bedmar creatively reinvents the aspects of traditional place-making that so fas
Tobias Rehberger (b. Essslingen, 1966; lives and works in Frankfurt am Main) has crucially advanced the role of art in our communication society. HIs strategies expand the traditional concepts of the
A winged, headless goddess from the third century; a gigantic tube of toothpaste; a tribal mask; a Buddha of solid gold - these are some of the creations featured in this book of sculptures that child
This volume surveys the ways in which our globalized world has manifested itself in design since ca 1970, and the ways in which design has evolved to serve a globalized world. The point of departure i
Most people don’t know that racing cars from the likes of Porsche and Ferrari were given their looks not by marketing strategists or designers, but by chance. Go Faster is a collection of over one hun
Previously unpublished new projects are thematically integrated into the evolution of Baur's oeuvre. The book thus reveals a conceptual and design constant, or even fascination, in the work of Ruedi B
This book teaches a young audience about the works and lives of thirteen women artists through informative texts, puzzles, coloring exercises, and fun quizzes. In colourful spreads that feature import
Whether it's Leonardo da Vinci's mysterious Mona Lisa, Vermeer's vibrant depictions of light, Van Gogh's mesmerizing brush strokes, or Matisse's playful cutouts, the art featured here is introduced in
