Santiago Calatrava is among the most important and influential architects of our times. His candid architecture is polarizing yet unmistakable. The trademark of the Spanish architect are sculptural br
With his colorful residential buildings, Bruno Taut was a decisive influence on Berlin settlement construction in the modern age. The seizure of power by the National Socialists forced the archi -
Erik Spiekermann, one of the best-known graphic designers in the world, knows everything about type – and likes to talk and write about it. He shows that typography is an effective tool for anyone who
The use of italic letters as means of accentuation has become common practice in the digital age. They convey movement and dynamics, address the emotional experience of reading and remind of handwriti
The human sense of smell is a very direct and powerful, but deeply over-looked sense. As messengers, smells can evoke feelings, associations and memories; they can provoke, attract or repel, influence
Japanese culture and architecture have always fascinated the Western world. One particular, architecturally complex building type at the intersection of multiple currents of Japanese philoso-phy, art
Is there a bigger challenge for a de-signer than the creation of an identity for the Olympic Games? Each venue has developed its own unique image, merging national spirit and international trends with
Almost a quarter of a century after the end of National Socialism in Germany, Otl Aicher was commissioned to design the “cheerful” Olympic Games in Munich 1972. He systematically and scientifically ap
Although handwriting is one of man-kind’s greatest cultural achievements, written communication today means mostly typing into computers and mo-bile devices. However, scientists stress that the brain
In visual communication, contents are arranged, organized, and presented. Design laws and principles that are inherent to every medium ensure that a novel looks like a novel, an art catalog like an ar
This volume offers a professional yet compact introduction to industrial design, written by specialists in the field with years of experience as product designers and design educators at various unive
The 14 Bauhaus books, edited by Walter Gropius and László Moholy-Nagy, were published between 1925 and 1930. Their authors discussed design principles, practices, and artistic approaches from various
As a response to the predominantly male presence in the design scene, this book exclusively presents works by exceptional women designers. It is not about discovering something inherently "female" and
Armin Hofmann’s richly varied work is recognized for its reliance on the fundamental elements of graphic form – point, line, and shape – and the economic use of color and fonts. The thoroughly revised
Inspired by a gift from his son, Arno Stolz developed the idea of a miniature gallery of typographic works. In 1980, he began writing letters to well-known designers from around the world, asking for
