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LOUIS VUITTON. PASARELA
La primera panorámica completa de las colecciones de moda de vanguardia de Louis Vuitton, desde su debut en 1998 hasta la actualidad, presentada a través de fotografías originales de pasarela.
Fundada como casa de artículos de cuero en 1854, Louis Vuitton lanzó su primera colección de moda en 1998. Le siguió una fama mundial sin precedentes, así como colaboraciones pioneras de alto nivel con artistas como Takashi Murakami, Richard Prince y Stephen Sprouse.
Este libro recoge las colecciones de gran influencia diseñadas por el director creativo Marc Jacobs (1998-2014) y Nicolas Ghesquière, que dirige la marca en la actualidad.
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HERMES
La historia de los orígenes de la casa de moda francesa y cómo un pequeño negocio familiar se convirtió en una marca cuya independencia es su mayor fortaleza.
A través de imágenes de sus diseños icónicos, materiales de archivo, anuncios vintage y entrevistas inéditas, presenta el acceso a un mundo exclusivo y refinado.
Revela los valores, los principios, la visión y el estilo de Hermès, que convierten a la marca en un valor absoluto y a sus apasionados y fieles clientes en la mejor estrategia de marketing posible para productos que «se venden por sí mismos sin venderlos».
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PRINCIPIOS UNIVERSALES DE TIPOGRAFIA
* 100 conceptos, teorías y reglas clave para elegir, combinar y utilizar la tipografía: un libro que lo equipará con todo lo que necesita para tomar las decisiones tipográficas más informadas en sus trabajos de diseño, sea cual sea el medio. * Profusamente ilustrado y de fácil comprensión, con explicaciones claras combinadas con ejemplos visuales, principios comprobados a lo largo de cientos de años de composición tipográfica y los últimos avances en tecnología de navegadores, fuentes web y fuentes variables. * El arte y la ciencia de la tipografía combinan ajustes sutiles en la longitud de las líneas con mezclas armoniosas de pesos y estilos, emparejamientos de tipografías seleccionados con esmero junto a un conjunto sólido de caracteres alternativos, y avances tecnológicos emocionantes con las realidades de las licencias tipográficas. Existen innumerables maneras en las que los diseñadores pueden mejorar la legibilidad de un texto e influir en cómo se entiende su mensaje; sin embargo, muchos diseñadores comunican mal sin siquiera darse cuenta. Información completa y autorizada junto a ejemplos didácticos e inspiradores en temas multidisciplinares para diseñadores, arquitectos, ingenieros, estudiantes y cualquiera que esté interesado en ampliar y enriquecer sus conocimientos en diseño.
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ARTE CON ROTULADORES
Versátiles y accesibles, los rotuladores son una herramienta artística esencial tanto para artistas principiantes como experimentados.
Aprenda a manejar su juego de rotuladores y a dominar realmente este medio bajo la experta orientación de la artista y educadora Angela Pan.
22 proyectos paso a paso que le mostrarán cómo crear impresionantes paisajes y escenas urbanas utilizando sus rotuladores de pintura.
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HISTORIA DESAPACIONADA DE LA ARQ. MODER.
Este libro apareció originalmente en 2002, dentro de la colección Oxford History of Art. Esta nueva edición pretende volver a plantear la vigencia de la crítica al Movimiento Moderno, de la que Alan Colquhoun fue uno de los más distinguidos representantes.
El autor analiza la evolución de la arquitectura moderna desde el Art Nouveau, surgido en la última década del siglo XIX, hasta las aportaciones de Louis Kahn, realizadas a partir de mediados de los años 1960.
El estudio analiza las complejas motivaciones que impulsaron ese Movimiento Moderno, considerado 'revolucionario', y da cuenta de sus éxitos y sus fracasos. Se repasa también la actividad de los principales protagonistas del periodo (como Frank Lloyd Wright, Adolf Loos, Ludwig Mies van de Rohe, Le Corbusier y Alvar Aalto) y se ofrece una nueva visión de su papel como maestros de reconocido prestigio.
Alan Colquhoun explica que la línea que ha seguido en la definición de la 'arquitectura moderna' es la que pertenece a la tradición que la consideraba una arquitectura consciente de su propia modernidad que luchaba en favor del cambio. El libro trata de situarse en el espacio que queda entre las utopías idealistas de las vanguardias históricas y las resistencias, complejidades y pluralidades de la cultura capitalista.
La exposición sigue una secuencia cronológica global e intenta ser, según el autor, menos segura en su resultado y menos triunfalista que la mayoría de las historias anteriores del Movimiento Moderno. Sigue siendo, principalmente, una historia de los maestros, debido a que ésa era la naturaleza del propio Movimiento Moderno, pese a sus muchas reivindicaciones en favor del anonimato.
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LA CONSTRUCCION DE LA ARQUITECTURA M.
Este libro presenta la construcción de la arquitectura moderna me- xicana mediante un enfoque basado en cinco estructuras de poder: la académica, la económica y política, la de estatus social, la de género y la poscolonial. Se incluyen también fragmentos de entre- vistas y análisis de obras de trece destacados arquitectos: Luis Ba- rragán, José Villagrán García, Juan O'Gorman, Pedro Ramírez Váz- quez, Agustín Hernández, Abraham Zabludovsky, Carlos Mijares, Ricardo Legorreta, Juan José Díaz Infante, Enrique Norten, Alberto Kalach, Javier Sordo Madaleno y Clara de Buen. Todo ello pro- porciona un testimonio vivo de todo ese proceso.
Si bien las cinco estructuras de poder enmarcaron y definieron esa arquitectura, las entrevistas de unos arquitectos que fueron sus protagonistas ayudan a descubrir e identificar sutilezas y matices en lo acontecido en ese periodo. De este modo, sus voces arrojan luz sobre lo que contribuyó a hacer de la arquitectura moderna mexicana algo tan singular a escala mundial. Aunque esos arqui- tectos no siempre fueron conscientes de la presencia de esas estruc- turas de poder, sus proyectos participaron en la marginación, la discriminación y el sometimiento que tales estructuras provocaban. En este sentido, el presente estudio también revela hasta qué punto dichas estructuras de poder están todavía presentes en la arquitec- tura mexicana actual.
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FREUD SOBRE LA ARQUITECTURA
Freud sobre la arquitectura explica qué ofrece Sigmund Freud para comprender la creatividad y la experiencia de la arquitectura, con ejemplos que van desde el Movimiento Moderno hasta la actualidad.
Las observaciones de Freud sobre la mente humana y su influencia en la cultura y el comportamiento social han generado numerosos debates desde el siglo XIX. Sin embargo, lo que las ideas fundamentales de Freud ofrecen para comprender la creatividad y la experiencia de la arquitectura ha recibido muy poca atención directa. Esto se debe, en parte, a que Freud abrió la puerta a un lugar en el que la investigación convencional sobre arquitectura tiene poca fuerza: el inconsciente. Para complicar aún más las cosas, la obra de Freud es vasta y abrumadora. Freud sobre la arquitectura examina las ideas clave de Freud y cierra la brecha entre la arquitectura y la teoría psicoanalítica.
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GENIUS LICI; PAISAJE, AMBIENTE Y ARQUIT.
Este libro apareció originalmente en 1979 en su versión italiana, y un año después en inglés. Pese al prestigio de su autor, nunca se había traducido al español, por lo que la presente edición es casi una novedad.
Como se indica nada más empezar el prefacio, este estudio sobre el concepto del 'espíritu del lugar', el genius loci de los antiguos romanos, es una continuación de tres libros anteriores del autor, todos existentes en versión española: Intenciones en arquitectura (1963), Existencia, espacio y arquitectura (1971) y Arquitectura occidental (1974).
La idea fundamental del libro es que el ser humano necesita un 'punto de apoyo existencial' y que es la arquitectura, en sus diversas escalas, la que se lo puede proporcionar. Para ello, el principal objetivo que se plantea el texto es exponer las implicaciones psíquicas de la arquitectura y no tanto su lado práctico, aun sabiendo que existe una relación entre ambos aspectos.
Las reflexiones filosóficas de Martin Heidegger sobre el concepto de 'habitar' sirven al autor como punto de partida de sus investigaciones sobre la noción de lugar, entendido éste como un espacio con un carácter distintivo en el que el ser humano puede desarrollar plenamente su vida.
Así pues, el genius loci, el 'espíritu del lugar' se ha reconocido desde tiempos antiguos como la realidad concreta que el ser humano tiene que afrontar y asumir en su vida cotidiana. La arquitectura significa hacer visible ese genius loci, y la labor del arquitecto es crear lugares significativos con los que ayudar al ser humano a habitar.
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LA RENOVACION DEL SUEÑO AMERICANO
Este libro se publicó originalmente en 1984, con una segunda edición, revisada y ampliada, en 2002, que es la que se presenta aquí en versión española.
Dolores Hayden aborda el mito del 'sueño americano' y estudia unos modelos más satisfactorios de vivienda, trabajo y vida familiar en los Estados Unidos, así como en otros países donde el trabajo remunerado de las mujeres ha creado tensiones similares.
Primero se hace un recorrido por la historia de los tipos de viviendas desde la época colonial, con especial atención a la casa unifamiliar suburbana, y se analizan los retos para esa 'casa de ensueño' planteados por ambientalistas, grupos de mujeres y defensores de los derechos humanos.
Luego se identifican las necesidades y los deseos más profundos asociados al ideal de hogar, y se describen tres modelos de vivienda: la 'estrategia del refugio', la 'estrategia industrial' y la 'estrategia del vecindario', de los que se analizan los puntos fuertes y débiles. Además de las experiencias estadounidenses, se incluyen ejemplos de China, Cuba, Dinamarca, Suecia y Rusia.
Por último, se examina la relación entre los proyectos de vivienda y el espacio público; se estudia en qué circunstancias y lugares la vivienda coincide con el desarrollo comunitario; se considera la rehabilitación del tejido de viviendas y barrios; y se incluyen muchos ejemplos de proyectos experimentales realizados por particulares, grupos pequeños y gobiernos locales y nacionales.
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EL ARTE DE LA NATURALEZA
La naturaleza nunca ha sido tan vibrante. Contemple la belleza y el poder del mundo natural, desde volcanes y mares tempestuosos hasta bosques resplandecientes y estrellas fugaces.
Esta observación guiada de la naturaleza ofrece una forma totalmente nueva de contemplar el mundo.
Un increíble compendio de la historia del mundo que nos rodea, contada a través de pinturas, dibujos, esculturas, textiles y artes decorativas.
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GOYA (BASIC ART SERIES 2.0)
From court portraits for the Spanish royals to horrific scenes of conflict and suffering, Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746–1828) made a mark as one of Spain’s most revered and controversial artists. A master of form and light, his influence reverberates down the centuries, inspiring and fascinating artists from the Romantic Eugène Delacroix to Britart enfants terribles, the Chapman brothers.Born in Fuendetodos, Spain, in 1746, Goya was apprenticed to the Spanish royal family in 1774, where he produced etchings and tapestry cartoons for grand palaces and royal residences across the country. He was also patronized by the aristocracy, painting commissioned portraits of the rich and powerful with his increasingly fluid and expressive style. Later, after a bout of illness, the artist moved towards darker etchings and drawings, introducing a nightmarish realm of witches, ghosts, and fantastical creatures.It was, however, with his horrific depictions of conflict that Goya achieved enduring impact. Executed between 1810 and 1820, The Disasters of War was inspired by atrocities committed during the Spanish struggle for independence from the French and penetrated the very heart of human cruelty and sadism. The bleak tones, agitated brushstrokes, and aggressive use of Baroque-like light and dark contrasts recalled Velázquez and Rembrandt, but Goya’s subject matter was unprecedented in its brutality and honesty.In this introductory book from TASCHEN Basic Art 2.0 we set out to explore the full arc of Goya’s remarkable career, from elegant court painter to deathly seer of suffering and grotesquerie. Along the way, we encounter such famed portraits as Don Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zúñiga, the dazzling Naked Maja, and The 3rd of May 1808 in Madrid, one of the most heart-stopping images of war in the history of art.
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BREVE HISTORIA DE LOS AGUJEROS NEGROS
En este preciso momento estás orbitando alrededor de un agujero negro.
Rebecca Smethurst, galardonada investigadora de la Universidad de Oxford, arroja luz sobre el fenómeno más misterioso y emocionante de la astrofísica, y desarma los equívocos construidos a su alrededor para contarnos que los agujeros negros no son realmente negros. Que se parecen más a una mullida almohada que a una potente aspiradora. Que orbitamos alrededor del agujero negro supermasivo denominado Sagitario A*.
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ALAN I W FRANK HOUSE: THE MODERNIST M.
The first book to feature this modernist masterpiece, one of Walter Gropius and Marcel Breuer's most important residential commissions.
Offering a rare opportunity to explore the largest and most luxurious house designed by Walter Gropius, founder of the Bauhaus, and Marcel Breuer, leading architect and furniture designer of the twentieth century, this beautifully designed volume celebrates the Alan I W Frank House in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Built in 1939-40, the house embodies the Bauhaus "total work of art" philosophy, with Gropius and Breuer having designed every aspect of the building and its site. Illustrations including new and archival images and the architects' plans and sketches highlight an exquisite balance of proportions and colors. Accompanying essays place this house firmly within the American modernist canon just as the Bauhaus celebrates its one-hundreth anniversary in 2019.
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INTENCIONES EN ARQUITECTURA. HACIA UNA
Este libro apareció originalmente en inglés, fruto de la tesis doctoral del autor. La primera versión española se publicó en 1979 y se reimprimió en 1988. Desde entonces el libro ha estado descatalogado. Esta nueva edición, totalmente revisada y remaquetada con las figuras junto al texto, se publica para celebrar el centenario del nacimiento de Christian Norberg-Schulz.
Los arquitectos siempre se han mostrado bastante reacios a desarrollar una base teórica en su campo, sobre todo a causa del prejuicio de que la teoría acaba con la facultad creadora. En este estudio se intentará demostrar que esa visión es errónea.
El libro se centra principalmente en los aspectos simbólico y lingüístico, y su propósito es desarrollar una teoría integrada de la arquitectura. Para ello se indaga en la descripción y en las intenciones: la descripción, en la medida en que la arquitectura es una ciencia; las intenciones (tanto las del usuario como las del arquitecto), en la medida en que la arquitectura es un arte.
La estructura del libro es seguramente una de las construcciones intelectuales más impresionantes que haya elaborado nunca un arquitecto. Los fundamentos en los que se basa incluyen la psicología de la Gestalt, el mecanismo de la percepción, la teoría de la información, la filosofía analítica (en particular el análisis lingüístico) y la teoría general de los signos y los símbolos. Todos esos conocimientos tienen su lugar y su propósito, ninguno se emplea para lograr un efecto puramente decorativo. Y todos esos enfoques, aparentemente divergentes, se articulan en un plan estrictamente organizado para proponer una teoría de aplicación general, una teoría que abarca los aspectos funcionales, formales y técnicos que, combinados mediante relaciones semánticas, están siempre presentes en la obra de arquitectura, entendida como una totalidad.
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VIVIENNE W. HISTORIA DETRAS DE LA MODA
Esta es la historia de una de las diseñadoras más icónicas del mundo, Vivienne Westwood, la revolucionaria de la moda.
Punk, precursora, rebelde y transgresora, llevó una vida fascinante. A través de una impresionante lista de logros, desde ser coronada como la «diseñadora de diseñadores» hasta liderar el activismo climático, es fácil entender cómo Westwood inspiró a generaciones de diseñadores de todo el mundo.
Los momentos de pasarela de Vivienne Westwood que han pasado a la historia, cómo ese vestido de novia llegó a aparecer en Sex and the City y cómo un collar de perlas se volvió viral en TikTok; desde sus colaboraciones más notables y los momentos clave de protesta hasta el último desfile y colección antes de su fallecimiento en 2022.
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PEQUEÑO LIBRO DE ADIDAS
Descubra la legendaria historia de Adidas, la marca de las tres bandas inconfundibles que han conquistado el mundo.
En esta guía ilustrada, Josh Sims se adentra en la apasionante historia de una de las marcas más icónicas en la actualidad, desde sus orígenes en un pequeño pueblo de Alemania hasta convertirse en símbolo de calidad, rendimiento e innovación.
A través de los diseños más icónicos de la marca, las innovaciones que transformaron el sector y su influencia en la cultura pop, este libro representa una lectura esencial para los amantes de las últimas tendencias y de las sneakers.
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PEQUEÑO LIBRO DE NIKE
Descubra la legendaria historia de Nike, que con su extraordinario diseño y el inconfundible Swoosh ha conquistado el mundo y se ha convertido en una especie de culto.
En esta guía ilustrada, Josh Sims analiza el ascenso de la compañía de equipamiento deportivo más grande del mundo, desde sus inicios humildes en Oregón hasta convertirse en un imperio global de la industria de la moda.
A través de los diseños más icónicos de la marca, las innovaciones que transformaron el sector y su influencia en la cultura pop, este libro representa una lectura esencial para los amantes de las últimas tendencias y de las sneakers.
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TIFFANY & CO. HISTORIA DETRAS DE LA MODA
Todo el mundo conoce las cajitas azules de Tiffany & Co., pero esta es la fascinante historia real que hay detrás del éxito de la marca de joyería más famosa del planeta.
Descubra cómo el valiente emprendedor Charles Lewis Tiffany, recién llegado a la ciudad de Nueva York en 1837, consiguió convertirse en el «Rey de los diamantes».
La historia de grandes ganancias y pérdidas, del descubrimiento de gemas inéditas y genios del diseño, y de la creación de algunas de las joyas más emblemáticas de nuestro tiempo, entre las que se incluye el clásico anillo de compromiso Tiffany.
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SI LAS JOYAS HABLARAN
* Un cofre del tesoro rebosante de historias olvidadas sobre las joyas que han acompañado al ser humano desde los albores del tiempo, de la mano de la experta en joyería Carol Woolton. Indaga en la historia y el significado cultural del ornamento humano, en una narración abundante en detalles y anécdotas variopintas. Carol Woolton, experta en historia de las joyas, directora de Joyería en la edición británica de Vogue y presentadora de un pódcast especializado, es la guía perfecta en este largo viaje con siete paradas: aretes, sortijas, cuentas, dijes, broches, brazaletes y tocados. Una inmersión en culturas de todo el mundo y todas las épocas para narrar la fascinante historia de los torques de plata vikingos, el jade imperial chino, los anillos posies del siglo xvi, las gemas naturales, los motivos de serpiente, los camafeos romanos, las joyas de boda hindúes, el oro etrusco, las monedas de la Grecia clásica, los piercings, las tiaras o las tobilleras.an cautivador y resplandeciente como sus protagonistas, este libro hará las delicias de todo amante de la joyería.
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BREVE HISTORIA DEL ARTE CONTEMPORANEO
Guía de bolsillo sobre los movimientos, las obras, los temas y las técnicas fundamentales. * Una nueva e innovadora introducción al arte creado desde finales de la década de 1960 hasta nuestros días. * 49 obras esenciales del arte contemporáneo, piezas que van desde el land art y el performance art hasta óleos y NFT, que se relacionan con los movimientos, conceptos y metodologías más significativos. Accesible, conciso y profusamente ilustrado con imágenes de obras emblemáticas de creadores de todo el mundo, este libro explora cómo y por qué se desarrolló este arte y se ponen de manifiesto las cruciales innovaciones de diversos artistas. Esta desmitificadora introducción al tema permite conocer con profundidad y disfrutar en toda su extensión el arte más revolucionario creado en las últimas décadas.
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RAINER W. SCHLEGELMILCH. PORSCHE RACING
In 1962, Rainer W. Schlegelmilch had his first experience of motorsport – the 1,000 km at the Nürburgring – and it was this that sparked a lifelong passion for both Porsche and racing that still burns today.
Beginning in 1963, this wholly captivating collection of breathtaking shots transports you to another time and another world, taking you on a journey through the history of Porsche endurance racing, from Le Mans to Monza, via the Targa Florio and Spa-Francorchamps. And with his own words accompanying the pictures, Schlegelmilch shows and tells fascinating stories from track and trackside.
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TEORIA DE LA ARQUITECTURA. (T.P.)
Esencia estructural
Los tratados de arquitectura que dieron forma a nuestro mundo
Si alguna vez se ha preguntado en qué piensan los arquitectos cuando proyectan un edificio, le encantará saber que no falta material brillante de lectura para satisfacer su curiosidad. Aunque una incursión en los archivos de la biblioteca de su ciudad seguramente le resultará muy provechosa, no le proporcionará la satisfacción inmediata que obtendrá con esta obra.
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EL LIBRO DEL DISEÑO
Una visión fascinante de los movimientos del diseño, que muestra cómo comenzó cada uno y describe su filosofía y estilo visual. El diseño está presente en todo lo que hacemos y fabricamos. Ha dado forma a nuestro mundo desde tiempos inmemorialesy sigue haciéndolo. El diseño es algo complejo: se cruza con el arte,la arquitectura, la publicidad y la artesanía, pero conserva su propiaintegridad. Es, en esencia, lo que da forma y encanto a los objetos funcionalesy un tono a la forma en que nos expresamos como individuos o empresas.
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DISEÑO DE MARCAS. SEXTA EDICION
Tanto si es jefe de proyecto de renovación de la marca de su empresa como si necesita enseñar a sus empleados o alumnos los conceptos básicos de la creación de una marca, Diseño de marcas es el recurso definitivo. La sexta edición se ha actualizado a conciencia para abordar los retos profesionales actuales de la creación de marcas. Desde la investigación hasta la estrategia de marca, la ejecución del diseño, el lanzamiento y la gobernanza, Diseño de marcas es un compendio de herramientas y prácticas adecuadas que desmitifican, inspiran y proporcionan una hoja de ruta para crear marcas sostenibles y exitosas.
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KATE SPADE NEW YORK: SHE MUSES
This “must-have tome . . . which pays homage to trailblazers as varied as Gloria Steinem and Dolly Parton” (ELLE) invites readers into a way of living that is singularly joyous, distinctly feminine, and wildly interesting.
The most exciting and vibrant women in America are the ones who stand out from the crowd. SHE pays tribute to:
Revered activists like Gloria Steinem and Shirley Chisholm
Classic fictional characters like Mary Richards and Carrie Bradshaw
Treasured icons like Marilyn Monroe and Nina Simone
Contemporary firebirds like Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Dolly Parton
With rich photography, spirited quotes and profiles, amusing anecdotes, words of wisdom, personal essays, and signature kate spade new york “she” statements, every page of SHE will inspire you to live your own interesting life to the fullest, every single day.
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WHAT WE KEEP ADVICE FROM ARTISTS
Learn the refined art of display and get an insider’s education in collecting from gallerist Jean Lin. Follow in her footsteps and tour the unique and beautiful homes of more than a dozen dedicated collectors.
Whether you're starting a new collection or wish to display an existing one, each chapter offers inventive ideas for styling and displaying favorite objects, along with a primer on materials, studio visits with ceramicists, textile artists, and woodworkers, and wisdom from some of today’s most fascinating artists and makers.
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ARCHITECTS OF COMMUNITY
Passionate about designing buildings and neighborhoods that quietly transform the urban environment, Torti Gallas is committed to improving cities, towns, and distressed communities throughout the United States and around the world. This fully illustrated book shows how they have combined the disciplines of architecture, planning, and urban design into a single practice, creating housing and mixed-use buildings that bring catalytic change to urban neighborhoods: the mixed-use apartment buildings, rowhouses, and single-family homes that comprise the fabric of a city. Their work hearkens back to a tradition that, before World War II, created some of the country’s finest neighborhoods, including Forest Hill Gardens in Queens, Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia, and Russian Hill in San Francisco. Featuring 60 built projects, this book shows how Torti Gallas is dedicated to raising the level of this architecture to a new high.
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SLIM AARONS: STYLE
Slim Aarons: Style showcases the photographs that both recorded and influenced the luminaries of the fashion world. This collectible volume features luscious early black-and-white fashion photography, as well as color portraits of the fashionable elite—like Jacqueline de Ribes, C.Z. Guest, Nan Kempner, and Marisa Berenson—and those that designed the clothes, such as Oscar de la Renta, Emilio Pucci, Mary McFadden, and Lilly Pulitzer.
Featuring a number of never-before-seen images and detailed captions written by fashion historians, Slim Aarons: Style is a collection of the photographer’s most stylish work.
Slim Aarons, at least according to the man himself, did not photograph fashion: “I didn’t do fashion. I did the people in their clothes that became the fashion.” But despite what he claimed, Aarons’s work is indelibly tied to fashion. Aarons’s incredibly influential photographs of high society and socialites being unambiguously themselves are still a source of inspiration for modern day style icons.
This coffee table book is perfect for sharing, displaying, and gifting.
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SEAN SCHERERS VIGNETTES
How do you make your home come alive with personality, charm, and memory? In the introduction to Sean Scherer’s first book, Kabinett & Kammer: Creating Authentic Interiors, Anderson Cooper writes, “Scherer has a unique ability to place otherwise ordinary objects in a completely unexpected context or grouping and in so doing change the way you see them.”
In Sean Scherer’s Vignettes, Scherer focuses in on the art of combining common objects into aesthetically pleasing groupings, or vignettes. Contending that a vignette can set the whole mood and tone of a room, he shows you how to use any surface in your home, from a tabletop to a bookshelf to a wall, to create lively displays of your favorite items. Beautifully illustrated with Scherer’s own photographs, the book demonstrates how to balance color, texture, and shape, and provides lessons on how to create both symmetrical and asymmetrical vignettes.
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POOLSIDE WITH SLIM AARONS
Poolside with Slim Aarons offers images of jet-setters and the wealthy, of beautiful, glittering people living the glamorous life. Yet this collection of stunning photographs of the rich and well-connected “doing attractive things” in their favorite playgrounds has a twist: The main character is pools, and everything that goes with them.
Pools bring with them images of magnificent, suntanned bodies; well-oiled skin; bikini-clad women; yachts; summer cocktails; sumptuous buffets; spectacular locations; and most of all: fun.
Poolside is not so much a who’s who of society, aristocracy, and celebrity—although C. Z. Guest, Lilly Pulitzer, Cheryl Tiegs, Peter Beard, and many who have appeared in Slim's previous books are here—as it is about leisure time and how the rich make use of it. This is a more intimate peek into very private lives, to which photographer Slim Aarons was given unprecedented access in the fifties, sixties, seventies, and eighties.
This coffee table book is perfect for sharing, displaying, and gifting.
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RICHARD MISHAAN DESIGN ARCHITECTURE
Richard Mishaan is renowned for his masterly integration of textiles, palettes rich in complementary shades, natural materials forged by artisans, surfaces bedecked with talismanic curios, a strategic sense of when and where to place a mirror, and a deep knowledge of both the fine and decorative arts. His many influences, including his upbringing in Colombia, coupled with his idiosyncratic perspective, explain why his sophisticated clientele return repeatedly as their lives evolve.
In Richard Mishaan Design, his working methods are revealed in projects as varied as the conversion of a 400-year-old barn in the Hamptons into a warm, inviting family home and the transformation of an ultra-modern, glass-walled New York City apartment into a comfortable yet sophisticated aerie. Here too are show houses, which he uses as experimental laboratories, working out such diverse design ideas as updating legendary designer Renzo Mongiardino’s aesthetic and achieving a chic look on a tight budget. He has also designed rooms in bespoke hotels, ranging from the Rat Pack–influenced Shelborne South Beach in Miami to the Tcherassi, a renovated 250-year-old mansion in Cartagena, Colombia.
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PIETRO CICOGNANI ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN
For 30 years, Italian-born Pietro Cicognani has been designing highly customized and exquisitely crafted country houses, city apartments, outbuildings, pool houses, and even garden plans for an A-list clientele. In the first monograph of his work, some 20 of his notable projects are featured, including a converted barn complex on Long Island, a sprawling estate in upstate New York, a chic minimalist town house in Manhattan, and a romantic seaside house and elaborate garden in the Hamptons. Whether new construction or gut renovation, each project is designed in collaboration with the finest artisans, craftspeople, and exceptional interior designers. Illustrated with photographs by Francesco Lagnese, as well as site and floor plans and drawings, the book includes a foreword by Isabella Rossellini, whose country home Cicognani designed.
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PALM BEACH LIVING
From charming bungalows to sleek minimalist houses and apartments to restorations of iconic Mediterranean Revival residences to a garden dotted with oversized insect sculptures, the homes showcased in Palm Beach Living are as distinctive as they are representative of the ever-evolving design trends on the nation’s most exclusive barrier island.
Some of the homes incorporate the exuberant colors of the island’s flora; others opt for a soothing, more neutral palette to contrast with the surrounding landscape. All embrace indoor-outdoor living, and each reflects the unique aesthetic of the owner.
Guided by native Palm Beacher Jennifer Ash Rudick, with photographs by Nick Mele, “a modern-day Slim Aarons,” readers are granted an intimate look at the best in tropical living.
This gorgeous coffee table book highlights the work of renowned architects—from the legendary Maurice Fatio and John Volk to Daniel Kahan, Fairfax & Sammons, Jeffrey W. Smith, and David Fox & Chris Stone—superb landscape designers, including Mario Nievera, Jorge Sánchez, and Fernando Wong, and such world-class interior designers as Tom Scheerer, Amanda Lindroth, Mark D. Sikes, Jonathan Adler, Frank de Biasi, Mimi McMakin, the late Carleton Varney, and Kim Coleman.
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THE NEW CLASSIC HOME MODERN MEETS
In The New Classic Home, beloved designer Paloma Contreras focuses her sought-after expertise on one of the most desired yet difficult tasks in decorating: how to design a space that successfully mixes traditional and modern elements. How does one bridge the gap between such different concepts? By walking readers through her four main techniques—color, texture & pattern, scale & proportion, and tension—Contreras demonstrates how to successfully pair seemingly disparate pieces from different eras and styles to create harmonious, timeless, and balanced interiors.
With spectacular color photography and personalized design tips, The New Classic Home divulges how to blend vintage pieces into even the most contemporary settings, highlight favorite elements of any architectural style, freshen classic silhouettes, and create layered, interesting spaces that always include an element of modern surprise with a touch of elegant antiquity.
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LOUIS VUITTON. EXTRAORDINARY VOYAGES
The mid-19th and early 20th centuries heralded new means of transport and equipment and, with them, new and original ways of exploring the world. Transatlantic liners, automobiles, long-haul airplanes, zeppelins, and express trains unfurled new horizons and changed travel itself into an adventure. Distant lands were no longer solely accessible to aristocrats, explorers, and adventurers. Instead, the world opened up to new groups of people eager to circumvent the globe. And for many of these new globetrotters, traveling was synonymous with Louis Vuitton, the French label whose iconic and functional luggage trunks could be found on nearly every boat, plane, car, and train around the world.
In this beautiful book, author Francisca Mattéoli recounts 50 tales of thrilling travel undertaken in every possible mode of transit, from the hot air balloon to the space shuttle, each lavishly illustrated with more than 300 historical photographs and ephemera from Louis Vuitton’s official archives. Louis Vuitton: Extraordinary Voyages is a journey all its own—an evocative and transporting account of the most surprising and transformative trips taken since the 19th century.
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KATIE RIDDER MORE ROOMS
Bold combinations of primary and secondary colors; exquisitely crafted trims, embroidery, lampshades, and countless accessories (all designed by Ridder); imaginative room surfaces from silver leaf to custom stenciling. These are but a few of the signature elements of a Katie Ridder interior. Katie Ridder: More Rooms explores Ridder’s unique aesthetic room by room to underscore the astounding breadth and depth of her decorating ingenuity. The illuminating text details Ridder’s singularly creative approach to the essential elements of each room, including furniture plan, color, lighting, finishes, pattern, layering, and scale. Illustrated with specially commissioned photographs by Eric Piasecki and featuring an introduction by longtime editor in chief of House & Garden Dominique Browning, Katie Ridder: More Rooms provides endless inspiration for design aficionados.
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LIVING WELL BY DESIGN MELISSA PENFOLD
Melissa Penfold, Australia’s foremost authority on style and design, has distilled her three decades of expertise into a single volume, identifying the basic decorating principles—including light and space, composition and balance, and pattern and texture—and offering hundreds of invaluable tips on how to apply them to turn your house into a home that is comfortable, intimate, beautiful, and the most authentic expression of your personal aesthetic.
Illustrated with images of her own home and inspirational homes around the world, Living Well by Design is an indispensable resource for everyone eager to create interiors in which decorating fundamentals are integrally interwoven with individual style.
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ISLAND HOPPING AMANDA LINDROTH DESIGN
White canvas, boldly colored fabrics in solids, stripes, and jaunty prints, rattan and cane seating, whitewashed or colorfully painted English case furniture, canopied beds, straw matting—these are some of the signature ingredients of an Amanda Lindroth interior.
Since she founded her Nassau-based firm in 2010, she has become the go-to designer of island dwellers from Lyford Cay to Antigua, Abaco to Belize, Harbour Island to Palm Beach, and as far north as Great Cranberry Island, Maine. Her airy, relaxed, indoor-outdoor aesthetic is apparent in every one of the twenty-five projects featured here.
With photographs by Tria Giovan, herself an island native, and charming illustrations by Aldous Bertram, who decorated Lindroth’s pied-à-terre in Palm Beach with stunning trompe l’oeil renderings, Island Hopping: Amanda Lindroth Design is the visual equivalent of an island getaway.
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INSIDE PARIS
Celebrated photographer and author Ricardo Labougle takes us on an odyssey through the most superbly decorated homes in Paris. Labougle’s striking photography highlights the rich variety of Paris interiors—from classical and rococo styling to more modern interpretations of decor.
However inspiration strikes, a Paris interior will rise magnificently to the occasion, as demonstrated by internationally-acclaimed Jacques Grange’s contemporary apartment situated in a Regency palace, the innovative rustic modernism of Studio KO, Vincent Darré’s breathtaking painted wall designs, which combine XVIII-century and 1920s styles, and Jacopo Etro’s architecturally exquisite space, enhanced by mid-century décor and filled with objets d’art.
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CABANA ANTHOLOGY: THE ANNIVERSARY
Celebrating 10 years of publishing the finest interior design and decorative arts, Cabana Anthology: The Anniversary Edition is a stunning showcase of the most impressive and influential styles featured in the cult interiors magazine in its first decade. This sublime book delves into the stories behind a multitude of stunning interiors, offering insights from the designers, collectors, and artists who have contributed to Cabana’s legacy of true artistry and craftsmanship. Founded by editor-in-chief Martina Mondadori along with designer Christoph Radl and publisher Gianluca Reina in 2014, Cabana aims to inspire a new generation of globetrotters, taking them on a journey through sophistication, obsessive collecting, colors, and fabrics.
This stunning volume features the very best photography, interviews, profiles, and features from the publication, with contributions from Carlos Mota, Marco Mansi, and Marian McEvoy, and photographers Miguel Flores-Vianna, Guido Taroni, Mark Luscombe Whyte, Tim Walker, and Joanna MacLennan, among many others.
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AT THE ARTISANS TABLE INSPIRATION
Throughout history, tabletop decoration has been at the nexus of utilitarian function and innovative design. In At the Artisan’s Table, designers and event producers Jane Schulak and David Stark pair historical table wares from the world’s finest design museums with pieces by an international array of contemporary artisans who reinterpret traditional crafts and styles, including Aptware (marbled clay), blue-and-white Delft, chinoiserie, faux bois, plaster, splatterware, and trompe l’oeil.
Each chapter features a museum object that serves as a muse; the work and studio of the artist who has updated the traditional craft; and gorgeous table settings designed by Schulak and Stark that incorporate the artist’s handmade wares and provide inspiration for everyone who has ever wished to wow their dinner guests.
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THE WRIGLEY BUILDING
The Wrigley represents the high-water mark of Beaux Arts Classicism in the city, a gleaming white palazzo at the head of Chicago’s grandest boulevard, Michigan Avenue. With lavish terra-cotta ornamentation, it was Chicago’s tallest building when it opened in 1921. The book focuses on the intertwined stories of William Wrigley Jr., the larger-than-life founder of the chewing gum empire, and Charles Gerhard Beersman, the relatively unknown architect who, mentored by architect Julia Morgan, brought the building to life.
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THE SPIRITED GARDEN. CREATIVE PRIVATE
A mix of high plant/horticultural knowledge and a love of artistically repurposed everyday materials creating unique features will strike a chord with all those who dream of perking up their own gardens. Doreen sought out the most original gardens to feature those that use cleverly repurposed industrial and found materials: handmade archways of gnarled branches or hand-welded fences, mixed with unique sculptures and structures. Text and deep captions full of plant IDs highlight unusual or remarkable collections of flora and foliage that will inspire readers to re-create or come up with their own planting designs and combinations.
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UNIPOL TOWER. GROUP HEADQUARTERS MILAN
A new tower stands out against the city skyline: the Unipol Tower designed by Mario Cucinella Architects, an internationally renowned architecture studio based in Milan and Bologna. The Unipol Tower is a 124-meter elliptical tower in the Porta Nuova area, in the heart of the city. Made from glass and steel, it has a glasshouse on the rooftop serving as a cultural venue. Commissioned by Unipol, the leading Italian insurance company, the tower looks beyond the corporate identity and headquarters of Unipol and has been acclaimed as one of the most advanced architecture projects ever created.
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SANTA BARBARA. AT HOME IN PARADISE
With new photographs of houses steeped in the period revival tradition, from 1838 to today, not since Rizzoli’s Santa Barbara Style (2001) has a book so eloquently captured the distinctive splendor of this seaside paradise.
Known worldwide for the Santa Barbara style, the town epitomizes a type of building at once elegant and suffused with poetry. At its heart is the historic downtown, featuring white-washed Mediterranean-style stucco buildings with tile roofs and the iconic Santa Barbara Mission of 1786, whose austere beauty set the tone for all that followed. From its earliest days, the influence of this place has been felt and has since radiated across the sunbelt; it continues to be a model of emulation and inspiration. But it is the houses and the dream of living in Santa Barbara and its sister communities of Ojai, Carpinteria, Summerland, Goleta, and Montecito that casts the most profound spell.
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THE NEW ROMANTIC GARDEN
Over her thirty-year career, celebrated designer Jo Thompson has become recognised for her timeless planting, well-proportioned, English-style gardens rendered modern by a staunch commitment to biodiversity to the eye this translates as a looser formality than English gardens of the past, though every bit as romantic.
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KARL LAGERFELD. A FASHION HISTORY
Ottavi enjoyed a rare degree of open and candid access to Lagerfeld in his later years, and this biography offers an unparalleled look into the iconic designer’s complex personality and wide-ranging creativity. Lagerfeld himself wanted this to be a frank, honest, serious account that would be an invaluable resource for fashion lovers and admirers of his incomparable legacy. Unlike other recent books, this intimate portrait deftly reveals his true inner nature in his own words.
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MEDITERRANEAN HOMES
Schestowitz is a strong believer that a home should create a sense of belonging and togetherness. Growing up, she developed an appreciation for harmonizing diverse styles, placing a modern stainless steel island by an old dining area, an African dresser next to an Eames chair. Schestowitz is not a follower of design guidelines; she believes in an intuitive harmony of space, color, and light. The spaces she creates are infused with travel collectibles, art acquisitions, family pieces, and historical patterns. The rich palettes and bold patterns create spaces that feel naturally inviting and intimate, a result of her long-standing exploration of Mediterranean style.
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NANTUCKET LOOMS. A LEGACY OF STYLE
In the early 1960s a reawakening was happening on Nantucket. Into this world stepped Andy Oates and Bill Euler, one skilled in fine arts and the other in the art of hospitality. In 1968 they opened Nantucket Looms, which specialized in needlepoint, crewelwork, handwoven fabrics, and local artwork, forging their Nantucket style aesthetic. This modest homespun charm held great appeal to such style makers as Jackie Kennedy Onassis, Bunny Mellon, and interior designer Billy Baldwin.
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DRAWN TOGETHER STUDIO DB. ARCHITECTURE
Studio DB, a Manhattan-based architecture and interiors firm headed by Britt and Damian Zunino, is inspired by contextual design and eclecticism—the resulting work embraces the juxtaposition of and tension between polished and playful, modern and traditional. Their projects incorporate a mix of materials, sculptural forms, and whimsical pattern and color, all anchored by a contemporary desire for domestic ease. Design details distinguish their work, with tactile materials interpreted in fresh ways. Examples include exquisite de Gournay wallpaper paired with suspended lamps in a variety of geometric forms and the terrazzo floor of a city foyer, incorporating massive chunks of stone slabs and smaller rocks from the client’s climbing adventures.
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LIVING IN MOROCCO. 45TH ED.
Though it lies just across the Mediterranean from Europe, barely a stone’s throw from Spain’s southernmost tip, Morocco couldn’t possibly be farther away.With its mountainous and desert landscapes, labyrinthine souks, delectable cuisine, exquisite rugs and textiles, vibrant mosaics, fragrant odors, mesmerizing music, and welcoming people, Morocco is a most alluring and tantalizingly exotic destination. Digging a little deeper into the myth of Morocco, Barbara and René Stoeltie bring us this eclectic selection of homes to demonstrate all that is most wonderful about the Moroccan style: from tiled, turquoise swimming pools and lavish gardens to carved wooden furniture and jade-colored marble fountains.With more than 500 pages featuring stunning, inspiring photographs, flipping through these fairy tale-like visions of exotic havens (ideally while sipping a steaming cup of sweet, fragrant mint tea) will instantly whisk you away.
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ALFREDO PAREDES AT HOME
While touring readers through four of his own homes, Paredes shares the key elements in his creative process, giving us access to the same tools he uses in every home to decorate rooms that feel modern even as they glamorize the past, to show us how an environment has real power to transform our very state of mind. Paredes is renowned for being a master of extrapolating an entire theme from one unique item, say transforming the stripe of a crisp Oxford shirt into a unique upholstery perfect for the seaside, or finding inspiration for a couch’s decorative fringe in a well-worn piece of leather ranch gear. He is said to have “perfect visual pitch,” creating vignettes and rooms with an energy that feels undeniably masculine and sophisticated thanks to dark wood, iron railings, rustic fabrics, an overall patina, and soft furnishings in soothing earth tones.
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LE CORBUSIER (BA) (GB)
Born Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, Le Corbusier (1887–1965) is widely acclaimed as the most influential architect of the 20th century. From private villas to mass social housing projects, his radical ideas, designs, and writings presented a whole-scale reinvention not only of individual structures, but of entire concepts of modern living.
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BARBIE. CELEBRACION DE UN ICONO
La obra más completa sobre la muñeca más famosa del mundo.
La primera historia oficial de un icono amado en todo el mundo: Barbie, mucho más que una muñeca.
Barbie es Moda. Barbie es Arte. Barbie es el símbolo de la mujer emancipada de todas las culturas y países, cada vez más inclusiva y atenta a cuestiones sociales y globales, en consonancia con su lema: "Se lo que quieras ser", que resuena cada vez más actual. Nacida en 1959, hace 65 años, pero siempre joven y moderna gracias a sus múltiples cambios de estilo y de fisonomía, Barbie es una criatura caleidoscópica y un verdadero icono pop: creadora de tendencias, top model y musa inspiradora de innumerables artistas. Este libro te ofrece la obra completa sobre la muñeca más famosa del mundo.
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BHABHA SOBRE LA ARQUITECTURA
La teoría poscolonial ha influido muy significativamente en la historiografía actual y en la evolución de la crítica arquitectónica contemporánea en particular. Este volumen estudia la contribución de Homi K. Bhabha al discurso y el proyecto de arquitectura. Sus conceptos y sus frecuentes analogías con la arquitectura hacen que su obra resulte atractiva para los arquitectos y los profesionales de otras disciplinas creativas. Centrado en la publicación más aplaudida de Bhabha, El lugar de la cultura, el presente libro explica de manera sencilla parte de la terminología que Bhabha emplea en sus escritos traducción, ambivalencia, hibridez y Tercer Espacio, junto con lo performativo y lo pedagógico.
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LA IMPRESION COMO ARTE
Este libro pretende ser tanto una fuente de aliento como una exploración de la vida y la obra de los artistas que sienten fascinación por el proceso de la impresión artística y por el desarrollo de sus imágenes personales a través de la creación de impresiones originales. Los testimonios de destacados artistas invitan a explorar infinitas posibilidades de los diversos métodos de trabajo. Los capítulos se distribuyen según las distintas técnicas de impresión. A las completas explicaciones de cada uno de los medios les sigue un detallado análisis de los métodos disponibles, ilustrados con fotos paso a paso. Al final se incluye una completa sección de información útil con una lista de proveedores, talleres y estudios.
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COLECCION PERSONAL
Relojes mecánicos, cronógrafos, de buceo y de cuarzo: un recorrido por la historia de la relojería a través de 90 modelos emblemáticos. * Desde los primeros relojes de pulsera hasta los relojes de cuarzo, todos tienen un interés histórico, mecánico o meramente estético. * Un viaje a través de las épocas y las diferentes complicaciones de la relojería. Siglos, incluso milenios, de innovación técnica han llevado a la creación de los relojes tal y como los conocemos hoy. Complejos y estéticos, son obra de artesanos muy cualificados y con un saber hacer excepcional. Pero ¿qué sentido tienen los relojes mecánicos en la era de los smartwatches? ¿Por qué nos fascinan? Tal vez sea porque, junto con la ropa, son los objetos más íntimos de nuestras vidas. Quizá también sea porque algunos han protagonizado extraordinarias aventuras humanas. Acaso porque otros nunca habrían visto la luz sin la perseverancia y la imaginación de grandes personalidades. ¿Somos realmente los dueños de un reloj o nos limitamos a transmitírselo a las generaciones venideras? Pese a las cicatrices que el tiempo les haya dejado, la mayoría de los modelos que figuran en este libro nos sobrevivirán. De hecho, la mayoría de ellos son relojes antiguos, con pátina, oxidados, imperfectos, simplemente vividos.
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PASARELA. YVES SAINT LAURENT
El primer resumen completo de las magníficas colecciones de alta costura de Yves Saint Laurent, desde la inauguración en 1962 hasta su retirada en 2002, presentado a través de las fotografías originales de las pasarelas. Como homenaje al legendario diseñador, este libro es el registro de cuarenta años de creaciones icónicas de la alta costura, desde el radical «Le Smoking» (el primer traje de esmoquin para mujeres) de 1966 hasta las deslumbrantes creaciones inspiradas en el arte: vestidos «Mondrian», preciosos bordados «Van Gogh», capas «cubistas» y la famosa colección Ballets Russes, por nombrar algunos. * Incluye una introducción y una descripción sobre el perfil del diseñador a cargo de Suzy Menkes, así como los textos de las colecciones del Musée Yves Saint Laurent París. Un libro que ofrece una oportunidad única de mostrar las creaciones del diseñador que revolucionó el guardarropa de la mujer moderna. Con más de 1000 imágenes, este tesoro de inspiración es una referencia obligada para todos los profesionales de la moda y los seguidores de Yves Saint Laurent.
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SCANDINAVIAN DESIGN 40TH ED. (E)
Scandinavia is world famous for its inimitable, democratic designs which bridge the gap between crafts and industrial production, organic forms and everyday functionality. This all-you-need guide includes a detailed look at Scandinavian furniture, glass, ceramics, textiles, jewelry, metalware, and industrial design from 1900 to the present day, with in-depth entries on 125 designers and design-led companies.
Featured designers and designer-led companies include Verner Panton, Arne Jacobsen, Alvar Aalto, Timo Sarpaneva, Hans Wegner, Tapio Wirkkala, Stig Lindberg, Finn Juhl, Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Arnold Madsen, Barbro Nilsson, Fritz Hansen, Artek, Le Klint, Gustavsberg, Iittala, Fiskars, Orrefors, Royal Copenhagen, Holmegaard, Arabia, Marimekko, and Georg Jensen.
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DIOR LINDBERGH 40TH ED. (INT)
Peter Lindbergh photographed Dior’s most exceptional muses, Marion Cotillard and Charlize Theron among them, and signed campaigns for Lady Dior and J'Adore with his inimitable style. Throughout his career, the photographer was one of the house’s closest collaborators. This final book was an original cocreation that was close to the artist’s heart―and to ours.
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THE ADIDAS ARCHIVE. THE FOOTWEAR COLLET.
More than 100 years ago the brothers Adolf ("Adi") and Rudolf Dassler made their first pair of sports shoes. Hundreds of groundbreaking designs, epic moments, and star-studded collabs later, this book presents a visual review of the adidas shoe through almost 200 models.
To further develop and tailor his products to athletes’ specific needs, Dassler asked them to return their worn footwear when no longer needed, with all the shoes eventually ending up in his attic (to this day, many athletes return their shoes to adidas, often as a thank you after winning a title or breaking a world record). This collection now makes up the "adidas archive", one of the largest, if not the largest archive of any sports goods manufacturer in the world—which photographers Christian Habermeier and Sebastian Jäger have been visually documenting in extreme detail for years.
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XAVIER VEILHAN CHANEL
The House of Chanel offers rare access behind the scenes to three haute couture runway shows designed in dialogue with contemporary artist Xavier Veilhan.
Virginie Viard, artistic director for Chanel’s fashion collections, entrusted Xavier Veilhan with the set design for three consecutive haute couture shows: Spring‒Summer 2022, Fall‒Winter 2022/23, and Spring‒Summer 2023. This unusually long dialogue resulted in an original visual universe, blending Veilhan’s poetic imagination, his reinterpretation of the Chanel world, and the infinite delicacy of Virginie Viard’s haute couture creations.
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SHAPING THE WORLD AS A HOME
Evens has long been considered one of the country’s leading contemporary architects who aspires to create the complete living environment, in the same vein as Gil Schafer, Bobby McAlpine, Ray Booth, and Stanley Dixon. His inspiration is drawn from classical traditions and informed by contemporary indoor-outdoor life—in this case the indoor-outdoor life of California.
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PETER MOORE: SNEAKER LEGEND
A tribute to the visionary designer whose creative brilliance left an indelible mark on the world of sneakers, athletic wear and the sports industry, uniquely becoming one of the most influential and celebrated creative directors of both Adidas and Nike.
The book reveals for the first time the inside story behind the creation of the Air Jordan 1, the sneaker that lives at the heart of modern streetwear culture, the much loved ‘Wings’ and ‘Jumpman’ logos, the groundbreaking Adidas Equipment and Originals lines, and the iconic Adidas ‘Performance’ logo. Included in this book are Moore’s early designs, concept sketches, revolutionary advertising campaigns and personal artworks. His creative path from his early days as a graphic design student to eventually reshaping both Nike and Adidas is an inspirational guide for the trailblazers of modern streetwear culture. His unyielding genius and influence finally receiving their due recognition within the pages of this book.
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THE PERFECT ROOM
Flanigan looks at the home on a room-by-room basis, identifying common design challenges, offering solutions on how to create rooms that are aesthetically pleasing and efficient. With examples chosen from her work, she shares seasoned wisdom and creative approaches to every decision ranging from building materials and architectural details to furnishings, color, textiles, accessories, and organization.
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MICHAEL S. SMITH CLASSIC BY DESIGN
One of the most original and respected talents in design, Smith is revered for his impeccable taste and style. Informed by a deep understanding of design history and the art world, Smith’s work is the ultimate in elegance and luxury, reflecting an uncommon sense of scale and drama and a deft use of craftsmanship and materials. His interiors have earned him enduring accolades throughout the industry, as well as a devoted following of notable clients, from Hollywood mega talents such as Shonda Rhimes to former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama.
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THE IRISH COUNTRY HOUSE
Forgoing the criteria of stateliness and opulence, this book is an exploration of the most captivating and unusual interiors in Ireland. Whether in the transformation of a derelict estate, the preservation of an historic hunting lodge, or the re-creation of a Gothic fantasy, each of the homes in this extraordinary book reflects a renewed vitality in the contemporary approach to Irish country houses.
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THE FLOWERS OF YVES SAINT LAURENT
Produced with the Yves Saint Laurent museums in Paris and Marrakech, this book examines how flowers served as the designer’s muse throughout his life and work.
Yves Saint Laurent’s passion for flowers and gardens was the source of endless inspiration. From a thousand and one rose buds to sprigs of lily of the valley, from an avalanche of bougainvillea to delicate poppy blooms, and from sheaves of wheat to majestic lilies, he metamorphosed nature in his creations. Employing flowers as a palette of patterns and techniques, he adorned women in floral appliqués, prints, and embroideries.
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FASHION FIRST
A fashion icon in her own right, Keaton amusingly revisits and reflects on some of her favorite and not-so-favorite fashion moments over the decades, from childhood homemade outfits to red carpet ensembles and street style experiments she tried from the 1960s until today.
Since she could remember, Keaton has been fascinated by clothing and style. As a little girl, she would pick out patterns and request that her mother make her custom outfits. This was the beginning of a love affair with clothes and looks, and sometimes, fashion. From the outset of her acting career in the 1970s, the legendary star has experimented and thought outside the lines of what a Hollywood icon should wear and still became lauded as a style icon by Vogue, W, The Hollywood Reporter, and countless fashion websites. Keaton’s style is at once timeless, experimental, bold, effortless, androgynous, quirky, and utterly and distinctly her own.
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AN ENGLISH VISION
This is the first of Pentreath’s books to present his own output in its entirety—from his personal residences in Dorset, London, and Scotland that brought him international fame to many old and new houses that he has designed and some of the larger, town-scaled projects that make his practice unique in the world of traditional design. Although the results range from his colorful and romantic versions of the English country cottage to traditional splendor, there are underlying ideas that inform the breadth of his output—a sense of scale, proportion, craft, detail, sustainability, and appropriateness—that have a universal relevance today.
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CHRISTIAN SIRIANO
The popular American fashion designer takes us on an exhilarating journey with today’s biggest stars wearing his statement-making designs on the world’s most exciting red carpets.
This highly anticipated sequel to Dresses to Dream About (2017), delves into Siriano’s continued evolution as a visionary, from his groundbreaking fashion that celebrate diversity, inclusion, and body positivity to the meticulous craftsmanship behind each creation. This inspiring tome explores the intersection of fashion, art, and celebrity culture, offering a front-row seat to the dazzling spectacle of Siriano’s bold designs worn by glamorous actors, top models, pop culture legends, LGBTQIA+ icons, and first ladies.
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BONACINA. THE BEAUTY OF RATTAN
Emblematic of Italian excellence since its founding in 1889, Bonacina is a family-owned design brand that has defined a unique and timeless style, embodying an artistic sensibility, attention to detail, and the superior workmanship of rattan—a natural raw material that grows in the Far East. The story begins in remote lands where the natural material grows before traveling to Italy and then, in the hands of some of the best interior designers, to stylish residences, gardens, hotels, and restaurants around the world.
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CAZU ZEGERS. ARCHITECTURE IN POETIC
This is the first major book on Zegers, who practices an intensely artistic and ecological form of architecture based on landscapes in which she builds. Working frequently in timber, Zegers reaches unique, sustainable, and recyclable solutions that combine and rescue the traditional work of Chilean carpenters with modern techniques. In an almost metaphysical journey, in which organic forms, curves, diagonals, and verticals are combined, Zegers affirms her rising presence as a force in ecologically minded architecture.
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BLENHEIM. 300 YEARS OF LIFE IN A PALACE
Regarded as perhaps the greatest of the stately homes and the finest example of baroque architecture in Great Britain, Blenheim is a treasure of English heritage. In this stunning volume, Lady Henrietta Spencer-Churchill, the twelfth generation of the family, takes us on a privileged tour of the palace.
Designed by John Vanbrugh and Nicholas Hawksmoor (a protégé of Christopher Wren) in the early 1700s; with stonework, furniture, and tapestries crafted by the best talents of the age; and art and statuary by such notable artists as John Singer Sargent and Joshua Reynolds, Blenheim is filled with artistic commissions that provide a window into the history of England.
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THE BATTLE OF VERSAILLE
The first illustrated book to chronicle the dramatic 1973 face-off between French and American fashion designers, which left an indelible mark on the fashion industry, launched American designers as a global force, and challenged the cultural norms of the time.
Images from the archives of renowned fashion photojournalists Bill Cunningham and Jean-luce Huré—largely unseen until now—capture the behind-the-scenes drama, fabulous clothing, iconic models, and glamorous guests at this historic show.
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ASHE LEANDRO
For Ashe and Leandro, creativity is a way of life that is reflected in everything they design. They have built a star-studded portfolio (clients include Liev Schreiber, Seth Meyers, Naomi Watts, and Rashid Johnson) with their fresh approach to unfussy, high-design spaces. Their interiors favor a quiet beauty, based on simple shapes, asymmetrical details, and a fine patina.
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DISEÑO. LA HISTORIA VISUAL DEFINITIVA
Con más de 1200 imágenes, este libro es una mirada excepcional a los principales movimientos, mostrando cómo comenzaron y explicando su filosofía y estilo, desde 1850 hasta la actualidad.
Organizado cronológicamente, este libro rastrea la evolución del diseño, desde sus orígenes hasta la actualidad, desde las primeras sillas, cerámica y accesorios para el hogar hasta automóviles, diseño gráfico y artículos de diseño.
Descubre a todos los diseñadores, fabricantes y objetos clave, conoce cómo y por qué surgieron y se hicieron populares.
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DISEÑO DE PROCESOS CREATIVOS
Trabajar en equipo es algo enormemente gratificante, pero también enormemente complejo. Tras muchos años de experiencia en la facilitación de procesos de creación en grupo, el autor ha sintetizado en este libro una eficaz metodología que sirve de guía para evitar los habituales puntos ciegos, errores, desequilibrios y amenazas que pueden obstruir el proceso y bloquear al equipo.
¿Qué debemos saber para co-crear con eficacia y disfrute? ¿Qué figuras o fases de ideación en equipo se dan en un proyecto? ¿Cómo evitar problemas habituales como las actitudes muy críticas, el recelo hacia las nuevas ideas, el conformismo o la falta de motivación del equipo?
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HISTORIA CRITICA DE LA ARQUITECTURA
Desde su primera edición en 1980, la Historia crítica de la arquitectura moderna de Kenneth Frampton se ha convertido en un clásico imprescindible dentro de la bibliografía académica sobre historia de la arquitectura moderna. En esta quinta edición ampliamente revisada y actualizada, el autor ha añadido una nueva y extensa sección que explora al detalle la evolución del Movimiento Moderno en la arquitectura en todo el mundo a finales del siglo xx y principios del xxi. En ella, se examinan las diversas formas en que los arquitectos no solo responden a los contextos geográficos, climáticos, materiales y culturales, sino que siguen también distintas líneas de enfoque en relación a la topografía, la morfología, la sostenibilidad y la forma cívica.
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COMO COMBINAR COLORES
A través de sencillas fichas, el diseñador gráfico y profesor de diseño japonés Haruyoshi Nagumo nos proporciona todo lo necesario para comprender cada color ―características, historia, significados y usos―, entender cómo se comporta con otros colores y aprender a crear esquemas cromáticos que provoquen los efectos y sensaciones que buscamos en cada uno de nuestros proyectos. Una valiosa guía de color para escoger, usar y combinar colores básicos, acromáticos, dorados, plateados y fluorescentes.
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PENSAR CON TIPOS. UNA GUIA CLAVE
Profundamente revisada y ampliada, esta segunda edición de Pensar con tipos nos proporciona docenas de nuevas fuentes, ejemplos, ejercicios, ideas y consejos, además de una revisión y actualización exhaustiva de cada detalle. Con treinta y dos páginas nuevas respecto a la edición anterior, el nuevo contenido aporta, entre otras cosas, una amplia gama de familias tipográficas y un espacio para los trabajos de las diseñadoras, así como de otros colectivos históricamente silenciados.
Convertido en un referente indiscutible, la obra se dirige a los lectores y escritores, diseñadores y editores, profesores y estudiantes cuyo trabajo esté relacionado con la impredecible vida de la palabra escrita, así como a todos aquellos interesados en las cuestiones culturales y teóricas que alimentan el diseño tipográfico.
La obra se divide en tres secciones: letra, texto y maqueta. Partiendo de la unidad básica que es la letra, aborda después las particularidades de la organización de las palabras en cuerpos de texto coherentes y sistemas flexibles. Los proyectos de muestra y los ejercicios prácticos que se incluyen, explican no solo cómo se estructura la tipografía, sino por qué se hace así, con la intención de desvelar las bases funcionales y culturales que residen tras las convenciones del diseño.
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ARQUITECTURA ECOLOGICA. UN MANUAL
El libro propone un recorrido del exterior al interior: comienza por el emplazamiento y su entorno, sigue por las diversas envolventes del edificio y termina con el análisis de los aspectos ambientales de la iluminación, la calefacción y los sistemas de climatización. Un recorrido donde se exploran distintos temas transversales, como el ahorro de agua o materiales, la calidad ambiental interior o el uso de energías renovables. El conjunto ofrece una exploración completa y metódica de la arquitectura ecológica exponiendo los temas clave, un marco teórico básico y estrategias concretas para proyectar bajo el paradigma de la sostenibilidad.
Las ilustraciones que detallan estos principios y discusiones, realizadas por el maestro Francis D. K. Ching, conforman una magnífica guía visual para el proyecto y la construcción de edificios ecológicos, y hacen de este libro un manual único e ineludible en el ámbito de la arquitectura y la construcción sostenibles.
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MODA TRANSGRESORA
Descubra la moda que se atrevió a ser diferente, que comprometió reputaciones y puso carreras en peligro. Esto es lo que sucede cuando se desafía la tradición. 50 momentos imprescindibles que asombraron al mundo y cambiaron para siempre la moda convencional con una narración de las fascinantes historias que se esconden detrás de la creación, la acogida y el legado de cada una de las piezas seleccionadas. Desde las impresionantes chaquetas globo a las camisetas protesta, los pantalones Bumster y los vestidos de imperdibles, este libro hace un repaso de la moda más vanguardista a través de fascinantes diseñadores, atrevidas campañas publicitarias, alta costura surrealista y prendas radicales. Se examina paso a paso la historia de la moda moderna a través de las piezas que se apartaron del canon y se presentan aquellos momentos que cuestionaron conscientemente los límites, que desafiaron las normas establecidas y que causaron un terremoto que aún retumba en la actualidad. "Se puede ver hasta el advenimiento de una revolución en la ropa. En las prendas se puede ver y sentir todo".
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BREUER. ARNT COBBERS (BA-ART) (GB)
In 1956, TIME magazine called him one of the defining “form-givers of the 20th century.” Today, Marcel Breuer (1902–1981) remains a locus classicus of modernism for architects and designers alike. As a Bauhaus pioneer, even his earliest work was marked by a material restraint; the balance of texture, color, and shape; and a symbiosis of local and global, big and small, rough and smooth.In this essential introductory monograph, we survey Breuer’s complete career through some of his most influential projects and ideas, from his landmark tubular furniture to the MoMA Research House to his innovation of “binuclear” housing, splitting living and sleeping areas into separate wings. Along the way, we follow Hungarian-born Breuer’s journey to international acclaim, with featured projects from Germany, France, England, Switzerland, and across the United States contributing to his global status as a modernist maestro.
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ZEYNEP FADILLIOGLU. LUXURY REDEFINED
A comprehensive look at Istanbul-based interior designer Zeynep Fadillioglu’s most striking projects, from a modern minimalist mosque to the city’s largest luxury hotel.
Renowned for her striking, multilayered projects that are rich in materials, arts, and crafts, Zeynep Fadillioglu’s interiors express a bold contemporary sophistication and modern understanding of traditional values.
Born and raised in Istanbul, Fadillioglu studied computer science and then art history and design at London’s Inchbald School of Design before setting up her design company in Istanbul. Today, having designed many notable landmarks, she is one of the most sought-after designers both at home and abroad. Her thoughtful, creative, and interdisciplinary approach to interior design bridges history, community, cities, climate, and culture with meticulous attention to detail and to storytelling.
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TURN OF THE CENTURY
Henry Bourne’s photographs of the residences and workspaces of a who’s who of creative people open windows onto the groundbreaking design approaches and trends of the last three decades.
For nearly thirty years, Bourne has been photographing the residences and studios of, or those designed by, some of the world’s most important artists, architects, designers, and innovators. Culture and society are constantly evolving, and changes, both aesthetic and sociological, are reflected in our physical surroundings. Spaces and portraits in this volume range from the Upstate New York studio of artist Richard Prince, Vincent Van Duysen’s early apartment in Antwerp, and Marc Newson’s residences (his modern former bachelor pad as well as the more textured apartment he shares with Charlotte Stockdale today) to the joyfully chaotic London atelier of artist Paula Rego, the Villa Volpi by architect Tomaso Buzzi near Rome, the London studio of artists Tim Noble and Sue Webster—before and after its sleek renovation, designed by architect David Adjaye.
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VINCENT VAN DUYSEN
Over the past three decades, Vincent Van Duysen has become an important force in design through his expressive architecture and serene interiors. This book documents the source of his inspirations and ongoing laboratory: his own homes.
Vincent Van Duysen has had an outsized influence on the world of architecture and design, from the rarefied echelons of interiors to highly successful collections for Zara Home and a nearly decade-long creative directorship of Molteni&C. Through his spare use of pure and tactile materials, Van Duysen employs a unique stylistic language that is both monastic and sensual, brutal and elegant, primal and refined. His commissions have included product design for numerous international brands, and commercial and large-scale architectural projects, among them high-end residences, a hotel, and retail spaces.
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TIMELESS MODERN INTERIORS
The first book to feature the interior design of the stylish, award-winning firm RRP / Rees Roberts + Partners, led by Interior Design–hall of fame inductee Lucien Rees-Roberts.
As Pilar Viladas writes in her introduction, “Rees-Roberts does not have a signature style. Instead, the interiors designed by his New York firm … have style, period, and lots of it.”
Well-known for his subtle use of color, texture, and fabric, Rees-Roberts’s designs capture the essence of modern living. Descended from generations of painters, his love for art is an important source for his inspiration and indelibly marks the work. Functionally elegant designs are characterized by a deference to art as well as to light and the views provided by natural surroundings. Each designed home reflects the owner’s character as well as the needs of everyday life, incorporating custom furniture and unusual antiques. The book, bound in sumptuous cloth and wrapped in a jacket with French folds, reflects the firm’s ever-present attention to detail.
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MIRROR MIRROR
The world’s most important contemporary designers showcase their work within the historic setting of Chatsworth House to shine light and spark conversation on the intriguing juxtaposition of the old and the new, the past and the future, and the evolution of design histories and practices.
Chatsworth is an extraordinary environment to experience design: a repository for great works of fine and decorative art commissioned by generations of the Cavendish family for over four centuries. Expanding on the eponymous 2023 exhibition at Chatsworth, Mirror Mirror features the works of sixteen contemporary artists through captivating in-situ photography with accompanying artist biographies and essays that unearth how historic artifacts and environments inform and inspire modern artists' practices today. This diverse group of artists includes Michael Anastassiades, Ini Archibong, Wendell Castle, Andile Dyalvane, Ndidi Ekubia, Najla El Zein, Formafantasma, Joris Laarman, Max Lamb, Fernando Laposse, Jae Sae Jung Oh, Samuel Ross, Chris Schanck, Ettore Sottsass, Faye Toogood, and Joseph Walsh. From lithe, LED lighting structures illuminating the halls of the Chatsworth library to a seating sculpture hand-carved in Iranian travertine in the grand estate’s formal Rose Garden, these modern works create unexpected and timeless connections with the house’s architecture, interiors, furniture, and ceramics.
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THE HOME OFFICE REIMAGINED
Featuring innovative home offices that are inventive, accessible, and often wonderfully serene, this book is a rich source of ideas and inspirations embracing the call to work from home!
Pavilions, sheds, studios, extensions—call them what you will, architects around the globe are experimenting with attached or detached workplaces and creating imaginative ateliers that strain the limits of “miniature”; one is just 100 square feet. It is a worldwide adventure in architectural experimentation and originality.
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BUNNY WILLIAMS: LIFE IN THE GARDEN
This is Bunny Williams’ most ambitious book to date.
Inviting us into her impressive grounds with charming personal anecdotes, expert advice, and hundreds of stunning photographs–printed on two different speciality stocks–Bunny Williams illustrates every aspect of the gardens surrounding her eighteenth-century manor house in Northwestern Connecticut in different lights and seasons.
A popular stop on the Garden Conservancy circuit, Williams’ property boasts a parterre garden,year-round conservatory, extensive vegetable garden, orchard, woodlands, an aviary with exotic fowl, and a rustic poolside Greek Revival–style folly. Each section of the garden is accompanied by adirectory of featured plants—from native ferns and succulents to a wide variety of flowering specimens.
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TROPICAL LIVING:DREAM HOUSES PUNTA CANA
This beautiful volume celebrates a dreamy vacation-and-escape destination, showcasing the most exclusive homes in the Caribbean tropical paradise of Punta Cana.
This book takes us on a tropical adventure through Punta Cana Resort & Club’s most exclusive seaside homes.
The stunning homes featured in this beautiful volume are set in exotic locations, with endless turquoise sea and sand views, on sweeping terraces with glimmering pools and dramatic sunsets. Breathtaking interiors with colorful tiles, earth-toned walls, thatched roofs, and natural wood finishes bring serenity and joy.
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PEQUEÑO LIBRO DE VERSACE
Con más de 100 imágenes de momentos inolvidables sobre la alfombra roja, piezas clave e impresionantes desfiles, esta es una fabulosa colección de todo lo relacionado con Versace. La historia de la icónica casa de moda, desde su creación por Gianni Versace hasta su estatus de culto actual bajo el liderazgo de Donatella. Versace siempre ha estado a la vanguardia de la moda. Con un pie firmemente asentado en la cultura popular, la marca ha estado presente en algunos de los momentos más inolvidables de la modernidad. Desde el vestido imperdible de Elisabeth Hurley hasta la armadura en oro de Lil Nas X en la Gala del Met, y de la portada de Lady Diana en Harper's Bazaar hasta el vestido verde de Jennifer López, Versace refleja pasión, sensualidad y provocación. "No te dejes llevar por las tendencias. No permitas que la moda te posea; decide lo que eres, lo que quieres expresar con tu forma de vestir".
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PLANOS DE GRANDES CIUDADES. CARTOGRAFIA
Conozca el desarrollo de distintas ciudades a lo largo del tiempo a través de una progresión de estilos cartográficos para obtener una visión sorprendente de nuestra propia evolución humana como seres sociales colectivos. Al reunir planos de varias culturas dispares, incluidas las de Asia Oriental y Oriente Medio, sigue el desarrollo de la urbe desde los centros europeos hasta las ciudades coloniales, y desde las capitales del Viejo Mundo, construidas orgánicamente, hasta las metrópolis del Nuevo Mundo, planificadas de una forma rígida. Cada plano va acompañado de una descripción que lo ubica en su contexto histórico, político, social y económico. Al igual que todos los aspectos de la sociedad humana, los planos de las ciudades han cambiado y evolucionado a lo largo del tiempo. Partiendo de los inicios de la Edad Moderna, este libro rastrea la conjunción de la planificación urbana y la cartografía hasta mediados del siglo xx. Al reunir planos de varias culturas dispares, incluidas las de Asia Oriental y Oriente Medio, sigue el desarrollo de la urbe desde los centros europeos hasta las ciudades coloniales, y desde las capitales del Viejo Mundo, construidas orgánicamente, hasta las metrópolis del Nuevo Mundo, planificadas de una forma rígida.
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CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE 40TH
Japan's contemporary architecture has long been among the most inventive in the world, recognized for sustainability and infinite creativity. No fewer than eight Japanese architects have won the Pritzker Prize.Since Osaka World Expo ’70 highlighted contemporary forms, Japan has been a key player in global architecture. Tadao Ando's geometry put Japanese building on the map, bridging East and West. After his concrete buildings, figures like Kengo Kuma, Shigeru Ban, and Kazuyo Sejima pioneered a more sustainable approach. Younger generations have taken new directions, in harmony with nature, traditional building, and an endless search for forms.Presenting the latest in Japanese building, this book links this unique creativity to Japan's high population density, modern economy, long history, and continual disasters in the form of earthquakes. Accepting ambiguity, constant change, and catastrophe is a key to understanding how Japanese architecture differs from that of Europe or America.Derived from the XL-sized book, this affordable edition highlights 37 architects and 53 exceptional projects by Japanese masters—from Tadao Ando’s Shanghai Poly Theater, Shigeru Ban’s concert hall La Seine Musical, SANAA’s Grace Farms, Fumihiko Maki’s 4 World Trade Center to Takashi Suo’s much smaller sustainable dental clinic. An elaborate essay traces the building scene from the Metabolists to today, showing how the interaction of past, present, and future has earned contemporary Japanese architecture worldwide recognition.
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THE ART OF HOME
With a keen eye for art and having spent her childhood in Japan, Singapore, and the United States, rising star designer Sara Story brings a unique perspective to all of her projects. Drawing inspiration from her extensive travels and passion for art and fashion, her work combines bold, contemporary art with antique pieces from every corner of the world to create extraordinary homes for her clients and her own family. She exacts her aesthetic vision with a style that combines modern with bohemian, creating well-collected, polished environments that feature crisp, elegant, and comfortable design gestures.
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STUDIO MALKA
Best known for UNESCO’s Cop22 in Marrakech and the French Embassy extension in Vienna, as well as his daring “guerrilla architecture,” such as Bow-House made from scaffolding and repurposed doors and windows in Holland, architect, urbanist, author, and former graffiti artist Stéphane Malka is at the forefront of the architectural avant-garde.
Malka’s work blends art and architecture from a humanist perspective informed by the designer’s intention to create work that is positive and sustainable. His practice, based in Paris and in Los Angeles, realizes homes, offices, art installations, and stage designs with the idea that we ought always to rethink our typical notions and challenge established conventions. This results in surprising places where there is an intermingling of dreams and pragmatism, the baroque and minimalism, ecology and sophistication.
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TIMELESS BY DESIGN
Designer Nina Farmer has made a name for herself with her classically beautiful interiors. From reimagining century-old homes to more modern dwellings, Farmer has a way of creating looks that celebrate the past and simultaneously live squarely—and stylishly—in the present. In these pages, Farmer introduces readers to the design solutions she has found for creating that special combination: a carefully curated mix of the classic and the contemporary that looks like it was collected over time rather than created all at once.
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