ARQUITECTURA Y DISEÑO

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.

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.

Cotton presents rooms that mix historical and modern influences, resulting in luxuriously sleek interiors for casual, yet sophisticated, living. The glam-orous spaces—many designed for art-world clients, including Cindy Sherman and Lisa Yuskavage—are anchored in tradition but reflect the relaxed sensibili-ties of our time. Cotton shares his multiscaled approach to design—successful turns with his varied collections, which are often included in his interior projects. Furniture, lighting, wallpaper, tableware, and terra-cotta planters are part of his repertoire. Cotton’s industrial designs—like his interiors—embody an intelligence and under-standing of design history. This book, the designer’s first, documents the groundbreaking work of a rising and notable talent and should be in the libraries of designers and connoisseurs of fine living.

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.

«Cuando la mujer elige un bolso, le otorga un poder mágico…». * Balenciaga, Balmain, Bulgari, Chanel, Dior, Fendi, Givenchy, Issey Miyake, Miu Miu, Saint Laurent, Schiaparelli… El bolso es un objeto deseado, atemporal o de absoluta tendencia, y la estrella de este libro. Desde los modelos icónicos que han hecho historia hasta los it bags que han marcado una época, esta selección excepcional le ofrece cientos de creaciones firmadas por más de sesenta grandes nombres de la moda. * La colección de bolsos de sus sueños: tanto si siente adicción por este accesorio como si venera el estilo. «El bolso de mano es a la vez la fantasía de la mujer y el reflejo de su realidad. Es el deseo de la mujer sublime, el sueño de la niña y una compra habitualmente irreflexiva. A menudo, la mujer se ve en la obligación de justificarse, con razones prácticas para ella, pero desconcertantes para su pareja, que contempla con estupor tantos otros bolsos olvidados como cuerpos marchitos en el armario.

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.

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.

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.

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.