BELLAS ARTES

Una guía cuidadosamente ilustrada de los años que Lagerfeld trabajó en Chanel, desde su alta costura elaborada con gran exquisitez a los impresionantes e irreverentes desfiles que han hecho de Chanel la marca más ilustre del mundo. * La Casa Chanel no es sinónimo de un diseñador emblemático, sino de dos. Primero fue Gabrielle y luego Karl. * Sin embargo, Karl Lagerfeld no se limitó a continuar el legado de Gabrielle Chanel, sino que lo reinventó. Los productos icónicos de la Casa Chanel -el vestidito negro, el traje de tweed, la bisutería y la fragancia- se actualizaron con ingenio para la mujer moderna, mientras que los deseados accesorios estampados con el logotipo de la doble "C", reconocibles al instante, se convirtieron en símbolos universales de una elegancia lúdica. "Los jóvenes creadores que quieren seguir mis pasos, tienen que correr".

Entre los diseñadores de calzado de lujo, hay uno cuyas creaciones se reconocen al instante: Christian Louboutin. Sus distintivas suelas rojas están por todas partes, desde la gran pantalla y la pasarela hasta las calles de todo el mundo. Desde su infancia en París hasta la inauguración de su primera tienda en 1992, desde la alfombra roja hasta el dominio absoluto del mercado de calzado de lujo, este libro relata la historia del diseñador de calzado más famoso del planeta. mágenes de sus creaciones pasadas y presentes se acompañan de un texto fascinante, que describe el ascenso meteórico del rey en el diseño de zapatos. «Una mujer puede llevar un bolso, pero es el zapato el que lleva a la mujer». Christian Louboutin

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.

Whether a brand-new country estate, a renovation of a triplex penthouse apartment, or a merging of two townhouses into one, each of the 20 projects in this sumptuously illustrated volume bears the hallmarks of Peter Pennoyer Architects’ work: skillful adaptation of the principles of classical architecture, sophisticated use of details and materials, and insistence on meticulous craftsmanship, resulting in a balance of comfort, beauty, and luxury. The firm’s architects worked with exceptional interior designers, including Katie Ridder, Miles Redd, Steven Gambrel, and Jacques Grange, to create these residences, and though all are grounded in the classical tradition, each is singularly tailored to its location and the individual taste of the client. With an authoritative text by architectural historian Anne Walker and hundreds of specially commissioned full-color photographs, site plans, and floor plans throughout, Peter Pennoyer Architects: City and Country showcases residential architecture at its finest.

Berggruen’s collection with more than one hundred masterpieces is a spectacular tribute to the foresight of this major player in the Paris art market during the second half of the twentieth century. Born into a Jewish family in Berlin in 1914, he went into exile in California on the eve of World War II. He became art critic for the San Francisco Chronicle and assistant to the director of the San Francisco MoMA. After the war, Berggruen returned to Europe, first to Munich as a journalist, then to Paris where he worked at the UNESCO headquarters before becoming an art dealer specialized in the graphic arts of modern artists. He quickly established contacts within the Parisian cultural scene, meeting both the artists he would represent and the poets, dealers, historians, critics, and collectors of the day. Guided by his personal tastes, he built a solid collection of twentieth-century works now housed at the Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin spanning the careers of Pablo Picasso and Paul Klee and including Henri Matisse’s collages and Alberto Giacometti’s sculptures. The vast ensemble was exhibited at the Orangerie in 2024 and is housed in the Berggruen Museum/Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin.

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.