Designer British silver' explores the designer-silversmiths who have shaped British silver from the 1950s through to the present day.

Out of print for more than 10 years, this exceptional book has become a rare item sought after by collectors for many years

In 1999, pioneering fashion editor and stylist Babeth Djian founded Numéro, the now famous Paris magazine with an unmistakable aesthetic that boldly combines fashion with contemporary art.

The book presents a selection of silk textiles designed by Cornelia Hesse-Honegger, whose work combines scientific observation with artistic

The publication documents the preserved wardrobe of Frida Kahlo, presenting garments, accessories, cosmetics, orthopedic devices,

The publication assembles a large corpus of found photographic images depicting so-called “dummy” figures used in advertising

The book examines the work of Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada through a comparative analysis of their design approaches,

The Whole Story offers a large-scale, chronologically structured survey of dress and fashion from antiquity to the present,

Crystallising superstition and belief, serving as an emblem of prestige or glory, and at times functioning as an instrument of seduction,

This volume, on a unique and wide-ranging collection of figural sculptures from sub-Saharan Africa, examines not only each distinctive piece,

This publication will be the only available English-language monograph to date on sixteenth-century sculptor Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi

This publication situates Khmer gold artefacts within the broader art-historical development of mainland Southeast Asia, focusing on their formal,

This publication presents the Youngman Collection of Chinese jades within an art-historical and archaeological framework,

The carpets and tapestries with riveting yet puzzling designs have been preserved in closed treasure houses in the former Japanese capital since

This publication provides a systematic survey of European furniture production in the nineteenth century, a period characterised by profound transformations in aesthetics,

One of the world’s most important collections of twentieth-century design—the Stewart Collection in Montreal—celebrates its thirtieth anniversary in 2010.

This publication presents a comprehensive introduction to the Japanese inrō, small multi-compartment lacquer cases traditionally worn at

This richly illustrated publication documents approximately 250 inrō from the Anna and Christian Trumpf Collection.

Die Nagastämme bewohnen die südöstlichen Ausläufer des Himalaya im Grenzgebiet zwischen Indien und Myanmar (ehemals Burma).

A captivating look at the career of social and style revolutionary Vidal Sassoon. A visionary hairstylist who became a household name,

Interpretations and practices surrounding women’s dress in Islamic contexts vary widely across regions and are shaped by cultural traditions as well as individual stylistic choices.

This edition of Donald Albrecht’s comprehensive study offers an in-depth examination of the life and work of Andrée Putman.

Nearly four hundred textiles from East and West are reproduced in full color in this handbook of the Philadelphia Museum of Art's

The very first book on the subject of costume illustration for the movies, Hollywood Sketchbook, contains over 500

Domus – Architekturmagazin. Deutsche Ausgabe, Mai/Juni 2018 ist Teil der deutschsprachigen Edition der international renommierten

Der Boden ist unser kostbarstes und vor allem ein nicht vermehrbares Gut. Ein sorgloser oder kapitalgetriebener Umgang mit

Anyone who grew up holidaying on England's beaches is familiar with the distinctive features of these historic resorts -

As a reaction to the dominant effect and interpretive authority of the digital, Data Loam combines radical approaches based on positions taken in the international practice of contemporary art.

Mario BOTTA (geboren 1943) ist einer der originellsten Architekten der mittleren Generation. Jedes seiner Werke erregt internationale Beachtung.

Chambres de luxe: Artists as Hoteliers and Guests examines the hotel as an artistic dispositif situated at the intersection of architecture

The monograph, which accompanies the spectacular Milanese exhibition, presents Cartier's extraordinary art collection through

Gariboldi is a monographic publication on the work of Giovanni Gariboldi (1908–1971), who made a significant

Three Viennese Architects presents a comprehensive examination of the work and built environments of three influential architects

Adesso però (Jetzt aber). Reiseerinnerungen dokumentiert das umfangreiche Œuvre und die Reisetätigkeiten des italienischen Designers und Architekten

“The Street Cards” are both a document and an extension of Tobias Kaspar’s “The Street”. Each card has six slots so that the cards me be joined in many different ways

Untrennbar mit der Geschichte des Roten Wien ist der bis heute als vorbildlich geltende soziale Wohnungsbau verbunden.

Soziale Bauten: Wien 1920–1938 ist eine fotografisch reich illustrierte Studie zur Architektur und Stadtentwicklung Wiens in der Zeit zwischen den beiden Weltkriegen.

Das Buch vermittelt zentrale Begriffe und Arbeitsweisen wie Form, Fläche, Komposition, Rhythmus, Kontrast, Typografie und visuelle Hierarchie.

aum, anschaulich widmet sich der phänomenologischen Betrachtung des architektonischen Raumes und rückt das unmittelbare Erleben von Raum in den Mittelpunkt.

Die Architektur des "Brutalismus" erlebt seit einigen Jahren eine Neubewertung – eine breitere Öffentlichkeit hat diese Wertschätzung noch nicht erreicht.

This volume explores the curious afterlives of the floppy disk in the 21st century through the work of those involved with the medium today.

The English edition of “Notes on Space”, first published in Estonian, in collaboration of Lugemik and Theater NO99 in 2012 to celebrate

What changes when we religiously worship the toxic? I

The first publication of artist and architect Frederick Kiesler’s epoch-spanning history of human architecture, largely unknown but still relevant.

An exceptional talent, one of the greatest designers of all time – every superlative seems appropriate to describe the experimental imagination

Als die Malerei in Wien um 1900 mit Gustav Klimt (1862–1918) einen Höhepunkt erreichte, forderte dieser die Überwindung der traditionellen Unterscheidung von «hoher» und «angewandter» Kunst.

On the Water. Palisade Bay is the result of an initiative by engineers, architects, landscape architects, urban planners and students to jointly design a so-called

Neu entdeckt: gesellschaftliche Parallelen, kulturelle Verwandtschaften und gemeinsame Visionen der westlichen Nachkriegsmoderne und des postkolonialem Indiens.

Since the early 1990s, the work of Pedro Cabrita Reis (born 1956 in Lisbon) has revolved around themes of the house, habitation, architecture, and territory.

Carlo Scarpa was a virtuoso of light, a master of detail, and a connoisseur of materials. Today he is known as a 20th-century master of architecture.

Der Aargauer Architekt und Bauingenieur Walter Zschokke (1948–2009), der von 1985 an bis zu seinem frühen Tod als Entwerfer,

Having left South Africa at the age of four as a political refugee with his parents, photographer Koto Bolofo returned to his home country with his wife in 1992,

Los Logos is a series of books on contemporary logo design, offering a definitive overview of the latest developments and advances in this supreme discipline of design,

Logogestaltung gehört zu den wichtigsten und meist gefragten Aufgaben im Grafikdesign. Logos sind entscheidend für den ersten Eindruck, stiften Identität, grenzen ab.

Wall Works: Site Specific Wall Installations is an art book that documents a distinctive strand of contemporary art in which the wall

Japanese dolls (ningyo) have played an important role in Japanese art and culture since its earliest stages of development, as talismanic figures, centerpieces,

The warp-faced weaves of the Andes are the most complex in the world, with up to eight warp levels.

Bertrand Goldberg (1913-1997) was a visionary Chicago architect whose designs for housing, urban planning, and industrial design made a distinctive

Announcements, letterheads, bank documents, signs, advertisements, labels... these are just some of the many

The Wittgenstein Vitrine, a monumental cabinet of silver and gemstones, is among the most complex and significant works produced by the Wiener Werkstätte.