Eine der ältesten Formen chinesischen Volksglaubens erweist sich als lebendiger Brauch, der überall in der Kultur Chinas praktiziert wird:

In addition to recent works, the exhibition focused on “Signetische Zeichnung” (1994-95), a spectacular early work by the Frankfurt-based artist, which was on display in its entirety for the first time.

Dynamisches Kunstlicht im Museum, In Galerien und Museen wird die Wahrnehmung von Kunst, Raum und Atmosphäre wesentlich durch den Faktor Licht bestimmt.

What might be considered the research output of a walking practice? An important caveat to this would be to ask where and when the research occurs in relation to the walk, the walking, and the walkers. Does the walk activate our senses, or do our senses demand that we walk? Since walking involves encounters with various objects and subjects, how

Capsule is a huge new offering from the team at KALEIDOSCOPE, a glossy, chunky, spiral bound design mag—‘indulging in a lavish physicality’—and refusing to be put in a single box. It covers interiors and architecture, fashion and technology, ecology and craft in order to assess and explore the relationship between design and consumption.

Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel is an icon of fashion, and can lay claim to having invented the look of the 20th century. At the height of the Belle Époque, she stripped women of their corsets and feathers,

The richly illustrated book Without and within: essays on territory and the interior contains a series of essays that trace a thread of ideas, images and projections that connect the American territory as conceived by Thomas Jefferson to the contemporary continuous interior environment ubiquitous in public experience. It is a story of ideas contained therein, their implementation and their consequences.

Headdresses and head coverings are among the most powerful vehicles of cultural identity, referring variously to nationality, subculture, gender, ethnicity, religion, and profession. Yet cultural identity is also continuously evolving. “Hybrid Heads” is a project by Daniela Dossi and the open collective studio Manoeuvre,

A conversation between Oscar Tusquets and Luis Cerveró. Co-Produced by BD and Terranova. Photography by Eduard Sánchez Ribot

Design führte in Wien lange Zeit ein Schattendasein. Doch seit den späten 1990er-Jahren hat sich eine kreative Szene etabliert, die mittlerweile auch über die Grenzen Österreichs hinaus wahrgenommen wird.

Plants are among the most important materials for effective landscape design. Yet the fundamentals of plant biology and growth; their morphology, color, and functional assets; and details such as planting, pruning techniques, and maintenance practices are surprisingly absent from our education and training, which tend to focus on other core principles like drainage, grading, and spatial relationships.

An encyclopedic guide featuring over seventy established, emerging, and innovative production techniques and over sixty materials used in textile and fashion design
To be truly prized and employable, textile and fashion

Lassen Sie sich auf eine Entdeckungsreise in die Geschichte des Schachspiels entführen, eine Reise durch die Zeit und um die Welt. Das Buch macht eine Fülle von Fach- und Detailwissen zugänglich und offenbart gleichzeitig die Faszination, die von diesem Spiel ausgeht.

Our oceans are in an ecological crisis due to their contamination with millions of tons of toxic microplastic particles. In just a few years, the volume of microplastic particles will exceed that of plankton in our oceans and turn them into a huge sea of plastic.

he mysterious interplay of light and shadow has fascinated humankind since time immemorial. In Asia in particular this led to the development of the lively traditions of shadow puppetry. The exquisitely aesthetic puppets in this volume will lure the viewer into the world of shadow puppetry, from China to south and southeast Asia and from the Orient to Europe.

The ceramics collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum is among its greatest glories, unrivalled in its range, diversity and global reach.

The first full-scale biography of the great 20th-century artist, craftsman, and thinker Josef Albers, whose influence is still felt today.
Drawing on extensive unpublished archival writings, documents, and illustrations, this is the first full-scale biography of one of the 20th-century’s great artists.

This book is a dynamic and generously illustrated survey of independent publications that are breathing new life into old media. While magazines such as Spin and The Face have disappeared from newsstands and mailboxes, non-traditional periodicals with names like Boneshaker, Lucky Peach, Anorak, WRAP, and Kinfolk are taking their places on shelves and coffee tables everywhere. Print is Dead. Long Live Print is an eye-opening look

While the industrial revolution of the nineteenth century diminished the role of the craftsperson in the manufacturing process, the digital revolution has had a less devastating effect. Today’s digital technologies have given rise to entirely new working methods, skill sets, and consumer products that don’t eliminate, but enrich traditional hand techniques.

With the intention to inspire, the clear instructions and hand-drawn illustrations make it wonderfully easy to assemble items like this Flying Shelf by Matteo Thun." -Absolutely City & Angel "Ever wanted to actually use the drill your aunt bought you three Christmases ago? Try one of these 50 DIY builds from the world's most lauded artists and designers...

OPTIONS offers a non-linear reading of the events that led to the annexation of South Tyrol to Italy at the end of WWI. When the area between the present-day Austrian and Trentino boundaries officially became an Italian province in 1919, a choice was given to the local communities: they could either stay, naturalise as Italians and side with the Fascists, or they could emigrate to the Third Reich and leave behind their culture and possessions.

Im Jahr 1932 errichtet der junge Marcel Breuer sein architektonisches Erstlingswerk: ein Wohnhaus für die Familie Harnischmacher in Wiesbaden. Nach dem Krieg baut der mittlerweile in den USA lebende Architekt nur wenige Meter vom ursprünglichen Bau entfernt für dieselbe Familie ein neues Domizil: Haus Harnischmacher II. Anders als sein Vorgängerbau bleibt dieses Projekt, das einzige bis heute erhaltene Wohnhaus Marcel Breuers in Deutschland, weitgehend unbeachtet.

Seit dem Ende der 1960er Jahre gehen vom Wirken des Museosophen, Designers, Architekten und Medieninterventionisten Peter Noever – seit 1986 Direktor des MAK in Wien – wesentliche Impulse aus.

Wien is a perennial calendar featuring twelve illustrated glimpses of contemporary Vienna. Francesco Ciccolella, born in Salzburg in 1990, is an illustrator and graphic artist living in Vienna. His award-winning illustration work regularly appears on the covers of international newspapers and magazines or on advertising billboards around the globe. And now, on a brand-new calendar. Limited edition of 500

Dada Afrika erscheint anlässlich von Ausstellungen im Museum Rietberg Zürich und in der Berlinischen Galerie im Frühjahr und Sommer 2016 und untersucht erstmals die Auseinandersetzung der Dada-Bewegung mit der außereuropäischen Kunst und Kultur.

Nach 80 Jahren wieder im Umlauf: bauhaus – die neue Zeitschrift der Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau. Neues aus der Bauhauswelt, Essays, Interviews und mehr. Als im Dezember 1926 das Bauhausgebäude in Dessau eröffnet wurde, erschien zum ersten Mal die Zeitschrift bauhaus. Sie berichtete

Whether you have already tried your hand at bookbinding or are a complete beginner, Rachel's knowledge and passion will inspire you to explore the many possibilities of bookart.

How to Book in Berlin serves as a comprehensive guide to bookmaking and publishing, offering insights we wished we had when we were starting out. It includes information on research methods, funding strategies, production techniques and distribution approaches, all underpinned by the perspectives and advice of experienced publishers. Our ultimate ambition is to alleviate the challenges often associated with the journey of creating artists’ books and to foster meaningful connections within the diverse and vibrant artists’ book communities.

Notes on Book Design is a collection of 50 texts written by designers Siri Lee Lindskrog and Amanda-Li Kollberg of graphic and type design studio Formal Settings, based on books from the collection of Hopscotch Reading Room in Berlin.

Manifesto per una nuova ceramica [For a Manifesto of the New Ceramics] is born from the necessity to shape a shared feeling, a “trembling,” that crossed the Italian and international ceramics landscape in the past few years. Irene Biolichini, curator and professor, intercepted this sensation and,

Which code to read the world with? Which story to invoke the world with? Connectings (2021) is an artist book by Adéla Součková that addresses the contemporary mythological world. Součková‘s pictographic blue and red line drawings depict a human gaining self-awareness through the connection between the Sky and the Earth.

This book is dedicated to the work of Roberto Sironi, as part of a series of monographs on the thought and work of young contemporary designers. The activity of the Italian designer unfolds through highly symbolic projects, based on his personal interest in anthropology and ethnology.

This book is dedicated to the work of Marcin Rusak, as part of a series of monographs on the thought and work of young contemporary designers. Beside testing new channels of preferential relationship between art and science as well as between artisanal and industrial manufacturing processes, the Polish designer is known for having contributed

First published in Italy in 1956, Bruno Munari's »In the Darkness of the Night« tells the tale of an interconnected, intimate yet expansive journey across three settings—in the darkness, through a meadow, and into a mysterious cave—through a spellbinding combination of paper stocks, transparencies, cutouts, and simple but lively characters. This timeless artist's book, available in a new English edition, is a must-have for Munari fans, designers, bibliophiles, and lovers of exceptional book design.

It creates expanded and stratified performances which also include the implementation and dissemination of design collections, audio-visual formats and editorial products.

In 1994, after seeing photographs of the plastic sheets given to Rwandan refugees to live under, Shigeru Ban went to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to propose ideas for better shelters. Since then, Ban has been critically heralded for his innovative approaches to environmentally sound architecture and his devotion to humanitarian efforts in the wake of some of the most devastating natural and man-made disasters.

Featuring a wealth of sketches, precision drawings, and computer-generated artwork, as well as a range of styles, concepts, languages, and alphabets, Free Hand illustrates the idiosyncratic creative processes behind the design of typefaces, logos, and word-images.

Walter Knoll gilt als Möbelmarke der Moderne, die Klassiker und Ikonen der Avantgarde geschaffen hat: Möbelstücke, die stilbildend wirken und unser Lebensgefühl nachhaltig prägen.

As we shift in and out of a fold in time on a global and local scale, we reflect upon community importance. To stay as a whole - we must look inwards and form external connections. CODE52 01 is titled A Fold In Time Here and Elsewhere as it refers to the state of conscious­ness during this time of uncertainty.

Can corporate history be art? This question can only be asked if one is not familiar with the fascinating long-term project by the Chinese artist Xiaowen Zhu. Anyone who has experienced Oriental Silk will answer this question with a clear “yes.” The project’s title is also the name of a company founded in Los Angeles in the early 1970s.

Skinned and Detouched, by Alice Channer, are a pair of books about feelings. They are intended as portals to a single performative stage in the industrial production of two sculptures, and as an imaginative documentation of the multiple embodiments and disembodiments involved.

Visual and textual narratives coexist in the book, as this type of material needs not only visual but also textual support. They address the given subject in the wider chronological order: from the 20th century avant-garde to the present. Most importantly, the publication focuses on the Kharkiv school of industrial graphics and the accomplishments of Volodymyr Pobiedin.

The first comprehensive study of Knoll's innovative textile designs and the company's role within the history of interior design In 1940, Hans Knoll founded a company in New York that soon earned a reputation for its progressive line of furniture. Florence Schust joined the firm and helped establish its interior design division, the Knoll Planning Unit. In 1947, the year after their marriage, Hans and Florence Knoll

»Alle reden vom Wetter. Wir auch!« Gestaltung: Markus Dreßen und Helmut Völter

Gegenwartsgeschichten aus dem Nachlass von Margarethe Schütte-Lihotzky

Die Autorin folgt den Formen der europäischen (westlichen) Mode-Kleidung von ihren Wurzeln in der griechischen und römischen Antike bis zur beherrschenden westlichen Weltmode.

Keine Stadt außerhalb Deutschlands ist so sehr mit dem namen bauhaus verbunden wie Tel Aviv. Doch hält dieser Mythos einer historischen Betrachtung nicht stand.

Mit der umfangreichen zweibändigen Monografie liegt eine Retrospektive vor, die zum ersten Mal die Werkgruppen seit Ende der 1990er Jahre sowie neueste Arbeiten vorgestellt und zueinander in Beziehung setzt.

Die Leipziger Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst spielt seit Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts eine besondere Rolle innerhalb der Schriftentwicklung und Schriftforschung in Deutschland. Neben deren erster umfassender historischer Aufarbeitung findet sich im Buch ein umfangreicher Abbildungsteil mit historischen Schriftmustern.

Joan Sallas, a virtuoso of the fold, has meticulously researched and mastered the history and techniques of the art of the fold. With the banquet table as setting, his expertise and philosophy pour forth in the form of splendid, folded linen.

Für Leser, die eine Reise nach Wien planen oder mehr über professionelle Partner, Ausbildungsorte, Kontakte, die Szene und die Brands erfahren wollen.

Die Heterogenität der Projekte steht im Zentrum dieses ersten Buches der Arbeiten von Eichinger oder Knechtl (eok), das den Bogen von Grafikdesign bis Städtebau spannt.

This room is being constructed by its contributions, it is being modeled by the filling of its parameters. The hinges of this construction might be functions within it that become as yet unknown parameters by the very act of reading them. IT IS A STOPOVER. ...The room it offers is circumscribed and structured by the book’s parameters: format, binding, jacket, title page, layout, preface, postface, table of contents, captions, cross headings, intertitles, annotations, editorial notes, appendix, blurb, names and accessories. THIS BOOK IS A CLASSROOM. We invite you to

»stop!...reading at this point!«

»Mistaking an ideal connection for a real one« Mit Beiträgen von Haug/ Kaegi/ Wetzel, Kathrin Röggla, Andreas Schlaegel, Slavoj Zizek, Thorsten Krämer, Christian Janecke und einem Supplement von Eva Hertzsch/ Adam Page. Gestaltung: Markus Dreßen

Die dritte Ausgabe der Zeitschrift "bauhaus", die von der Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau herausgegeben wird, ist den Dingen gewidmet. „Ein Ding ist bestimmt durch sein Wesen“, schrieb der Bauhausgründer Walter Gropius 1925 (Quelle: Verlag).

Stickschriften von Musterbüchern aus drei Jahrhunderten. Ein einzigartiger Einblick in ein besonderes Kapitel der Schrift- wie der Sozialgeschichte. »In den Warteräumen weiblicher Lebensläufe des 19. Jahrhunderts ist das Handarbeiten die bevorzugte Stillbeschäftigung. Stickend und häkelnd verschönert die Frau die häusliche Sphäre, auf die sie für alle Zeiten abonniert ist. Sie beugt sich über ein Stück Stoff, oftmals nicht größer als ein Taschentuch, ihr Bewegungsradius und ihre Aufmerksamkeit sind reduziert auf das Zusammenspiel zwischen den Händen, die die Nadel führen und den Augen, die die fadendünnen Abstände messen und die Einstichstellen sondieren.«

The publication presents the extensive holdings of the MAK Library and Works on Paper Collection in the field of commercial art, ephemera, from the 18th century to the present day. These include graphic works such as letterheads and colored paper, book covers,

Spector cut+paste: Die Zeitschrift als permanenter Workshop—hier haben wir einige der Themen gefunden, die uns bis heute umtreiben; hier haben wir gelernt, uns zwischen künstlerischen und publizistischen Praktiken zu bewegen; hier haben wir begonnen, Text, Bild und Typografie zu kombineren, um so eigene Formate zu erfinden und die inhaltlichen Aspekte von Gestaltung zu untersuchen. Die vier Hefte, die bis 2008 erschienen sind, gibt es jetzt erstmals als Bündel. Unter anderem mit Beiträgen von Kathrin Röggla, Rimini Protokoll, Slavoj Žižek, Vladimir Sorokin, Tilo Schulz, Mark Hamilton, Christof Gassner, Olaf Nicolai, Aglaia Konrad, Thorsten Krämer und Gitte Villesen.

Die Digitalisierung von Typograffie und Grafik-Design, Buch, Hardcover, Was McLuhan zehn Jahre vorher angekündigte, ist Anfang der 1970er Jahre Realität. Die Geschichte des Lesens und Schreibens setzen Maschinen fort, die es automatisieren und Buchstaben durch Zahlen ersetzen. Wie ein Katalog versammelt das Buch Bilder und Texte aus dieser Zeit,