Die Publikation präsentiert den umfangreichen Bestand der MAK-Bibliothek und Kunstblättersammlung auf dem Gebiet der Gebrauchsgrafik, der Ephemera, vom 18. Jahrhundert bis in die Gegenwart.

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.

It creates expanded and stratified performances which also include the implementation and dissemination of design collections, audio-visual formats and editorial products. Mali Weil explores the potentials of the performance intended as a space for the creation and dissemination of political imageries. This book is an organized collection of the remarks regarding the theorical and practical research carried out by Mail Weil on the design of performative objects.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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