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Henry Van De Velde - The Artist As A Designer, From Art Nouveau To Modernism
Isbn 9780995473058
Publisher Occasional Papers
Idea code 19044
€ 24.95
Henry van de Velde (1863–1957) is a towering figure in the history of modern design. Of prodigious range – he was equally at ease designing furniture and objects as entire buildings – he paved the way for the transition from Art Nouveau to Modernism, and proposed a model for design education that inspired the Bauhaus. This biography by graphic designer and historian Richard Hollis traces Van de Velde’s career from his beginnings as a painter in Antwerp to his trend-setter stature in European architecture and design at the turn of the twentieth century. Van de Velde emerges from Hollis’ biography as a strikingly contemporary figure, believing in the social power of art in an era of growing nationalism.
264 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 24 cm, pb, English
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Inventario 14: Everything Is A Project
Isbn 9788875707491
Publisher Corraini Edizioni
Idea code 19194
€ 13.45
A plethora of offerings awaits in this instalment, beginning not least with the photography of Robert Frank. Artistic contributions include the ambiguous, absurd assemblages by Amalia Pica, and a map of the world made out of marbles by Palestinian-born Mona Hatoum, which makes us think about the non-negotiable space between individual freedom and the violence of power. Other items include a carpet with coloured abstract shapes by Bruno Munari, Alberto Burri’s “Grande Cretto” memorial to the destroyed Sicilian town of Gibellina, an interview with product designer Lorenzo Damiani by Marco Romanelli, a meditation on cracks and how to repair them, and elephants.
160 p, ills colour & bw, 21 x 27 cm, pb, Italian/English
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Brick Index (Reprinted)
Isbn 9781916412118
Publisher Centrecentre
Idea code 19180
€ 26.55
'Brick Index' is a collection of named bricks and the unseen makers' marks stamped by brickworks from across the UK. It celebrates the humble brick, relishing the textures, colours and graphics debossed into their 'frogs'. This collection serves to rethink a ubiquitous material and honour the graphic stamps hidden all around us. The book features 155 beautifully photographed bricks, printed at actual size, accompanied by an index that states the time, place, and maker of each brick. Featuring an introduction from David Kitching, a brick historian and an essay from Professor Rick Poynor. Photography by Inge Clemente.
190 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 28 cm, pb, English
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Hermann Eidenbenz. Teaching Graphic Design. Documents 1926-1955
Isbn 9783038630364
Publisher Triest Verlag
Idea code 19140
€ 25.00
Hermann Eidenbenz (1902–1993) was one of the first persons in Switzerland to describe himself as a graphic designer. From the first half of the 20th century into the 1950s, he was involved in graphic design education in Zurich, Magdeburg, Basel, and Brunswick, first as a student and later as a teacher. The didactic material from Eidenbenz's time as a teacher of graphic design published here throws light on this discipline at a time before graphic design in Switzerland had achieved international recognition.
168 p, ills colour & bw, 16 x 24 cm, pb, English
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Scheltens & Abbenes - Zeen
Isbn 9784908526237
Publisher Case Publishing
Idea code 19126
€ 30.00
Artist duo Maurice Scheltens and Liesbeth Abbenes are considered among the most progressive still-life photographers in the Netherlands today. With the creative craftsmanship of artists, they produce images that draw viewers into a sense of wonder at the things we encounter in everyday life. At once fascinating and demanding, their meticulous examination brings overlooked details into sharp focus, in turn both flattening the pictured objects and bringing them to life. This publication coincides with a retrospective exhibition in Amsterdam covering eighteen years of colourful, minimal, and challenging work by Scheltens & Abbenes. With a text by Louise Schouwenberg.
418 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 22 cm, pb, Japanese/English
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Italian Types - Graphic Designers From Italy In America
Isbn 9788875707699
Publisher Corraini Edizioni
Idea code 19195
€ 22.75
Italian graphic design has and continues to influence the visual and cultural sector at home and abroad: 'Italian Types' is dedicated to the history and achievements of Italian designers who have lived and worked in the United States. From the arrival of Fortunato Depero in New York in 1928 to the work done by Unimark International between 1950 and 1970, the enthusiasm and experimentation of Italian graphic designers working in the United States won them some important clients, leading to them creating a number of iconic projects. The advertisements, posters, magazines, albums, book covers, and corporate identity projects presented here give an overview of the results obtained by Italians in the field of graphic design in America, exploring their unique graphic language.
128 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 24 cm, pb, Italian/English
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Extended French Theory & The Design Field... On Nature And Ecology: A Reader
Isbn 9791095513056
Publisher T&p Publishing
Idea code 19161
€ 2.00
Professor, critic, and curator Catherine Geel directed the anthology of reference texts that comprises this book, which is published to document the common reflections of practitioners and researchers of the French section for ‘Broken Nature’, the 22nd International Exhibition of La Triennale di Milano. Besides an original text by Alain Badiou, the publication contains seven previously unpublished texts by various authors and an original dialogue between artist Mathieu K. Abonnenc and art historians Katia Schneller, Vanessa Theodoropoulou, Sandra Delacourt, and Aliocha Imhoff.
350 p, ills bw, 11 x 18 cm, pb, English
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No No No No Yes -Book Design Uncovered
Isbn 9781527231931
Publisher D&b Books
Idea code 19182
€ 29.50
All designers will tell you that the design process is one of perseverance, failure, hard work, and eventual triumph. Book cover design is no different. The idea for this book stemmed from attending a talk at St. Bride's Foundation, watching Jon Gray and Jamie Keenan present a carousel of beautiful covers that have never seen the cover of a book as they were rejected along the way. The proverbial lightbulb went up - why not publish a book about rejected covers? The result brings together 25 published book covers and 100 alternatives seen in print for the very first time. Drawing on submissions from book cover designers from across the world, the book is part peek behind the curtain of the book cover design process, part alternative history of book covers.
160 p, ills colour & bw, 16 x 24 cm, pb, English
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Great British Rubbish - A History Of Ephemera From The Land Of Lost Content
Isbn 9781527224247
Publisher Centrecentre
Idea code 19183
€ 25.20
A visual history of Britain's love affair with the throw away. 'Great British Rubbish' is a documentation of Stella Mitchell's vast and bizarre ephemera collection, the Land of Lost Content. This book features a curated collection of over 120 items photographed by Inge Clemente. Featuring an essay on the nature of ephemera from Professor Teal Triggs (RCA).
208 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 23 cm, hb, English
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Rosmarie Tissi: Graphic Design
Isbn 9783038630340
Publisher Triest Verlag
Idea code 19089
€ 39.20
The designs of acclaimed Swiss graphic designer Rosmarie Tissi are characterised by an objectively clear yet undogmatic style. A defining aspect of Tissi’s work is her playful approach, combined with a predilection for bold colour contrasts, typeface, and geometrical shapes. Her individual style has lost none of its originality and freshness in almost 60 years of design work, a feat which is celebrated in this first synopsis of her complete graphical oeuvre. Covering a host of magazines, logos, corporate images, headline fonts, advertisements, packaging, and more, it rediscovers Tissi’s achievements, unparalleled among female Swiss graphic designers of her generation.
128 p, ills colour & bw, 21 x 25 cm, pb, German/English
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Philippe Weisbecker - Japanese Folk Toys
Isbn 9784861527074
Publisher Seigensha
Idea code 19166
€ 18.40
The traditional folk toys of Japan are simple dolls and figurines made from clay, wood, and paper. Known as ‘kyodo gangu’, the delightful little animals and other fanciful creatures used to be given to children to play with, but today these objects have become more coveted by collectors than by young people. Philippe Weisbecker, an artist and illustrator, went in search of Japanese folk toys, learning the craftmanship behind them in traditional workshops. The book includes a page by page reproduction of the author’s notebook, in which he sketched and documented objects he discovered and places he visited, and recorded descriptions and personal reflections during his travels in Japan.
248 p, ills colour, 15 x 21 cm, pb, Japanese/English
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Design And The Wondrous: On The Nature Of Ornament
Isbn 9782373820157
Publisher Hyx Editions
Idea code 19207
€ 32.25
This volume presents a new narrative of design, situated somewhere between plant life and ornament, nature and artifice. Through essays by several authors it explores the ornament’s role with respect to morphogenesis, by which the object is continually transformed through an evolving dynamic of forms. With the arrival of the digital age, the ornament’s role in design has been greatly modified. No longer a simple motif, it is used as an animated form. At the intersection of information sciences and biology, designers utilise 3D printing to create carefully calculated objects based on organic growth. With contributions by Spyros Papapetros, Marie-Ange Brayer, and others.
160 p, ills colour & bw, 23 x 32 cm, pb, French/English
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Raddar 1: Function Design Annual Review
Isbn 9791095513032
Publisher T&P Publishing, Mudac
Idea code 19174
€ 35.50
Switzerland’s first dedicated research design journal, ‘Raddar’ aims to strike a balance between solid scholarly content and attractive graphic design. For its inaugural issue, it explores the theme “function” with a range of approaches in various analyses, case studies, and contributions from Roberto Casati, Anna-Maria Meister, and more. The journal’s cover is also a creative work in its own right, designed this time by Formafantasma, the Amsterdam-based studio headed by Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresin. Carefully folded and perforated, it is divided into partitions that point to the possibility of cutting the paper into different segments and thereby providing a variety of possibilities.
200 p, ills colour & bw, 20 x 25 cm, pb, French/English
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Seymour Chwast - The Man In The Moon
Isbn 9788875707651
Publisher Corraini Edizioni
Idea code
€ 21.75
Bamboo Island is divided in half between two peoples: to the north live the Biddles, fruit growers, and to the south the Rattles, expert bakers. But when the island is hit by earthquakes and tornadoes, they are ready to blame each other and become bitter enemies, eventually deploying their armies. The soldiers face off and the clash seems imminent: fortunately, the Man in the Moon sees everything from his place in the starry sky and has the perfect recipe to avoid war: will a fruit pie be enough to restore peace?
32 p, ills colour, 22 x 28 cm, pb, English
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Redstone Diary 2020: Dreams Of Europe
Isbn 9780995518124
Publisher Redstone Press
Idea code 19187
€ 14.00
This year the ‘Redstone Diary’ extends an invitation to you and your fellow travellers to explore the vast realms of this great continent, past and present, real and imagined. Join us on a celebratory journey through time and space, from Goethe to Gothenburg, from Cocteau to Czechoslovakia, and from Bardot to Bologna. Take this opportunity to exercise your right of freedom of movement. Data roaming charges are abolished, no ID is required, and all insurance and healthcare is covered. Europe is not just a place. Europe is a state of mind. This 32nd edition of the diary is edited by Julian Rothenstein and Ian Sansom.
160 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 25 cm, pb, English
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