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Libro illeggibile MN1
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In 1949, Munari designed a series of “libri illeggibili” (illegible books), which abandon textual communication in favour of aesthetic function. Paper is no longer the support for the text; it also communicates a message through the format, the colour, the cuts and their successions. The elements that usually set up a book (like the colophon and the title-page) are(...)
Libro illeggibile MN1
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In 1949, Munari designed a series of “libri illeggibili” (illegible books), which abandon textual communication in favour of aesthetic function. Paper is no longer the support for the text; it also communicates a message through the format, the colour, the cuts and their successions. The elements that usually set up a book (like the colophon and the title-page) are omitted, and the reading plays like a melody, with different tones through the sequence of the pages.
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September 2009
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Glacial period
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The first in a series of graphic novels created in collaboration with the Louvre, this is a novella that celebrates the collections within the famed Paris museum and allows a showcase for De Crecy's detailed, engaging drawing. The story opens with a team of archeologists exploring the earth thousands of years from now, after a long glacial period.
Glacial period
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The first in a series of graphic novels created in collaboration with the Louvre, this is a novella that celebrates the collections within the famed Paris museum and allows a showcase for De Crecy's detailed, engaging drawing. The story opens with a team of archeologists exploring the earth thousands of years from now, after a long glacial period.
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Mathieu's follows an expert hired to catalogue a vast, half-ruined museum; he encounters inhabitants living in the lower reaches who have no understanding of the location or its contents. A Kafkaesque catalogue of paradoxes ensues: paintings kept in the dark so the light will not damage the colors that no one will ever see; statues restored then broken then defaced to(...)
The museum vaults; excerpts from the journal of an expert
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Mathieu's follows an expert hired to catalogue a vast, half-ruined museum; he encounters inhabitants living in the lower reaches who have no understanding of the location or its contents. A Kafkaesque catalogue of paradoxes ensues: paintings kept in the dark so the light will not damage the colors that no one will ever see; statues restored then broken then defaced to keep their states "authentic"; a frame maker who considers his contribution the true definition of painting. As years go by, the expert becomes old and unkempt as further and further levels of absurdist cataloguing are discovered. Eventually, he discovers the deepest layers and the secret behind the Mona Lisa, even as he passes his journal on to another "expert" for a continuation of these meaningless attempts to quantify art without perceiving its beauty.
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The lonesome puppy
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Japanese pop artist Nara, whose works often feature little girls and dogs, makes his picture-book debut in a story dedicated to physically challenged children everywhere. An enormous dog (so big that when he stands he straddles the Pacific Ocean) is lonely until a little girl notices him.
The lonesome puppy
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Japanese pop artist Nara, whose works often feature little girls and dogs, makes his picture-book debut in a story dedicated to physically challenged children everywhere. An enormous dog (so big that when he stands he straddles the Pacific Ocean) is lonely until a little girl notices him.
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April 2008
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A walk in New York
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New York City — the perfect place for a boy and his dad to spend the day! Follow them on their walk around Manhattan, from Grand Central Terminal to the top of the Empire State Building, from Greenwich Village to the Statue of Liberty, learning lots of facts and trivia along the way. In this unabashed ode to America’s biggest city, Salvatore Rubbino’s fresh, lively(...)
A walk in New York
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New York City — the perfect place for a boy and his dad to spend the day! Follow them on their walk around Manhattan, from Grand Central Terminal to the top of the Empire State Building, from Greenwich Village to the Statue of Liberty, learning lots of facts and trivia along the way. In this unabashed ode to America’s biggest city, Salvatore Rubbino’s fresh, lively paintings and breezy text capture the delight of a young visitor experiencing the wonders of New York firsthand.
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Pop-up house of inventions
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A tour of a garage and of the different rooms in a house reveals facts about the invention of numerous items found there.
Pop-up house of inventions
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A tour of a garage and of the different rooms in a house reveals facts about the invention of numerous items found there.
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The museum book
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What is a museum? Why would anyone amass shells, words, clocks, teeth, trains, dinosaurs, mummies . . . or two-headed sheep? Find out where the word "museum" comes from and what unusual items some early museums placed on view. Jan Mark’s humorous and conversational insights take readers through museums’ multifaceted history, while Richard Holland’s eye-catching(...)
The museum book
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What is a museum? Why would anyone amass shells, words, clocks, teeth, trains, dinosaurs, mummies . . . or two-headed sheep? Find out where the word "museum" comes from and what unusual items some early museums placed on view. Jan Mark’s humorous and conversational insights take readers through museums’ multifaceted history, while Richard Holland’s eye-catching mixed-media illustrations lend their own quirky flair.
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September 2007
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Tapitranchor, cyclobulix, bancruvore et autres monstres du quotidien.
Paper New York
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Paper New York showcases three-dimensional replications of the city’s legendary and iconic locations and celebrates the talent and imagination of the architects, engineers, and builders of the world’s most famous skyline.
Paper New York
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Paper New York showcases three-dimensional replications of the city’s legendary and iconic locations and celebrates the talent and imagination of the architects, engineers, and builders of the world’s most famous skyline.
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Au Moyen Age, entre le XIIe et le XIVe siècle, 80 grandes cathédrales gothiques se sont dressées dans le seul royaume de France. Pour construire ces édifices gigantesques, il a fallu énormément d'argent et beaucoup de moyens. De la pierre et du bois de bonne qualité, mais aussi et surtout des hommes de métier capables de lever un tel monument. François Icher nous décrit(...)
Les bâtisseurs de cathédrales
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Au Moyen Age, entre le XIIe et le XIVe siècle, 80 grandes cathédrales gothiques se sont dressées dans le seul royaume de France. Pour construire ces édifices gigantesques, il a fallu énormément d'argent et beaucoup de moyens. De la pierre et du bois de bonne qualité, mais aussi et surtout des hommes de métier capables de lever un tel monument. François Icher nous décrit ici l'univers particulier de ces chantiers de cathédrales, comment le maître d'ouvrage choisissait son maître d'oeuvre et recrutait les compagnons indispensables à la réalisation de son projet. Il nous détaille la vie quotidienne du chantier et nous explique la place et le rôle des enfants apprentis bâtisseurs. On suit ainsi, étape par étape, la longue et passionnante épopée de la construction d'une cathédrale.
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