The return of the political
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An original and powerful statement which enables us to close the widening gap between liberal democracy and the events of a disordered world. Chantal Mouffe is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Democracy at the University of Westminster. Her previous books include The Return of the Political; Hegemony and Socialist Strategy (with Ernesto Laclau);(...)
The return of the political
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An original and powerful statement which enables us to close the widening gap between liberal democracy and the events of a disordered world. Chantal Mouffe is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Democracy at the University of Westminster. Her previous books include The Return of the Political; Hegemony and Socialist Strategy (with Ernesto Laclau); The Dimensions of Radical Democracy; and The Challenge of Carl Schmitt, all from Verso.
Critical Theory
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Emil Ruder was a typographer and graphic designer who played a key role in the development of modern graphic design in the 1940s and 50s in Basel, Switzerland. It is the first collection on a worldwide level of this towering figure in Swiss graphic design showcasing his art, influence, and legacy in the world of typography and beyond. ''Ruder typography Ruder philosophy''(...)
Ruder typography Ruder philosophy
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Emil Ruder was a typographer and graphic designer who played a key role in the development of modern graphic design in the 1940s and 50s in Basel, Switzerland. It is the first collection on a worldwide level of this towering figure in Swiss graphic design showcasing his art, influence, and legacy in the world of typography and beyond. ''Ruder typography Ruder philosophy'' contains essays, discussions, and commentary from fellow designers, typographers, and artists.
Graphic Designers, Monographs
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Why are there so many dogs in downtown? Does commuting makes you fat? Can government sell your house to a developer? Will art save your city? In 'On the Ground: Observations from Harvard' writer and journalist Tracy Metz investigates these and many other topical issues in land use and planning as practiced in the US. 'On the Ground' is a selection of the columns,(...)
On the ground : observations from Harvard
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Why are there so many dogs in downtown? Does commuting makes you fat? Can government sell your house to a developer? Will art save your city? In 'On the Ground: Observations from Harvard' writer and journalist Tracy Metz investigates these and many other topical issues in land use and planning as practiced in the US. 'On the Ground' is a selection of the columns, essays and interwiews she wrote as a Loeb Fellow at the Harvard Graduated School Design.
Urban Theory
I paint what I want to see
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How does a painter see the world? Philip Guston, one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century, spoke about art with unparalleled candour and commitment. Touching on work from across his career as well as that of his fellow artists and Renaissance heroes, this selection of his writings, talks and interviews draws together some of his most incisive(...)
I paint what I want to see
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How does a painter see the world? Philip Guston, one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century, spoke about art with unparalleled candour and commitment. Touching on work from across his career as well as that of his fellow artists and Renaissance heroes, this selection of his writings, talks and interviews draws together some of his most incisive reflections on iconography and abstraction, metaphysics and mysticism, and, above all, the nature of painting and drawing.
Art Theory
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This volume coins the term “Team 10 East” as a conceptual tool to discuss the work of Team 10 members and fellow travelers from state-socialist countries—such as Oskar Hansen of Poland, Charles Polónyi of Hungary, and Radovan Nikšic of Yugoslavia. This new term allows the book’s contributors to approach these individuals from a comparative perspective on socialist(...)
Team 10 easr : revisionist architecture in real existing Modernism
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This volume coins the term “Team 10 East” as a conceptual tool to discuss the work of Team 10 members and fellow travelers from state-socialist countries—such as Oskar Hansen of Poland, Charles Polónyi of Hungary, and Radovan Nikšic of Yugoslavia. This new term allows the book’s contributors to approach these individuals from a comparative perspective on socialist modernism in Central and Eastern Europe and to discuss the relationship between modernism and modernization across the Iron Curtain.
Architectural Theory
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In 2012, Danish architect Lise Juel completed the restoration of fellow Dane Jørn Utzon's residence on the Spanish island of Mallorca, known as Can Lis. 'Uncovering Utzon' is a series of pensées by Juel describing the process of restoring the architect's unique construction for the Utzon Foundation.Accompanying Juel's evocative account are the equally evocative images of(...)
Utzon uncovered: Revisiting Jørn Utzon's masterwork on Mallorca
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In 2012, Danish architect Lise Juel completed the restoration of fellow Dane Jørn Utzon's residence on the Spanish island of Mallorca, known as Can Lis. 'Uncovering Utzon' is a series of pensées by Juel describing the process of restoring the architect's unique construction for the Utzon Foundation.Accompanying Juel's evocative account are the equally evocative images of the house by architectural photographer Hélène Binet. Together, Juel's personal account and Binet's photography illustrate the undeniable power of this rough-hewn Modernist architectural landmark.
Architecture Monographs
Cy Twombly: writings on
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While Cy Twombly was still a student, his inspiring work attracted the attention of art critics and art historians, and also prompted poets, philosophers, essayists and fellow artists to write about him. In the present volume, long-time collaborator Nicola Del Roscio brings together a total of 43 contemporary commentaries on Twombly in the form of poems, exhibition(...)
Cy Twombly: writings on
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While Cy Twombly was still a student, his inspiring work attracted the attention of art critics and art historians, and also prompted poets, philosophers, essayists and fellow artists to write about him. In the present volume, long-time collaborator Nicola Del Roscio brings together a total of 43 contemporary commentaries on Twombly in the form of poems, exhibition reviews, letters, philosophical essays and discussions of art history, dating from 1951 (the year of his first solo show) through to the present.
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100 years, 100 buildings
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This unique building-per-year survey of a century of great architecture offers an introduction to the best existing structures built each year from 1916 to 2015 around the globe - and a must-see list for architecture. The founder of the blog ''A Daily Dose of Architecture'', John Hill, is obsessed with his subject and determined to expose his fellow citizens to the(...)
100 years, 100 buildings
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This unique building-per-year survey of a century of great architecture offers an introduction to the best existing structures built each year from 1916 to 2015 around the globe - and a must-see list for architecture. The founder of the blog ''A Daily Dose of Architecture'', John Hill, is obsessed with his subject and determined to expose his fellow citizens to the glorious structures that shape our environment. Hill presents his selection of the most significant building to be built each year from 1916 to 2015.
Contemporary Architecture
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Between the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth, Americans underwent a dramatic transformation in self-conception: having formerly lived as individuals or members of small communities, they now found themselves living in networks, which arose out of scientific and technological innovations. Previous histories of this era focus on alienation(...)
Connected : how trains, genes, pineaples, piano keys, and a few disasters transformed Americans at the dawn of the Twenthieth Century
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Between the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth, Americans underwent a dramatic transformation in self-conception: having formerly lived as individuals or members of small communities, they now found themselves living in networks, which arose out of scientific and technological innovations. Previous histories of this era focus on alienation and dislocation that new technologies caused. This book shows that American individuals in this era were more connected to their fellow citizens than everbut by bonds that were distinctly modern.
Architectural Theory
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Randstad temping agency, Ahrend office supplies, Aid for the Homeless: the life of graphic designer Ben Bos is dominated by clients who remained loyal to him and his design for decades. His name is indissolubly linked with design studio Total Design, where he worked as a manager for 26 years. In this book Bos’s work is considered against the background of developments in(...)
Graphic Designers, Monographs
January 1900, Amsterdam
Design of a lifetime : Ben Bos
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Randstad temping agency, Ahrend office supplies, Aid for the Homeless: the life of graphic designer Ben Bos is dominated by clients who remained loyal to him and his design for decades. His name is indissolubly linked with design studio Total Design, where he worked as a manager for 26 years. In this book Bos’s work is considered against the background of developments in Dutch society and graphic design, about working in teams and about his contact with clients. Interviews with fellow designers reveal Bos as a driven designer.
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Graphic Designers, Monographs