The Vignelli canon
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Italian designer Massimo Vignelli allows us a glimpse of his understanding of good design in this book, its rules and criteria. He uses numerous examples to convey applications in practice - from product design via signaletics and graphic design to Corporate Design. By doing this he is making an important manual available to young designers that in its clarity both in(...)
The Vignelli canon
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Italian designer Massimo Vignelli allows us a glimpse of his understanding of good design in this book, its rules and criteria. He uses numerous examples to convey applications in practice - from product design via signaletics and graphic design to Corporate Design. By doing this he is making an important manual available to young designers that in its clarity both in terms of subject matter and visually is entirely committed to Vignelli's modern design.
Design Monographs
Charley Harper Memory game
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colorful and graphic memory game featuring the beautiful illustrations of American artist Charley Harper. This memory game has 36 matching pairs of square cards featuring many delightful illustrations by Charley Harper. Flip them all face down, and practice your memory skills by trying to find matching pairs. Young children can play an easier version using fewer matching(...)
Charley Harper Memory game
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colorful and graphic memory game featuring the beautiful illustrations of American artist Charley Harper. This memory game has 36 matching pairs of square cards featuring many delightful illustrations by Charley Harper. Flip them all face down, and practice your memory skills by trying to find matching pairs. Young children can play an easier version using fewer matching pairs, and older children to adults can play a more challenging version using all 72 pieces.
Children's Books
Curating research
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This anthology of newly commissioned texts presents a series of detailed examples of the different kinds of knowledge production that have recently emerged within the field of curatorial practice. The first volume of its kind to provide an overview of the theme of research within contemporary curating, Curating Research marks a new phase in developments of the profession(...)
Curating research
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This anthology of newly commissioned texts presents a series of detailed examples of the different kinds of knowledge production that have recently emerged within the field of curatorial practice. The first volume of its kind to provide an overview of the theme of research within contemporary curating, Curating Research marks a new phase in developments of the profession globally. Consisting of case studies and contextual analyses by curators, artists, critics and academics.
Museology
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Design professors detail a new ecodesign framework that integrates urban design with environmental conservation to make cities more desirable, low-carbon, transit-oriented communities. Jonathan Barnett and Larry Beasley seek to demonstrate that a sustainable built and natural environment can be achieved through ecodesign, which integrates the practice of planning and(...)
Ecodesign for cities and suburbs
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Design professors detail a new ecodesign framework that integrates urban design with environmental conservation to make cities more desirable, low-carbon, transit-oriented communities. Jonathan Barnett and Larry Beasley seek to demonstrate that a sustainable built and natural environment can be achieved through ecodesign, which integrates the practice of planning and urban design with environmental conservation, through normal business practices and the kinds of capital programmes and regulations already in use in most communities.
Urban Theory
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This second and revised edition of Oscar Niemeyer: A Legend of Modernity has a new preface and an updated biography and list of works. It contains essays that analyze the important and current aspects of Niemeyer's work, as well as texts by Niemeyer himself. Topics include the place of Niemeyer’s work in modern Brazilian architecture, his work as urban planner, the aspect(...)
Oscar Niemeyer : a legend of Modernism, second and revised edition
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This second and revised edition of Oscar Niemeyer: A Legend of Modernity has a new preface and an updated biography and list of works. It contains essays that analyze the important and current aspects of Niemeyer's work, as well as texts by Niemeyer himself. Topics include the place of Niemeyer’s work in modern Brazilian architecture, his work as urban planner, the aspect of landscape in his practice, and his influence on architecture in Germany.
Architecture Monographs
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In the form of a critical anthology, this book interlaces an ensemble of seminal articles by leading figures in the theory and practice of digital design with a series of original theoretical texts. It develops a meta-theory of the emerging interactions of media technologies and design in architecture. This theory is promoted as a foundation of transformations in design(...)
Theories of the digital in architecture
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In the form of a critical anthology, this book interlaces an ensemble of seminal articles by leading figures in the theory and practice of digital design with a series of original theoretical texts. It develops a meta-theory of the emerging interactions of media technologies and design in architecture. This theory is promoted as a foundation of transformations in design methods as well as a basis for the evolution of new forms of design thinking.
Digital Architecture
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Roe Ethridge’s practice is that of a restless maverick and his constantly evolving visual sensibility has spawned a myriad of copyists in what has become known as ‘the new school of synthetic photography’. In this his latest artist book, Ethridge conflates a rich array of photographic tropes, combining personal documentary images made in western Palm Beach County, his(...)
Roe Ethridge: sacrifice your body
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Roe Ethridge’s practice is that of a restless maverick and his constantly evolving visual sensibility has spawned a myriad of copyists in what has become known as ‘the new school of synthetic photography’. In this his latest artist book, Ethridge conflates a rich array of photographic tropes, combining personal documentary images made in western Palm Beach County, his mother’s childhood home, with surreal collage works, and a series discarded from a Chanel fashion shoot.
Photography monographs
Jarmund/Vigsnaes Arkitekter
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Established in 1996, Norwegian office Jarmund/Vigsnæs Arkitekter (JVA) has gained worldwide recognition. Within their work can be detected a variety of elements, from Dutch pragmatism to Swiss atmospherics, and from Spanish abstraction to the American West Coast. Mari Hvattum combines an interview with her analysis of the practice. Included are notable projects such as(...)
Jarmund/Vigsnaes Arkitekter
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Established in 1996, Norwegian office Jarmund/Vigsnæs Arkitekter (JVA) has gained worldwide recognition. Within their work can be detected a variety of elements, from Dutch pragmatism to Swiss atmospherics, and from Spanish abstraction to the American West Coast. Mari Hvattum combines an interview with her analysis of the practice. Included are notable projects such as Dune House, Edge House, the Norwegian Ministry of Defence and the Oslo School of Architecture and Design, and many others.
Architecture Monographs
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Emphasising attention to ways of doing as key to innovation, this title of AD brings together historical perspectives with a range of leading provocative, emerging approaches to architectural practice that together offer fresh insight into the often vague and ubiquitous atmospheres of innovation-speak. Ultimately, this issue asks how an emphasis on vitality might offer a(...)
AD The innovation imperative: architectures of vitality
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Emphasising attention to ways of doing as key to innovation, this title of AD brings together historical perspectives with a range of leading provocative, emerging approaches to architectural practice that together offer fresh insight into the often vague and ubiquitous atmospheres of innovation-speak. Ultimately, this issue asks how an emphasis on vitality might offer a more nuanced understanding of the aesthetic value and ethical know-how intertwined within innovative architectural endeavour.
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Magazines
TILT: codesigning space
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TILT are a London-based design and architecture practice that actively engages communities in designing and making their spaces. Founded by designer Oliver Marlow and social entrepreneur Dermot Egan, TILT has created a unique codesign methodology that transforms the way people interact with each other and the spaces around them. Participants are encouraged to explore the(...)
TILT: codesigning space
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TILT are a London-based design and architecture practice that actively engages communities in designing and making their spaces. Founded by designer Oliver Marlow and social entrepreneur Dermot Egan, TILT has created a unique codesign methodology that transforms the way people interact with each other and the spaces around them. Participants are encouraged to explore the role of objects and furniture within their space and understand their impact on culture and behaviour.
Architecture Monographs