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Often out of print, this new edition of Joel Sternfeld’s seminal book returns to the format of the original 1987 edition. All of the now classic images within it—alongside a group of never published photographs—examine a once pristine land stewarded by indigenous peoples who needed no lessons in stewardship, and a land now occupied by a mix of peoples hoping for salvation(...)
Joel Sternfeld: American prospects
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Often out of print, this new edition of Joel Sternfeld’s seminal book returns to the format of the original 1987 edition. All of the now classic images within it—alongside a group of never published photographs—examine a once pristine land stewarded by indigenous peoples who needed no lessons in stewardship, and a land now occupied by a mix of peoples hoping for salvation within the fraught paths of late capitalism. The result suggests a vast nation whose prospects have much to do with global prospects, a “teenager of the world” unaware of its strengths, filled with idealism and frequent failings.
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John Smith
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"John Smith" is a book from poet Steve Savage, produced in 100 copies only, each one having an original book jacket. On the front cover, 100 unique signatures of John Smith. On the spine, 100 sentences taken from the book. On the back cover, 100 faces recombined from a series of original portraits from Stéphane Poirier. John Smith is the story of a name and stories or(...)
John Smith
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"John Smith" is a book from poet Steve Savage, produced in 100 copies only, each one having an original book jacket. On the front cover, 100 unique signatures of John Smith. On the spine, 100 sentences taken from the book. On the back cover, 100 faces recombined from a series of original portraits from Stéphane Poirier. John Smith is the story of a name and stories or ideas to be found within a name. The whole text is taken from Internet search results. Produced with the support of Baillat Studio (design) and Stéphane Poirier (illustrations), the book is also declined in a number of ways: photos, posters, graphic animation and web site (johnsmithis.com).
Serious play
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This volume shows how postwar designers embraced whimsy and eclecticism in their work, exploring playfulness as an essential construct of modernity. Following World War II, Americans began accumulating more and more goods, spurring a transformation in the field of interior decoration. Storage walls became ubiquitous, often serving as a home's centerpiece. Designers such(...)
Serious play
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This volume shows how postwar designers embraced whimsy and eclecticism in their work, exploring playfulness as an essential construct of modernity. Following World War II, Americans began accumulating more and more goods, spurring a transformation in the field of interior decoration. Storage walls became ubiquitous, often serving as a home's centerpiece. Designers such as Alexander Girard encouraged homeowners to populate their new shelving units with folk art, as well as unconventional and modern objects, to produce innovative and unexpected juxtapositions within modern architectural settings. Playfulness can be seen in the colorful, child-sized furniture by Charles and Ray Eames, who also produced toys. And in the postwar corporate world, the concept of play is manifested in the influential advertising work of Paul Rand.
Design, époques et styles
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"Do It Yourself" investigates the history behind the current do-it-yourself craze in home repair and remodeling. The origins of home improvement can be traced to the early part of the century, when (...)
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Do it yourself : home improvement in twentieth century America
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"Do It Yourself" investigates the history behind the current do-it-yourself craze in home repair and remodeling. The origins of home improvement can be traced to the early part of the century, when government loan programmes placed home ownership within the reach of growing numbers of families, mass-circulation magazines began providing their readers with information about home renovation, and increasing numbers of Americans turned to the manual arts and handicrafts as leisure-time pursuits. World War II provided many Americans with the skills and confidence to undertake home-improvement projects on their own, and after the war, changes in the manufacturing and retailing of tools and equipment created new possibilities for transforming one's home. The text of "Do It Yourself", which investigates topics ranging from women's roles in home repair to historic preservation, is a lively mix of illustrations--including period photographs, magazine spreads, and advertisements--and clearly written analysis of the trends
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avril 1998, New York
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''4Flight'' attempts to document the profound metamorphosis within the urban and natural landscape, also due by man. The images’ research, developed with an aesthetic, anthropological and sociological criteria, has led to the creation of an archive in progress with the aim of witnessing the state of the planet.
Armin Linke: 4FLIGHT (2 vol.)
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''4Flight'' attempts to document the profound metamorphosis within the urban and natural landscape, also due by man. The images’ research, developed with an aesthetic, anthropological and sociological criteria, has led to the creation of an archive in progress with the aim of witnessing the state of the planet.
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Typographic systems
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Typographic organization has always been a complex system in that there are so many elements at play, such as hierarchy, order of reading, legibility, and contrast. In Typographic Systems, Kim Elam, author of our bestselling books, Geometry of Design and Grid Systems, explores eight major structural frameworks beyond the grid—including random, radial, modular, and(...)
Typographic systems
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Typographic organization has always been a complex system in that there are so many elements at play, such as hierarchy, order of reading, legibility, and contrast. In Typographic Systems, Kim Elam, author of our bestselling books, Geometry of Design and Grid Systems, explores eight major structural frameworks beyond the grid—including random, radial, modular, and bilateral systems. By taking the reader through exercises, student work, and professional examples, Elam offers a broad range of design solutions. Once essential visual organization systems are understood the designer can fluidly organize words or images within a structure, combination of structures, or a variation of a structure. With clarity and substance, each system—from the structured axis to the nonhierarchical radial array—is explained and explored so that the reader comes away with a better understanding of these intricate complex arrangements. Typographic Systems is the seventh title in our bestselling Design Briefs series, which has sold more than 100,000 copies worldwide.
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avril 2007, New York
Bobbilibris Vol. 1
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To launch the first book of Bobbilibris Press, the publishing house chose to begin with a journey into the world of ex libris. This project pays tribute to the rich heritage of bookplates, celebrating their artistry while embracing experimentation Intricately designed bookplates, also known as ex-libris (“from the books of” in Latin), capture the essence of personal(...)
Bobbilibris Vol. 1
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To launch the first book of Bobbilibris Press, the publishing house chose to begin with a journey into the world of ex libris. This project pays tribute to the rich heritage of bookplates, celebrating their artistry while embracing experimentation Intricately designed bookplates, also known as ex-libris (“from the books of” in Latin), capture the essence of personal libraries. Each one reflects the unique tastes of its owner, a small portrait of identity within the larger culture of books. This book catalogs an archive of ex-libris discovered and collected over time, later altered and reimagined through experimentation, transforming historical artifacts into contemporary expressions of bookplate art.
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Through a series of competitions, speculative commissions, and built work, FOA's first monograph is structured to reflect the development of their specific attitude and as a compendium of the technical arsenal that they use to within their practice. With the spirit of scientific classification, the genesis of an architectural project is identified within a series of(...)
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novembre 2003
Phylogenesis: foa's ark, Foreign Office Architects
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Through a series of competitions, speculative commissions, and built work, FOA's first monograph is structured to reflect the development of their specific attitude and as a compendium of the technical arsenal that they use to within their practice. With the spirit of scientific classification, the genesis of an architectural project is identified within a series of phylum, actualized and simultaneously virtualized, in their specific application to the unique conditions of a project's location. Phylogenesis also includes a collection of texts from several critics who investigate related topics that touch upon different aspects of FOA's discourse.
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With 400 images and drawings, this book presents architect Alvar Aalto's famous library in Vyborg, Russia, and the international efforts since 1994 to restore it. Within this extraordinary example of modernist design, its original plans dating from 1927 and constructed with modifications between 1933-1935 is a catalogue of innovative concepts that reflect Aalto's most(...)
Alvar Aalto library in Vyborg: Saving a modern masterpiece
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With 400 images and drawings, this book presents architect Alvar Aalto's famous library in Vyborg, Russia, and the international efforts since 1994 to restore it. Within this extraordinary example of modernist design, its original plans dating from 1927 and constructed with modifications between 1933-1935 is a catalogue of innovative concepts that reflect Aalto's most mature and influential work.
Architecture, monographies
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A unique documentation of how ideology translated into colonialism, settlement, urbanization, infrastructure, and mechanized agriculture radically reshaped the environment of Palestine-Israel. The biblical metaphor of a ''Land of Milk and Honey'' has denoted for millennia a prophecy and promise for plenitude. This book, published in conjunction with the Israeli(...)
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Land. Milk. Honey. Animal stories in imagined landscapes. 17th Venice Biennale
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A unique documentation of how ideology translated into colonialism, settlement, urbanization, infrastructure, and mechanized agriculture radically reshaped the environment of Palestine-Israel. The biblical metaphor of a ''Land of Milk and Honey'' has denoted for millennia a prophecy and promise for plenitude. This book, published in conjunction with the Israeli Pavilion at the seventeenth International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale, examines the reciprocal relations between humans, animals, and the environment within the context of modern Palestine-Israel, and demonstrates how this promise has become an action-plan over the course of the twentieth century. ''Land. Milk. Honey'' investigates how colonialism, urbanization, and mechanized agriculture radically reshaped the environment and altered human-animal relationships. It shows how the celebrated metamorphosis of the region into a prosperous agricultural landscape was entangled with irreparable damage to the environment, as well as the disruption of human communities. And it highlights the predicaments that both the environment and its inhabitants are facing after the territory has, over a century, been the testbed of modernist aspirations for plenitude.