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Alex Newson Designer Maker User ENAn information-packed, beautifully illustrated handbook exploring the evolution of design, from the industrial revolution to the digital explosion. Designers, makers and users are the three essential participants in the creation of any kind of design. This is not limited to objects or buildings, but includes environments, systems and networks. Exploring these relationships enables us to understand how we shape the…
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Destination ArchitectureFeaturing 1,000 of today's most compelling buildings by the world's finest architects, Destination: Architecture is an unparalleled and comprehensive resource for anyone wanting to get more out of their travels. No journey, from a long weekend to a long-haul trip, would be complete without this expertly curated 'who's who' of the most exciting architecture in the world. Each building is illustrated with a single…
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Do It Yourself EN50 of the world’s most exciting designers and visionary artists have devised simple objects that anyone can make at home. Affordable, accessible and inspirational, this book redefines DIY for the IKEA generation. Each easy-to-make project can be made with basic tools and everyday items. Every project includes hand-drawn step-by-step illustrations and colour photographs to ensure success. Also provides photographic…
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William Wegman Dogs ENThis volume presents amateur, anonymous snapshots of dogs from the turn of the century to the early 1950s in all kinds of ordinary and extraordinary settings. In it, we see dogs under the Christmas table, on front porches, at play by the beach, and posed beside babies, birthday girls, and in the casual family portrait. Each photograph in this remarkable collection reflects a unique moment in time and the sometimes…
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Helen Thomas Drawing ArchitectureAn elegant presentation of stunning and inspiring architectural drawings from antiquity to the present day.Throughout history, architects have relied on drawings both to develop their ideas and communicate their vision to the world....
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Earth ENEarth: Colours of the Earth is a spectacular large-format collection of breathtaking aerial photographs by world-renowned photographer Bernhard Edmaier. Travelling all over the globe, from the Bahamas to Iceland, New Zealand to Alaska, and the Grand Canyon to Chile, Edmaier captures rarely-seen landscapes from above, such as bubbling mud pools, volcanic eruptions, coral reefs, eroded canyons and arctic glaciers. 150…
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Eataly ENThe best modern Italian recipes from the largest and most prestigious Italian marketplace in the world. This beautiful cookbook, created in collaboration with Eataly, one of the greatest Italian food brands, features 300 landmark recipes highlighting the best of contemporary Italian home cooking. Excellent, fail-safe recipes and new ideas are presented in a sophisticated package, making this a must-have book for…
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Per-Anders Jörgensen Eating with the Chefs ENEating with the Chefs documents the daily meal shared by chefs and front-of-house staff at eighteen top restaurants including Noma, Le Chateaubriand and The French Laundry. Captured through exquisite photography by Per-Anders Jörgensen and easy-to-follow recipes Eating with the Chefs provides a unique insight into the ordinary food behind the immaculate kitchen walls.
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Edward Sheriff Curtis ENThis volume - investigating the work of a particular photographer, in this case, Edward Sheriff Curtis - comprises a 4000-word essay by an expert in th e field, 55 photographs presented chronologically, each with a commentary, and a biography of the featured photographer.
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Amy Conger Edward Weston ENBorn in Illinois in 1886, Edward Weston opened a studio in California in 1911 where he achieved success as a commercial photographer, making portraits in the popular soft-focus, pictorialist style of the time. By the early 1920s, Weston had become dissatisfied with these `false`, retouched and manipulated images.After meeting Alfred Stieglitz, Paul Strand and Charles Sheeler in 1922, she began to adopt a more…
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Simon Wilson Egon Schiele ENThe Austrian painter Egon Schiele is now recognized as a major figure in the history of modern art and in the development of the Expressionist movement. He was only 28 when he died in 1918, yet his output was prolific and in his short life he produced a remarkable series of intense and powerful images. Although dogged by accusations of pornography throughout his career, he pursued his vocation as an artist with…
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Christopher Short Egon SchielePhaidon Press (1 July 1997): As a precocious child talent, growing up in 1890s Vienna - the same that nurtured the psychoanlysis of Freud - Egon Schiele developed a distinctive personal style that matched his obsession with sex, life and death. Although he died young he produced a body of paintings, watercolours and drawings that rank him among the most original artists of the 20th century, and an important…
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Joost Grootens Elemental Living EN60 stunning works of contemporary architecture, all of which have a special relationship with the natural landscape. Elemental Living presents 60 works of architecture from across the 20th and 21st centuries that have a special relationship with the natural world. The book includes a visually breathtaking selection of architect-created houses that have been designed to create unparalleled views of a wide variety of…
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Laura Hoptman Elizabeth PeytonPhaidon Press: American artist Elizabeth Peyton has been credited with infusing the ancient art of portraiture with a new life. Her idealized, highly stylized oil paintings, drawings and watercolours are driven by the emotional, adoring eye of an unrequited lover. Willowy, melancholy young men and women - contemporary pop stars, royalty, artists and friends - are the magnetic subjects of her devotion. Caught as if…
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Tricia Y. Paik Ellsworth KellyEllsworth Kelly will forever be remembered as one of the most distinctive and influential artists of our time. This book, the last created in close collaboration with the artist, maps his prolific and diverse oeuvre from the 1940s to ...
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Martin Herbert Elmgreen and DragsetElmgreen & Dragset's constructed environments have been celebrated all over the world for their mischievous, cerebral, and accessible nature. This is the first comprehensive presentation of the duo's work, from their early performative pieces ...
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Tomi Ungerer EmileEmile is an eight-legged hero who has twice as much courage and four times as many legs as most people - except, of course, other octopuses. When deep-sea diver Captain Samovar is attacked by a ferocious shark, Emile comes to his aid. Grateful to his resc
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Every Day a Word Surprises Me and Other Quotes by WriterAdvice, strong opinions, and personal revelations by the world's greatest writers - exclusively researched for this new book Featuring the most inspirational and insightful collection of quotes by writers through the ages and across the globe, Every Day a
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Jean-Jacques Sempé Everything is Complicated ENCartoonist and illustrator Jean-Jacques Sempe has been delighting readers in France and beyond with his witty drawing and cunning eye for the finer amusements of the human condition for over 40 years. Originally published in 1963, this book - in English - contains some of the famous cartoonist's best loved comedic moments.
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Robert Clark Evolution: A Visual Record ENStunning images to reawaken us to the scientific process that drives the amazing diversity of life on earth. Evidence of evolution is everywhere. Through 200 revelatory images, award-winning photographer Robert Clark makes one of the most important foundations of science clear and exciting to everyone. Evolution: A Visual Record transports readers from the near-mystical(human ancestors) to the historic (the famous …
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Olafur Eliasson, Michelle Kuo ExperienceExperience spans Eliasson's career to date via images of his installations, sculptures, paintings, photographs, films, architectural projects, and interventions in public space - each with an extended caption to guide readers through the work...
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Mary Ellen Mark, Weston Naef ExposureThis book is a collection of approximately 135 of the most significant photographs of Mary Ellen Mark's career to date, selected by the photographer and carefully edited and designed with her collaboration. While there have been many publications of Mark's photographs over the years, most are out of print and of limited scope; Exposure will therefore stand as the most definitive retrospective of Mary Ellen Mark's…
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Lucas Riera ExtinctA gorgeously illustrated tribute to animals that no longer live on our planet, paired with information on how we can save future species. This exploration of animals that we have lost over the past century, from the California grizzly to the Persian...