| | | | Fall 2013 Featured Design & Architecture Grand Hotel Text by William F. Baker, Todd Gannon, Bruce Grenville, Brad A. Johnson, Norman Klein, Thomas Y. Levin, Karina Longworth, Cédric Morisset, Rebecca Morse, Suzanne Oxenaar, Stephanie Rebick, Leonard Sanders, Michael Turner, Jennifer M. Volland, Matthew Weiner, et al. From the hotel’s origin in humble inns dotted along ancient trade routes, to today’s worldwide Hilton and Hyatt networks, the concept of the hotel has come a very long way indeed. We now talk about >>more
Hatje Cantz
ISBN 9783775734837
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Hbk, 8.75 x 10.5 in. / 336 pgs / 452 color.
Pub Date: 06/30/2013 Forthcoming/Awaiting stock
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|  Formica Forever Foreword by Mark Adamson. Preface by Abbott Miller. Text by Alexandra Lange, Phil Patton, Peter York. Formica® is 100 years old! To celebrate this centennial, Formica Corporation has published Formica Forever. The book takes us on a lively, information-packed walk through the life of this much-loved material: from its humble beginnings >>more
Metropolis Books/Formica Corporation
ISBN 9781938922152
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Pbk, 6.5 x 9.5 in. / 408 pgs / illustrated throughout.
Pub Date: 09/30/2013 Forthcoming/Awaiting stock
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|  Tom Dixon: Dixonary Edited by Camilla Belton, Robert Violette. Text by Tom Dixon. Dixonary is a comprehensive book on one of Britain’s best-known and most highly regarded product designers. In his own words, and with hundreds of comparative illustrations interleaved with text, this self-taught designer illuminates the often >>more
Violette Editions
ISBN 9781900828420
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Hbk, 6 x 8.25 in. / 632 pgs / 312 color.
Pub Date: 09/30/2013 Forthcoming/Awaiting stock
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|  Marian Bantjes: Pretty Pictures Design and text by Marian Bantjes. Foreword by Rick Poynor. From a remote cabin off Canada’s Pacific coast, Marian Bantjes has created a unique visual language that combines typographical craftsmanship, illustrative flair and personal observation. Her generous approach, meticulous attention to detail and wit have >>more
Metropolis Books
ISBN 9781938922220
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Hbk, 10.25 x 13.75 in. / 272 pgs / 800 color.
Pub Date: 09/30/2013 Forthcoming/Awaiting stock
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|  Posters: Advertising and Italian Fashion, 1890-1950 Text by Dario Cimorelli, Anna Villari. This fascinating, abundantly illustrated book delves into the evolution of Italian advertising and fashion posters, showing how social developments and economic expansion were reflected in commercial art. Advertising served as an ideal vehicle for fashio >>more
Silvana Editoriale
ISBN 9788836623433
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Clth, 9.5 x 11 in. / 238 pgs / 280 color.
Pub Date: 09/30/2013 Forthcoming/Awaiting stock
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|  Patek Philippe Steel Watches Edited by John Golberger. With this magnificent volume, watch expert and authority John Goldberger, author of 100 Superlative Rolex Watches, presents the most beautiful and remarkable watches ever fitted with steel cases by the Geneva-based watch company Patek Philippe. >>more
Damiani
ISBN 9788862083041
US $800.00 CAN $800.00 SDNR20
Plexi slip, cork-bound, 9.5 x 12.75 in. / 440 pgs / 900 color / Ed of 300 signed
Pub Date: 09/30/2013 Forthcoming/Awaiting stock
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|  Speaking of Furniture Preface by Warren Eames Johnson, Bebe Pritam Johnson. Foreword by Edward S. Cooke, Jr. Introduction by Roger Holmes. For the past half-century, the Studio Furniture movement has grown in reaction to the traditionally designed and mass-produced furnishings generally available to most Americans. Instead, Studio Furniture makers offer innovative design, fine handcrafting >>more
The Artist Book Foundation
ISBN 9780988855717
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Hbk, 8 x 10.5 in. / 384 pgs / 482 color / 68 b&w.
Pub Date: 09/30/2013 Forthcoming/Awaiting stock
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|  Fired Earth, Woven Bamboo Text by Kazuko Todate, Anne Nishimura Morse. The blossoming of contemporary crafts in Japan that began in the twentieth century is rooted in a long and rich tradition of exquisite design and technical accomplishment. Featuring some 100 works by close to 60 >>more
MFA Publications
ISBN 9780878468058
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Pbk, 10.5 x 8.5 in. / 160 pgs / 100 color.
Pub Date: 11/30/2013 Forthcoming/Awaiting stock
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|  Lightopia Text by Beate Binder, Hartmut Böhme, Thea Brejzek, Fulvio Ferrari, Peter and Charlotte Fiell, Joseph Grima, Bart Lootsma, Sidney Perkowitz, Peter Weibel, et al. Lightopia investigates the development of light design, taking a novel perspective by placing the current paradigm shift in the larger context of cultural history. The starting point for the book is the Vitra Design Museum’s >>more
Vitra Design Museum
ISBN 9783931936051
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Slip, Pbk, 3 vols, 7.5 x 10.25 in. / 300 pgs / illustrated throughout.
Pub Date: 11/30/2013 Forthcoming/Awaiting stock
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|  Vitra Campus Edited by Mateo Kries. Since the 1980s, the Vitra company has erected buildings on its grounds in collaboration with some of the leading architects of the present day, including Zaha Hadid, Frank Gehry, Tadao Ando, SANAA, Álvaro Siza, Nicholas >>more
Vitra Design Museum
ISBN 9783931936020
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Pbk, 9.75 x 7 in. / 200 pgs / 250 color / 50 duotone.
Pub Date: 11/30/2013 Forthcoming/Awaiting stock
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|  Wendell Castle: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1958-2012 By Emily Evans Eerdmans. Text by Dave Barry, Glenn Adamson, Jane Adlin. A founder and icon of the Studio Furniture movement, the popular sculptor and furniture designer Wendell Castle (born 1932) has carved a distinct path over nearly six decades of a distinguished career. This long-awaited and >>more
The Artist Book Foundation
ISBN 9780988855700
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Hbk, 11 x 12 in. / 564 pgs / 1,150 color / 400 b&w.
Pub Date: 10/31/2013 Forthcoming/Awaiting stock
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|  A Passion for Jean Prouvé The esteemed collectors Laurence and Patrick Seguin first discovered the work of Jean Prouvé in the late 1980s, and were quick to embrace his entire aesthetic vision, from architectural design to furniture. "There is no >>more
Pinoteca Agnelli/Galerie Patrick Seguin
ISBN 9788890539411
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Clth, 10 x 12 in. / 280 pgs / illustrated throughout.
Pub Date: 07/31/2013 Forthcoming/Awaiting stock
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|  Le Corbusier's Secret Laboratory Edited by Jean-Louis Cohen. Text by Staffan Ahrenberg, Daniel Birnbaum, Jean-Louis Cohen, Catherine Dumont d'Ayot, Genevieve Hendricks, Johan Linton, Pascal Mory, Danièle Pauly, Bruno Reichlin. Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, known as Le Corbusier, had an unparalleled influence on the design, function and construction of twentieth-century buildings, both public and residential. In addition, he was an artist and designer--an aspect of his creativity >>more
Hatje Cantz
ISBN 9783775735681
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Hbk, 6.5 x 9.5 in. / 324 pgs / 273 color.
Pub Date: 07/30/2013 Forthcoming/Awaiting stock
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|  Walter Nikkels: Typography Text by Wigger Bierma, Wouter Davidts, Suzanna Héman, Walter Nikkels, Lothar Baumgarten, Rudi Fuchs, et al. Walter Nikkels is a large-scale, copiously illustrated monograph on the work of this influential Dutch book designer and typographer (born 1940). Nikkels has designed and edited numerous books and catalogues, as well as bank notes, >>more
Valiz
ISBN 9789078088547
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Hbk, 8 x 10.75 in. / 528 pgs / 1,125 color / 30 b&w.
Pub Date: 08/31/2013 Forthcoming/Awaiting stock
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|  The Work of 75B Text by Rens Muis, Pieter Vos. Founded by Robert Beckand, Rens Muis and Pieter Vos in 1997, the Rotterdam-based graphic design studio 75B has designed everything from Nike posters and museum logos to books, magazines, flyers, cards, exhibitions and full-scale architectural >>more
nai010 publishers
ISBN 9789462080409
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Hbk, 9 x 11.75 in. / 240 pgs / 2,000 color.
Pub Date: 08/30/2013 Forthcoming/Awaiting stock
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|  Propaganda! Russian and Norwegian Posters 1920-1939 Edited and with introduction by Daniela Büchten. Foreword by Vigdis Moe Skarstein, Anton Likhomanov. Text by Yelena Barkhatova, Daniela Büchten, Denis Solovev, Vibece Salthe. Propaganda! Russian and Norwegian Posters 1920–1939 brings together a broad selection of outstanding Russian poster art, from the Constructivists’ formal experiments to the Socialist Realism of the 1930s. It also includes some of the most >>more
Forlaget Press
ISBN 9788275476447
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Pbk, 8.25 x 11.5 in. / 224 pgs / 110 color / 40 b&w.
Pub Date: 08/31/2013 Forthcoming/Awaiting stock
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|  Type Compass Edited by Michael Brenner, Emilio Macchia. Foreword by Gerry Leonidas. Today’s graphic output makes use of a colossal number of fonts, compared to 20 years ago. So where is the evolution of type design headed? Type Compass answers these questions, showcasing designers from around the >>more
SHS Publishing
ISBN 9788890759499
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Hbk, 4.5 x 6.5 in. / 280 pgs / 188 duotone.
Pub Date: 08/31/2013 Forthcoming/Awaiting stock
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|  Jan Jansen’s Shoe Text by Lisa Goudsmit. Dutch designer Jan Jansen (born 1941) has been turning heads with his baroque and experimental footwear for more than 40 years, and his work has been dubbed “Dutch haute chaussure.” Jansen made his international breakthrough >>more
nai010 publishers
ISBN 9789462080485
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Pbk, 5.5 x 7.5 in. / 160 pgs / 120 color.
Pub Date: 09/30/2013 Forthcoming/Awaiting stock
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|  Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec: Drawing Edited and with text by Cornel Windlin. This volume unveils a little-known side of the daily studio work of acclaimed designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec (born 1971 and 1976): their drawing. Printed on newsprint and gorgeously designed, this chunky book has been >>more
JRP|Ringier
ISBN 9783037643198
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Pbk, 8.25 x 11.25 in. / 868 pgs / 651 color / 215 b&w.
Pub Date: 05/31/2013 Active/In stock
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|  Isn't It Romantic? Edited by Petra Hesse, Tulga Beyerle. Text by Tulga Beyerle, Romana Breuer, Lidewij Edelkoort, Petra Hesse, Deyan Sudjic, Gerrit Terstiege, Tina Thiel, Sofia Wagner, Vitus Weh. In literature, music and art, the term ‘Romanticism’ refers to an era that began around the time of the French Revolution and continued into the Victorian period. Today we associate the word with attributes such >>more
Walther König, Köln
ISBN 9783863353056
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Pbk, 8 x 11.5 in. / 172 pgs / 148 color.
Pub Date: 07/31/2013 Forthcoming/Awaiting stock
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|  A Little Book of Craftivism By Sarah Corbett. ”Craftivism” is a term coined by Betsy Greer, referring to the raising of social consciousness through craft. At the forefront of this movement is the Craftivist Collective. Their mini cross-stitched banners and tiny urban installations >>more
Cicada Books
ISBN 9781908714077
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Pbk, 4.75 x 6.25 in. / 64 pgs / 60 color.
Pub Date: 10/31/2013 Forthcoming/Awaiting stock
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|  Pastoe: 100 Years of Design Innovation Edited by Anne van der Zwaag. Text by Gert Staal. This volume marks 100 years of the Utrecht furniture manufacturer Pastoe, whose brand has long been a byword for timeless furniture of superior craftsmanship. Known both in the Netherlands and worldwide for its skilled design >>more
nai010 publishers
ISBN 9789462080683
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Hbk, 8.5 x 11.75 in. / 224 pgs / 450 color.
Pub Date: 08/30/2013 Forthcoming/Awaiting stock
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|  Giorgio Casali: Photographer, Domus 1951-1983 Edited by Angelo Maggi, Italo Zannier. Giorgio Casali (1913–1995) is a central figure in the history of twentieth-century Italian photography. From 1951 to the mid-1980s, an unbroken reign of three decades, he was the preferred photographer for a select group of >>more
Silvana Editoriale
ISBN 9788836625871
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Pbk, 9 x 11 in. / 216 pgs / 250 color / 66 b&w.
Pub Date: 09/30/2013 Forthcoming/Awaiting stock
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|  The History of Modern Furniture Design Text by Daniela Karasová. This abundantly illustrated monograph tells the story of modern furniture in Czechoslovakia and the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands, from the first half of the nineteenth century (the Biedermeier period) to the late twentieth century. The book offers >>more
Arbor Vitae/Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague
ISBN 9788074670206
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Flexi, 8.5 x 9.75 in. / 320 pgs / illustrated throughout.
Pub Date: 09/30/2013 Forthcoming/Awaiting stock
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|  Roberto Matta: Casa Matta Text by Roberto Matta, Germana Matta Ferrari, Silvana Annicchiarico, Johnny Dell’Orto. Casamatta celebrates a little-known body of work by Chilean Surrealist Matta (1911-2002): objects made for his home, including plates, tables, oil drums that open like flowers to become massive chairs and armchairs shaped by the >>more
Corraini Edizioni
ISBN 9788875703493
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Pbk, 8.5 x 10.25 in. / 168 pgs / illustrated throughout.
Pub Date: 06/30/2013 Active/In stock
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|  Simón Vélez: Vegetarian Architecture Text by Pierre Frey. For Colombian architect Simon Vélez (born 1949), botany has been inextricable from architecture. His work has been significantly determined by his country’s tropical resources, in particular its lush vegetation and abundance of guadua bamboo--a common >>more
Actes Sud
ISBN 9782330012373
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Hbk, 7.75 x 10 in. / 256 pgs / 180 color.
Pub Date: 08/31/2013 Forthcoming/Awaiting stock
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|  Singular Spaces Text by Jo Farb Hernández, Roger Cardinal, Laurent Danchin. Published by leading outsider art imprint Raw Vision, Singular Spaces is a groundbreaking survey of art environments created by self-taught artists from across Spain. The book introduces and examines 45 artists and their idiosyncratic sculptures, >>more
Raw Vision
ISBN 9780615785653
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Hbk, 9.5 x 11.5 in. / 584 pgs / 1,306 color / DVD (NTSC).
Pub Date: 10/31/2013 Forthcoming/Awaiting stock
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