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An artistic photographic book dedicated to the reconstruction of the Polcevera Viaduct, also known as Ponte Morandi, in Genoa, which tragically collapsed in 2018.

Andrea Botto, a photographer and visual artist specializing in large works, uses his shots to describe the stages involved in the demolition of the old Ponte Morandi and the construction of the new infrastructure designed by Renzo Piano. His lens follows each phase of the undertaking with technical expertise and attention to the composition of the image, in a skillful combination of documentary reportage and aesthetic research.

Botto has been working for RINA Consulting, the Italian agency supervising both the demolition and the construction of the new bridge, which is set to become a new landmark in Genoa, having been designed by Renzo Piano, one of the most renowned architects in the world.

RINA Consulting was selected by the commissioning authority to carry out project management, supervision, quality control, and safety coordination during the execution phase of the project.

About the Author:

Andrea Botto is an Italian fine-art photographer and lecturer. His projects have been acknowledged by grants and awards and have been exhibited in international museums. His works can be found in private and public collections. He carries out and manages editorial and corporate projects, specializing in decommissioning and infrastructure projects.

The definitive monograph on the fashion of Rick Owens -- one of the most daring and influential designers working today -- this book documents over a decade of sublime, iconic styles.

Since the establishment of his label in 1994, Rick Owens has transformed global fashion with his provocative clothing and subversive style. Distinguished by his grunge-meets-glamour aesthetic and defiant anti-fashion stance, Owens created a dark fashion empire that has accrued a devoted international following which gravitates toward the brand's sublime tailoring, somber palette, mystical layers, and gritty elegance.

Filled with photographs of Owens's most impressive looks from the last decade, this volume is conceived as a celebration of the Rick Owens aesthetic, approximating with printing effects some of the mystery and detailing associated with the brand. Iconic imagery taken from Owens's seminal lookbooks provides a unique look at the output of design from an artist who is at once comfortable with developing technologies and respectful of traditional approaches.

With principal photography by Danielle Levitt -- who achieved considerable acclaim for her social-realist images -- this book is essential for lovers of avant-garde fashion, photography, and design.

About the Authors:

Rick Owens is an American fashion designer and winner of a Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award.
Danielle Levitt is an American photographer based in New York.

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Over 100 years of travel essentials by the collectible luxury luggage brand RIMOWA, whose signature aluminium cases have forever entered the contemporary design lexicon.

Since its beginnings in 1898 in Cologne, Germany, RIMOWA has been at the forefront of innovation, with a heritage marked by crafting the highest quality luggage for voyagers of every era. Throughout the twentieth century and into the present day, RIMOWA has always met revolutions in transportation with a pragmatic, industrial, and resolutely modern approach. From locomotives and steamships of the past to today's jetliners and beyond, its expertly engineered cases combine a distinctly streamlined design with technical prowess. With this rich history, coupled with recent collaborations with contemporary cult brands such as Supreme, Dior, Off-White, Porsche, and Fendi, the storied house's wares have built a reputation as coveted items for the discerning, purposeful traveler.

This new volume spotlights a selection of the most iconic pieces from RIMOWA's archives via captivating, never-before-published photographs exclusively shot for this publication, enriched with illustrations and other vintage brand material. From early turn-of-the-century trunks and leather luggage and the pioneering invention of the first lightweight aluminum suitcase in 1937, to the iconic 1950 grooved design inspired by the fuselage of classic aircrafts, rarefied imagery pays homage to the emblematic fixtures of RIMOWA's past and present, and with it the history of more than a century of travel.
Crafted in Italy and printed on the finest European papers, this oversize tome serves as an ode to RIMOWA's thirst for innovation and functional approach to modern luxury.

About the Author:

RIMOWA is a luxury luggage brand established in 1898 in Cologne by Paul Morszeck. Since its founding, it has placed quality and innovation at its core, creating luggage for the discerning, purposeful traveler. Designed and engineered in Germany, RIMOWA combines heritage and craftsmanship with the rigors of modern technology.

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This is the first book devoted exclusively to rings considered by theme rather than by date – though the author, a world expert, brings her rich historical and literary knowledge to the subject.

She considers …

Signets
Rings associated with love, marriage and friendship
Devotional, protective and ecclesiastical rings
Memento mori and memorial rings
Rings associated with famous people and great events
Decorative rings
Diamond rings
Rings as accessories

while making us delight in them as works of art, and bringing their context alive through paintings, drawings, and vivid quotations.

Rings of all periods are included – from ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome through the Middle Ages and Renaissance up to the 20th century. The rings are drawn not only from great museums but from private collections, preeminently that of the noted gem dealer and art patron Benjamin Zucker.

About the Author:

Diana Scarisbrick has written extensively on jewellery, in books, exhibition catalogues and journals internationally. Rings have always been a particular interest.

A fascinating historical overview of the evolution of ring design from the Middle Ages to today, illustrated with almost 200 rare and luxurious examples drawn from the V&A's collections

Rings are powerfully evocative pieces of jewelry, traditionally worn as symbols of love, loyalty, remembrance or faith. Focusing on the V&A’s world-famous collection, Rings tells the story of their evolution from sculptural gem-set bands worn in medieval times to Art Deco masterpieces, dramatic gemstone ‘rocks’ of the 1950s, and innovative works of art created by contemporary jewelers.

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Rings are powerfully evocative pieces of jewelry, traditionally worn as symbols of love, loyalty, remembrance or faith. Focusing on the V&A’s world-famous collection, Rings tells the story of their evolution from sculptural gem-set bands worn in medieval times to Art Deco masterpieces, dramatic gemstone ‘rocks’ of the 1950s, and innovative works of art created by contemporary jewellers.

Table of Contents:

Introduction • 1. 1200 – 1500 • 2. 1500 – 1700 • 3. 1700 – 1820 • 4. 1820 – 1900 • 5. 1900 – 1950 • 6. 1950 – Present

Rachel Church is a Curator in the Sculpture, Metalwork, Ceramics and Glass Department at the Victoria and Albert Museum with a special responsibility for the rings collection. She has published and lectured on jewelry and worked on the re-display of the William and Judith Bollinger Jewellery Gallery. She has contributed to a number of V&A publications, including writing on gold boxes in The Gilbert Collection at the V&A (2009).

A new title in the Design series and an excellent introduction to the life and work of this versatile Russian artist.

Alexander Mikhailovich Rodchenko (1891-1953) was a central figure in the Russian Constructivist art movement; a radical activist, a pioneer of photomontage, a theorist, and a teacher. He was an active force in the organization of the first museums of modern art that arose in Russia in the first years after the Russian Revolution of 1917.

Attending art school in 1914 in Kazan was to be a defining influence: that year Russian Futurists performed in the town, and Rodchenko saw their leading figures in action. It transformed his vision and he was still working with Futurist artists and their ideas twenty-five years later. And it was at art school where Rodchenko first met the artist Varvara Stepanova, with whom he collaborated extensively, and who would become his life-long partner.

Central in the re-examination of art and its place in society after the Revolution, and in the search for a new culture without the class implications of the past, Rodchenko's radical approach proposed a new understanding of a constructed, rather than a tastefully composed, culture.

This concise, comprehensive and informative work focuses largely on Rodchenko's graphic work in the form of book jackets, posters and advertising.

A gorgeous tribute to the legendary shoe and accessories designs of Roger Vivier

Master designer Roger Vivier elevated both the form and decoration of ladies’ shoes during his sixty-year career. His innate Parisian style embodied a sense of perfection and craftsmanship, and his work was coveted by style icons from Elsa Schiaparelli to Jackie Onassis. Described by Yves St. Laurent as bringing to his work a "level of charm, delicacy, refinement and poetry unsurpassed," he created the first stiletto heel for a ready-to-wear shoe line with the house of Dior in 1955.

His shoes are legendary, and the tradition of his innovative spirit continues with the revival of the house by current designer Bruno Frisoni, who has updated Vivier’s concepts, bringing his own touch to signature shapes and embellishments (including the buckle pump made famous by Catherine Deneuve in Belle du Jour).

This lavish volume celebrates the history of the venerated house and charts the current evolution of the fantastic haute-couture designs that keep Roger Vivier at the top of every well-dressed woman’s list.

With gorgeous new photography of the house’s collection of vintage shoes, beautifully rendered sketches, and details of the amazing accessories coming out of Roger Vivier today, this book is as chic as the shoes that fill its pages.

About the Author

Virginie Mouzat is the fashion critic of the French daily newspaper Le Figaro. Loïc Prigent is a documentary filmmaker. Colombe Pringle is a journalist and the editor of Point de Vue magazine. Olivier Saillard is the director of the Musée Galliera in Paris. Ines de la Fressange is the author of Parisian Chic. Catherine Deneuve is a celebrated French actress. Bruno Frisoni is the creative director of Roger Vivier. Cate Blanchett is an award-winning actress of stage and screen.

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A highly personal journey through the creative universe of the fashion designer who brought us the galaxy dress — the defining look of the noughties.

Called the King of Curves, Roland Mouret marks his twentieth year in fashion with this definitive monograph featuring an in-depth look at his innovative designs, inspirations, and industry collaborations. This book is conceived as a series of conversations — between Alexander Fury and Mouret, and visually,between Mouret’s clothing and the women who wear it. Led by specially commissioned photography shot especially for this volume, each chapter unfolds in thematic narratives that lure readers deeper and deeper into Mouret’s world: sensuality, glamour, uniform, transformation, identity, and reinvention are just some of the themes explored. A detailed index of each garment appearing in the book completes this much-anticipated volume from the so-called master of the dress.

About the Author: 

Critically acclaimed French fashion designer Roland Mouret is the recipient of numerous accolades, including Elle British Designer of the Year and a record three nominations at the Lycra British Fashion Awards. Mouret’s work is praised for its originality both within and outside the industry. Mouret has flagship stores on Madison Avenue in New York and in London’s Mayfair. Alexander Fury is editor of AnOther magazine.

An unprecedented level of craft is the key signature of Uniacke’s design ethos, on display in this much-anticipated monograph of notable homes she has created.

In-demand London-based interiors and furniture designer Rose Uniacke beautifully showcases a number of homes she has designed, boasting clean lines and calm, light-filled spaces, and showrooms defined by an effortless blend of traditional details within contemporary spaces. Whether the project is an urban townhouse, a seaside retreat, or a London villa, the approach of Uniacke is always the same — a collaboration with clients to make understated, refined sanctuaries that offer the perfect settings for everyday life. The book is sumptuously illustrated with two hundred color photographs that truly capture the serenity and timelessness of Uniacke’s hand-hewn cultivated style.

The pages of this book exude the same warmth of a Uniacke interior, heightened by the author’s own words as she describes in detail the specifics of each of the eleven projects explored. The result is akin to an informal conversation, with Uniacke revisiting her journey to share instincts and inspirations. An index of Rose Uniacke Editions, the designer’s furniture, lighting, and textiles, completes this elegant volume.

About the Authors:

Rose Uniacke is an architectural interior designer, a furniture and lighting designer, and an antiques dealer. She and her team work internationally but are based in Pimlico, in central London. Alice Rawsthorn, OBE, is an award-winning design critic and author of critically acclaimed books on design. François Halard has been a regular contributor to American Vogue, Apartamento, T Magazine, and Cabana, among other publications, for over thirty years. Simon Upton travels the world capturing people and their homes on behalf of major magazines and publishing houses, including World of Interiors, Architectural Digest, Cabana, Elle Decor (US), Vanity Fair, and Vogue. Luke White is a highly regarded photographer shooting portraits, interiors, and architecture. White’s work is featured in elite international magazines worldwide and his portraits have been selected twice for the prestigious Taylor Wessing Portrait Award at the National Portrait Gallery.

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Renowned designer and former US national team oarsman Jack Carlson’s revised and expanded edition of Rowing Blazers is an essential and glorious celebration of the classic garment.

This handsome, eye-catching ode to the classic rowing blazer is a must-have for anyone who has raced the rivers or cheered on their favorite crew. Classic American style was born in British boathouses, where the very first blazers were made for college rowing clubs. This book, now revised and expanded, was created by champion rower Jack Carlson, who offers an insider’s guide to the elaborately striped, piped, trimmed, and badged garments, as well as the stories, historic clubs, and races associated with them and, of course, the elite athletes themselves.

Featuring stunning color photographs, Rowing Blazers is a visual feast, transporting readers to the highly atmospheric boathouses, campuses, and team rooms of clubs around the world. This revised edition features some 40 additional clubs, including the University of Tokyo; the Shanghai Rowing Club; Row New York, a nonprofit organization stressing academic achievement as well as rowing prowess; and Manley Career Academy High School in Chicago, the first all-Black high school rowing team in the US.

About the Authors:

Jack Carlson is a designer, archaeologist, former US team athlete, and founder of the acclaimed New York–based clothing brand Rowing Blazers. A three-time member of the United States national rowing team, he is a World Championships bronze medalist, Henley Royal Regatta winner, and Head of the Charles champion. Carlson has a PhD in archaeology from Brasenose College, Oxford, and an undergraduate degree in Classics and Chinese from Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service. He is a Fellow of the Explorers Club and a member of the I.B.F. (the International Bar Flies) at Harry’s Bar in Paris.

A stunning volume showcasing the magnificent court dress of the Russian Empire, culled from the authoritative collection at the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, photographed with the Winter Palace as a backdrop. Prerevolutionary Russia was renowned for the glamorous and luxurious lifestyles of the nobility, with their opulent palaces and glittering social life. Now, this lavish volume reveals the incredible clothing they wore, from everyday dress and ceremonial attire (traditional holidays outfits and military uniforms) to dress for special occasions, including elaborate evening wear for theater and musical events and fancy masquerade balls. Celebrated for luxurious materials and impeccable craftsmanship, the dress of the Russian nobility was haute couture at its finest. With beautiful photography and details highlighting the hand-spun silks and lace and jeweled embroideries, Russian Splendor highlights the glamour of this gilded age and offers a fascinating window into a vanished world. Essays by Hermitage Museum curators, alongside historic Russian paintings and photographs, place the clothing in a historical context, revealing the rich cultural layers and artistic influences of czarist Russia.

About the Author:

Mikhail Piotrovsky has been the director of the State Hermitage Museum since 1992 and has dedicated his career to making the treasures of the museum accessible to individuals and institutions around the world. Georgy Vilinbakhov, Evelina Tarasova, Tamara Korshunova, Nina Tarasova, and Julia Plotnikova are top researchers and curators at the Historic Costume Department of the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Russian Textiles showcases the gorgeous printed-cotton textiles created and manufactured in Russia and exported to Central Asia from approximately 1860 to 1960. More than 175 spectacular patterns spanning a variety of periods and styles, from Art Nouveau florals to Soviet-era agitprop, are featured. The people in these Central Asian countries - including Uzbeks, Tadjiks, and Turkmen - incorporated the brightly patterned material into their clothing, particularly their robes, and in their household items.

Brief essays by the author and fellow textile experts describe the “social life” of the fabrics and the fascinating history of this merging of Russian, Western, and Central Asian aesthetic styles; Robert Kushner contributes a lively text on how an artist “sees” and is inspired by these designs. Complementing the pattern images are vintage photographs from the turn of the 20th century as well as beautifully detailed reproductions of the robes and other articles that were lined and embellished with these cloths

The first book on the great American landscape painter to focus primarily on his work in Nevada, capturing the beauty of the American West, its open spaces and the developing landscape at the dawn of the modern era.

This is the first comprehensive publication on the paintings, letters, photographs, and poetry made by Maynard Dixon (1875–1946) while he was in Nevada. This large, landscape format book accompanies a blockbuster exhibition on this colorful western painter and illustrator.

Although Dixon’s contributions as an artist are widely recognized throughout the American West, this significant publication surveys nearly 180 artworks he created in Nevada, Lake Tahoe, and the Eastern Sierra from 1901 to 1944. Dixon first visited the state of Nevada nearly 125 years ago; and while much has changed during the past century, one can still explore many of the same remote locales depicted in these paintings or drive across the state beneath what many like to refer to as a cloud-filled, “Maynard Dixon sky.”

Richly illustrated, including a wealth of privately owned paintings never before reproduced, the volume includes by texts by scholar Donald J. Hagerty on Dixon’s Nevada journeys, a significant essay on the art of the Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam), and Dixon’s depictions of the workers who built the dam. The book has a 3-piece binding and gilded edges.

About the Authors:

Ann M. Wolfe is the Andrea and John C. Deane Family Chief Curator and Associate Director at the Nevada Museum of Art, Reno.

Donald J. Hagerty is the author of Desert Dreams: The Art and Life of Maynard Dixon, The Life of Maynard Dixon, and Art of Maynard Dixon.

Ann Keniston, PhD, is a Reno-based poet, essayist, and literary critic and professor of English at the University of Nevada, Reno.

John Ott, PhD, is Professor of Art History at James Madison University.

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Acclaimed designers Sagmeister & Walsh explore the essence of beauty and the transformative power of beautiful design

In this groundbreaking highly visual book, world-renowned designers Stefan Sagmeister and Jessica Walsh set out on a mission: to find out what beauty is and the many ways that it impacts our lives. They turn to philosophy, history, and science to understand why we are drawn to beauty and how it influences the way we feel and behave. 

Determined to translate their findings into action, Sagmeister & Walsh show us how beauty can improve the world.

About the Authors:

Stefan Sagmeister, of Sagmeister & Walsh, is a designer and art director from Austria who currently lives and works in New York City. His clients include the Rolling Stones, the Talking Heads, Lou Reed, and the Guggenheim Museum, among many others.

Jessica Walsh, of Sagmeister & Walsh, is a designer and art director who lives in New York City and works with a variety of clients, including Jay-Z, Barneys, the New York Times, Levi's, and The Museum of Modern Art, New York.

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О книге Загмайстер и Уолш: О Красоте:

Всемирно известные дизайнеры Стефан Загмайстер и Джессика Уолш исследуют сущность красоты и преобразующую силу эстетически красивого дизайна.

В этой новаторской визуальной книге они поставили перед собой задачу: выяснить, что такое красота и как она влияет на нашу жизнь. Они обращаются к философии, истории и науке, чтобы понять, почему нас привлекает красота и как она влияет на наши чувства и поведение. Будучи преисполнены решимости воплотить свои открытия в жизнь, Загмайстер и Уолш показывают нам, как красота может сделать мир лучше.

Для кого эта книга:

Для дизайнеров, иллюстраторов, архитекторов, фотографов, художников и всех, чья работа связана с визуальными видами искусства.
Для всех, кто неравнодушен к красоте и стремится понять ее сущность.

Фишки книги:

От одного из самых известных графических дизайнеров нашего времени 
О красоте в дизайне и искусстве 
Увлекательное и вдохновляющее чтение

Об авторах:

Стефан Загмайстер — самая яркая звезда в мировом графическом дизайне 2000-х. Родился в 1962 году в старинном австрийском городе Брегенц. Окончил Венский университет прикладных искусств, потом учился в Институте Пратта, Нью-Йорк. Работал в рекламном агентстве Leo Burnett в Гонконге (1991–1993).
С 1993 года работает в Нью-Йорке в собственной дизайн-студии Sagmeister Inc. Студия работает в четырех направлениях: музыкальный дизайн, социальный дизайн, корпоративный дизайн (он приносит основной доход) и авторский дизайн.
Загмайстер был удостоен наград практически всех международных фестивалей дизайна, включая две Grammy (в 2005 и в 2010 годах). Клиентами его студии являются такие мега-бренды, как HBO, Guggenheim Museum, Rolling Stones, Aerosmith и другие легендарные музыкальные коллективы.

Джессика Уолш — дизайнер, арт-директор и преподаватель. Вошла в список Forbes «30 креативных дизайнеров будущего моложе 30 лет». Ее работы были отмечены множеством наград на самых известных конкурсах в области дизайна. Среди клиентов Джессики — Музей современного искусства, Еврейский музей, Jay-Z, Snapchat, Barneys, The New York Times, Levi’s и Adobe.

От авторов:

Красота как высший эстетический идеал впала в немилость. Самые уважаемые представители сферы современного дизайна утверждают, что она их не интересует. Художники избегают ее, опасаясь, что их работы причислят к декоративному или коммерческому искусству. Можно пролистать целую стопку книг по архитектуре и ни разу не встретить даже упоминания слова «красота». Когда-то к красоте стремились все, но в начале двадцатого века это возвышенное чаяние рухнуло оземь.

Именно тогда школы дизайна стали пропагандировать принципы модернизма — течения, в котором ценится единообразие, сетка квадратных ячеек, прямоугольная композиция, черный, белый и бежевый. Подход к дизайну зданий, товаров и графики стал чисто аналитическим, выбор материалов — сугубо рациональным. Всякий дизайн стал стремиться к функциональности. Архитекторы и дизайнеры часто доходили в этом до крайностей и начинали плодить одинаковость с маниакальной одержимостью.

Авторы этой книги считают, что отвергать красоту просто глупо. Мы объясним, почему это так, на примере нашего исторического исследования философии красоты. Эту информацию мы используем, чтобы доказать: в красоте нет ничего поверхностного; напротив, красота — не просто рабочая функциональность и приятная глазу оболочка; красота — это гораздо больше. Красота — нечто истинно человеческое, присущее только нам, и красота улучшает нашу жизнь. Красивые вещи не только приносят радость — они и намного лучше функционируют.

Цитаты из книги:

Не пора ли вернуть красоту?
В XXI веке художников по-прежнему считают «авангардными», когда те выставляют в качестве произведений искусства промышленные товары, хотя этой концепции уже сто лет и она жевана-пережевана. На наш взгляд, нет ничего скучнее и банальнее, чем взять какую-либо вещь и объявить ее предметом искусства в 2018 году.

Стив Джобс и красота
Красота заботила Стива Джобса всю жизнь. Разрабатывая свои невероятно крутые продукты, он явно придерживался мнения, что красота не менее важна, чем функциональность. И миллионы людей подтвердили свое согласие с ним, голосуя кошельком.

Мода: последний оплот
Пожалуй, единственная сфера прикладного искусства, которую никогда не покидала красота, — это мода. Красотой можно поступиться, когда речь идет о городах и домах, но когда дело доходит до одежды, многим важно, чтобы форма была красивой. Функционалисты неоднократно пытались воздействовать на моду, и каждый раз женщины отказывались носить их серые робы.

Больше эстетики!
Фантазия дизайнера способна преобразить даже заброшенную парковку, сделав ее местом, где радостно проводить время. Любое неприглядное пространство можно изменить так, чтобы люди захотели там находиться или, по крайней мере, не ужасались бы каждый раз, проезжая мимо.

Практично, но безобразно
Мы провели в Instagram опрос «Какой ваш любимый цвет». Победил светло-голубой. А вот коричневый никто не любит. Мы также провели опрос с фигурами. На последнем месте оказалась прямоугольная коробка. Значит, прямоугольная коробка коричневого цвета — самая безобразная вещь в мире. Но почему-то именно эта форма именно этого цвета была самой популярной в архитектуре последнего столетия.

Красота преображает
Красота способна менять наши эмоции и поведение, влиять на наш выбор — где провести каникулы, куда вложить деньги, платить или не платить налоги. Известно, что в заброшенных общественных пространствах больше мусорят, они чаще подвергаются вандализму.

Just as film, art, music, and literature have the power to move people, Stefan Sagmeister's innovative work shows that graphic design, too, can cut to the emotional quick. His desire is to transform stale thinking, and Sagmeister: Made You Look does just that.

Compelling, honest, and intensely personal, Made You Look covers 20 years of Sagmeister's graphic design. With a text by design historian Peter Hall and annotated with Sagmeister's own writing, the book features images from the studio archive, as well as specific influences and reference points for his projects and ideas. Fully illustrated with a red PVC slipcase and silver-gilded pages, this monograph is a compilation of practically all the work Sagmeister and his studio ever designed up to 2001, even the bad stuff

About the Authors:

Stefan Sagmeister, born in Austria, received his MFA in graphic design from the University of Applied Arts in Vienna and, as a Fulbright scholar, a master's degree from the Pratt Institute in New York. Following stints at M&Co. in New York with Tibor Kalman and as creative director at the Hong Kong office of the advertising agency Leo Burnett, Sagmeister formed the New York-based Sagmeister Inc. in 1993. Peter Hall is a design critic and educator who has written widely about design in publications including Metropolis, Print, I.D. Magazine, The New York Times and The Guardian. He has previously served as the Senior Editor for the University of Minnesota Design Institute, written several books on design and currently teaches design at the University of Texas in Austin.