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Заснований на телевізійному серіалі BBC, Джон Бергер Ways of Seeing – це унікальний погляд на те, як ми сприймаємо мистецтво, опублікований як частина серії Penguin on Design у Penguin Modern Classics.

«Побачити перед словами. Дитина дивиться і впізнає, перш ніж заговорити».

«Але є й інший сенс, у якому бачення стоїть перед словами. Саме бачення визначає наше місце в навколишньому світі; ми пояснюємо цей світ словами, але слово ніколи не може скасувати той факт, що ми ним оточені. Відношення між тим, що ми бачимо, і тим, що ми знаємо, ніколи не є встановленим».

Ways of Seeing Джона Бергера — одна з найбільш стимулюючих і впливових книг про мистецтво будь-якою мовою. Вперше опублікований у 1972 році, він був заснований на телевізійному серіалі BBC, про який критик Sunday Times прокоментував: «Це відкриває очі в кількох аспектах: концентрація на тому, як ми дивимося на картини. . . він майже напевно змінить ваш погляд на фотографії». Зараз він має.

Джон Бергер (нар. 1926) — мистецтвознавець, художник і прозаїк. Народився в Хакні, Лондон.
Його роман G. (1972) отримав премію пам’яті Джеймса Тейта Блека та Букерівську премію.

Якщо вам сподобалися Ways of Seeing, вам може сподобатися книга Сьюзен Зонтаг Про фотографію, яка також доступна в Penguin Modern Classics.

«Берґер має здатність пройти крізь містифікацію професійних мистецтвознавців... він визволитель образів: і як тільки ми дозволили картинам працювати на нас безпосередньо, ми знаходимося в набагато кращому становищі, щоб зробити значущу оцінку»
Пітер Фуллер, Arts Review

«Вплив серіалу та книги... був величезним... Це відкрило для загальної уваги сфери культурологічних досліджень, які зараз є звичним явищем»
Джефф Дайер у Ways of Telling

«Один із найвпливовіших інтелектуалів сучасності»
Спостерігач

Про автора:

Джон Бергер народився в Лондоні в 1926 році. Його відомі твори як художньої, так і наукової літератури включають основоположні Ways of Seeing і роман G., який отримав Букерівську премію в 1972 році. У 1962 році він покинув Британію назавжди, щоб жити в маленькому селі у французьких Альпах. Помер у 2017 році.

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Погортати книгу Ways of Seeing: John Berger на Google Books.

Artist Joe Roberts has spent more than a decade honing a deeply unique and unapologetically hallucinogenic style of art. Through paintings, drawings and mixed-media works, Roberts navigates a world of cosmic imagery, pop cultural detritus, and shifting geometric forms, bringing to life both the creeping unease and the uncanny humor of the psychedelic experience. Collecting over 100 new and recent works along with an introduction by Hamilton Morris (Hamilton’s Pharmacopeia), We Ate the Acid is the latest product of Roberts’ visionary journeys and a testament to his expansive, singular imagination.

About the Author:

Joe Roberts is an artist and illustrator. Born in Madison, Wisconsin, he later studied at the San Francisco Art Institute. Known for his work with found objects, Roberts creates mixed media pieces, collages, and paintings that create an ever-changing surreal world. His much sought-after work has been shown in notable galleries including Slow Culture in Los Angeles and Marlborough Gallery in New York. We Ate the Acid is the second publication from Roberts. He currently lives and works in San Francisco.

Études is a fresh and a comprehensive look at a hot fashion-and-art at collective, documenting its evolution into an arbiter of contemporary cool.

Based in Paris and Brooklyn, Etudes is one of most innovative brands in fashion and street wear today. With a look dominated by bold graphics and a sleek, relaxed silhouette intended for both men and women, the brand's unique, transatlantic style has drawn a young, sophisticated following. Established in 2012 by Aurélien Arbet and Jérémie Egry, Études' star rose rapidly, making it on the official calendar of Paris Fashion Week less that two years after its founding. Occupying a role more in keeping with insurgent Japanese brands from Harajuku, Études is a fashion label, a creative agency and publishing house with a focus on art & photography. With a goal of becoming a total lifestyle label, the brand's approach is demanding, coherent, consistent and resolutely contemporary.
This book presents the wide array of fashion, art, and style that Études has facilitated since its founding. Filled with over 200 photographs and illustrations documenting work and collaborations with highly applauded artists and brands including Kara Walker, Ari Marcopoulus, RETROSUPERFUTURE, Devonte Hynes, Matthew Chambers, Mark Gonzales as well as a selection of interviews and essays commissioned specially for this book, Études is an engaging volume that highlights an ethic of collaboration that is one of the most fashion-forward of any contemporary fashion and street wear labels.

About the Author:

Ari Marcopoulos is an American artist whose photographs and films have been exhibited, collected, and published around the world. His photographs have been acquired by such institutions as SFMOMA and the Whitney Museum of American Art and have been featured in such publications as The New York Times Magazine, Interview, Snowboarder, and Blind Spot. His books include Ari Marcopoulos: Not Yet. Gus Van Sant is an American director and screenwriter. Mark Gonzales is an American professional skateboarder and artist. Pedro Winter is a French DJ, music producer, and record label owner.

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Пролистать книгу When Etudes Become Form: Paris, New York, and the Intersection of Fashion and Art

Celebrating the centenary and legacy of Charley Harper, a master of mid-century American illustration.

Ladybugs, dogs, owls, otters: Charley Harper’s geometric illustrations are more than a source of delight. With a never-ending curiosity for the natural world, especially for wildlife and flora, Harper developed a unique style that influenced generations of artists and designers.

Wild Life celebrates the centenary and legacy of Charley Harper, a master of midcentury American illustration: a vast collection of works originally created as posters, magazine covers, murals, and more. Compiled by design writer Margaret Rhodes and the artist’s son, Brett Harper, this definitive monograph offers a glimpse into Harper’s creative universe and considers him anew in different contexts: as a student, a professional artist, a husband, an honorary naturalist, and a conservationist.

Telling the story of his life and of his masterpieces, Wild Life is essential for enthusiasts of the American master and for anyone interested in midcentury visual culture.

About the Authors:

Brett Harper who wrote the preface and is the co-editor of Wild Life -The Life and Work of Charley Harper is the artist’s son. He leads the Charley Harper Art Studio, which is dedicated to preserving and promoting the American illustrator’s work. Charley Harper's art is a beloved treasure who inspired an entire generation of artists and designers.

Margaret Rhodes is an independent writer and editor specializing in design. She previously worked in-house at New York Magazine, WIRED, and Fast Company.

African-American fashion designer Willi Smith, pioneer of streetwear and visionary collaborator, finally gets his due in an exuberant celebration of his life and work.

Before Off-White, before Hood By Air, before Supreme, there was WilliWear. Willi Smith created inclusive and liberating fashion: "I don't design clothes for the queen, but the people who wave at her as she goes by," he said. A rising star from the time he left Parsons, Smith went on to found WilliWear with Laurie Mallet in 1976 and became one of the most successful designers of his era by his untimely death in 1987. Smith broke boundaries with his streetwear, or "street couture," and trailblazed the collaborations between artists, performers, and designers commonplace today in projects with SITE Architects, Nam June Paik, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Spike Lee, Dan Friedman, Bill T. Jones, and Arnie Zane. Essays by leading figures from the worlds of fashion, art, architecture, and cultural studies paired with never before-seen images and ephemera make Willi Smith essential reading for the history of streetwear culture and the evolution of fashion from the 1970s to today.

About the Author:

Alexandra Cunningham Cameron is the curator of contemporary design and Hintz Secretarial Scholar at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York.

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Пролистать книгу Willi Smith: Street Couture

Мріючи та розслабляючись, із привабливим дизайном Вільяма Морріса, ця чудова нова книга подарує вам багато годин задоволення та спокою. Надрукована на високоякісному папері, ця нова книга містить 45 потужних робіт Вільяма Морріса, які ви можете розфарбувати, пропонуючи припущення про те, як виглядав оригінал, а також ключову інформацію, таку як назва та дата. Морріс, мабуть, найвідоміший художник-ремісник у світі, і його сміливі та візуально виразні картини резонують і сьогодні. Ця книга перенесе вас у приємну подорож, де задоволення від створення приголомшливих творів мистецтва поєднується з повторним відкриттям радості розфарбовування. Ви можете використовувати найрізноманітніші ручки: від гелевих і олівців до пігментних і кольорових олівців, від кулькових і роликових до хайлайтерів, хоча краще уникати важких фломастерів. Кожна сторінка перфорована біля корінця книги, тож ви можете вирвати й оформити рамку чи просто розмістити своє чудове творіння на стінах свого дому, можливо, навіть надіслати його як подарунок своїм близьким. Оживіть Ink!

Про автора:

Дейзі Сіл — талановита, вдумлива письменниця книжок для подарунків, свят і загадок. Вона давно спостерігала за тісними зв’язками між навколишнім природним світом і нашими пошуками міцного духу людства. Попередні публікації: «Натхнення», «Роздуми», «Будь спокійний», «Дружба».

A powerful and inspired collection of essays and real-world advice on style, beauty, and motherhood from the popular blogger LaTonya Yvette

LaTonya Yvette, the blogger and stylist behind the eponymous site, is unapologetically candid about life’s trials, including motherhood, love, death, and racism. Her first book, Woman of Color, is part memoir, part lifestyle guide ― packed with moving essays, gorgeous original and archival photographs, and practical style and beauty advice. At the very heart, though, it’s about LaTonya’s experience growing up as a woman of color in Brooklyn.

Each beautifully designed chapter covers a different topic―the meaning behind her name, how vitiligo has shaped her definition of beauty, her childhood hairstyles, raising her children as a 20-something mom ― and ends with thoughtful advice and lifestyle takeaways like how to tie a headwrap or incorporate new, bold colors into your wardrobe. Woman of Color is real life, real style for women from all walks of life. In it, LaTonya has written a love letter to women, filling this book with vulnerable, imperfect truths from a black woman blogger, a voice not often seen on bookstore shelves.

This is the catalogue of the important exhibition dedicated to Wanda Miletti Ferragamo, which focuses on female empowerment in various domains from the 1960s onward.

This catalogue accompanies the exhibition Women in Balance at the Museo Salvatore Ferragamo in Florence. The project arose as a tribute to Wanda Miletti Ferragamo, who guided the Salvatore Ferragamo company from 1960 until her death in 2018.

The volume aims to tell the story of the women who balanced their roles as mothers and wives with their work during the years of the Italian “economic miracle” and beyond. The story of Wanda Ferragamo’s life is accompanied by the voices of women from diverse fields who embodied their time and helped to shape it.

Focus is placed on women who have been pioneers in their fields (politics, literature, photography, cinema, art, music, business, science, and technology). This catalogue seeks to trigger reflections on gender relations in contemporary society and the balance needed to reconcile women’s private lives with their passions and professional aspirations.

About the Author:

Stefania Ricci studied art history at the University of Florence. She has been the director of Museo Salvatore Ferragamo since 1995 and of Fondazione Ferragamo since March 2013. Elvira Valleri has a degree in humanities and a PhD from the European University. Her research focuses on contemporary history and autobiography and biography from a gender perspective.

A spellbinding journey into the world of Chanel haute couture, captured by one of fashion's most acclaimed photographers.

In exclusive shoots with the house of Chanel, photographer Cathleen Naundorf gained rare access to their haute couture collections--which entail thousands of hours of handwork, crafting, and embellishing. The result: a book of ethereal, cinematic photographs of gowns against theatrical backdrops that capture the ensembles' exquisiteness and the magical allure of haute couture. This is what sartorial dreams are made of.

For more than two decades, Naundorf has used her expert photographic skills to pay homage to the haute couture aesthetic. Combining her experiences in travel, art, and photojournalism, Naundorf elaborately arranges each detail of her images using storyboards and extensively researches the lighting for every image. Captured with analogue large-format cameras, each photograph is a singular vision suggesting romance, surrealism, exoticism, and above all else, fantasy.

About the Authors:

Cathleen Naundorf is a fashion and travel photographer whose photographs have been published by Condé Nast and Harper's Bazaar. Her artwork is exhibited internationally, including at Hamiltons Gallery in London, Edwynn Houk Gallery in New York, and Holden Luntz Gallery in Palm Beach. It is featured in the collections of the Musée Rodin, Victoria & Albert Museum, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Jérôme Neutres is the director for strategy and development of the Réunion des Musées Nationaux and the Grand Palais, and the president of the Musée du Luxembourg in Paris. He is the author of essays and books on literature and the arts.

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Пролистать книгу Women of Singular Beauty: Chanel Haute Couture by Cathleen Naundorf

Wreaths explores the art of creating wonderful floral pieces, to gift or keep, through a collection of 20 beautiful and natural designs. Learn how to play around with colour, foliage, texture and architectural forms with a craft that is no longer just for Christmas.

Packed with ideas, skills and techniques, Katie and Terri will inspire you to bring a touch of nature indoors as they offer a fresh and modern approach to wreath design. Going beyond the traditional shapes, this book will equip you with the know-how to create impressive statement pieces, tropical and dried wreaths, as well as beautiful garlands and a late summer chandelier.

Presented through exquisite photography and step-by-step instructions, Wreaths shows how best to maintain and display these botanical creations in your home. Discover the joy of foraging and master the art of making natural wreath frames with this irresistible book – a must-have for lovers of floral arrangements and interiors alike.

About the Authors:

Katie Smyth and Terri Chandler make up WORM London. They quit their jobs after feeling stuck in a rut and started up a flower business, designing flowers for weddings, supper clubs and parties. They also work as flower stylists for magazines, book and TV shoots. Katie and Terri are inspired by seasonal wild, foraged materials and the meaning of flowers. 

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Пролистать книгу Wreaths: Fresh, Foraged & Dried Floral Arrangements на Google Books

Celebrating fifty years of America’s most beloved fashion brand, this book chronicles the legendary career trajectory of Ralph Lauren as documented by WWD.

Synonymous with timeless American style, Ralph Lauren metamorphosed from a small collection of men’s neckties into a global empire offering everything from casual polo shirts and luxury womenswear to athletic apparel and home goods. WWD has chronicled the company’s every step since its founding in 1967, from that first wide necktie and iconic advertisements to Lauren’s innovative venture into online media. Offering insight into this trailblazing visionary, Ralph Lauren: 50 Years of Fashion is an illustrated volume that details his meteoric rise and the highlights of his career.

Through never-before-seen archival photographs and award-winning fashion writing and business articles from the pages of WWD, this volume showcases the brand’s most noteworthy achievements, how it has shaped the fashion industry, and its status as the arbiter of classic American style. Celebrating Ralph Lauren’s fiftieth anniversary, this book is a must-have for fashion aficionados, lovers of Americana, and everyone in between.

About the Author:

WWD has been the daily media of record and the industry voice of authority for executives in the global women's and men's fashion, retail and beauty communities as well as consumers eager to stay informed. Bridget Foley is a fashion journalist, critic, and the executive editor of WWD.

З початку 80-х років новаторські силуети та інноваційна естетика дизайну Йоджі Ямамото вивели його на найвищий рівень міжнародного авангарду. Відрізняючись своїм антимодним підходом, Ямамото змінив обличчя сучасної моди, радикально трансформуючи її за допомогою асиметричних та дуже концептуальних дизайнів, частково натхненних техніками традиційних японських кімоно. Його бачення стало освіжаючим контрастом із владними костюмами та яскраво одягненим одягом того часу, змушуючи переглянути майбутній напрямок моди. У книзі Yamamoto & Yohji ця розкішно палітуркована книга досліджує всі основні теми його сорока років контрмодного дизайну, вперше демонструючи його роботу не лише над брендами Ямамото, але й над його брендом Y’s та його різноманітними колабораціями в архітектурі, кіно, п’єсах, літературі.

Ілюстрований фотографіями Крейга Макдіна, Інез і Вінуд, Макса Вадукула та Ніка Найта, кожен розділ детально розглядає певну тему — його філософію стилю одягу, впливові розширення сценографії, покази мод, монографічні виставки та дизайн костюмів — і ґрунтується на есе або інтерв'ю, що дає вирішальне розуміння історії Йоджі Ямамото, одного з найзагадковіших та найвідоміших модельєрів нашого часу.

Про авторів:

Вім Вендерс — кінорежисер, драматург, письменник і фотограф.
Жан Нувель — французький архітектор.
Шарлотта Ремплінг — англійська акторка.
Такеші Кітано — кінорежисер, співак, актор, сценарист, письменник, поет, художник і дизайнер відеоігор.

Louis Vuitton, the global luxury fashion house, and world-famous artist Yayoi Kusama partner again, and in the storied history of the brand’s epic collaborations with artists, this is the most ambitious to date.

In this important volume about this powerhouse collaboration, artwork by trailblazing artist Yayoi Kusama is featured alongside the groundbreaking fashion collection she designed with Louis Vuitton, and is organized around the seminal artistic themes that inspired the project.

Edited by Ferdinando Verdi and Isabel Venero, the volume includes contributions from renowned experts in both fashion and art, including writer Jo-Ann Furniss who explores the collaboration, designer Marc Jacobs who initiated the house’s relationship with Kusama, and curators Mika Yoshitake and Philip Larratt-Smith, both of whom have organized important exhibitions on the artist’s work. And Hans Ulrich Obrist, the renowned curator and Artistic Director of Serpentine Galleries, London, Hans Ulrich Obrist talks with longtime Kusama expert Akira Tatehata.  

In the spirit of this iconic partnership and with a nod to the popular fascination with Kusama, the book includes musings from some of the most important contemporary artists and musicians working today — including Arca, Katherine Bradford, Anne Imhoff, Ryan McNamara, Raúl de Nieves, Ryan Trecartin, Nora Turato, and Jacolby Satterwhite — talking about Kusama’s impact and her extraordinary ability to build fantastical worlds through her signature polka dots and mirror balls, which are joyful representations of her deeply thoughtful philosophy about art and the universe.

About the Authors:

Jo-Ann Furniss is an editor, creative director, and writer. She was the editor-in-chief of Arena Homme+ from 2004 to 2011, and writes regularly for I-D, The Face, and AnOther Magazine, as well as the New York Times. Mika Yoshitake, PhD, is an independent curator with expertise in postwar Japanese art. She received her MA and PhD in Art History from UCLA.

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Пролистать книгу Yayoi Kusama x Louis Vuitton: Creating Infinity​ на сайте издательства.

This illustrated book retraces the renowned and eclectic Chinese designer Yin Jiulong, featuring his prolific body of work spanning his twenty-year career.

This is the first comprehensive monograph on Yin Jiulong’s creations. Lavishly illustrated with 200 photographs and illustrations, this book provides complete documentation of the history, inspiration, and details of his eclectic career. Straddling graphic design, art, space and product design, and branding, Yin Jiulong’s creative output mixes traditional Chinese aesthetics, sought after materials, and contemporary artworks. His work has been extensively published in important magazines and newspapers such as AD, Ideat, Elle Decor, Vogue, Pattern, Life magazine, and Modern Weekly. It has also been exhibited in China, Japan, the Netherlands, and London; and at the Museum Prinsenhof Delft (Delft), Beijing Design Week, Design Shanghai, and Chengdu MoCA (Chengdu).

This volume offers beautifully photographed products and exhibition views of the designer’s charming artworks, while also featuring important projects made in collaboration with artists and fashion brands, including renowned Chinese artist Zhang Xiaogang, curator Lü Peng, and celebrated sneaker brand Feiyue.

About the Authors:

Yin Jiulong was born in Dazhou, Sichuan Province, in 1975. He graduated from Chengdu University in 1996. He is a famous artist and designer, with a twenty-year career in the field. In recent years, he started shifting from graphic design to space and product design, focusing on cultural design, creative industries, and brand marketing. In 2021 he founded the brand Material Imagination in Chengdu.

Lü Peng born in Chongqing in 1956, is an independent art historian, critic, and curator. He teaches at China Academy of Art, Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts, and Macau University of Science and Technology. He has published some of the most important Chinese artists’ monographs and the most complete volume on modern Chinese Art History, A History of Art in 20th-century China and curated a number of solo and group exhibitions in China and internationally.

Bao Qian is an independent art critic, curator and cultural planner, graduated from China Academy of Fine Arts. She has won the Chinese Contemporary Art Theory and Criticism National prize multiple times and has participated to major national planning projects such as “Gulangyu Cultural Development Plan" and "Quanzhou Ancient City Cultural Development Plan”.

Follow the trajectory of Yoshitomo Nara, one of the most prominent contemporary artists, whose work has grown in complexity and nuance over the past three decades.

Thirty years after Yoshitomo Nara rocketed to fame with his paintings of sinister figures, the artist has developed his practice to reflect his unique, empathic eye. This book presents the full range of Nara’s work. Along with his most recognizable pieces, such as his ubiquitous portraits of wide-eyed figures on monochromatic backgrounds, readers will discover his earliest paintings, sketched on surfaces ranging from envelopes to cardboard made during his time in Germany, as well as an installation that re-creates his drawing studio. His most recent works are also represented, including his large-scale bronze and ceramic figurines and portraits made following the 2011 earthquake that devastated Japan. Comparing and contrasting these pieces through Nara’s distinctive musical lens, the catalogue also features “liner notes” written by the artist about various albums in his personal collection, published in English for the first time. Viewers will see the evolution of a dynamic artist who has become more contemplative with age.

About the Author:

Yoshitomo Nara is one of the most popular and influential artists of his generation. His work has been featured in more than forty exhibitions around the world. He lives in Tochigi, Japan.