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Anatomy of ideas. The life s work of an infographics pioneer

Fritz Kahn (1888–1968) was a German doctor, educator, popular science writer, and information graphics pioneer. Chased out of Germany by the Nazis, who banned and burned his books, Kahn emigrated to Palestine, then France, and finally, the United States to continue his life s work. In this revised Bibliotheca Universalis edition, TASCHEN celebrates Kahn as a creative genius, particularly adept at the visualization of complex scientific ideas.

In such works as Man as Industrial Palace, we see how Kahn deployed vivid visual metaphors to demystify science and how his concepts have influenced generations of scientific illustrators, visual communications specialists, and infographic artists through to today.

The book features more than 350 illustrations with extensive captions, three original texts by Fritz Kahn himself, a foreword by Steven Heller, and an essay about Kahn s life and oeuvre.

About the series:

Bibliotheca Universalis — Compact cultural companions celebrating the eclectic TASCHEN universe at an unbeatable, democratic price!

Since we started our work as cultural archaeologists in 1980, TASCHEN has become synonymous with accessible, open-minded publishing. Bibliotheca Universalis brings together more than 100 of our all-time favourite titles in a neat new format so you can curate your own affordable library of art, anthropology, and aphrodisia.

Bookworm’s delight — never bore, always excite!

From a virtuoso of the Art Nouveau style - intricate images rich in color and design.
These lovely, vibrantly colored floral illustrations, newly rendered by Marty Noble, were originally created by E. A. Seguy, one of Art Nouveau's great masters. Displayed in rich color combinations, his delicate interpretations and intricately woven images are perfect for textiles and wallpapers but will also inspire ideas for mosaics and stained glass. Borders, circular designs, repeats, allovers, and spots are prominent in a collection that has something to interest everyone who works with graphics.

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Flowers, vines, leaves, and other lovely natural forms burst from the pages of this gallery of 132 brightly colored motifs. Meticulously reproduced from a rare European publication of the early 20th century, these patterns are genuine products of the Art Nouveau era. Graphic artists and hobbyists will find them ideal for designing backgrounds, stationery, and countless other print and crafts projects.
Reprint of Farbige Flächenmuster für das Moderne Kunstgewerbe, Verlag von Jul.-Hoffman, Stuttgart, 1900.

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Chosen from among thousands of images in a massive three-volume set, this spectacular treasury offers the best and most beautiful ornaments from prehistory to the early nineteenth century. From every corner of the globe and from every age, the most striking achievements in the decorative arts are displayed in 835 full-color, royalty-free illustrations.
Conveniently arranged by period are an array of ornamentals adapted from artwork on walls, ceilings, manuscripts, tapestries, and other decorative elements—from ornate carvings on Egyptian columns and striking frescoes on Etruscan walls to dazzling Roman and Byzantine marble mosaics and lavish German book ornamentation and stained glass designs. All images are identified by brief captions.
A magnificent addition to any art lover's library, this multipurpose reference will be invaluable to artists and designers alike.
Reprinted from the 1914-15 German editions.

263 illustrations.

Anton Pössenbacher (1842–1920), cabinet-maker to the Bavarian court in Munich, was head of one of the largest late 19th-century German makers of luxury furnishings. His furniture, especially those for King Ludwig II of Bavaria (1871–1886), represent German Historicism at its zenith. Pössenbacher created almost all the furniture for the royal apartments at Linderhof, Herrenchiemsee and Neuschwanstein. Intricately carved and lavishly upholstered in gold brocade and dazzling embroidered pictures, these furnishings are highlights in the sumptuous interiors of Bavarian castles. Made to the specifications of an exacting monarch, these masterpieces of the cabinet-maker’s craft have lost nothing of their original fascination.

One of Pössenbacher's clients was King Charles I of Romania, for whom he designed an elegant palace library in Bucharest (1887). Pössenbacher’s clients also included industrialists, merchants and landed gentry, whose town houses and manors he provided with entire rooms.

The present book introduces the full range of furniture by Anton Pössenbacher viewed in their historical context. Numerous new photographs of the interior decoration of the Bavarian royal castles and hitherto unpublished designs for private commissions as well as a scholarly catalogue which also incorporates all relevant invoices from the ledgers kept by the cabinet of Ludwig II make this a standard work on the luxury furniture of Historicism.

Дизайн мебели от Рококо до Арт Деко. Это издание, содержащее более 1300 (в основном цветных) иллюстраций, представляет собой сборник, позволяющий как знатокам, так и любителям в полной мере оценить трехвековую историю европейского дизайна мебели.

Nowadays, it is easy to find affordable furniture for your home from chain stores, but those pieces can lack character. This is where furniture hacking comes in — updating, repurposing, and personalizing to create stylish, unique masterpieces. Here, Hester van Overbeek shows you 35 ways to update your home accessories, soft furnishings, and even wooden furniture, all with step-by-step photos to guide you along the way. Projects range from simpler ideas, such as a table made from stacked old magazines or a patchwork rug, created by sewing small inexpensive mats together, to ways to create larger pieces for a fraction of the price it would cost to buy them new. Discover how to make your own four-poster bed by combining a budget bed base and pieces of reclaimed wood, or convert a bookcase into a sideboard. There are five chapters — Living Room, Kitchen and Dining Room, Bedroom, Home Office, and Outdoor Space — and each one includes an “instant update” idea for beginner upcyclers, too. Why not paint cutlery handles with nail polish to update them, or make your own bedside light simply using a shelf support? Hester’s philosophy is that you don’t need much money or many DIY skills to make your house into a cozy, stylish home. With the right inspiration, you can create something beautiful.

About the Author:

Hester van Overbeek is a passionate crafter, who has always had a keen interest in interior design — even when she was a child, she drew little interior plans for her bedroom. When she moved to England’s southeast coast and had the opportunity to redecorate a beach house, her passion for craft and DIY was rekindled and the website www.hestershandmadehome.com was born. The website features craft tutorial videos and interior tips, and Hester’s work is often found in magazines such as "Reloved." She has also been featured in "Ikea Magazine" and the Dutch magazine "Libelle." As well as maintaining her website, Hester also works as a hair and makeup artist. Born in the Netherlands, Hester has lived in the UK for the past ten years.

Furniture made from high-quality wood is as durable and timeless as it is pleasing to the senses. More than thirty species of deciduous and coniferous trees and the wood veneers produced from them are explored in this useful, generously illustrated reference book. Each type of wood is closely identified and notable properties such as malleability, durability, methods of treatment and color changes due to aging are thoroughly discussed. In addition, there is abundant background information about each type of wood, including the history of its application in furniture making, noteworthy pieces, and unique qualities. A welcome tool for furniture makers, restorers, buyers and sellers, this book provides a wealth of information to help anyone identify, assess, and choose the wood veneer that forms the basis for beautiful furniture.

Five quality mountable prints in a full colour illustrated envelope.

Where great ideas come to roar. The campaigns that changed the advertising industry forever

A celebration of “the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes” who have never stopped redefining the business of creative communications, this book marks the 60th birthday of the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity. From Volkswagen’s “Think Small” to the “Nike Fuelband” to Levi’s “Laundrette” and Burger King’s “Subservient Chicken,” this book looks at the history behind some 150 pieces of work to ask how and why those who “Just Do It” did it.

Edited by Cannes Lions with Peter Russell and Senta Slingerland, with an introduction by Arianna Huffington and eyewitness accounts from the likes of Paula Green, Jeff Goodby, David Bailey, Lee Clow, Aaron Koblin, David Droga, Sir John Hegarty, and Lord Bell, this is the first definitive history of how advertising got from there to here, and where it’s going next.

The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity is a long-established global benchmark for excellence in creative communications. Launched in 1954, the annual festival hosts more than 12,000 delegates from the creative and media industries, as well as advertisers, technologists and entrepreneurs, for a week-long series of seminars, exhibitions, and award shows. Around 36,000 campaigns are entered into the Festival each year in different categories including film, design, PR and digital, all vying for the much-coveted Lion trophy.

The editors:
Peter Russell studied as a lawyer before learning his craft as a writer and editor under Sir John Hegarty at BBH, David Abbott at AMVBBDO and the late Paul Arden at Saatchi & Saatchi. He lives in Brussels and works as a creative director at peterrussell.be.

Senta Slingerland is the Head of Creative & Digital at Cannes Lions. With a background in journalism and production, she runs the creative and digital strategies across the Lions Festivals group.

Discover the secrets behind creating the costumes for HBO's Game of Thrones in this definitive guide.

The official guide to the complete costumes of HBO’s landmark television series Game of Thrones. Discover how BAFTA and Emmy Award-winning costume designer Michele Clapton dressed the heroes and villains of Westeros and beyond, including Daenerys Targaryen, Cersei Lannister, Jon Snow, and Arya Stark.

One of 4 comprehensive and officially licensed Game of Thrones retrospective books from HarperVoyager.

• CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED – ‘…peruse the best of the robes, gowns, coats, and suits of armour that made up the rich fabric of Westeros in Game of Thrones: The Costumes’ Vanity Fair
• LEARN HOW COSTUMES DEFINED CHARACTERS – 440 pages of in-depth interviews and commentary on how costume design helped convey the evolution of George R.R. Martin’s beloved characters such as Tyrion Lannister, Sansa Stark, and Brienne of Tarth.
• SEE EXCLUSIVE IMAGES AND DESIGNS – Over 1,000 exclusive and rarely seen images including Michele Clapton’s designs and original concept sketches.
• HEAR FROM THE SHOW’S CREATORS – Features an exclusive foreword from Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D. B. Weiss.
• AN EYECATCHING COFFEE TABLE BOOK – Deluxe 9.75 × 13 inch format.
• A PERFECT GIFT FOR GAME OF THRONES FANS – Perfectly timed for the holiday season, this gift will be cherished for a lifetime.

This debut monograph from Danish fashion brand GANNI documents Scandi 2.0 style, a growing global community of confident, unapologetic women and the unending pursuit of building a responsible fashion company.

Based out of Copenhagen, husband-and-wife duo Ditte and Nicolaj Reffstrup have built GANNI into a global fashion brand of the future in little over a decade. GANNI is at the forefront of responsible and transparent fashion with a cool and stylish approach that is constantly evolving. At the heart of the label lies a Scandinavian sensibility and an open-to-everyone attitude that celebrates creativity and individuality. This book captures just that — the global #GANNIGirl movement and diverse network of creatives that surrounds the brand, alongside its ongoing efforts to become the most responsible version of itself.

World-class photographers, stylists, designers and artists gather here to tell the GANNI story, with archive designs, collections, and iconic collaborations woven throughout. GANNI: Gimme More is a timely publication, printed on sustainable FSC-certified paper, that offers readers a window into the world of GANNI, a universe that is playful, mindful — and never dull.

About the Author:

Ana Kraš is a photographer and multidisciplinary artist. Richie Shazam is a New York-based photographer and model. Rosie Marks is a London-based photographer. Jacqueline Landvik is a Norwegian creative photographer and artist.

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There’s never been a better time to be a geek. After decades, if not centuries, of persecution, ridicule and never, never getting the girl, geeks are hot. They are on the cover of magazines, win awards at the Oscars and the Baftas, eat at the best tables of the best restaurants, and park their Ferraris in front of their million pound houses. They are the geeks, and their time has come.

Geek Chic is the story of their long rise to power, told in a language and using a method that they have helped pioneer. It is a lively combination of text, design and images, and takes us all the way from Zeus to Dr Seuss, from Copernicus to Einstein, from Tesla to Tarantino, from computers to duct tape and from Space Invaders to Star Wars. It can be read from start to finish or, just as easily, be dipped into and surfed at leisure.

Irreverent, light but substantive, Geek Chic is a manifesto for the generation that has changed the world. It will be essential reading for geeks everywhere and for the people who know, live with, love or are just confused by them.

Some call it style, others a matter of taste-that certain A"touchA" some men have that lets them pick out and combine just the right suits, shirts, ties, and shoes. Actually, there is no trick to dressing stylishly as a man. You just have to become familiar with the tried-and-true classics and their history.Peruse this richly illustrated guidebook and peek into the studios of the best tailors and shoemakers on the international fashion scene.

Read which shoes Michael Douglas wears, and what kind of underwear Andy Warhol preferred. In a thoroughly enjoyable reading experience you will learn all there is to know about fabric, cut, patterns, colour, and the optimal care and clothing of a man from head to toe.From the perfectly placed tie knot to custom-made shoes, from casual sweaters to a top hat, everything you need for the appropriate outfit is explained in detail-and in the process, you'll become an expert in the finer points of life.