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Minimum Design: An indispensable compendium on important designers of the modern era
An ideal and accessible introduction suitable for students and lovers of design today

The Minimum Designers series includes books about the major figures in the field of design, creators of objects that have become a part of our daily lives. The lamp on our desk, the chair we are sitting on or the glasses we are wearing have a genius behind them to be discovered.

These volumes will introduce in a practical manner the personalities and the works of the world s major designers by way of a historical-critical introduction to the work and life of each individual designer, including an accurate selection of the designer's most famous objects arranged in chronological order and a critique of his or herwork summarising the most significant reviews published in magazines and newspapers in the sector.

Franco Albini (1905-1977) was an original creator in the fields of furniture, product design, architecture, urban planning and interior design. He was incredibly successful during his career, receiving numerous awards and prizes in recognition of his remarkable aesthetic that challenged traditional design structures. Among his most famous objects are Poltroncina Luisa (1950) and the series on pets, the Cicognino table (1952) and the Fiorenza chair (1952).

Франсуа Лінке (1855-1946), народжений у Панкраці, Богемія, багатьма вважається найвидатнішим паризьким столяром свого часу, в той час, коли світовий вплив французької моди досяг свого апогею.

Старий режим завжди був найбільшим джерелом натхнення для художнього дизайну у Франції, і, під впливом, зокрема, братів де Гонкур, стилі Людовика XV та Людовика XVI були відроджені та отримали широку популярність. За часів Другої імперії ці стилі були настільки еклектичними, що втратили свою цінність. Лінке хотів створити новий стиль, і його співпраця із загадковим скульптором Леоном Мессаже призвела до створення дуже оригінальної серії дизайнів, заснованих на стилі рококо, поєднаному з останніми тенденціями паризької моди, l'art nouveau. Цей стиль, відомий як стиль Лінке, був сприйнятий з схваленням критиків на виставці 1900 року і залишається популярним і сьогодні серед клієнтів по всьому світу завдяки вишукано виготовленим меблям Лінке.

Книга, що містить 140 000 слів тексту та понад 700 унікальних фотографій, багато з яких раніше не публікувалися та взяті з власного архіву та приватних колекцій Лінке, має десять розділів, що показують розвиток життєвого шляху цієї вимогливої ​​та плідної людини. Вона простежує його раннє життя та навчання, а також його комфортне сімейне життя в Парижі, що завершилося нагородженням Орденом Почесного легіону. Додатки з металообробки та деревини доповнюють технічну експертизу цієї книги, даючи унікальне уявлення про роботу будь-яких столярів, зареєстрованих на сьогодні.

Лінке, можливо, є провідним столяром епохи Прекрасної епохи, блискучої епохи модного французького суспільства, чий вплив відчувався в усьому світі.

- Містить понад 700 чудових унікальних фотографій, багато з яких взяті з приватних архівів та власної родини Лінке, всі з яких раніше не публікувалися.
- Ілюструє та обговорює розвиток життя та творчості Лінке.
- Написано провідним світовим експертом у цьому періоді виготовлення та дизайну меблів. Крістофер Пейн часто бере участь у програмі BBC Antiques Roadshow.

Free Font Index 3 is an indispensable guide to free fonts and their creators. Over 500 fonts from 26 type foundries have been collected in this book and CD set. In addition to comprehensive type specimens of all fonts, the book includes interviews with 6 type designers: Paul D. Hunt, Underware, Dirk Uhlenbrock (TypeType), Santiago Orozco (Typemade), Dave Crossland and Wojciech Kalinowski.

The fonts on the CD are suitable for both Windows (2000 and later) and Mac (OS X and later) systems; however, many of the fonts can also be used on previous versions of either or both systems. Some of the fonts contain extended character sets, including Central and Eastern European, Cyrillic and/or Greek. All fonts are licensed for personal and commercial use.

256 full color pages

A stunning visual resource, Graphic Design Sourcebook showcases more than 1,000 full-color images of today's hottest designs in every field. The most original electronics, books, magazines and brochures, disks, clothing, toys, shoes, skateboards, logos, accessories, food, transportation, restaurants, and more are included here, making this book a must-have for marketing executives, graphic designers, students, and business people everywhere.

Ken Liu, lives in Shenzhen China. He is a freelance writer, photographer and editor. His successful books include Brand & Print (2006), Illustration Design (2007), He contributes to Top magazines in China such as Packaging Design magazine, 360 degree, Art & Design etc.

The French art collection at The Huntington Library is remarkable for its depth and breadth.

This authoritative and beautifully illustrated book focuses on the nearly 300 objects in the collection, including exceptional examples of furniture, clocks, gilt bronzes, gold snuff boxes, porcelain, tapestries, sculpture, and paintings.

Organized by media, the book combines research on the social, cultural, and artistic settings of the period with detailed studies of the individual artworks. The essays and entries illuminate a broad range of issues concerning the production, consumption, and use of the objects in the collection and contribute to a nuanced understanding of French domestic and cultural life.

The exceptional collection of French decorative arts in the J. Paul Getty Museum contains more than four hundred objects, most of them dating from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. This gorgeously illustrated volume brings together forty-four objects from the Baroque and Régence periods, roughly corresponding to the reign of Louis XIV and the years immediately following his death in 1715. The selection includes richly veneered cabinets, commodes, and desks; carved tables and chairs; and gilt-bronze light fixtures and firedogs that exemplify the superior craftsmanship and elaborate design characteristic of the Baroque style.

Each object is described and analyzed in terms of its style, use, provenance and published history, as well as its construction and alterations, materials, and conservation. With its painstaking attention to detail, this sumptuous volume is the definitive catalogue of the J. Paul Getty Museum's collection of French Baroque furniture and will be of interest to scholars, conservators, and all students of the French decorative arts.

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Drawing upon an impressive array of original sources, this profusely illustrated book offers sketches, engravings and printed patterns, representing French interior design and decoration from the Baroque, Rococo, Louis Seize and Empire periods through the 19th century to Art Nouveau, Art Deco and Modernism.

Many of the designs have never been seen in published form before, making this sumptuous volume an invaluable treasury of new ideas and inspiration for designers, decorators, restorers and craftsmen.

• An unrivalled sourcebook of French design and decoration for designers everywhere.
• Reproduces a wealth of artistry and technical ingenuity, including the work of such designers as André-Charles Boulle, Pineau, Meissonier, Percier, Fontaine, Majorelle, Lalique and Ruhlmann.
• Runs the gamut of the decorative arts, from Sèvres porcelain, Gobelin tapestries and Baccarat crystal to traditional printed cottons from Provence, silks from Lyons, glass by Gallé and Daum, and furniture and interior design by Guimard and Ruhlmann.

With over 600 designs, patterns and settings in colour and black and white

Frequencies is the catalogue that accompanies a new exhibition project by the artist Eugènia Balcells on some perceptive aspects of energy: light and colour.

Frequencies is a book that wants to be faithful to the screens on which the images of the multimedia installations Colour wheel, Labyrinth, Marble and Frequencies are projected. It is a book that allows us to slowly study the flow of the colour spectrum that defines the geometry of everything that exists.

Frequencies is both a visual source of knowledge and a collection of reflections on the communicative capacity of art and sciences.

There are no boundaries: today's borders between style, format and content are blurring just as the real and the imagined have been blurred. FRESH is a groundbreaking collection of contemporary illustration from around the world, presenting a wide range of styles and techniques. Hundreds of successful projects from brand-new faces to star illustrators are featured in this series of three books. The presentation of such a broad spectrum of leading protagonists side by side makes FRESH an inspiring read for professional illustrators, artists and anyone with a love for visual language.

"Cutting Edge Illustrations - Object" explores illustration in a sculptural or three-dimensional environment as well as the art of illustrations on products in the form of industrial or fashion design.

There are no boundaries: today's borders between style, format and content are blurring just as the real and the imagined have been blurred. FRESH is a groundbreaking collection of contemporary illustration from around the world, presenting a wide range of styles and techniques. Hundreds of successful projects from brand-new faces to star illustrators are featured in this series of three books. The presentation of such a broad spectrum of leading protagonists side by side makes FRESH an inspiring read for professional illustrators, artists and anyone with a love for visual language.

"Cutting Edge Illustrations - Public" presents streetart, graffiti and illustration in architecture, in-store graphics or public space.

There are no boundaries: today's borders between style, format and content are blurring just as the real and the imagined have been blurred. FRESH is a groundbreaking collection of contemporary illustration from around the world, presenting a wide range of styles and techniques. Hundreds of successful projects from brand-new faces to star illustrators are featured in this series of three books. The presentation of such a broad spectrum of leading protagonists side by side makes FRESH an inspiring read for professional illustrators, artists and anyone with a love for visual language.

"Cutting Edge Illustrations - Print" A cutting-edge presentation of personal designs alongside fashion illustration and commercial work produced for books, flyers, brochures, or magazines.

Illustration is back! In an incomparable triumphant march, it conquers print media as well as product design, does not even stop at the doors of private homes, and covers facades, cars, and public buses in all variations possible. Its potential seems to have no limits. Cartoons and street art make their way into museums and the advertising industry. Funny, narrative, aggressive, poetic, or surreal, its effervescence, personal approach, and original charm fill the grey of daily routine with color and joy. These three vibrant volumes present more than 1,400 projects from the fields of object, public, and print. The selection was made by a jury of professional illustrators. FRESH was edited by Slanted, the prize-winning typography magazine and weblog, and realized by its regular graphic designers, the German agency, MAGMA Brand Design. It is a must-have source of inspiration for all creatives and those who want to join their ranks.

The FRESH BOX presents all three volumes of FRESH as the ultimate set for all professional illustrators, design-lovers.

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.

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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!

A guide for those who want to be impeccably stylish, this book presents iconic men’s clothing from a carefully curated selection of brands, makers, and shops around the world.

Men who are style-savvy exude a sense of relaxed confidence — from the hats on their heads to the soles of their shoes. To achieve this flair, they need a dependable set of sartorial tools that will see them through any occasion in any season, and bring out their individual personality.

From Tip to Toe features a carefully curated collection of brands and makers who all embody this spirit, as well as a selection of recommended shops from around the world. Some have long and storied histories while others bring new thinking to the table, but what they all share is a sense of quality, honesty, and élan that won’t let the stylish man down.

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For any man, appearing timeless and laid-back at once is a challenge. What styles suit me? Who makes the best shoes? Where can I buy suits that are actually worth the money? Which pattern, which fabric, and which cut? From Tip to Toe answers all of these questions and many more.

Quality clothing shops can provide an overview of the countless manufacturers and products that are currently available, but this book is a fundamental guide to the pieces that ought to accompany a man throughout his life. From the hat on his head to the sole of his shoe, From Tip to Toe presents the ever-essential items and accessories of a man’s wardrobe in seven chapters: Casual, Formal, Heritage, Countryside, Sportswear, Festivities, and Functional. These iconic pieces are worn by men who know exactly what they want and stick to it. As the dandies before them, these men pay attention to details.

The featured products from small manufacturers and select brands do not embody superficial luxury, but rather represent authenticity, handcraft, quality, originality, and character. This compendium of male style showcases products that range from the elegant to the sporty, from the eccentric to the rustic, but which always stand out from the mainstream. These are items that accompany a man without overshadowing him.

From Tip to Toe is a book for men who have found their style but who seek to continuously develop and refine it.