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What makes an effective exhibition space?

How can we give center stage to the works on display whilst also creating a place of architectural merit?

Cultural Exhibit attempts to find answers to these questions, and more, through a wide variety of proposals for exhibition spaces.

Ideas that can transform what would otherwise be an undistinguished series of rooms into a space that facilitates the enjoyment of the subject in question, whether they be works of art or artifacts in a museum.

Architects with a wealth of experience in the field share their ideas and concepts through explanatory texts and full-color photographs of some of their finest projects.

This will surely be an invaluable aid to anyone involved in this highly challenging field of architecture and design.

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Sources are eclectic, results mixed, but one thing is certain: car design is being forced up an ever tightening spiral of creativity. These machines are memorials of our tastes, yearnings and capabilities. They have layers of meaning and can, as Henry Ford knew, be read like a book...if only you know how. The story of the car is the story of how the objects of industry became a medium of artistic expression. This book tells that story in a series of case studies which reveal national characteristics: American flair, German technical suprematism, French vernacular chic, gorgeous Italian sculpture, English antiquarianism, Japanese ingenuity, Swedish responsibility. Cars featured appear in chronological date order from the 1908 Ford Model T to 2003 BMW 5 Series. The chosen cars will be specially photographed in a uniform style and reproduced in very textured, 4 colour b/w so as to distance this book from the cliches and conventions of specialist automotive publishing and to highlight form and shape. Each picture will be accompanied by a short critical essay including essential historical material together with colorful anecdotage and quotations as well as a persuasive aesthetic appraisal of each vehicle. This lavish and beautifully designed book is the gift book for all car enthusiasts and design aficionados.

D&AD 2009, The Best Advertising and Design in the World

TASCHEN has teamed with D&AD to make its previously exclusive and highly-coveted Annual – featuring the year’s best creative work – available to the public. The awards panel judges over 20,000 works from design studios, advertising agencies, branding consultancies, film production and photographic agencies, digital media pioneers, and other creative firms from all over the globe. Winners receive the legendary D&AD Yellow Pencil Award – or in the case of exceptional and outstanding work, the rare Black Pencil Award.

The TASCHEN D&AD Annual is an absolute must-have reference work for anyone interested in creativity, communication, design, or advertising.

Featuring the latest D&AD award-winning work in the fields of:
Ambient, Art Direction, Book Design, Branding, Broadcast Innovations, Digital Installations, Direct, Environmental Design, Graphic Design, Illustration, Magazine & Newspaper Design, Mobile Marketing, Music Videos, Online Advertising, Packaging Design, Photography, Poster Advertising, Press Advertising, Product Design, Radio, TV & Cinema Advertising, TV & Cinema Crafts, Viral, Websites, Writing for Advertising, and Writing for Design.

Hundreds of artists and designers expressed support for the Obama candidacy by designing posters and submitting them to designforobama.org for free download. This selection of the very best - curated by Spike Lee and Aaron Perry-Zucker - is a visual document of the most inspirational U.S. presidential campaign in living history.

From its inception, the Barack Obama campaign was destined to make history. Its message of inclusion and empowerment was spread by thousands of volunteers, a grassroots organization of unprecedented size and enthusiasm. Design for Obama built on this spirit with an online forum where artists, designers and supporters could upload their artworks and download others. Shepard Fairey’s social realist "Hope" poster became 2008’s enduring image, inspiring scores of designs that appeared on the streets, at rallies and registration drives, and in homes and offices around the country.

Edited by designforobama.org founder Aaron Perry-Zucker and filmmaker Spike Lee, this collection showcases over 200 of the best pro-Obama posters. Contributors range from prominent graphic and street artists to young up-and-comers. With essays by Spike Lee, Perry-Zucker, and design historian Steven Heller, this outstanding collection serves as a matchless historical document of the widespread visual creativity that helped spur Obama to victory.

The spaces children occupy in the home are not only play areas, but rather something much more complex, they are their kingdoms. It is where the major part of their leisure, rest and study time is spent.  From there, is the importance of instilling in them at a very young age to appreciate the value of sustainable products.

This is an exciting collection of the most innovative and original eco-friendly children's products. The spaces children occupy in the home are not only play areas, but something much more complex, they are their kingdoms. It is where the major part of their leisure, rest and study time is spent. It is in these spaces that we can begin to instil in them, from a young age, an appreciation of the value of sustainable products and environmentally friendly living. All of the products shown in the book are geared and manufactured with ecological friendly materials that do not harm the environment and perfectly adapt to the needs of the little ones at home.

Claudia Taittinger, of the famed Taittinger Champagne family, shares her secrets for hosting successful dinner parties with sophistication and style, including tried-and-true recipes sure to delight even the most discerning guest.

Having played host to high society from Paris to New York and learned the art of cooking and presentation from some of France's most celebrated chefs at the Hôtel de Crillon in Paris, Claudia Taittinger is a consummate entertainer and bon vivant -- who can really cook. Elegance, refinement, and graciousness color every detail of every delightful and delicious occasion.

Drawing on traditional rules of French savoir-faire, Taittinger guides readers to hosting unforgettable events. Starting with the type of occasion -- from sophisticated formal parties to holiday gatherings and intimate dinners -- and using exquisite photography, she illustrates how to tailor the table and create the appropriate mood and ambience. Each event is paired with mouthwatering recipes, from a classic Eggplant Terrine and always comforting Salmon Coulibiac to a delicious Duck Breast with Roasted Figs and Wild Mushrooms.

Taittinger deftly combines colors, finishes, textures, and floral arrangements to set the stage for the perfect occasion while sharing time-honored principles of social etiquette, making the grandeur of the Parisian lifestyle accessible for everyone and inspiring the reader to host dinner parties with incomparable French flair.

About the Authors:

Claudia Taittinger has been planning parties all of her life. This is her long-awaited first book.
Lavinia Branca Snyder is a writer and the author of Equestrian Life from Riding Houses to Country Estates.
Mark Roskams is a New York-based photographer. His work has been featured in Architectural Digest and Elle Decor.

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No plan, all real scene pictures!

Best seller with the latest, quickest and the most comprehensive architecture designs of Shanghai Expo buildings!

Professional real scene pictures introduce more than 70 projects in the Expo Park comprehensively, with all design elements presented thoroughly from functional areas, parts to materials!

Future architecture, advancing design and leading concept. Enjoying top designs around the world with no need to go abroad.
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The World Expo 2010 Shanghai China is a classical grant meeting in human’s society in the new century. People of various countries will happily gather in Shanghai Expo then to jointly experience the good life in cities and look for the future development of cities. It will be a grand gathering for global civilization.

Sponsored by China and undertook by Shanghai, the World Expo 2010 Shanghai China is the first register-class Expo hold in a developing country. The theme of Expo 2010 is "Better City, Better Life" and the five different sub-themes are “blending of diverse cultures in the city”, “economic prosperity in the city”, “innovations of science and technology in the city”, “remodeling of communities in the city” and “interactions between urban and rural areas”. Undoubtedly, the Expo 2010 will be a great meeting in discussing humankind’s urban life in the new century. The city is a crystallization of human civilization. By virtue of its embracive and regenerating nature, the city has played a significant role in the perfection of order in the human society.

As the initial Expo that takes “city” as theme, the Expo 2010 will adopt the concept of “harmonious city” to be coherent with the theme “better city, better life”, and positively model an example of a “harmonious city”. The concept includes "harmony between man and nature”, “harmony between past, present and future”, and “harmony between human individuals”. The reason of choosing “city” as the theme is because the prospect of the future urban life is a global issue during the important phase for city development in 21st century. Whether in developed countries or developing ones, the topic of “city” can arouse a responsive chord.

Expo 2010 Shanghai China will be a great event to explore the full potentials of urban life in the 21st century and a significant period in urban evolution. It will be centered on innovation and interaction and offer a wonderful opportunity for cross-culture dialogues.

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.

This work offers a visually stunning exploration of the hundreds of works of art hidden in plain sight around the fabulous city of Barcelona. It offers dedicated mailing and e-mail campaign to targeted art and photography related media. Barcelona is a city filled with some of the world's finest examples of art, architecture, and design. But most people will never see them. Why? Because they are all around us - from modernist facades to traffic signs, from busy streets to quaint shops, stunning art can be found everywhere, but you have to know where to look! "Graphicity Barcelona" brings together hundreds of full-colour photographs that showcase the very best of Barcelona's real 'street art'.

A superbly illustrated guide to 64 maps from all around the world!

From examples of medieval Mappa Mundi and the first atlas to Google Earth and maps of the moon, this captivating maps book is a must-have for all history and geography enthusiasts and explorers!

Embark on a visual tour of the world's finest maps! This fascinating world atlas book:

- Analyses each map visually, with the help of pull-outs and graphic close-up details
- Traces the history of maps chronologically, providing a fascinating overview of cartography through the ages
- Tells the story behind each map - why it was created, who it was for, and how it was achieved
- Profiles key cartographers, explorers, and artists
- Draws together navigation, propaganda, power, art, and politics through the world's greatest maps

Maps are much more than just geographical data. They are an accurate reflection of the culture and context of different time frames in history. This remarkable geography book puts cartography on the map! It tells the stories behind great maps through stunning pull-out details and reveals how they have helped people make sense of the world.

Embark on a global adventure of a lifetime with this world map book and see our planet like never before! On this mind-blowing journey, you'll encounter maps that show the way to heaven, depict lands with no sunshine and even the world ocean floor.

With incredible secret stories from British historian, Jerry Brotton, and insight into how mapmakers have expressed their world views, Great Maps is a welcome addition to any armchair cartographer's bookshelf.

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