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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 ...

How do today's best and brightest designers see the future of design? Including a cross section of the world's most influential designers, from superstars to newcomers, this guide explores cutting edge product design, furniture, ceramics, appliances,...

At last: a highly affordable, user-friendly handbook on design that covers all the major concepts, materials, and styles over the last 150 years with concise, easy-to-understand definitions. And as you'd expect from TASCHEN, it`s packed cover to cove...

From eco-design to design-art Not only an in-depth exploration of contemporary design practice, this book is also a rallying call for a more sustainable approach to product design of every type, from lighting and furniture design to consumer elect...

The Bible of breakthroughs and inspiration! Poised at the start of the 21st century, we can see clearly that the previous century was marked by momentous changes in the field of design. Aesthetics entered into everyday life with often staggering resu...

The bible of 20th-century design. From Art Nouveau to minimalism and everything in between Poised at the start of the 21st century, we can see clearly that the previous century was marked by momentous changes in the field of design. Aesthetics ent...

100 years of groundbreaking design All of the most important and memorable landmarks of 20th-century furniture, textiles, graphics, appliances, electronics, ceramics and more, listed alphabetically by designer.

How do today's brightest and best designers see the future of design? What are the defining elements of form, function, and aesthetics at the turn of the millennium? In response to these burning questions, we've put together the definitive...

Sea Shells: Art and Artifice of Nature Antoine-Joseph Dezallier d'Argenville (1680–1765) was a French courtier, intellectual and amateur natural historian. Fascinated by seashells, he authored one of his era's most lavish books, dedi...

Diana, Princess of Wales at her most beautiful: the last portrait session by Mario Testino Just five months before her tragic death in August 1997, Princess Diana was photographed by Mario Testino for Vanity Fair. Diana, Princess of Wales by Mario...

A veritable folk hero in Latin America and Mexico's most important artist-along with his wife, painter Frida Kahlo - Diego Rivera (1886–1957) led a passionate life devoted to art and communism. After spending the 1910s in Europe, where he s...

Diego in Detail. The most comprehensive study of Rivera’s work ever realized Latin American folk hero, husband of Frida Kahlo, devout Communist, and Mexico’s most important artist: the oeuvre of Diego Rivera is finally done justice in ...

"It is my wish to come very close, strikingly close, to the times in which we live, without submitting to artistic dogma...I need the connection to the world of senses, the courage to portray ugliness, life as it comes." - Otto Dix In th...

Shoot yourself: Sexy self-portraits by everyday women Inspired by a babysitter he surprised in front of the bathroom mirror shooting pictures of herself with his Polaroid, photographer Uwe Ommer decided to put together a book of erotic self-portrait...

For over seventy-five years, domus has been hailed as the world’s most influential architecture and design journal. Founded in 1928 by the great Milanese architect Gio Ponti, the magazine’s central agenda has always remained that of creating a privil...