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Cutting Edges documents the new heyday of collage in current art and visual culture. Today’s artists, illustrators, and designers are increasingly drawn to this artistic technique by the challenges of seamlessly melding traditional craftsmanshi...

The visualization of sound presented in book form and accompanied by a CD-ROM by Ryoji Ikeda and Carsten Nicolai Ryoji Ikeda and Carsten Nicolai both work at the cutting-edge of contemporary electronic music and sound art. In 1999, the two artists...

Disturbing, Macabre and Moving Disturbing, macabre and moving: the images in this book examine our endu- ring desire to make peace with death. Chosen from the spectacular collection of a death-obsessed print dealer from Chicago, Richard Harris, they...

An exploration of a worldwide scene that sees eating as a creative challenge. Eating is so much more than merely fulfilling a fundamental bodily need. Eating appeals to all of our senses; it boosts our well-being on every level. Now, more than ever,...

An international survey of the world's most exciting and influential furniture designers today. Design in the 21st Century has liberated itself from industrial conditions and the associated physical demands. With new technology, expanded choic...

Visionary architecture with a conscience.   As their name suggests, GRAFT’s groundbreaking architecture and design crosses boundaries and “grafts” the creative potentials and methodologies of different disciplines to each other. By doing so, the co...

The ongoing quest to capture the visual identity of the human being in our digital age. The digital age has fundamentally changed traditional notions of who we are and how we wish to be perceived. The music producer Chris Walla puts it this way:...

The softcover edition of our best-selling book on contemporary logo design with over 2,300 stylistic examples. The best-selling visual logo encyclopedia Dos Logos book is now available in an accessible softcover edition. With a condensed edit of t...

Buildings placing nature at their core. As more of the earth’s surface is swallowed up by the built environment, architects are increasingly advised to integrate urban flora and fauna into their designs. Whether developing green roofs, livin...

The latest book from the vanguard American urban artists. This book presents FAILE's most complex and ambitious project to date - a large-scale, temporary installation of a temple created for Portugal Arte 10. The vanguard American urban art...

This new publication about the artistic collaboration Faile documents its work with the medium of wood. Together, Patrick McNeil and Patrick Miller are Faile. Although their art has its roots on the street, their work clearly demonstrates that str...

Modern-day passion, tangible tradition, and striking creativity: trace how tattooing continues to evolve in the follow up to Forever Forever More covers the best of the ever-changing contemporary tattoo underground. Bold tribal motifs and gritty s...

Bonhams is the world’s go-to source for classic race and sports cars. In this book, the auction house presents a selection of the most breathtaking models and tells their stories Gentlemen, Start Your Engines! reveals the undeniable icons of...

With its almost 900 pages, German Design Award 2011 is an opulent collection of outstanding state-of-the-art solutions in product and communication design. In addition to documenting this year's competition and winners, it contains an evaluation of t...

Creative jewelry design beyond luxury and pomp. Contemporary jewelry has been vitalized by a recent burst of innovative concepts, materials, and designers. A Girl’s Best Friends is a compilation of the most creative pieces by outstanding jewelry des...