From his early days as one of the "New York Five," Richard Meier has been a central figure in contemporary architecture; this updated 2013 trade edition of the XL version is published in the occasion of the firm’s 50th anniversary. With the Getty Center and more recent buildings such as the Jubilee Church in Rome, Meier has established a reputation for expanded the horizons of contemporary American...
08/06/2013
Richard Meier & Partners. Complete Works 1963-2013.
Libro. TASCHEN.Book. TASCHEN.
Recently Alvaro Siza's monograph came out in an impressive volume, and now is the turn of the architect from New York, Richard Meier. Again TASCHEN offers us a monograph in which the architect has been involved to commemorate the firm´s 50th.
29/05/2013
Gustav Klimt. The Complete Paintings.
Book. TASCHEN.
The increasing public and media interest in the work of Gustav Klimt has encouraged the publication of this book by TASCHEN. An extensive volume that takes us through the work of the Austrian painter and includes, in addition to his paintings, collected for the first time a large number of written documents.
The countless events being held to celebrate the 150th anniversary of his birth make a clear statement to the enduring appreciation for the work of Gustav Klimt. Not that it takes such a special occasion for the press and the public to start talking about Klimt. More than two hundred articles about the artist appeared online in August 2011 alone, in comparison with barely seventy on Rembrandt within the same period. This media publicity set editor Tobias G....
18/05/2013
Flash forward. DC Comics, The Silver Age.
The super hero in the Space Age. TASCHEN.
With Super Heroes nearly extinct at the start of the 1950s, DC Comics reignited the fire that would make them central to modern popular culture by infusing them with science fiction elements.
To circumvent the limitations of the self-censoring Comics Code Authority, DC Comics’ writers and editors spun ever-more fantastic tales, bringing Super Heroes and Bob Hope alike into the realm of sci-fi. The results were transformative, delivering the first-ever “reboot” of Golden Age greats with the Flash, Green Lantern, and Hawkman as well as the hit TV show Batman...
17/05/2013
Living material. Wood
You’ll be amazed what wood can do. TASCHEN.
You’ll be amazed what wood can do. Now, Wood Architecture Now! Vol. 2, by Taschen.
The ultimate renewable resource for architecture is thus the oldest, but also the most modern of materials. Thanks to computer-driven design and manufacturing techniques, wood can be cut and carved in the most astonishing new ways. Such innovative contributors to the work published in this volume as the German professor Achim Menges are showing the way to the creation of complex, almost living wood structures. Others like the young architects from WMR who are...
10/05/2013
"Massimo Vignelli Makes Books"
[VIDEO] By Pentagram
The Vignellis’ contributions to design have included everything from book design to furniture design. Whether it's identities for Bloomingdales, United Colors of Benetton, American Airlines, their environmental and product design and one of the most beloved renditions of the New York City Subway map. Today we show to Massimo Vignelli explaining his approach to book design in a video produced for Mohawk's "What Will You Make Today?" campaign. Video design by Michael Bierut/Pentagram.
“The grid is an integral part of book design,” says Massimo Vignelli. “It’s not something that you see. It’s just like underwear: you wear it, but it’s not to be exposed. The grid is the underwear of the book.”
Massimo Vignelli. In 1931 he was born in Milan, he studied architecture in Milan and...
09/05/2013
All The Buildings In New York
By James Gulliver Hancock. Ed. Rizzoli
"All The Buildings In New York" is a personal project of James Gulliver Hancock. An illustrator from Australia now based between Sydney, and New York. This project stems from an interest in obsession and recording of places. New York holds a special place in everyone’s heart, romanticized from Seasame Street and old movies like Rear Window and Breakfast at Tiffany’s. In his blog records an attempt to make the city personal by passing a pen over every structure, hopefully making up for the time not spent in New York.
The book features a whole bunch of building drawings not featured on the blog, this is an amazing hard cover book put out by the art book experts Rizzoli/Universe.
James Gulliver Hancock is an artist and illustrator. His work has been exhibited in galleries worldwide, and he has worked with a wide variety of high-profile clients, including Coca-Cola,...
08/05/2013
The book of "Rough Calcs" becomes App.
Iphone App.
The book "Números gordos / Rough Calcs" reminded us an approximate structures sizing, and keeping the same idea of saving time and making predictions comes this digital version, now available for iPhone and very soon for Android as well.
The app Rough Calcs in your mobile phone.
The book of "Números gordos en el proyecto de estructuras” (Rough calculations in the structural design) has been a success without any doubt. Since its launch in 2001 has become a reference and more than 40,000 copies have been sold, a real record in its field. By the warmth of the book and the concept of “rough...
07/05/2013
Marilyn Monroe, in the flesh.
Lawrence Schiller. Marilyn & Me. A Memoir in Words & Photographs. TASCHEN.
A deluxe edition by Taschen to count as, just months before her death, Marilyn Monroe gave a young photographer his big break, and this is his story
«You’re already famous, now you’re going to make me famous,»
— photographer Lawrence Schiller said to Marilyn Monroe as they discussed the photos he was about to shoot of her. “Don’t be so cocky,” Marilyn replied, “...
04/05/2013
Swinging Gotham.
Jazz. New York in the Roaring Twenties by Robert Nippoldt, Hans-Jürgen Schaal. TASCHEN.
Jazz. New York in the Roaring Twenties. This week was held the Jazz's night and we have found that this book TASCHEN, is perfect, was an excellent choice and also it reminds our METALOCUS-TASCHEN contest.
It’s the Roaring Twenties, and New York is exploding with jazz fever. Crowds flock to the nightclubs and dance halls in Harlem to see the likes of Louis Armstrong with the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra playing at the Kentucky Club, or Duke Ellington at the Roseland Ballroom or the world-famous Cotton Club. Designed, illustrated, and edited by Robert Nippoldt, this award-winning book pays homage to this exceptional era, via an entertaining blend of...
27/04/2013
"Making the News" by FABRICA
COLORS#86 [Perugia] Italy
Designed and built for the launch of COLORS #86 - Making the News, the COLORS News Machine churns your tweets through different media filters and into print, simulating the contemporary 24-hour news cycle.
The new issue has been presented at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia, Italy. The News Machine, an interactive installation designed and created by young talents at FABRICA, will also engage festival attendees from April 24th to 28th at the Spazio Cantarelli in Piazza della Repubblica 9. The installation is in continual motion,...
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