Effective layout is essential to communication and enables the end user to not only be drawn in with an innovative design, but to digest information easily. Making and Breaking the Grid is a comprehensive layout design workshop that assumes that in order to effectively break the rules of grid-based design, ...
The life of Antoni Gaudi (1852-1926) was full of complexity and contradictions. As a young man he joined the Catalonian nationalist movement and was critical of the church; toward the end of his life he devoted himself completely to the construction of one single spectacular church, La Sagrada Familia. ...
Pergola je nejobvyklejší malou zahradní stavbou. Slouží jako opora pro růst popínavých rostlin nebo vymezuje zahradní zákoutí určené k příjemnému posezení s rodinou či přáteli, případně ji lze využít jako přístřešek pro auto. Nejčastěji je umístěna v těsné návaznosti na obytný prostor domu. Nezastřešená ...
For someone who shuns the limelight so completely that he conceals his name, never shows his face and gives interviews only by email, Banksy is remarkably famous. From his beginnings as a Bristol graffiti artist, his artwork is now sold at auction for six-figure sums and hangs on celebrities'''' walls. ...
Módní ilustrace je především o převedení myšlenky do reality. Jedná se o první krok k převedení nápadu do skutečného modelu. V této knize najdeme stovky módních ilustrací mnoha stylů a naučíme se postupně krok za krokem nakreslit svůj vlatní módní návrh.
Luxury is displayed in different ways in the spaces illustrated. Elegance and distinction can be of a personal nature, but a high degree of excellence and quality in materials and decoration is what separates true luxury from meaningless opulence.
The projects in this book convey the ingenuity and skill of architects and designers who create interesting but smaller-sized living environments. These spaces suggest urban lifestyles which, while not typical, seek to maintain basic standards of quality and comfort. The designs of these environments ...
Ever since his first show for the house in 1983, Karl Lagerfeld\''s Chanel collections have consistently made headlines and dictated trends the world over. For the first time, every Chanel collection ever created by Lagerfeld is here gathered in a single volume - a unique opportunity to chart the development ...
A beautifully written, incredibly original and wickedly funny novel for readers of 10 and older - BLOOM is for everyone who has ever felt like they didn''t fit in, and for anyone who has ever wanted a little more colour and wildness in their lives.Sorrel Fallowfield is growing up - in a REALLY surprising ...
A collection of simple, practical ideas for homes large and small. Happy by Design teaches us how we can actively improve our health and wellbeing through the way we design our living spaces. From the paint colour that''s been named the happiest, to the science of getting a good night''s sleep, Happy ...
The cutaway illustrations in this book allow our eyes to see what usually remains hidden. They open up houses, bodies, and objects, and allow the individual parts to comprehensively explain the whole. Looking at the outside of things such as architecture, anatomy, or vehicles does not usually reveal ...
Jablonecká bižuterie je světoznámý pojem stejně jako české sklo nebo pivo. V období první republiky, kdy její obchodní podíl na globálním trhu činil ohromující jednu polovinu, zažila během pouhých dvou desítek let své nejlepší i nejhorší časy. Jablonec nad Nisou, město obývané zejména českými Němci, ...
Scanning the world for the best new graphic design talent, Mike Dorrian and Liz Farrelly have collated the work of 100 new designers, from Sao Paulo to Tokyo, Melbourne to Los Angeles, into a book that will both inspire and impress. The book focuses on practitioners still in the first decade of their ...
Not just another book about toys, Toygiants is simply stunning photographic exploration of toy figures, vintage and modern. Toygiants shows in exquisite detail the elements of design that imbue toys and figures with life and contribute to their timeless appeal, as well as their eerie realism, by photographing ...
Unikátna knižka, inšpirovaná jedným z najvplyvnejších a najrešpektovanejších denníkov sveta. Okrem najdôležitejších titulných strán, ktoré nájdete priamo v knihe, sú k nej pribalené aj 3 DVD so všetkými titulkami New York Times od roku 1851 až po rok 2009. Pri starších stranách, ktoré nie sú celkom dobre ...
