Each volume focusses on one of the key factors that play a role in decoration - Color, Storage, Accessories, Lighting, Flooring & Materials or on different kinds of houses or spaces - Rooms for fun, Rooms for kids or Urban apartments. The photographs, accompanied by descriptive captions.
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, ...
Recognized as "The Bible of Interior Design" by "The Times", "The Andrew Martin Interior Design Review" is a compendium of the world''s greatest designers and their best work to date. Featuring almost a hundred designers from every corner of the globe, the volume offers a unique guide to the styles and ...
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 ...
A cool guide to Scandinavian style and fashion from much-loved blogger and Danish street style star Pernille Teisbaek Scandinavia has long been the home of outstanding interior design and classic fashion brands like Acne Studios, Rains and Filippa K. But no one personifies modern Danish cool as well ...
Street fashion and urban culture have come a long way from humble beginnings in the 90s. From disparate local scenes in Japan, Europe, and the US, the youth-driven movements of hip-hop, punk, and skateboarding have finally infiltrated high fashion. Brands are now eager to collaborate with the icons of ...
A Century''s Worth of Pleasure and Pause Selling the most delicious vices Vices or virtues: drinking and smoking provided marketers with products to be forged into visual feasts. In this lush compendium of advertisements, we explore how depictions of these commodities spanned from the elegant to the ...
Monocle''s latest book unpacks what makes a perfect shopping experience and offers tips on how to launch, design and run your own store. A must-have guide. The world of retail has never been so -challenged thanks to a mix of e-commerce, unimaginative brand owners and greedy landlords. Yet while many ...
Founded as a luxury leather goods house in 1913 in Milan, Prada entered the field of fashion when Miuccia Prada took the helm of the family company in 1979. After initially focusing exclusively on accessories, she presented the house''s first fashion collection in 1988. She would soon transform Prada ...
Contrary to popular belief, the business world is not that complicated. While every industry and every profession requires specific expertise, the truth is that the "business of business" is relatively simple.§§For the past seven years, Geoffrey James has written a daily blog that''s become one of the ...
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. ...
Japanese interiors focus primarily on one simple philosophy, Zen. All the rooms in a traditionally furnished Japanese home strive to achieve a balance of peace and simplicity; their interiors are steeped in centuries of cultural influence, and a sense of calm is key to the whole aesthetic. This handbook ...
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 ...
In times when environmental awareness is increasing, wood is an attractive alternative to other mineral based or manufactured materials. The production of wood products uses less energy (usually sourced from finite fossil fuels) compared with other materials and new technologies continuously push the ...
"Když procházíte Designblokem, prostupujete jednotlivými světy. Za každým předmětem je myšlenka a vize situace, ve které je předmět hlavním hrdinou. Tato kniha je výběrem projektů, které nás zasáhly svou originalitou a jasností vize, a my bychom chtěli vidět jejich pokračování. Být u toho, když vstupují ...
Praktická kniha pro ty, co chtějí mít doma uklizeno s vynalézavostí a stylem.
The Instant Houses photo book shows in more than 450 photos the variety of beautiful prefabricated houses.
In the form of sketches, material proposals and design examples for interior and exterior use, Ecological Inspirations shows exciting buildings that propose sustainable ecological solutions.
Following on the success of The Bike Book, E-Bike Revolution takes us inside all aspects of this growing phenomenon - from smart technology and advanced design to the top visual trends. With power, distance and speed, these handy vehicles will soon change urban mobility forever. As well as sports and ...