Colour is one of the essential elements of many branding designs. It can help give an identity personality and warmth, express emotion, communicate messages in an unconscious and subtle way and it can keep or navigate the viewer's interest, drawing the eye and making elements stand out.
This book explores colour palettes in graphic design that surprise, engage, challenge and grab our attention - the combinations that maybe shouldn't work but just do. These are palettes that break the established rules and laws we have been taught about colour theory and remind us that colour can be fun as well as meaningful.
L'idée de grimper à un arbre pour y trouver refuge, ou simplement de voir la terre ferme sous un autre angle, est aussi vieille que l'humanité. Avec cet ouvrage soigné de TASCHEN, partez découvrir ces plus belles aventures arboricoles, et visitez 50 des cabanes perchées les plus belles, créatives et enchanteresses du monde.
Vous atteindrez des sommets en visitant toutes sortes de structures posées au milieu des branches, qu'elles soient romantiques ou contemporaines, conçues par des architectes réputés ou des artisans peu connus - maison de thé, restaurant, hôtel, salle de jeux pour enfants ou simples perchoirs depuis lesquels contempler la vie. Profitez de la vue et vous découvrirez que les seules limites que connaissent les concepteurs de cabanes perchées sont celles de leur imagination. Avec une abondance de photos et d'illustrations magnifiques, ce livre est une ode à un mode de vie alternatif, où l'imagination et le jeu rencontrent la conscience écologique.
It is human nature to look to the past when seeking inspiration, particularly in art and related creative fields. Unlike other genres that can be attributed to a specific era or style, folk art is harder to define or categorize due to its special significance in the hearts and minds of local communities. Although often created for practical purposes, each piece tells a story of cultural heritage and craftsmanship that has the ability to transcend time and inspire the creatives of today.
From mural art to fashion, product design, graphics and interiors, New Folk Art features a colorful collection of work from around the world that draws from ancient folklore and traditional crafts to breathe new life into tales that have been passed down through the generations.
Plus que tout autre meuble, la chaise s'est prêtée aux fantasmes les plus fous des designers. La courbe particulière du dossier ou la tournure d'un pied, l'angle d'un siège ou la couleur de l'ensemble, autant de détails qui reflètent le parti pris stylistique de chaque époque.
De Gerrit Rietveld et Alvar Aalto à Verner Panton ou Eva Zeisel, de l'Art nouveau au Style international, du pop art au postmodernisme, l'histoire de la chaise est si complexe qu'il fallait bien un ouvrage encyclopédique aussi exhaustif que celui-ci pour lui rendre justice. Elles y trônent toutes: en bois cintré par Thonet, machines à s'asseoir chez Hoffmann, la Wassily de Marcel Breuer et les chaises avec accoudoirs avant-gardistes de Ron Arad.
Les premiers créateurs et les pionniers de la chaise moderne sont présentés aux côtés des innovations les plus récentes. Le livre consacre une page à chaque chaise, présentée dans sa forme la plus pure, avec des informations biographiques et historiques sur elle et son designer. Un ouvrage éclairant pour les passionnés de design, et une référence pour les collectionneurs!
En proposant plusieurs étapes en Amérique du Nord et du Sud, en Europe, en Asie, en Afrique et en Australie, cette édition rassemble quelques-uns des intérieurs actuels les plus exceptionnels et les plus inspirants sur six continents. Du minimalisme rustique à l'éclectisme urbain, cette sélection célèbre un grand éventail de styles qui ont pour points communs l'authenticité, l'amour du détail et un zeste d'expression personnelle qui ne passera jamais de mode.
Sont ainsi présentés des intérieurs d'Argentine, du Brésil, de Chine, de Cuba, du Danemark, de France, d'Allemagne, de Grèce, d'Indonésie, d'Italie, du Japon, du Kenya, du Maroc, d'Afrique du Sud, d'Afrique, d'Espagne, de Suède, de Turquie, du Royaume-Uni, des États-Unis et de bien d'autres pays.
Avec des images des plus grands photographes d'intérieur, dont Xavier Béjot, Pieter Estersohn, Marina Faust, Reto Guntli, François Halard, HieplerBrunier, Ditte Isager, Nikolas Koenig, Ricardo Labougle, Eric Laignel, Åke Lindman, Thomas Loof, Jason Schmidt, Mark Seelen, René Stoeltie, Tim Street-Porter, Vincent Thibert, Simon Upton et Paul Warchol.
Initially created by a group of friends as an online scrapbook, Cabin Porn became an international sensation following the publication of the first volume of photographs of hand-made homes in breath-taking natural landscapes around the world. This new book delves deeper into the best-loved homes featured on the blog over the last ten years, offering close-ups of the stunning architecture and interior design that make them truly remarkable. With more timeless photography and new design stories, Cabin Porn: Inside brings fresh inspiration for your quiet place somewhere.
Whether it's a micro-flat in Moscow, an apartment in Atlanta or a loft in London, a new wave of interiors projects have revealed that we are hungry for color and pattern. Crayon box color palettes, playful speckles, curving forms and graphic grids are just some of the trends that have emerged - together creating cheerful environments that don't take themselves too seriously. Fun House (working title) takes stock of the undercurrents that are shaping the spaces in which we live and work - particularly those that make us smile.
- Photographer Jan Verlinde and writer Thijs Demeulemeester invite you to discover 20 inspiring homes filled with interesting and unique objects collected by passionate travelers For the passionate traveler, a design book that features 20 gorgeous interiors that incorporate objects collected from around the world, bringing a touch of exotic and far away places into the home. The authors showcase unique objects - a Vespa, a tiki bar, a surf board, an African mask - that embody memorable and meaningful travels, and represent the nomadic spirit of the traveler in daily life. They reveal how these elements can be creatively and beautifully displayed, giving the sense of traveling at home without leaving home. Text in English, French and Dutch.
More than a truly brilliant graphic designer, Otl Aicher was a transformative thinker, photographer, typographer, ecologist, philosopher, co-founder and mentor of the renowned Hochschule fuer Gestaltung at Ulm and teacher. On the centenary of his birth, this splendidly produced and designed book looks at every facet of his career, and traces the many strands of his lasting influence.
Otl Aicher is most famously known for the pictographs he designed for the 1972 summer Olympic Games in Munich. Fifty years later, his system of iconography has become a universal language, directing people to bathrooms, through subways, around airports and hospitals. But Aicher's achievements extended far beyond the world of graphic design. Filled with illustrations, photographs, documents and archival material, and enhanced by thoughtful and personal essays from leading critics, designers, and friends, this survey takes a disciplinary approach to explore Aicher's role as one of the founding figures of visual communication. We learn about Aicher's work developing corporate brands; how he created the Rotis typeface, then built architecture incorporating the font; how he collaborated with artists and architects such as Josef Albers, Alexander Kluge, and Norman Foster; and how his founding of the Ulm School of Design reflected his passion for teaching, and for an open, free, and democratic society. Aicher's achievements are evident in nearly every public space on the globe and this definitive and timely reference work rightfully places Aicher among the pioneering geniuses of the past century.
La brique est un des matériaux les plus anciens et les plus durables du monde. Elle est simple mais adaptable, modeste mais résistante, mondiale dans son usage mais locale dans son apparence. Depuis quelques années, de jeunes architectes fêtent l'aspect recyclable des briques et utilisent leur esthétique chaleureuse pour construire des bâtiments parmi les plus captivants de notre époque. Brick by Brick présente les meilleurs exemples de l'architecture moderne en brique, surtout dans le résidentiel et en intérieur. Ces projets futuristes repoussent les limites du possible et montrent la force des briques. Ce livre explique le renouvellement d'une méthode de construction traditionnelle et comment ces blocs Lego de la civilisation en viennent à bâtir notre avenir.
An inspiring showcase some of the best-known contemporary graphic designers using collage.
Collage Meets Design presents a selection of contemporary graphic design studios, collage artists and artists from other disciplines in whose work design and collage intersect in the most diverse and witty ways. The artists included love the act of cutting with scissors or Photoshop, on paper or on screen and to combine them with the stylistic means used in graphic design. The book features projects in which different languages and techniques mix, dialogue with each other, complement each other, sometimes dilute each other and question their respective limits. Through this showcase of design projects and art pieces and through conversations with their authors, we learn about their unique approaches to the creative process, reflect on ways of understanding their work and investigate the special relationship that design and collage have today.
Artists included:
AUSTRALIA: Lexicon Love (Sydney). FRANCE: Brest Brest Brest (Crest - Paris), MRZYK & Moriceau (Montjean-sur-Loire), Studio Furious (Paris). GERMANY: Jorge Chamorro (Berlin), Fons Hickmann (Berlin), Tibor Horváth (Berlin), Damien Tran (Berlin). GREECE: Jono Boyle (Athens). SPAIN: Susana Blasco (Bilbao), Pep Carrió (Madrid), Isidro Ferrer (Huesca), Javier Jaén (Barcelona), SpY (Madrid), Yinsen (Vila-real). SWEDEN: EKTA (Gotenburg). SWITZERLAND: Beni Bischof (St.Gallen), Studio Feixen (Lucerne), Tashi Brauen (Zürich). THE NETHERLANDS: Guda Koster (Amsterdam), The Rodina (Amsterdam). UK: Dr. Me (Manchester), Julie Cockburn (Suffolk), Anthony Gerace (London), Vanessa Mckeown (London). USA: Olaf Breuning (Upstate New York, NY), John Gall (New Jersey), Brion Nuda Rosch (San Francisco, CA), Stefan Sagmeister (New York, NY), Cecil Touchon (Santa Fe , NM), Mark Wagner (Lancaster , PA), Anthony Zinonos (Fullerton , CA).
L'emballage est une forme d'art largement sous-estimée. Parce qu'il est la première chose que le consommateur perçoit lorsqu'il regarde un produit, il peut sceller ou briser une vente. Chaque année, les Pentawards placent l'art du packaging sous les projecteurs en rendant hommage aux créations les plus influentes et novatrices au monde. Les designers s'affrontent dans cinq catégories principales - boissons, aliments, soins du corps, luxe et autres marchés - et pas moins de 50 sous-catégories.
Ce livre réunit autour d'une sélection de plusieurs centaines de créations les lauréats des Pentawards de 2008 à 2016, démontrant de façon captivante la créativité qui s'exprime dans l'emballage sous toutes ses formes. Les lecteurs découvriront, à travers une description des produits et quantité d'images, ce qui motive et anime les grands noms du design et les agences à l'origine de ces créations, qui s'insinuent dans tous les aspects de notre quotidien. Cette source d'inspiration immense ne servira pas qu'aux professionnels du design et du marketing, mais aussi à quiconque s'intéresse au processus créatif qui donne naissance à l'emballage.
Marre de la bienveillance et de la pensée positive ? Alors laissez l'humour du street artiste de Bristol vous dicter la marche à suivre, et abandonnez la quête d'une vie instagrammable au profit d'un cynisme reposant. Ce petit livre propose une plongée dans les sources d'inspiration de Banksy, et met ses observations ironiques en parallèle avec ses oeuvres les plus marquantes. Cet ensemble est accompagné d'une frise temporelle qui retrace toutes ses interventions, jusqu'aux plus récentes.
This is the second book in a series (after Barcelona Interiors 9789401485586) that presents the most inspiring interiors in the most beautiful cities in the world. London Interiors showcases famous and classic homes, converted industrial buildings, and historic mansions. This book takes you through the front door of homes in the bustling metropolis, and surprises you time and time again with eclectic, elegant, and creative interiors. A must-have for all architecture and interior design lovers.
Against a backdrop of growing cities and a changing approach to how we live, there are many reasons to refurbish a home. Our buildings must continue to evolve along with us?and that takes a little imagination. Societal shifts continue to impact our homes. People live longer, and often alone. Homes will need to be updated to accommodate a changing climate. ?Resourcefulness will also play a role in how we carve out living spaces in our cramped cities. Today's population living in cities is 3.9 billion, and it's anticipated to grow to 6.34 billion over the next 25 years. The vast majority of the planet's population now lives in an urban environment, which is a first in human history. These numbers are only going to grow, and increasingly this means not bulldozing and building on top of the rubble, but working with what we have.
The Home Upgrade looks beyond big budget projects and explores homes where the seemingly impossible has been achieved. For architects striking out on their own, such projects offer the opportunity to flex their muscles and lead a project for the first time. A home in Brooklyn, featured in the book, was refurbished after Hurricane Sandy ravaged the Eastern Seaboard in 2012. The living space was raised above the high-water line, an answer to the grim fact that once-in-a-generation occurrences are a new reality.
Historic conversions celebrate the unexpected relationship between old and new, and adaptive reuse projects reinvent the buildings around us. Exploring the most extraordinary transformations of recent years by leading studios, The Home Upgrade is an exhilarating look at the boundless possibilities of reimagining a home.
Turning away from traffic-choked streets and onto meandering country paths, urban residents increasingly are choosing to take up residence in greener pastures. Quiet and quaint, the countryside comes with its own pace of living - and depending on where you are, its own regional flair. Country and Cozy opens doors and pulls back the floral curtains to reveal a more characterful approach to interior design and decoration. Whether it's a converted outhouse in the south of France, a Latin American Finca, or a whimsical English cottage complete with a thatched roof, Country and Cozy showcases a series of beautiful country homes and illustrates how their inhabitants have created breathtaking living spaces that make the most of rural life. Â
What at first glance seems to be a limited solution reveals new and unexpected possibilities in this publication. Now in paperback, Duotone explores the possibilities and applications of two-colour printing technique, which uses either two shades of the same colour, black and one tint, or two different colours. This method brings out middle tones and highlights, and its results are vibrant, colourful and stunning, generating maximum expressivity while minimising production costs. The wide selection of projects in the book covers different design categories, from logos, brochures, posters, packaging materials, book covers, posters and exhibition materials to screen designs for corporate websites and promotional microsites. The variety of designs reveals the magic of duotone techniques and how designers and artists make full use of its possibilities to create dramatic and dynamic compositions. Duotone is the next big trend in graphic design. It enhances readability, makes the most of minimalist designs without overwhelming the eye, and is the perfect way to effortlessly create unforgettable atmospheres. AUTHOR: Wang Shaoqiang is a professor at the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts (China) and Doctoral Supervisor at the College of Arts and Humanities of the Macau University of Science and Technology. He is a prolific editor whose titles focus on design, art and lifestyle. He is also the editor of Design 360 Degrees magazine and Asia-Pacific Design yearbook. He has been invited to lecture at numerous universities, design academies and organisations, and he has been a jury member for China's most prestigious design and illustration awards. SELLING POINTS: . Now in paperback, this publication explores the possibilities and applications of the duotone printing technique . Duotone is the next big trend in graphic design, characterised by the search for maximum expressivity with the minimum costs . An inspirational title for professional graphic designers, students and anyone working in the graphic arts 300 colour illustrations
Building spaces of equilibrium: Norm Architects' humane simplicity creates environments that feel as good as they look.
Guided by ideas of wellbeing, the essence of Norm Architects' style is balance: richness focused by restraint, simplicity imbued with warmth, complexity heightened by order. Be it architecture, interiors, or furniture, Norm's unique brand of soft minimalism speaks to the mind as much as the body, creating spaces for people.
The first monograph by Norm Architects, Soft Minimal is their own curation of works that have made them key figures of Nordic design. It presents residential and commercial projects throughout Scandinavia, Italy and Japan as Norm reflect on Nordic traditions, modernist principles, and the importance of natural materials. Exploring a creative process that makes the visual speak to all senses, the book becomes insightful, inspirational, and deeply poetic.
Whether it's horror at plastic littering the world's beaches, or despair at the melting of the polar ice caps, the world is gradually waking up to the impending climate disaster. In The Green Imperative, Papanek argues for design that addresses these issues head on. This means using materials that can be recycled and re-used, no more pointless packaging, thinking about how products make us feel and engage all our senses, putting nature at the heart of design, working at a smaller scale, rejecting aesthetics for their own sake, and thinking before we buy.
First published at the close of the 20th century, the book offered a plethora of honest advice, clear examples and withering critique, laying out the flaws and opportunities of the design world at that time. A quarter of a century on, Papanek's lucid prose has lost none of its verve, and the problems he highlights have only become more urgent, giving today's reader both a fascinating historical perspective on the issues at hand and a blueprint for how they might be solved.
Parce que chaque chez-soi a besoin d'un tapis douillet, ce livre propose un tour d'horizon sur la création contemporaine des tapis. Les chapitres thématiques abordent ces créations par genre : ethniques, Art deco, contemporains et épurés ou arty. L'ouvrage propose également un point sur la provenance des matériaux, la qualité des design, les compositions et les techniques artisanales.
Réimpression du classique de l'histoire et de la critique architecturale consacré au concept de « mégastructure » à l'ère moderne. Dans cet ouvrage de 1976, le critique et historien Reyner Banham compile et analyse les propositions et les mythes ayant accompagné cette idée novatrice et visionnaire d'édifice à grande échelle aux innombrables utilisations et adaptations, cherchant à tracer son ascension enthousiaste, mais aussi sa chute rapide.
One of the last surviving members of the futurist generation, Bruno Munari's Design as Art is an illustrated journey into the artistic possibilities of modern design translated by Patrick Creagh published as part of the 'Penguin on Design' series in Penguin Modern Classics. 'The designer of today re-establishes the long-lost contact between art and the public, between living people and art as a living thing' Bruno Munari was among the most inspirational designers of all time, described by Picasso as 'the new Leonardo'. Munari insisted that design be beautiful, functional and accessible, and this enlightening and highly entertaining book sets out his ideas about visual, graphic and industrial design and the role it plays in the objects we use everyday. Lamps, road signs, typography, posters, children's books, advertising, cars and chairs - these are just some of the subjects to which he turns his illuminating gaze. How do we see the world around us? The Penguin on Design series includes the works of creative thinkers whose writings on art, design and the media have changed our vision forever. Bruno Munari (1907-1998), born in Milan, was the enfant terrible of Italian art and design for most of the twentieth century, contributing to many fields of both visual (paint, sculpture, film, industrial design, graphics) and non-visual arts (literature, poetry). He was twice awarded the Compasso d'Oro design prize for excellence in his field. If you enjoyed Design as Art , you might like John Berger's Ways of Seeing , also available in Penguin Modern Classics. 'One of the most influential designers of the twentieth century ... Munari has encouraged people to go beyond formal conventions and stereotypes by showing them how to widen their perceptual awareness' International Herald Tribune
In recent years, Japanese minimalism has become an emerging design force, and the essence of the Wabisabi aesthetic, the core of traditional Japanese aesthetics, is a simple beauty that can stand the test of time. Based on the concept of 'not stripping away its rhythm', designers have 'transformed' the traditional Wabi-sabi style to create a modern Wabi-sabi that is more in tune with modern aesthetic sensibilities. From the tennis player Maria Sharapova and American socialite Khloe Kardashian, to the domestic winner of the Asian Hotel Design Award, Wabi-sabi has become one of the hottest styles of the moment.
This book features over 30 Wabi-sabi style projects from around the world, ranging from commercial spaces such as hotels, showrooms and restaurants to residences, and presents a comprehensive look at the use of Wabi-sabi elements in contemporary interior design. Many of the most influential designers in the wabi-sabi genre are featured, including those who have created their own wabi-sabi homes.
