Découvrez la fine fleur de l'habitat contemporain mondial. Cette anthologie soignée présente des architectes renommés, comme Shigeru Ban et Marcio Kogan, aux côtés de talents prometteurs, parmi lesquels Xu Fu-Min, Vo Trong Nghia, Desai Chia et Shunri Nishizawa. Classé par architecte et richement illustré par des plans et des photographies soignées, cet ouvrage offre un tour d'horizon complet de la maison actuelle.

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.
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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.

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.

Dessiner des maisons privées suppose pour l'architecte de relever des défis et de trouver des aménagements très spécifiques. Si l'échelle est plus modeste que celle des projets publics et que l'équipement technique est moins complexe que sur un site industriel, les préférences, exigences et projections de personnalités singulières deviennent prioritaires. Le plus délicat est de transformer toutes les associations sensibles et les exigences pratiques de la "maison" en réalité concrète et construite.
Cette publication rassemble 100 maisons parmi les plus intéressantes et les plus innovantes de ces vingt dernières années et présente une pléiade de talents, nouveaux ou confirmés, comme John Pawson, Shigeru Ban, Tadao Ando ou Zaha Hadid, Herzog & de Meuron, Daniel Libeskind, Alvaro Siza et Peter Zumthor. Correspondre aux rituels quotidiens - manger, dormir, s'abriter - tout en offrant un espace pour développer expérience personnelle et relations, voilà l'architecture dans ce qu'elle a de plus élémentaire et de plus intime.
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250 extraordinary private spaces from the world's most creative people, past and present - now with a striking blue cover.

Life Meets Art is a fascinating collection of 250 extraordinary interiors that are the private homes and studios of the world's most creative people - past and present. The book takes you inside the homes of some of the world's most talented creatives in the spheres of art, design, fashion, literature, music, film, and theater. This unparalleled collection provides a fascinating opportunity to see inside the spaces in which the greatest creatives in history - painters, sculptors, novelists, poets, actors, fashion designers, composers, musicians, architects, and more - lived and worked, and in which some of the world's most celebrated masterpieces were created. Lire la suite Fermer

Ce catalogue, qui rassemble ce qui se fait de mieux en matière d'inspirations pour la décoration d'intérieure, couvre six continents et visite les plus parfaites demeures de Biarritz au Brésil.

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.
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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.

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.

Un livre de référence complet de plus de 500 motifs dans six styles de design, un incontournable pour toute personne impliquée dans le textile et les arts décoratifs.

- 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.

L'intégrale Zaha Hadid. La monographie mise à jour de la première grande architecte du XXIe siècle.

Zaha Hadid fut une architecte révolutionnaire. Pendant des années, elle fut saluée dans le monde entier par la critique et de nombreux prix malgré des projets rarement menés à leur terme, dont certains disaient même qu'ils étaient impossibles à construire. Pourtant, durant les dernières années de sa vie, ses idées audacieuses ont été réalisées, insufflant un répertoire nouveau et unique en architecture à des villes et des projets dont la Maison du port à Anvers, le stade Al Janoub au sud de Doha (Quatar) et le spectaculaire nouveau terminal aéroportuaire de Beijing.
À sa mort, en 2016, Hadid appartenait définitivement à l'élite de l'architecture mondiale et travaillait sur des projets en Europe, en Chine, au Moyen-Orient et aux États-Unis. Elle demeure la première femme à avoir reçu à la fois le prix Pritzker d'architecture et la prestigieuse médaille d'or royale RIBA, avec son partenaire de longue date Patrik Schumacher, désormais directeur de Zaha Hadid Architects. Réalisé à partir de l'imposante monographie TASCHEN, cet ouvrage est désormais disponible en une édition mise à jour et plus accessible, qui aborde l'intégralité de son travail jusqu'à ce jour. À travers une profusion de photos, des esquisses détaillées et les propres dessins de Hadid, ce volume retrace l'évolution de sa carrière au fil de ses constructions les plus avant-gardistes, mais aussi de ses créations en design ou en aménagement intérieur, le tout formant un univers singulier, unique au XXIe siècle.
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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

Charlotte Perriand was one of great designers of the twentieth century. A pioneer of modernism, her work was often overshadowed by her more famous male collaborators, who included Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret and Jean Prouve. However, in recent years her reputation as a furniture designer and architect has matched the stature of her peers - her furniture in particular has become highly prized by collectors. From the 1920s onwards, Perriand was instrumental in bringing the modernist aesthetic to interiors. But she also believed in the synthesis of the arts and was friends with visual artists such as Pablo Picasso and Fernand Leger. This book will explore Perriand's journey from the machine aesthetic to her adoption of natural forms, and from modular furniture systems to major architectural projects such as Les Arcs ski resort. Featuring some of her most famous interiors, as well as her original furniture, her photography and her personal notebooks, this book sheds new light on Perriand's creative process and her place in design history. It will accompany the forthcoming Design Museum exhibition of the same title, which will coincide with the twenty-fifth anniversary of Perriand's last significant presentation in London, held at the Design Museum in 1996.
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From deep in the countryside of southwest France comes a comprehensive guide to surrounding yourself with French country style wherever you are. Capturing the beauty and quietude of the region, interior designer and journalist Sara Silm distils the unique colours, textures and flavours of this distinctive corner of the world.

Inherent in Sara's detailed knowledge of French country style are philosophical lines drawn between colour, temporality, style, sensation and season, such that every design choice is a contemplation of time and place. Nowhere is this more clearly felt than in her unique colour palettes, inspired by the patina of weather-beaten shutters, of local brick and fading roof tiles, violet-hued ice cream and rolling hills bursting to life in spring.

Coupling detailed, practical design knowledge with evocative notes on rural French life and choice recipes, How to French Country offers a path to gentler living and refocusing on all that we hold dear.
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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.

Entre banque d'inspiration et guide pratique, ce nouvel opus de la série de livres édités par Tyler Brûlé et l'équipe de la revue Monocle aborde le sujet de la maison. Il la présente comme l'incarnation du confort mais aussi de nouvelles aspirations contemporaines et met en avant des projets d'habitat anciens et récents, des communautés qui vivent en autarcie et des habitats collectifs écologiques, et rassemble une sélection d'articles sur les nouvelles manières d'envisager le chez soi.

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
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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 foison 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 profuse d'inspiration 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.
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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.

With 141 illustrations, 26 in colour
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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.
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Whether it s a yearning to escape the stress of day-to-day existence, or a desire to live more sustainably and to get closer to nature, more and more people are finding reasons to go off-grid, high above the ground. Today s treehouses have evolved into shapes and sizes that nobody could ever have dreamed of. Philip Jodidio takes us on an exciting international tour of more than 36 structures, revealing how they are designed, built, and appreciated in a wide array of cultures and settings. Each treehouse is presented with breathtaking exterior and interior photography, giving readers an in-depth glimpse of this rapidly evolving symbiosis between nature and shelter, indoor and outdoor, and rustic and polished, in a definitive examination of tree-house living. For people interested in eco-friendly living, this book presents the most innovative inter-pretations of the genre, from a house nestled in the tree trunks of Norway to a hexagon-shaped shelter in Mystic, Connecticut.
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Known for his dynamic personality and extravagant style, Vincent Darre the enfant terrible of Paris s design world presents a debut monograph brimming with his hallmark flamboyant whimsy, unrivaled imagination, and Gallic flair. As a fixture of the city s nightlife scene and member of its exclusive artistic circles, Darre is arguably one of its most creative residents (prior to launching his decorating career, he held posts at top fashion houses) which comes through in his instantly recognizable interiors: think Surrealist furniture, dizzying patterns, and spirited color combinations. Boasting over 200 vibrantly colored photographs, this exquisite tome takes readers on a journey into Darre s world of conversation-starting spaces. From his signature furnishings, such as the Grenouille nightstand, and maximalist use of prints (cue the Little Prince Bedroom), to his expert use of vivid hues, he offers an intimate glimpse into the singular, utterly enthralling universe of one of the design world s most eccentric, quirky, and celebrated members.
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