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(H/B) SPOON
Spoon is a definitive view of new product design, presenting the work of 100 exceptional designers who have emerged on an international platform as recently as the last five years: these are selected by 10 critics, designers and entrepreneurs who are universally respected for their informed opinion on the international contemporary design scene. This book provides provides a unique opportunity to explore a diverse collection of recent design projects: furniture, lighting, tools, utensils, high-tech products, machinery and so on. The design...
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(P/B) THE SCHLOSS MOYLAND MUSEUM
With the opening of the Schlob Moyland Museum in 1997 we are able, for the first time, to offer to the public a representative selection of the works of art that we have amassed in over half a century of eager collecting as private individuals. For many years our activity as collectors has primarily been associated with the numerous works by Joseph Beuys that we have acquired, in particular works from the earlier years, which are not to be found in such a concentration in any other collection. While certainly important and distinctive, thi...
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(P/B) WILHELM LEHMBRUCK MUSEUM DUISBURG
The December Uprising of 1905: At the end of 1905 twelve Duisburg citizens, well-known figures in public life, issued an 'Appeal'. To complement the Duisburg Museum Association, founded in 1902 in support of the erection of a museum building and up to this point focusing its interest on local cultural history, there were now moves to establish a separate group. In the future this was to work, together with the collector Karl Ernst Osthaus and his Folkwang Museum in Hagen and with the Union of Art Lovers in the Regions bordering the Rhine, ...
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(P/B) STIFTUNG SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEINISCHE
For anyone who imagines Germany's northern border running just above Hamburg, Gottorf Palace is bound to be an unknown quantity, for it lies some 60 miles north of the Hanseatic city, in the state of Schleswig-Holstein, an attractive, narrow strip of land between the North and Baltic Seas that borders on Denmark. Its most striking feature is the Schlei, a body of water that extends far inland, like a finger of the sea. Toward the end lies the city of Schleswig, and the massive Baroque palace surrounded by water. Centuries ago a highly impo...
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(H/B) A COLLECTION'S VISION
The Museum der Moderne Salzburg formally inaugurates its new home on the Monchsberg with an exhibition that offers a new sort of access to art: A Collection's Vision. Inspired by the notion of the individual's unique dialogue with works of art, this select display - ranging from Impressionism and 'Vienna around 1900' to video art and other contemporary art forms - is devised specifically to encourage each visitor to look, to perceive, to discern associations, and so to embark on an exciting, personal journey through the art history of the ...
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(H/B) TROPICAL ARCHITECTURE
The architecture in the Tropics, which cover nearly forty percent of the world's surface, is both diverse and complex, to meet the demands of an exploding concerns. With more than 300 photographs, illustrations and plans the author examines the continuum of tropical architecture from traditional, precolonial structures to the works of architects such as Le Corbusier, Oscar Niemeyer and Renzo Piano, who advocate an architecture that is sustainable and perfectly adapted to climatic conditions. (From the publisher)...
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(H/B) BERLIN
Colours of the Night reveals a surprising and fascinating face of Berlin, as the daytime Cinderella turns into a city of lights and a riot of colour with the onset of darkness. Light creates surreal spaces in which buildings sparkle like jewels on dark velvet. Light in its changing shapes fascinates photographer Leo Seidel - the cold light of neon adverts and on building sites, warm light from windows and streetlights ... or the unreal twilight that erodes all outlines and banishes contrasts. Nothing in his pictures is staged. He waits pat...
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(P/B) 50 GREAT ADVENTURES
Within these pages you'll travel around the world to meet an eccentric English earl, a Ming emperor and a French postman, a Fascist and a communist, eco-warriors, Utopian idealists, Indian maharanas, cowboys, the power-hungry, the erudite, the fabulously wealthy, and the borderline insane. In my travels I've come across some truly extraordinary man-made places, from stunning mansions, subterranean auditoria, hotels and churches to bizarre houses and breathtaking sports grounds. I've been particularly interested in places that blur the boun...
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(P/B) WEB DESIGN: E-COMMERCE
Have you ever bought online? Or better, how often do you buy online? Even if you have never bought online, you know that in fact all the stuff available to us "off line" is managed and mostly ordered online. Some years ago, with the rise of broadband and the popularisation of digital means of communication such as e-mail and instant messaging, many people and internet experts advocated the "death" of postal services. But what has actually happened is that these services, alongside credit card operators, became the big enablers of global e-...
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(P/B) MCCAY (VOLUME 6)
(...) BEST KNOWN FOR "LITTLE NEMO IN SLUMBERLAND", THIS VOLUME FEATURES McCAY'S OTHER CARTOONS. SELECTIONS FROM DREAM OF THE RAREBIT FIEND", "MR. GOODENOUGH", PERCIVAL SLATHERS", AND HIS NEW YORK EDITORIAL CARTOONS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS BOOK. McCAY'S UNIQUE ARTISTIC APPROACH TO THE COMIC STRIP MEDIUM, COMBINED SO SUCCESSFULLY WITH HIS UNCONVENTIONAL THEMES AND SOCIAL SATIRE, EARNED HIM BOTH PUBLIC AND CRITICAL ACCLAIM DURING HIS CAREER, AND A LASTING INFLUENCE UPON FUTURE GENERATIONS OF ILLUSTRATORS, CARTOONISTS, AND ANIMATORS. (...) (From ...
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(H/B) THE RED SEAS
When pirate captain Jack Dancer and the crew of The Red Wench raid a Spanish Galleon they little realise that within their plunder lies the missing chapter of a feared occult tome listing the nine million names of God. Dr Orlando Doyle, a fearsome sorcerer, has the rest of the book and together with his zombie crew he plans to retrieve the missing piece of this infernal puzzle. Using any means at his disposal he intends to utilise the dreaded book in a devilish deal to bring about the downfall of creation itself! Written by Ian Edginton (S...
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(P/B) THE SANDMAN (VOLUME 8)
Written by Neil Gaiman; Art by Michael Allred, Gary Amaro, Mark Buckingham, Dick Giordano, and various; Painted Cover by Dave McKean. A "reality storm" draws and unusual cast of characters together. They take shelter in a tavern, where they amuse each other with their life stories. Although Morpheus is never a focus in these stories, each has something to say about the nature of stories and dreams. With an introduction by Stephen King. (From the publisher)...
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EXPRESSIONIST FILM
This volume of fresh essays by leading scholars develops a new approach to expressionist film. For nearly half a century Siegfried Kracauer's From Caligari to Hitler and Lotte Eisner's The Haunted Screen have shaped the understanding of the cinema of this period. However, fifty years on, there is a growing awareness that a new account is overdue. This attempt to rewrite the story of expressionist cinema begins with a fundamentally new interpretation of Dr. Caligari, and together with fresh views of other expressionist classics, offers new ...
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(H/B) MAK ARCHITECTS
The future for MAK is international, the future is multi-disciplinary... In the years to come the practice will continue to evolve. The directors of MAK have always been exceptional leaders. They have always surrounded themselves with committed and exceptional individuals, they employ people who would enter the studio and challenge them and their clients with their own design motivation. They have always given every designer a large degree of creative freedom. This is the ultimate strength of the company. There is no 'in house' style. Ever...
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GLASS CONSTRUCTION MANUAL (H/B)
The construction manuals from Edition DETAIL have set new standards among architects and engineers. By documenting the historical use of glass, its physical properties and the principles for design and construction by way of numerous carefully researched examples, these books have justifiably become indispensible tools in the daily work of planning and building. The documentation of the use of glass, its physical properties, the basis for design and detailing, presented by way of numerous carefully researched examples, is responsible for t...
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GARDEN OF ART: VIC CICANSKY, SCULPTOR (P/B)
For over forty years Vic Cicansky has been creating sculptures that are whimisical, elegant, surreal, and above all, profoundly unique. Part biography and part journalism, THE GARDEN OF ART does not burden the reader with jargon-riddled critical analysis and lets Cicansky's distinctive brand of art speak for itself. [...] This first book-length treatment of his work is not only an excellent introduction for those new to Cicansky, but also includes valuable and incisive background material for those already familiar with his work. [...] (Fr...
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(P/B) THEATRE AND POLITICS IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
WHAT POLITICAL COMMENTARY, if any, is associated with "variety" theatre? What remains to be learned about the political objectives of Brecht's Lehrstrucke? What political power is resident in the satirical humor of Dario Fo's drama? How can drama teach political principles and entertain at the same time? What can we learn from Mordecai Gorelik's political/artistic philosophy that might inform contemporary practice? What was the impact of political theatre on Broadway between the wars? Is Thornton Wilder's Our Town the play we've always ima...
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TUNISIA (H/B)
Extraordinary, impassioned images invite you to visit a country that's so close to Europe that it seems to be easily within reach, while at the same time being so far away. Tunisia is the other face of the Mediterranean, on the same sea that touches the African and European coastlines, uniting and dividing the two continents. Tunisia is more than just a destination for fantastic holidays and a country that's taken the decision to promote tourism as a source of knowledge among peoples and civil development, there's a lot more to it than tha...
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(H/B) HAWAII FROM THE AIR
Seen from above, the Hawaiian Islands are fragments of a lost paradise, a string of pearls thrown across the blue velvet of the Pacific Ocean. This photographic journey takes in, as only the overhead camera can, the harmonious complexity of a volcanic and environmental system unique in the world. It guards rare and extraordinary natural treasures, from dense and heavily populated forests to the waters of the sea, home to dolphins and seals playing among the waves or passing humpback whales, the most magnificent and fascinating of the ocean...
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REEL HISTORY (P/B)
This book challenges the familiar negative assessments and recommends a more open-minded view of cinema. It suggests that movies can communicate important ideas about the past, but not in the way that teachers and scholars approach the subject when they deliver lectures or write books. [...] A book is vastly superior to a feature film as a source of detailed information and abstract analysis. Motion pictures cannot deliver a plethora of information or a variety of interpretive perspectives as effectively as a lengthy publication can. Never...
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