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A companion catalogue for Viva la Revolución: A Dialogue with the Urban Landscape. The last decade has seen the rise of artists who have rejected academia and embraced youth and urban culture as their inspiration - instead of idyllic settings, these artists are inspired by the buldings, vehicles, people, and advertisements of the city. This show represents the pinnacle of this progression through an epic converbence of 20 artists from around t...

On the outskirts of civilization, where suburban man stumbles over nature, an untold drama is taking place. A relentless effort by present day frontiersmen to tame and overcome the inhospitable California desert. Rudy VanderLans takes us to the heart of this spectacle, where suburban elements meet vacuous space, where dubious claims of commerce stand fragile against a harsh light, where contemporary dwellers impose incongruous notions of luxur...

Ryan McGinness started a design firm called EGO. EGO favors an honest, pragmatic approach to solving problems. Their thoughtful work is in direct opposition to the over-hyped style-based design served up by many other firms. Contemporary design books gravitate towards empty design that is little more than eye-candy. The Difference Between Telling and Selling is a revelatory guide to a more process-oriented approach that provides insight and su...

Surf to Skate - Volume 2 picks up where the first tome left off. In the 70s skateboarding gear made quantum leaps in performance and aesthetics. On the performance side, experimentation ruled the decade. The polyurethane wheel forever obsolesced the clay and metal models of the 60s. Meanwhile, the decks grew larger as manufacturers tried different materials ranging from plywood to fiberglass and composites of the two. On the aesthetic front, s...

Landscape Design examines innovations and inventiveness in current landscape architecture. The bookfeatures a variety of projects from around the world including: commercial properties, private residences, and government and public buildings. Local environments have been highly considered by the designers, and have thus played a large role in the plant life, building materials, utilization of space, and topographicalelements. Many of the lands...

The spread of vertical gardens in recent years is a welcome addition to our visual environment with businesses, homeowners and public institutions alike incorporating ¿green walls¿ into their landscape design strategies. This book presents the ultimate guide for anyone interested in this burgeoning field. Through an in-depth interview with the renowned inventor, Patrick Leblanc, readers gain insight into his research in the field, noteworthy p...

Whether it glows lustrously from neon, eminates purely from LEDs or radiates with intensity from lasers, this elemental medium, light, fascinates artists and viewers alike. Lust for Light selects works by artists who have used light as a primary or catalyzing agent in the featured pieces. Taking a dynamic approach in its curation, the book features the use of illumination in more traditional gallery forms as well as in three dimensional and la...

Independent producers and DJs have been busy creating world class music in bedrooms, kitchens and garages for years. Meanwhile, photographer Raph Rashid has traveled the globe, gaining access to these inner sanctums, one by one. The tremendous variety of set-ups and layouts used by in-home producers is artfully documented in the pages of Back to the Lab. Intimate photos of the creators amongst their instruments, gear, record collections and ep...

Exploring layout design from the inside out, Flipping Pages offers an insightful look at what makes book design really sing. This useful book opens with its most practical chapter - Laid Out for all to See. Herein, the elements of an optimal layout design, from symmetry to composition, the use of grids, paragraph rules, and best practices for production-ready files are explained in great detail. The book then moves on to provide ample material...

In their second volume, Modart coins a new term, Moussism, to describe a post-everything era in the arts. According to the editors, Moussism is a non-traditional community-based movement, which is not limited to a period, place or classical notion of aest

By the mid 1970s, the Southern African nation known as the Republic of Zambia had fallen on hard times. Though the country's first president Kenneth Kaunda had thrown off the yoke of British colonialism, the new federation found itself under his self-imposed, autocratic rule. Conflict loomed on all sides of this landlocked nation. Kaunda protected Zambia from war, but his country descended into isolation and poverty. This is the environment in...

Drawing inspiration from the past is fertile ground for designers who can update classic iconography to create modern designs that evoke the charm of previous decades while staying true to a client's needs. These creatives blend the look and feel of vintage logos with retro clip art and period colors to respond to market trends and communicate a brand's mission. With reverence and skill, the designers included in this volume have produced some...

Speed Demons and Super Heroes are the latest themes in the bestselling Paper Toys series, a wonderful collection of interactive craft books that allow children to pop out and build their own paper toys. Each volume in the series is rendered by a different talented artist in complementary designs, lending a stylized look to the fanciful creations. Printed on durable cardstock and die-cut, each toy is easy to assemble with no glue or scissors ne...

For many of us, eating out is one of the supreme pleasures in life. The experience exposes us to the talents of a legion of chefs and entrepreneurs who find fulfillment in creating subtle and original experiences for our palates. This consideration does not stop at taste, but extends to the other senses as well, providing new combinations of form, color and texture that can comfort or tantalize. This can also be true of the design of restauran...

The much anticipated follow-up volume to our bestselling 2011 title Installation Art, this is the most impressive collection of renowned avant-garde installation pieces to-date. Only top-tier projects are featured, including biennale pieces from many different countries. Interior gallery and museum installations encourage poetic new ways of looking at enclosed space, while exterior projects on both large and small scales astound through their ...

Modern living typically represents the compromising of a diverse number of considerations in place of the practical. We make our dwellings conform to our lifestyles, but most in the end are constrained by issues of space or cost. For the houses featured in this volume, no concessions have been made. Spanning the globe and featuring some of the most magnificent projects of recent years - most of which utilize new innovations in engineering and ...

Packed full of gorgeous, well photographed images, Contemporary Living Space highlights the best of international living spaces from luxury homes to the less-often featured but very important variety of well-designed apartment spaces. Sleek and ultra modern, these spaces are light, airy, and utilize elements like recycled wood and eco-friendly lighting. Both aesthetically appealing and smart, the spaces featured are the result of the designers...