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The magnificent Crowley Thoth Tarot Deck contains the kabbalistic and astrological attributions described in Aleister Crowley's The Book of Thoth. The Crowley Thoth Tarot Decks currently available are published by AGMuller and distributed by U. S. Games Systems, Inc. [via]
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This guidebook is a travelling companion for those setting out to explore the creations of Carlo Scarpa, a Venetian architect. The introductory essay is followed by a complete catalogue of the buildings he built. [via]
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Der Erfolgsband Architecture Now aus dem Taschen Verlag hat Nachwuchs bekommen: Architecture Now 2 ist da und dem ersten Band in Gewicht, Ausstattung und in seiner architektonischen Bandbreite absolut ebenbürtig. Sogar das Motto ist immer noch gleich geblieben: "Zurück in die Zukunft" heißt es im Umschlag beider schwer gewichtigen Bände, die sich laut eigenen Worten auf "Die Suche nach einer neuen Architektur" begeben.
Auf den fast 600 dreisprachigen und reichlich mit Farbbildern ausgestatteten Seiten tauchen auch alte Bekannte aus Band eins wieder auf, beispielsweise Santiago Calatrava, Asymptote, Bernard Tschumi, Frank O. Gehry und Tadao Ando. Die vorgestellten Bauwerke aus allen Teilen der Welt sind allerdings nicht bekannt aus dem ersten Band, sondern brandneue, innovative und zum Teil noch gar nicht vollendete Architekturprojekte. Der Fokus bei der Auswahl liegt diesmal allerdings noch mehr auf der Zukunft und dem Experimentellen: Computergestütztes Design und auch nur komplett virtuell existierende Architektur kommen ebenso zum Zug wie funktionelles Bauen.
Der Herausgeber Philip Jodidio legt im Vorwort Wert darauf, dass auch ökologische, kostengünstige und an die Gegebenheiten angepasste Bauweisen vorgestellt werden und auch die Sanierung bestehender Gebäude thematisiert wird, da wir es in Zukunft massiv mit der Entscheidung abreißen oder sinnvoll sanieren zu tun haben werden. Für Jodidio ist und bleibt jedoch die Frage nach der Flexibilität eines Bauwerkes die alles entscheidende Frage in der Zukunft der Architektur: "Flexibilität und auch die Fähigkeit, sich funktionalen Notwendigkeiten und der Entwicklung der Zeit anzupassen, machen den grundlegenden Erfolg neuer Architektur aus."
Genau nach diesen Maßstäben sind die hier vorgestellten Projekte ausgewählt: von biologisch anmutender Gestaltung öffentlicher Gebäude bis hin zu minimalistischen Wohnhäusern ist alles dabei, was es an innovativer zeitgenössischer Architektur auf dem Globus gibt. Ein Muss also für jeden an Architektur Interessierten, ob Professional oder Laie, da es wohl in dieser Vollständigkeit kaum ein anderes Buch gibt. Und wer Band eins noch nicht kennt und nun noch ein paar Bilder sehen möchte, kann hier auch gleich einen Blick ins Buch werfen. --Gabi Bauer [via]
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These substantial volumes on art periods vividly portray the most important achievements from the areas of European architecture, sculpture, and painting. The impressive photographs of works from all visual arts movements are at the center of these richly illustrated volumes. The books successfully provide an overview of the artistic diversity of the individual periods, and they couldn't have been written and illustrated any more clearly. The informative and interesting texts have been written by renowned authors from the fields of history, architecture and art history, providing a multifaceted view of each period. These books are a real pleasure for anyone with an interest in art. [via]
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Bauhaus'
Great coffee table book as well as a excellent reference for a paper on this design movement. [via]
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Ever since the "fall of the Wall", Berlin has witnessed an unprecedented surge in new and re-construction, particularly in the area around Potsdam and Paris Squares, where the Wall cut an enormous swath through the city's centre. Striking multi-billion dollar complexes built by corporations such as Sony and Daimler have helped revitalize Berlin, bringing it architecturally in step with the rest of the world. But alongside these monuments to capitalism, are equally exciting developments in the city's residential architecture. This book looks at a number of extraordinary living spaces designed by leading architects, featuring colour photographs, floor plans, descriptive texts and biographies of the designers. From new private houses that are as complex as they are luxurious, to the widely lauded and wildly creative gentrification of the drab, concrete blocks that once symbolized the stagnation of the GDR era, these private spaces reveal the insurgence of youthful energy, ideas and optimism of Berlin. [via]
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The Complete Reprint of John Willie´s Bizarre Vols. 1 - 13. Edited by Eric Kroll. Benedikt Taschen Verlag 1995 [via]
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For almost 30 years Candida Höfer has photographed interiors, mostly representational spaces accessible to the public, such as staircases, lobbies, reading halls or exhibition spaces. Rather than staging them, she takes their picture in the state she finds them, with great discreetness and a touch of humour.
Libraries are a book producers dream. Since nobody photographs libraries as beautifully as Höfer, it seemed only natural for Schirmer/Mosel to dedicate her next publication to the splendid and intimate cathedrals of knowledge across Europe and the US: the Escorial in Spain, the Whitney Museum in New York, Villa Medici in Rome, the Hamburg University library, the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris, the Museo Archeologico in Madrid, and Pierpont Morgan Library in New York, to name just a few. Almost completely devoid of people, as is Candida Höfers trademark, these pictures radiate a comforting serenity that is exceptional in contemporary photography. [via]
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The architectural heritage of the French kings is nowhere as present as in the Loire Valley. Magnificent castles, sophisticated gardens and sweeping parks demonstrate both the monarchs' power and appreciation of art, attracting and fascinating uncounted visitors to this day. [via]
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› Find signed collectible books: 'China Style: Exteriors, Interiors, Details'
Two new titles in the "Icons" series, which provide a useful overview of design styles and feature colour photography throughout. [via]
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A comprehensive survey of the 60s: an indispensable reference book for collectors and design fans. [via]
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Design Classics: 1880-1930'
This work illustrates the earliest pioneers of 20th-century design, who devoted their time to creating what is now known as "Avantgarde design". It covers over 200 original pieces from the collection of Dusseldorf art dealer and collector Torsten Brohan. [via]
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Almost three years after putting our worldwide bestseller Los Logos together, dgv announces its much-anticipated follow-up. Dos Logos presents extensive examples of contemporary logo design in even greater depth and charts new developments in the field.
Done in the same format as the first volume, Dos Logos explores the exceptional visual language and stylistic approaches to logo creation by designers from around the globe. It is thoroughly indexed, catalogued by subject and systematically structured according to various search criteria.
In order to offer even more value to conscientious designers in terms of practicality, it also classifies the included work according to the industry or purpose for which it was designed (music, fashion, corporate, etc.). In addition, the book contains more unusual applications and a broader range of logos including those used on building facades, on clothing and as illuminated advertising.
Its scope and usefulness make Dos Logos the ultimate update on the current state of logo design. [via]
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Eileen Gray: Design and Architecture, 1878-1976'
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fantasy Worlds'
Es fällt schwer, Fantasy Worlds mit Worten zu beschreiben. Unglaublich, poetisch, fantastisch, faszinierend... sind nur einige Begriffe, die jedoch nicht an das heranreichen, was sich den Leser/innen in diesem Buch offenbart. Über 20 Jahre hat die Fotografin Deidi von Schaewen recherchiert, um die vorgestellten 103 "Visionary Environments" aus der ganzen Welt dokumentieren zu können. Was sie fand, sind Traumwelten, die Geschichten erzählen: persönliche, religiöse und kulturelle Geschichten. Die wohl bekanntesten Künstler und Künstlerinnen, die "Visionary Environments" erschufen, sind Antoni Gaudí, Friedensreich Hundertwasser und Niki de Saint Phalle. Doch diese drei bilden nur die Spitze eines Eisberges. In diesem Buch trifft man auf die Werke von Menschen, die irgendwann in ihrem Leben anfingen, ihre Umgebungen zu gestalten und -- die meisten ohne künstlerische Ausbildung -- sich so eine intime, eigene Welt kreierten, die sie abschottete von der äußeren Realität.
Die Ergebnisse sind überwältigend: Namen wie "Paradise Garden", "Junk Castle", "Bottle Village" oder "Palais Ideal" lassen nur erahnen, welche märchenhaften und eindrucksvollen Welten sie hervorbrachten. Die Begleittexte sind auf Englisch, Deutsch und Französisch. Die Informationen sind kurz und knapp, und das reicht vollkommen, denn dieses Buch lebt von seinen Bildern, den Farben und den Geschichten, die diese Bilder erzählen.
Der Titel Fantasy Worlds hält, was er verspricht! Aus Muscheln, Keramik, Scherben, Glas, Steinen, Schrott, Holz, Weggeworfenem und Gefundenem wurden hier Häuser, Parks, Gärten, Grotten, Kirchen, Mosaike, Reliefs, Installationen und Plastiken geschaffen, die faszinieren, verzaubern und immer wieder in Erstaunen versetzen. Oft kann man innen nicht von außen unterscheiden, Decke nicht von Wand, Wand nicht von Möbel. Die Künstler/innen sind über die Grenzen der Fantasie hinaus gegangen. Denn darum geht es letztendlich: das grenzenlose Ausleben einer Leidenschaft, die zur Lebensaufgabe wird. Mehrere Jahrzehnte arbeiteten die Visionäre an ihren Schöpfungen -- wie der indische Beamte, der den Rock Garden von Chandigarh erschuf, ein "modernes Weltwunder".
Tipp der Rezensentin: Planen Sie ihren nächsten Urlaub zu einigen Plätzen, die hier vorgestellt werden. Im Anhang finden sich die Adressen aller öffentlich zugänglichen Orte. Entdecken Sie eine Kultur, über die man heute noch nicht spricht, die aber (hoffentlich) mit Hilfe dieses Buches in die Alltagskultur einfließen und größere Beachtung finden wird. --Sandra Neumayer [via]
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Chung, Chuihua Judy / Jeffrey Inaba ( Rem Koolhaas / Sze Tsung Leong (Ed.): Great Leap Forward, Harvard Design School Project on the City, With many illustrations, EA, Köln, Taschen 2001, 25x20 cm, 722 S., OKart., sehr gut erhalten [via]
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Inside the Word/Au Coeur Du Mot: Au Cur Du Mot'
Philippe Apeloig (1962) has established his reputation in the international poster scene since the end of the 1980s with works of a rare constant quality and an unerring sense for what it takes to design a poster. His work, above all that with an explicitly cultural content, is well represented in the major collections. Numerous exhibitions, awards and membership of juries have sonsolidated his international reputation. The publication contains an overview of his work for the first time. [via]
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Edited by Lars Muller.
7.5 x 10.5 in.
415 illustrations [via]
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R. Buckminster Fuller's Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth, published in 1969, imagines our species as a crew, united by a shared fate, on a tiny spaceship traveling through infinity. It can be read even today as the most intelligent metaphor for thinking about humankind on this planet. Fuller accepted the challenge pre-sented by this metaphor, using his inventions and writings to contribute to the safe operations of Spaceship Earth.
This title is an exact facsimile of the 1969 edition. [via]
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This volume features the author's own compilation of quotations and aphorisms - the Stark philosophy in convenient form. Designs featured range from the three-legged lemon press to the fast food shop in Nimes. The text also includes architectural projects, interior design, and furniture. Select works are presented in chronological order, with emphasis on the more recent. Numerous photographs give a very personal view of the life and work of this designer. [via]
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Signs'
Une amusante collection de signaux du monde entier, révélant une certaine proximité entre les différentes cultures. Les photographies sont accompagnées d'explications quant à leur signification. Vous pouvez même apprendre des choses qui peuvent vous sauver la vie lors de votre prochain voyage ! [via]
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This volume features the author's own compilation of quotations and aphorisms - the Stark philosophy in convenient form. Designs featured range from the three-legged lemon press to the fast food shop in Nimes. The text also includes architectural projects, interior design, and furniture. Select works are presented in chronological order, with emphasis on the more recent. Numerous photographs give a very personal view of the life and work of this designer. [via]
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This volume features the author's own compilation of quotations and aphorisms - the Stark philosophy in convenient form. Designs featured range from the three-legged lemon press to the fast food shop in Nimes. The text also includes architectural projects, interior design, and furniture. Select works are presented in chronological order, with emphasis on the more recent. Numerous photographs give a very personal view of the life and work of this designer. [via]
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Biographien zu Nazi-Größen gibt es viele, warum also diese hier besonders hervorheben? Zunächst, weil ihr Gegenstand Albert Speer eine Ausnahme innerhalb der Hitler-Gefolgsleute darstellt, denn Speer war kein reiner Opportunist wie viele andere Nazi-Oberen und hatte zudem eine tiefgehende persönliche Beziehung zu Hitler. Zum anderen, weil das Buch selbst in hervorragender Form Speers Lebensrätsel auf den Grund geht.
Speers Laufbahn begann als Architekt für die NSDAP, wo er rasch zum Liebling des baubegeisterten Hitler wurde. Bis heute ist Speer vor allem durch seine in nazi-typischer "Despotenarchitektur" entworfenen Gebäude bekannt, weswegen ihn die Nachkriegs-Öffentlichkeit eher selten mit nationalsozialistischen Terrortaten verband.
Doch bereits als "Generalbauinspektor" war Speer in Verbrechen verwickelt. Belegt ist die Beteiligung von Speers Behörde an der Umsiedlung von Juden und die Kenntnis des Amtschefs hierüber. Ein krasser Gegensatz zu früheren Äußerungen Speers, in denen er von den Verbrechen der Nazis nichts gewußt zu haben vorgab. Ab 1942 brachte Speer als Rüstungsminister dann die deutsche Wirtschaft unter Ausbeutung von Zwangsarbeitern auf Kriegskurs.
Zu den Unerklärlichkeiten in Speers Leben gehört seine Verweigerung des "Nero-Befehls" 1945, mit dem Hitler den Alliierten nur zerstörtes Land hinterlassen wollte. Dies und seine Übernahme einer "Gesamtverantwortung" ersparten Speer vermutlich das Todesurteil im Nürnberger Kriegsverbrecherprozeß und brachten ihm statt dessen 20 Jahre Inhaftierung ein.
Fest gelingt es, Speers "merkwürdig ungereimten Charakter" zu erfassen und diese "ambivalente Figur" nachzuzeichnen. Er offenbart eine Persönlichkeit, die gleichermaßen intelligent und realitätsnah wie schwärmerisch war. Sein Realitätsbezug war es wohl auch, der Speer 1966 in den Gesprächen mit Joachim Fest gewisse Dinge schlicht "vergessen" ließ und der die so entstandenen "Erinnerungen" in ein trübes Licht rückte. Fest kann mit diesem Band nun eine wirklich tiefgehende Biographie Speers nachreichen. --Joachim Hohwieler [via]
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