Design is one of the most fascinating cultural phenomena of the 20th century. This publication outlines the pioneer years of modern design history, tracing the development of the classic avantgarde design from 1880 to 1930 and showing 200 originals whichhave passed through the hands of Dusseldorf-based art dealer and collector Torsten Brohan.
ISBN: 3-8228-6876-0
Издательство:
TASCHEN
Дата выхода: декабрь 1999
Developed by a group of experienced designers from the apparel industry these inspired images are great for printing onto t-shirts and other clothing and accessories, CDs flyers, web pages and even as references for tattoo art. The illustrations are provided as print reference in the pages of the book and also provided on a companion CD-Rom where the files are available as both Illustrator EPS files and JPEG files, making them easy to modify and customise.
ISBN: 978-1-59253-499-9
Издательство:
Rockport
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
From cities across the United States, design firms have been selected to showcase their work in DesignersUSA No. 2 Each of these cutting age design companies have provided its own unique statement of purpose. This volume serves to illustrate graphic design`s unusual power that has come about due to the growing reliance of the modern world on visual communications to convey its messages.
Design in the 21st Century has liberated itself from industrial conditions and the associated physical demands. With new technology, expanded choice of materials and the practice of luxurious craftsmanship, designers are embracing design with scintillating attitude, challenging aesthetic boundaries and speculating new expressions in visual codes. "Desire" documents current developments in furniture and object design today, showcasing recent work by the most exciting and influential designers from around the globe categorised into four distinct trends and groups: Modernists, Taletellers, Inventors and Entertainers. Featured designers include: Designers, Ron Arad, Autoban, Maarten Baas, BarberOsgerby, Joost van Bleiswijk, BLESS, Jörg...
ISBN: 978-3-89955-218-8
Издательство:
Die Gestalten Verlag
Дата выхода: июль 2011
From the author of the internationally bestselling Sophie Kinsella novels, Madeleine Wickham`s newest novel features a house whose asking price includes a stunning renovation of dreams and Liz and Jonathan Chambers were stuck with two mortgages, mounting debts and a miserable adolescent daughter. Then Marcus Witherstone came into their lives - and it seemed he would solve all their problems. He knew the perfect tenants from London who would rent their old house: a glamorous PR girl, Ginny, and her almost-famous husband, Piers. But soon Liz is lost in blissful dreams of Marcus, Jonathan is left to run their tutorial college, and neither of them has time to notice that their teenage daughter is developing a passion for the tenants, Piers...
Liz and Jonathan Chambers were in trouble. Mortgage trouble. They`d stretched themselves to busting with their new exciting project - well, Liz thought it exciting - buying and managing the Silchester Tutorial College, and now couldn`t sell their old house. Here they were, stuck with two mortgages, mounting debts and a miserable adolescent daughter who hadn`t wanted to move anyway. Then Marcus Witherstone came into their lives - and at first it seemed he would solve all their problems. Marcus, senior partner in Silchester`s leading estate agency, was large, assured, and wore an expensive overcoat. He knew the perfect tenants from London who would rent their old house - glamorous PR girl Ginny and almost-famous Piers. Everything was going...
ISBN: 978-0-552-77224-2
Издательство:
Transworld publishers
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
A compulsive, edge-of-your-seat read from a bestselling author, combining glamour, thrills and dangerous passion Lisa Costello is leading a charmed life - until she wakes up the morning after her glamorous Thailand wedding to find her new husband Josh dead in their bed, the murder weapon in her hand. She remembers learning at the wedding that Josh had been unfaithful, but she certainly doesn`t remember killing him. As Lisa flees the scene for Europe, ex-FBI trainee Sam Murray is on her trail. Catching up with her, he`s quickly convinced she`s been set up, and they start to work out which of movie producer Josh`s many enemies could be behind the hit. It`s a race against time to unearth the truth and keep Lisa out of jail - or gunned down...
ISBN: 978-0-7553-3615-9
Издательство:
Headline Publ.
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Extensively revised by Nabokov in 1965--thirty years after its original publication--Despair is the wickedly inventive and richly derisive story of Hermann, a man who undertakes the perfect crime--his own murder.
ISBN: 978-0-679-72343-1
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: август 2011
