More than 100 proposals from all over the world envisioning the habitat of the future.
The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia and the technology company HP have developed an international contest with the idea of “self-sufficient city”. It is an invitation to reflect on how we will live in the near future in the light of the social, cultural and [...]
Aperture is pleased to offer a second and very special edition from artist Jowhara AlSaud. AlSaud’s work has recently been seen in several group exhibitions including the Edge of Arabia show at the 2010 Berlin Biennial. Ten/Ten is another work from her Out of Line series. As the artist states: “This body of work [...]
Rotovision presents Reinventing Letterpress by Charlotte Rivers
Reinventing Letterpress is a lusciously tactile, desirable, take-anywhere bundle of letterpress work. Letterpress is in the throes of a revival, with designers and creatives of all kinds rediscovering the artistic opportunities this most traditional of printing techniques has to offer. The letterpress look taps into the popularity of the [...]
Lars Muller presents BLINDHÆÐIR East Iceland, edited by Editions Attitudes, Geneva
Silvia Bachli and Eric Hatan spent four months, from March to June, in Seydisfjordur in eastern Iceland. The landscape they explored on their daily walks is dominated by snow, which shapes the atmosphere in and around the fjord with its changeable forms: turquoise meltwater, frost [...]
A monograph by Jackie Higgins on one of the most famous fashion photographers of the twentieth century.
David Bailey is one of the most famous fashion photographers of the twentieth century, part of a new generation who revolutionised the medium in the 1960s and made stars of models such as Jean Shrimpton and Penelope Tree. He [...]
Call for papers for a monographical issue of E|C – Rivista dell’Associazione Italiana di Studi Semiotici.
Visual peritext: covers and other visual presentation strategies
Edited by Luca Acquarelli, Michele Cogo, Francesca Tancini
By peritext, within his categorization of literary works, Genette means the part of a paratext that is found “inside the text, within the space occupied by [...]
Your Chance Encounter. Photographs by Olafur Eliasson is a new book by Lars Muller Publishers.
The acclaimed Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson developed a sequence of spatial experiments for his Your Chance Encounter exhibition in the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan. His piece challenges visitors to move around and get their bearings, and stimulates [...]
Rotovision presents The Graphic Design Exercise Book by Carolyn Knight and Jessica Glaser. Reignite a designer’s creativity while also imparting new skills. Whatever their age or experience, graphic designers like to be creatively challenged, and may also want to broaden their skill-base in order to break into new and lucrative areas of the design industry.
Indian art publishing house Tara Books is delighted to announce two new releases dedicated to children.
The Churki-Burki Book of Rhyme by Gita Wolf & Durga Bai. Childhood rhymes and songs relate a charmed tale of growing up in a tribal village in central India. Churki and Burki are two sisters who spend [...]
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