This striking collection of jazz covers presents the designs that defined jazz, from the 1940s to the early 1990s. Each cover reproduction, spanning photographic and illustrative works, is a marriage of music and design. It is a remarkable history of jazz, with background information included for each cover. View Rating and Reviews Hardcover, 15.6 x 21.7 cm, 1.24 kg, 512 pages
Shoes A-Z. The Collection of The Museum at FIT / Автор: Daphne Guinness, Издательство: Taschen, Серия: , Страниц: 532, Переплет: Твердый, ISBN: 9783836596244
Psychedelia meets Black Power, sexual liberation meets social conscience, and street portraiture meets fantastical comic art in this epic volume of groove. Complete with cultural context, design analysis and interviews with key industry figures, the collection gathers more than 500 legendary record covers from a golden era of Black music. View Rating and Reviews Hardcover, 15.6 x 21.7 cm, 1.24 kg, 512 pages
From flea-market romance to space-age bachelor pad, whatever your style preference, you’ll find provocative interior design inspiration in this compilation of the world’s most original contemporary homes. With stunning images from acclaimed interior photographers, the best interiors from houses and apartments around the globe are here. Hardcover, 15.6 x 21.7 cm, 1.31 kg, 504 pages
It’s time for a reality check with the opposite sex. As part of her best-selling pictogram series, leading designer Yang Liu distills the experiences, challenges, and many perspectives facing men and women, from age-old clichés to current debates, from boardroom politics to bedroom antics. Clothbound, 13 x 13 cm, 0.21 kg, 128 pages
Latex, plastics, and fervent consumerism: discover the design trends and materials which literally shaped the American 1950s. This overview explores a decade of postwar rebuilding driven by idealistic vision and positive spirit, applied from the suburbs to the inner cities, and from furniture to metalware. This edition revives the rare and revelatory Decorative Art, The Studio Yearbook to trace the materials and styles behind the midcentury boom. Hardcover, 19.6 x 25.5 cm, 1.50 kg, 576 pages
Europe’s reputation as the center of the culinary world is confirmed with this expansive array of restaurant menus from across the continent. From extravagant bills of fare for royal feasts to delectable mid-century minimalist graphics, the gustatory customs of dozens of European countries are revealed in this encyclopedic design compendium. View Rating and Reviews Hardcover, 25 x 31.5 cm, 3.43 kg, 448 pages
