$140.00 (Hardcover book / Birkhauser / ISBN:9783764386443)
Patterns 2: New Design, Art and Architecture
With more than ten thousand copies sold of Patterns in Design, Art and Architecture, now comes Patterns 2, the new volume of the successful pattern book. Once again, the publication presents extraordinary works by leading firms, artists, designers, and architects such as Michael Lin, Rem Koolhaas, and Marimekko. Since the first volume was published, the subject of patterns has continued to evolve: colorful patterned wallpapers have returned to private homes; patterns have become a determining factor in graphic design and architecture; and designers are asked to design an ever-increasing variety of new ornaments and pattern repeats. Patterns 2 provides the necessary inspiration. It describes current trends, presents contemporary experiments, and situates the development within the cultural-historical context. For this follow-up volume the editors have broadened the focus. In addition to architecture, design, and art, Patterns 2 now contains patterns from fashion and the sciences. These include graphic representations of whale songs and genetic codes and the latest creations of fashion designers like Paul Smith and Eley Kishimoto.
August Art and Design
Patterns 2: New Design, Art and Architecture
$140.00 (Hardcover book / Birkhauser )
With more than ten thousand copies sold of Patterns in Design, Art and Architecture, now comes Patterns 2, the new volume of the successful pattern book. Once again, the publication presents extraordinary works by leadin... More »
Performances: 1971 to 2008
$199.00 (Hardcover book / Black Inc )
Mike Parr is Australia’s most significant performance artist. His contribution to the development and establishment of performance art in Australia remains continuous and resolute. Parr’s dedication and research into the... More »
Jon Cattapan: Possible Histories
$49.95 (Paperback book / Melb Univ Press )
Jon Cattapan: Possible Histories traces Cattapan's art from his student days to the present. Beginning with the Dadaist grotesquerie and surrealist erotica of Melbourne's 1970s punk scene, it traces Cattapan's themes of ... More »
Leisurama Now: The Beach House For Everyone 1964
$68.00 (Hardcover book / Princeton Archit. Pr )
Who doesn't dream of owning a second home at the beach? Well, in the early 1960s, it was a snap even for the working class. For as little as $590 down and $73 a month, you could walk into Macy's and leave with a fully fu... More »
Formulas For Now
$39.95 (Hardcover book / Thames And Hudson )
Imagine if the whole of life were reducible to a single formula. The results are not just unexpected but as weird and as wonderful as life itself. Many of the most creative and original minds of our time - more than a hu... More »
The Australian House
$50.00 (Paperback book / Pesaro Publishing )
A fresh new approach to Australian architecture… The Australian House features 46 recent houses by Australia’s best architects.
These spectacular and provocative houses point to the way of the future… for living in t... More »
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