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A MAGAZINE 11: RODARTE

- A MAGAZINE

Issue 11 of ‘A Magazine’ explores the world of Kate and Laura Mulleavy of Rodarte. In an ode to the West Coast and the Mulleavy’s singular vision of America, A#11 weaves a vibrant tapestry of natural and built environments, featuring inspiring landscapes and the characters that inhabit those worlds, from the crowds on the beaches of Santa Cruz to California’s now extinct Grizzlies. 200 p, ills colour & bw, 23 x 29 cm, pb, English

9789077745106 | idea code: 11619 | $ 21.50

EC 157: STUDIO MUMBAI

- El Croquis

Studio Mumbai is a human infrastructure of skilled craftsmen and architects who design and build the work directly. Gathered through time, this group shares an environment created from an iterative process, where ideas are explored through the production of large-scale mock-ups, models, material studies, sketches and drawings. Projects are developed through careful consideration of place and a practice that draws from traditional skills, local building techniques, materials and an ingenuity arising from limited resources. The practice was started in 1995 by Bijoy Jain. Projects include the Studio Mumbai Work-Place in Nagaon, the Casa Tara in Kashid, the Leti 360 Resort in Leti, the Palmyra House in Nandgaon. Excerpts from a dialogue between Dr. Balkrishna V. Doshi and Bijoy Jain and an essay by Peter Wilson. 240 p, ills colour & bw, 25 x 34 cm, pb, Spanish/English

9788488386670 | idea code: 11507 | $ 99.50

EC 158: JOHN PAWSON - THE VOICE OF MATTER

- EL CROQUIS

John Pawson (1949), the father of modern architectural minimalism, is El Croquis’ featured architect. Pawson’s architectural career up to date has spanned a wide variety of projects: from Bruce Chandler’s private studio to Calvin Klein’s flagship store in Manhattan. This edition of El Croquis surveys 19 of his architectural projects. These include: the remodelling of churches in Hungary, Germany and France, the interiors of two yachts, a New Cistercian Monastery in rural Bohemia, and the walkway across the lake at Kew Royal Botanic Gardens. All projects are presented alongside texts, plans and photographs and are introduced with essays and a conversation between Pawson and Julie V. Lovine. 256 p, ills colour & bw, 25 x 34 cm, pb, Spanish/English

9788488386687 | idea code: 11625 | $ 94.00

GERD ARNTZ - GRAPHIC DESIGNER

- 010, Rotterdam 2011

As a politically engaged graphic artist and designer Gerd Arntz (1900-1988) portrayed the world in wood and linoleum cuts. During the 1920s, he conveyed his vision on social wrongs and the rise of Nazism in Germany in his prints. He did this in a simple, direct style. Together with Otto Neurath he designed the symbols for the ‘International System Of Typographic Picture Education’ (ISOTYPE). This book displays many Isotypes and explains the system and its context, and fives an overview of Arntz’s life and work. 288 p, ills colour & bw, 20 x 24 cm, pb, English

9789064507632 | idea code: 10599 | $ 60.00

ATLAS OF THE CONFLICT: ISRAEL-PALESTINE

- 010, Rotterdam 2011

This atlas of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict maps the processes and mechanisms behind the modification of the country during the last 100 years – both on a policy level and in its physical implementation on the ground. Alongside providing an indispensable reference book on the specificities of the conflict, the atlas also provides lessons on a broader front, particularly in connection with disputes over former colonial territories and natural resources. Illustrated throughout with full-colour illustrations, maps and diagrams. 320 p ills 400 colour 17 x 24 English hb

9789064506888 | idea code: 10560 | $ 60.00

I SWEAR I USE NO ART AT ALL. SECOND REVISED EDITION DESIGN BY JOOST GROOTENS

- 010, Rotterdam 2011

This book displays and dissects the career and design motives of graphic designer Joost Grootens. A monograph that works like an atlas, it charts in a systematic and neutral fashion the first 100 books designed by Grootens in the past 10 years. In three different chapters Grootens traces the course of his career, dissects his own book designs and shows at actual size a number of spreads of books he designed. 104 p, ills colour & bw, 22 x 27 cm, pb, English

9789064507199 | idea code: 11037 | $ 43.00

BIG - BJARKE INGELS GROUP

- ARCHILIFE

BIG is maybe the first Danish architectural office to be truly ‘glocal’ in the sense of both anchored in Copenhagen and clearly rooted in a particular cultural and political context – and at the same time being the most globally acting architectural office in Denmark. They may be regarded as one of the first real successful exponents for a new post-national identity operating within a new set of blurred cultural boundaries. Projects include The Danish Expo Pavillion, Helsingor Psychiatric Hospital, Sjakket Youth Centre, The Faroe Islands Educational Centre, Arlanda Airport Hotel, Shenzhen International Energy Mansion. Includes an essay by Geoff Manaugh and an interview with Bjarke Ingels by Jeffrey Inaba. Introduction by Boris Broman Jensen. 356 p, ills colour & bw, 26 x 30 cm, hb, English

9788996450818 | idea code: 10567 | $ 179.00

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19339755 | idea code: 11516 | $ 15.00

JAN KEMPENAERS - THE PICTURESQUE

- ROMA PUBLICATIONS

Many of the works of the Belgian photographer Jan Kempenaers are artistic presentations of fragments of our environment - landscapes, as we have come to call them. Some of these landscapes are "natural" ones and continue an overtly picturesque tradition, like for instance his arresting photographs of rocks and forest landscapes. Others may come across as "natural" but upon close examination they reveal the traces of man's intervention. 80 p, ills colour, 34 x 27 cm, hb, English

9789077459744 | idea code: 12007 | $ 48.00

FASHIONARY MENS EDITION (SMALL)

- FASHIONARY

The name ‘FASHIONARY’ comes from ‘Fashion + Dictionary + Diary’. This sketchbook is combined with extensive fashion information and blended figure templates. It is the perfect tool for brainstorming, fast sketching and quick referencing. Unlike the traditional templates, the blended templates are formed by dotted line and are barely visible; you can draw on the templates pages like you do on blank papers. 164 p, ills bw, 14 x 21 cm, hb, English

9789881831026 | idea code: 11382 | $ 26.50

FASHIONARY WOMENS EDITION (SMALL)

- FASHIONARY

The name ‘FASHIONARY’ comes from ‘Fashion + Dictionary + Diary’. This sketchbook is combined with extensive fashion information and blended figure templates. It is the perfect tool for brainstorming, fast sketching and quick referencing. Unlike the traditional templates, the blended templates are formed by dotted line and are barely visible; you can draw on the templates pages like you do on blank papers. 164 p, ills bw, 14 x 21 cm, hb, English

9789881831019 | idea code: 11381 | $ 26.50