Product Description: Today’s glamorous chambers of curiosity are to apartment design what the dandy is to fashion. The most fascinating apartments have always been those that reflect the essence of their interesting occupants. These apartments function as showcases for indivi

Product Description: In a busy world, finding a personal refuge has become increasingly important. Architects and interior designers are creating atmospheric spaces for relaxation, leisure, and wellness―places to let go, take it easy, chill out, and refocus...read more

Product Description: Clever and sometimes even breathtaking, these new spaces promote new forms of work, creativity, and collaboration. The way we work is currently undergoing fundamental changes. Thanks to globalization and digitalization on the one hand and evolving corporate cultures, collaboration methods, working procedures, and hierarchical structures on the other, a range of new opportunities are opening up for both employers and employees...read more

Gabrielle (Coco) Chanel had an extraordinary influence on twentieth-century fashion. This beautifully illustrated book presents more than one hundred examples of Chanel's work and that of the House of Chanel following her death in 1971 and documents her lasting contribution to fashion and design.Essays explore her famous Chanel suit and "little black dress" and her use of sheer and transparent materials as well as gold and reflective fabrics. The volume also focuses on the grammar of Chanel: bi-color shoes, her famous handbag, fantasy jewelry, her symbolic camellia, and, particularly, her perfume. The book demonstrates that Chanel's designs were of paramount importance in defining the look of the modern woman in Europe and America.

Product Description: Let’s Go Out! presents engaging architecture and interior design for restaurants, bars, and clubs.The pleasure we get from going out to eat, drink, and spend time together no longer just depends on the quality of food and beverages offered and the company we keep...read more

Product Description: The architecture of the last several decades was shaped by the need for individual representation and demarcation. Today, a growing countermovement is focusing on the development of public space as a means to get people together in order to exchange ideas or share experiences...read more

Product Description: New spaces for new learning―not just in kindergartens, schools, and universities. How well we learn is directly linked to where we learn. In our digital age, an enormous amount of information is easily accessible. Against this background and because lecture-style teaching is no longer popular, knowledge is inevitably passed on differently now than in previous times...read more