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: More and more creatives are yearning to travel and have adventures in the great outdoors. The new scene that has emerged out of this development is designing original outdoor products, improving on existing ones, and reflecting on their experiences in new

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

Product Description: Its timeless beauty, premium quality, and humane functionality make Scandinavian interior design ideal for homes, restaurants, offices, and any other rooms in which people should feel comfortable. If the goal were to build a house in which everyone would like to live, the architect would likely be Italian, the engineer maybe German, the gardener probably British, and the craftspeople either Swiss or Japanese...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: Choosing a particular bicycle conveys an attitude and a way of life. For a young generation, bicycles have now replaced cars as the vehicles that best express its identity and this book shows why. Riding a bike is easy. Once someone can do it, they will never forget how...read more

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: Today’s visual culture is shaped by a vast wealth of influences from diverse styles, cultures, and eras. Handcrafts including crochet, papercraft, and the design of costumes and masks are being melded with the techniques of more traditional art forms such as installation, sculpture, collage, photography, and illustration...read more

Product Description: Today, luxury travel is having time for exceptional places and unparalleled experiences. The world has become smaller. Today, travel is simple, affordable, and no longer a true luxury. But there are still extraordinary places to discover and experiences to be had...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

Product Description: Melding rational forms with poetry, Mathieu Lehanneur has become a rising star of a new generation of designers. In only a short period of time the French designer Mathieu Lehanneur has established himself as a rising star of the global design community...read more

Product Description: Elegant Japanese products, architecture, and interiors that build upon tradition while defining the future of design. After the visual excesses of the first decade of the new millennium, there now appears to be a distinct demand for clear and rational, yet forwardthinking, design...read more

Product Description: No more boring lamps and lights! Many countries around the world have already banned or are in the process of phasing out traditional incandescent light bulbs in favor of more energyefficient lighting. Because these familiar sources of illumination are becoming extinct, the areas of lighting and light design are currently experiencing significant changes...read more

Product Description: To eat in a way that is better, more delicious, more aesthetic, and more passionate is the collective goal of an international scene comprised of independent producers, shops, restaurants, activists, designers, and event managers...read more