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Number of Titles Found: 7
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| Title: A Wandering Soul |
| By (author): Sandra Nedvetskaia |
| ISBN10-13: 390694641X : 9783906946412 |
| A wandering soul is a raw and intimate selection of poems and photographs. Inspired by nature, human behaviour, personal storytelling, existential worries, pain, love and fantasy. An intuitive dialogue of a poet with two outstanding contemporary photographers, all three artists share a tender appreciation of beauty and fleeting mementos reflecting a universe that is exquisite, yet contradictory and pierced with conflict and uncertainty. |
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Pages: 132
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| Published: About Books GmbH - September 2025 |
| Format: Hardback |
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| List Price: 40.00 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 21 |
| Title: 1 of: 7 |
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| Title: Baldness and Modernism |
| By (author): Peter Wilson |
| ISBN10-13: 3906946428 : 9783906946429 |
| The original bald and unconvincing narrative that triggered this book is that put about by Alison and Peter Smithson in their 1981 Heroic Period of Modern Architecture, limiting modernism to 1915â 1929. This fiction is re-contextualized with studies of iconic Bauhaus bald heads â Schlemmer, Itten, etc., such Literal Baldness is the subject of Part 1. Part 2 of Phenomenal Baldness unwinds the Bauhaus narrative put about by Walter Gropius, one that has held water for 100 years. Spin doctor Gropius manipulated his Bauhaus successes into a cornerstone of post WW2 modernism. Cracks in this story are now emerging along with the fact that Gropius was in hindsight, not a very good architect. Attacks on the Bauhaus like those by Rudolph Schwartz or Tom Wolf as well as a comprehensive list of Gropius hand-holders, and those edited out of his narrative are here explored. To conclude Gropius is compared to his contemporary Bruno Taut, a far more interesting and talented architect. This book like Peter Wilsonâ s previous Bedtime Stories for Architects or Some Reasons for Traveling to Italy is written in his unique anecdotal style, savoring Shandyisms and the quirks of history. |
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Pages: 212
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| Published: About Books - January 2025 |
| Format: Hardback |
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| List Price: 28.50 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 27 |
| Title: 2 of: 7 |
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| Title: Bedtime Stories for Architects |
| By (author): Peter Wilson |
| ISBN10-13: 3906946347 : 9783906946344 |
| Bedtime Stories for Architects, is a compendium of texts, built works and graphic work by Peter Wilson. It offers glimpses of buildings by the German based office of BOLLES+WILSON, but it is not a monograph, it presents a cloud of discursive subjects and narratives, evidencing Wilsonâ s take on a wide range of academic, technical, cultural, and architectural issues. It has been called â tremendously cutting-edgeâ , perhaps because of the wry humor of the stories and Wilsonâ s witty and intelligent drawings â these extend to satirical portraits of â bankers, estate agents, property developers and a few OK people. Much of the book is organized alphabetically like a childrenâ s book â A is for Albania, C is for Counterfactual Histories, G is for Guggenheim, M is for Malevich, O is for Olgiati, R is for Ritual. Counterfactual Histories (a concept from Borges) are paint-shop illustrated as surprising, poetic and enigmatic landscapes. â A Blue Reviewâ deconstructs a book on colour in architecture. Between the enigmatic graphic works are longer texts including Wilsonâ s extensive analysis of Studio Mumbai (first published in El Croquis), a longer investigation of the Swiss architect Valerio Olgiati and a history of Modernism in Wilsonâ s home country Australia. |
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Pages: 320
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| Published: About Books - January 2023 |
| Format: Hardback |
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| List Price: 28.50 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: Reprint under Consideration
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| Title: 3 of: 7 |
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| Title: Flies on Milk, Green Eggs & Ham |
| By (author): Morgan Betz |
| ISBN10-13: 390694607X : 9783906946078 |
| To coincide with the exhibition in Gemeente Museum Den Haag, a comprehensive publication in English exploring Morgan Betzâ s entire body of work. The title of the book is taken from one of Betzâ s favourite books as a child, Green Eggs & Ham by Dr. Seuss. Flies on Milk refers to a line from a poem by French Medieval poet Francois Villon. But just like the visual motifs Betz uses, the origin is no longer of any consequence in this choice and combination. Using a mix of Pop Art and comics Morgan Betz (*1974, Amsterdam) creates his own unique visual idiom in which art history in the form of â High Artâ colludes with â Low Artâ â comics and advertising images. Betz is a daydreamer who draws and paints what he sees. But he does not regard everything he encounters as a potential painting. The decision to turn it into art is the culmination of a long process of deliberation, searching and looking at images with potential, and images he simply finds interesting. As he does this, he visualises memories, associations and feelings. And so fences, windows and doors become gateways to the imagination. |
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Pages: 152
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| Published: About Books - April 2018 |
| Format: Paperback |
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| List Price: 22.00 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 8 |
| Title: 4 of: 7 |
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| Title: Mathematische Modelle 2019â 2024 |
| By (author): Lena Amuat, Zoe Meyer |
| ISBN10-13: 3906946401 : 9783906946405 |
| The third volume of the artistâ s book â Mathematical Models 2019â 2024â by Lena Amuat & ZoÃ" Meyer shows a selection from their series of mathematical models. Since 2009, the artists have been photographing mathematical models in various scientific and university collections in Europe. The images are all photographed analog on 35mm film. |
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Pages: 48
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| Published: About Books - September 2024 |
| Format: Paperback |
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| List Price: 22.25 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 127 |
| Title: 5 of: 7 |
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| Title: Wyoming |
| By (author): Valerio Olgiati |
| ISBN10-13: 3906946444 : 9783906946443 |
| This book presents for the first time the Wyoming Project, a commission conceived and designed by Swiss architect Valerio Olgiati in collaboration with Kanye West in the Wyoming desert. |
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Pages: 80
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| Published: About Books - March 2026 |
| Format: Paperback |
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| List Price: 84.00 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: Temporarily Out of Stock, more expected soon |
| Title: 6 of: 7 |
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| Title: 12 Alphabets & Applications |
| By (author): Rosmarie Tissi |
| ISBN10-13: 390694638X : 9783906946382 |
| This publication presents twelve new alphabets and their application in Rosmarie Tissiâ s work, eight of which are published here for the first time. Text contributions by Paula Scher, Herbert Lechner, Florian Hardwig. Rosmarie Tissi is a graphic designer based in Zurich. Following her studies at the School of Applied Arts in the same city, she went on to forge a long-standing career as one half of the renowned studio Odermatt & Tissi. Maintaining a partnership while working separately in each oneâ s commissions, Tissi went on to become one of the most important female graphic designers of the 20th century. From posters to banknotes, from textbooks to typefaces, and from logos to complete visual identities, her work has spanned myriad fields and remains a source of inspiration for designers to this day. |
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Pages: 40
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| Published: About Books - October 2024 |
| Format: Paperback |
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| List Price: 22.25 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 121 |
| Title: 7 of: 7 |
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