Nomadic Homes. Architecture on the move (bazar)

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In this illustrated volume about nomadic homes, Philip Jodidio explores some of the most remarkable examples of homes on the move, from revamped Airstreams and clever luxury houseboats to refugee housing by Shigeru Ban. In an abundance of shapes, sizes, and extremes, each abode is presented with interior and exterior photography and a profile of its concept, designer, and inhabitants.

Nomadic homes come in all shapes and sizes. They are for the wealthy and the poor, the trendy and the out-of-luck. Changing one’s place of residence is an endeavor that is as old as humanity, for reasons of season, or, more recently, to better occupy leisure time.

Written and edited by Philip Jodidio, this volume with illustrations by Russ Gray contains some of the most remarkable examples of homes on the move. Starting with totally revamped Airstream mobile homes, and going on to spectacular moveable vacation houses of the Epic Retreats “pop-up boutique hotel” in Wales, this book doesn’t stop moving, surveying the best in campers and tents, and going on to extravagant marine dwellings like BIG’s Urban Rigger, or the Manta Underwater Room in Zanzibar. At the other end of the spectrum, we find refugee housing for those forced into a life on the move, including shelters designed by the Pritzker Prize–winning architect Shigeru Ban.

What we discover throughout is that the nomadic spirit of our hunter-gatherer ancestors is very much alive in the modern world. Where architecture has often sought stability and thus the lack of movement, modernity has brought a sense of the finite, and a good deal of modesty about posterity and longevity. What more contemporary thought could there be than to seek nothing so much as to move, to grow perhaps, but always to move. “A good traveler,” said the ancient Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu “has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.” As this book ably shows, it is the journey that counts.

The editor

Philip Jodidio studied art history and economics at Harvard, and edited Connaissance des Arts for over 20 years. His TASCHEN books include the Architecture Now! series and monographs on Tadao Ando, Norman Foster, Renzo Piano, Jean Nouvel, Shigeru Ban, Oscar Niemeyer, and Zaha Hadid.

The illustrator

Russ Gray is a designer/illustrator based in Salt Lake City, Utah, and runs his own creative studio, Russ Gray Design. He has been creative director and senior designer at several agencies working for worldwide brands such as Disney Publishing, Google, Franklin Mill, Chapters/Indigo, and New Scientist Magazine.

&Fork: 100 Designers, 10 Curators (bazar)

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A global survey of 100 of the world’s most exciting and important young product designers, as selected by 10 renowned design experts.

Each designer’s work is represented by a striking selection of colour images and is accompanied by a commentary written by the curator who selected them.

Essential for product designers, students and design enthusiasts, as well as anyone looking for a comprehensive reference book on the world’s best young designers and their work.

Hollywood in the 30s (bazar)

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From Chaplin’s last silent films to the colorful Wizard of Oz In the 1930s, the legendary City of Cinema moved from the silent era to the talking picture. It was a decade of pomp and excess in the motion picture capital, of glorious stardom and megalomaniac directors; a time when politicians and the mob all wanted a piece of the thrilling action. It was the age of the Marx brothers, Greta Garbo, Frankenstein, and Gone with the Wind, Charlie Chaplin's bowler hat and moustache, Marlene Dietrich's androgynous glamor, and Jean Harlow's perfectly positioned beauty spot. In this tribute to Tinseltown's finest age, illustrator Robert Nippoldt and film critic Daniel Kothenschulte team up to pay homage to the creators, characters and charisma that made up this golden era. With his evocative illustration style, previously showcased in TASCHEN's Jazz: New York in the Roaring Twenties, Robert Nippoldt captures the scene with all its seduction, celebrity, and its grit. In the accompanying text, Kothenschulte profiles the movers and shakers of the age, as well as its most groundbreaking developments across movie direction, music, costume, scenery and beyond. Brimming with elegance and energy, this enchanting journey in images and words takes the reader back in Tinseltown time, direct to the heart, and the sheer movie-making thrill, of a decisive cinematic decade.

Úžasná planeta (bazar)

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Úžasná planeta představuje 111 nejkrásnějších míst na zemi. Zahrnuje všechny kontinenty a rozmanitá prostředí: ledovce, horská jezera, pouště, oceány, kaňony a téměř nedostupná zákoutí národních parků z celého světa. Mladý slovenský fotograf Filip Kulisev zachycuje svým aparátem krásu naší planety a připomíná nám křehkost našeho životního prostředí a zodpovědnost, kterou máme vůči budoucím generacím.

Umění východní Asie (bazar)

Grandiózní architektonické komplexy, malířství, umělecké řemeslo a předměty denní potřeby, sochařství, tanec, kaligrafie a poezie tvoří pestrobarevnou mozaiku fascinující kultury východní a jihovýchodní Asie, jež trvale ovlivnila i kulturu Západu. Od kamenných objektů neolitu až k modernímu umění současné Číny. Jihovýchodní Asie nadchne slavnými chrámovými stavbami i dlouhými domy Indonésie a tradičními budovami v souostroví Malé Sundy. Thajsko a Laos okouzlí svými zlatem hýřícími palácovými a chrámovými stavbami. Bohatství a různorodost japonské kultury se zřetelně projevuje v architektuře paláců, hradů, chrámů, u tradičních domů i v principech zenových zahrad. Obraz doplňují plastiky, dvorské, samurajské a lidové umění. Prezentována je i mnohostrannost korejského umění ranými bronzy, zlatnickými pracemi, typickými kameninovými nádobami, obrazy a drahocennými oděvy.