Tanaka Ikko (born 1930 in Nara) is a well-known master of graphic design. His work combines influences from the East and the West, acknowledging the vocabulary of European Modernism while remaining distinctively Japanese.Read More →
Shows examples of teapots, tables, hardware, chairs, radios, dressers, sofas, jewellery, tableware, lamps, rugs, and bedsRead More →
Aldo Cibic’s transformed apartment in Shanghai, blending Italian design and local influences. Image courtesy of Shine.cn. Aldo Cibic, a renowned figure in Italian design forRead More →
Pio Manzù, an Italian designer, created the iconic Fiat 127 and Parentesi lamp. His work spanned automobiles, lighting, and environmental structures.Read More →
The psychology of design is an essential ingredient in connecting people to place. More than simply decorating the side of a building, architectural graphic design is critical to establishing the purpose of a space, the visitor’s place within it, and helping to shape the overall experience.Read More →
This groundbreaking book is the first to offer a fun, hands-on approach to learning about architecture. It is filled with various beautiful and elegant drawings that provide the consumer with different architectural challenges, including designing your skyscraper, drawing an island house, and constructing a Constructivist monument, among many others.Read More →
A delightful set of photo postcards made in Norway in the 1960s. Wonderfully, nearly all the cards in the set include a cheerful red car (of various makes), merrily making its way through the Norwegian countryside. The postcards thus evoke a series of personal snapshots of one person’s road-trip.Read More →
The feeling of a ceramicist’s studio is captured, along with a new appreciation for the beautiful, practical, and approachable works created by a new generation of artists.Read More →
The Breakfast Club were Madonna’s old band. The band was hard to categorise. Some would call it pop, others soft rock or even New-Wave, others may even label them blue-eyed soulsters.Read More →
The Bauhaus, the legendary school in Dessau, Germany, transformed architecture and design around the world. This book broke new ground when first published in 1991 by introducing psychoanalysis, geometry, early childhood education, and popular culture into the standard political history of the Bauhaus. Read More →