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KAWS: What Party Book

25 February 2021 in Books Comment

KAWS: WHAT PARTY (Signed edition)
Essays by Daniel Birnbaum and Eugenie Tsai

A comprehensive monograph on the work of KAWS, one of the most sought-after artists and creative forces of our time

Drawing from Pop art traditions, KAWS’s work straddles the line between fine art and popular culture, crossing the mediums of painting and sculpture, along with fashion, merchandise, vinyl toys, and, most recently, augmented reality. This book, made in close collaboration with the artist, features his most well-known works alongside sketches, preparatory drawings, and never-before-seen images of KAWS at work, revealing the meticulous process behind his iconic artworks. Accompanying a major retrospective exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum, it captures the artist’s unique ability to reshape the ways we think about contemporary art and culture today.

Specifications:

Format: Hardback
Size: 305 x 238 mm (12 x 9 3/8 in)
Pages: 256 pp
Illustrations: 1500 illustrations
ISBN: 9781838662882

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Dieter Rams: The Complete Works

25 September 2020 in Books Comment

Dieter Rams: The Complete Works

The ultimate reference on one of the most influential product designers of all time.

For more than sixty years Dieter Rams has defined the look, feel, and function of some of the world’s best-loved consumer items. Using his ‘ten principles for good design’ as a philosophy and practice for improving the industry in a more holistic, responsible way, Rams has built a reputation with global resonance. Here, for the first time, is a catalogue raisonné of every product that he has designed in his lifetime — a true celebration of his seminal contribution to the field of industrial and product design.

Format: Hardback
Size: 270 x 205 mm (10 5/8 x 8 1/8 in)
Pages: 344 pp
Illustrations: 300 illustrations
ISBN: 9781838661533

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Anni & Josef Albers

23 August 2020 in Books Comment

Anni & Josef Albers
Equal and Unequal

Nicholas Fox Weber

A spectacular and unprecedented visual biography of the leading pioneers and protagonists of modern art and design.

Josef – painter, designer, and teacher – and Anni Albers – textile artist and printmaker – are among the twentieth century’s most important abstract artists, and this is the first monograph to celebrate the rich creative output and beguiling relationship of these two masters in one elegant volume. It presents their life and work as never before, from their formative years at the Bauhaus in Germany to their remarkable influence at Black Mountain College in the United States through their intensely productive period in Connecticut.

Format: Hardback
Size: 305 x 238 mm (12 x 9 3/8 in)
Pages: 512 pp
Illustrations: 750 illustrations
ISBN: 9781838661427

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Yoshitomo Nara

6 April 2020 in Books Comment

Yoshitomo Nara
Yeewan Koon

The definitive book on the life and career of internationally acclaimed artist Yoshitomo Nara.

Yoshitomo Nara rose to prominence in the mid-1990s, a star in a generation of avant-garde Japanese artists associated with the neo-Pop ‘Superflat’ movement. This book, made in close collaboration with Nara himself, explores more than three decades of his work – and is the first truly authoritative monograph on the artist in more than a decade. Written by art historian Yeewan Koon and featuring texts by Nara himself, it includes his most recent work in painting, drawing, sculpture, and ceramics.

Format: Hardback
Size: 290 x 250 mm (11 3/8 x 9 7/8 in)
Pages: 330 pp
Illustrations: 380 illustrations
ISBN: 9780714879949

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John Pawson: Anatomy of Minimum

31 March 2020 in Books Comment

John Pawson: Anatomy of Minimum
Phaidon Press
2019

A powerful new monograph showcasing the defining elements and architectural anatomy at the very heart of Pawson’s work.

This monograph, the latest volume in Phaidon’s documentation of John Pawson’s stellar career, hones in on the essential details that mark his distinctive architectural and aesthetic style. It groups a selection of his recent works into domestic projects, including his own house in rural England; extended sacred spaces; and repurposed structures, such as London’s Design Museum. Throughout its pages, this book explores Pawson’s unique approach to proportion and light and his precise language of windows, doors, and walls.

Author
Alison Morris

Commissioning Editor
Virginia McLeod

Project Editor
Sophie Hodgkin

Production Controller
Sarah Kramer

Design
Nicholas Barba, Maria Bello, Max Gleeson

Format: Hardback
Size: 290 x 250 mm (11 3/8 x 9 7/8 in)
Pages: 240 pp
Illustrations: 340 illustrations
ISBN: 9780714874845

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