"This book examines California's enormous impact on contemporary design, from the counterculture of the 1960s to the tech culture of Silicon Valley. On a more expansive level, California: Designing Freedom explores the idea that California has pioneered tools of personal liberation - from LSD to surfboards and iPhones. This ambitious survey brings together political posters and portable devices, but also looks beyond hardware to explore ..."
"Designing humanity’s future on the Red Planet: the clothes, cutlery and habitats of everyday life on another worldMoving to Mars is the first book ever to thoroughly explore the crucial role that design will play in the collective endeavor to travel to and inhabit Mars.A comprehensive overview of both past and current developments in space travel and colonization, it begins with the evolution of the space suit and rocket technology; it ..."
"The past's visionary future of domestic design, from Alison and Peter Smithson to SuperstudioThe “home of the future” has long been a topic of fascination in popular culture and an intriguing prospect for designers, and the 20th century offered up countless visions of the future of domestic life, from the aspirational to the radical. Whether it was the dream of the fully mechanized home or the notion that technology might free us from t ..."
Radical Cities(1st Edition) Across Latin America in Search of a New Architecture by JustinMcguirk Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2015 by Verso ISBN-13: 978-1-78168-868-7, ISBN: 1-78168-868-0
"What makes the city of the future? How do you heal a divided city? In "Radical Cities, " Justin McGuirk travels across Latin America in search of the activist architects, maverick politicians and alternative communities already answering these questions. From Brazil to Venezuela, and from Mexico to Argentina, McGuirk discovers the people and ideas shaping the way cities are evolving. Ever since the mid twentieth century, when the dream ..."
"To accompany The Design Museum's opening exhibition, which explores the anxiety and optimism inherent in contemporary design Fear and Love, published to accompany the major exhibition that will open the Design Museum's highly anticipated new home in Kensington, London, examines the role of design in the twenty-first century. It proposes that, in a rapidly changing world, design is defined by both anxiety and optimism. Organized by five ..."
Radical Cities(1st Edition) Across Latin America in Search of a New Architecture by JustinMcguirk Hardcover, 288 Pages, Published 2014 by Verso ISBN-13: 978-1-78168-280-7, ISBN: 1-78168-280-1
"What makes the city of the future? How do you heal a divided city? In Radical Cities, Justin McGuirk travels across Latin America in search of the activist architects, maverick politicians and alternative communities already answering these questions. From Brazil to Venezuela, and from Mexico to Argentina, McGuirk discovers the people and ideas shaping the way cities are evolving. Ever since the mid twentieth century, when the dream of ..."
Edge City Driving the Periphery of Sao Paolo by JustinMcguirk Paperback, 74 Pages, Published 2014 by Strelka Press ISBN-13: 978-0-9929146-7-7, ISBN: 0-9929146-7-1
"Exploring the edge condition of São Paulo, Justin McGuirk investigates the different forms of dwelling available to its would-be citizens, and meets some of the people carving a life for themselves on the verge of this unforgiving metropolis."
"An affordable, concise survey on the influential modernist designer's interiors, buildings, furniture and more, from a sawtooth ski resort to sculptural chaises longues From the onset of her career, Charlotte Perriand was a maverick who ..."
"Routine discussions on public space typically omit a gamut of possibilities ripe for critical discussion.This book, the latest in the SOM Thinkers series, aims to address these questions. Here, Rachel Monroe challenges American preconceptions of the wild, wide-open West by addressing issues of surveillance; the series’ first fictional piece, by China Miéville, covers an under-examined area of public space under the guise of detective fi ..."
"Designed in the USSR: 1950-1989A fascinating glimpse into design behind the Iron Curtain, revealed through the products and graphics of everyday Soviet lifeThis captivating survey of Soviet design from 1950 to 1989 features more than 350 items from the Moscow Design Museum's unique collection. From children's toys, homewares, and fashion to posters, electronics, and space-race ephemera, each object reveals something of life in a planned ..."
Radical Cities Across Latin America in Search of a New Architecture by JustinMcguirk 304 Pages, Published 2014 by Verso Books ISBN-13: 978-1-78168-281-4, ISBN: 1-78168-281-X
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asPREVI had – people to participatein theend result. Moreover, whatwas unusual
about this, as a social housing project, was that it had been initiated by Aravena
himself, along with his then partner Andrés Iacobelli. Theylobbied the
governmentto let themtry their model until finally theywere dispatched to that
needy communityinthe north. Then, they h ..."
"These collections draw from the artist's fascination with historical Chinese artifacts, placing their craftsmanship in dialogue with China's more recent history of demolition and urban development."
"Este viaje por lugares extremos en América Latina empieza en México, a la sombra de una inmensa barriada de viviendas sociales de la década de 1960, cuando las colmenas de pisos baratos parecían la solución a la escasez de vivienda. Sigue visitando las villas miseria de Buenos Aires, los cerros de Caracas, las favelas de Río, las casas ampliables de Chile, las laderas de Medellín ahora salvadas por el Metrocable... y diversas iniciativa ..."
"Affiches de cinéma, de théâtre, d'opéra, de cirque, de jazz, livres, dessins, témoignages rendent compte de l'incroyable vitalité du graphisme polonais dans un contexte économique et politique particulier."
"Organized by Slovenia s Museum of Architecture and Design, the Biennial of Design (BIO) brings together over a period of six months more than one hundred designers and artists from around the world who, together, engage in large-scale collaborative design projects. One of the oldest design events in the world, the Biennial also stands apart for its focus on the capacity of design to solve problems affecting everyday life, as well as its ..."
"Alexander Lervik will soon celebrate 15 years as a designer, during which time he has launched an equal number of chairs. By asking 15 Swedish and internationally renowned photographers from the fields of art, fashion and music to each pick a chair to photograph, he has not only given them free reign to interpret a chair from his production - but also to question and push the boundaries of what product photography can be. This book docu ..."