Monograph about Mathieu Lehanneur
The German publisher Gestalten is about to publish a monograph about designer Mathieu Lehanneur’s career and inspirations. The book will focus on his intellectual and visual approach. The book gathers photos which inspired, sketches, photos of processes, objects in context and immerses the reader into the very heart of the designer’s studio. Over the years Mathieu Lehanneur has made...
Can design remain exclusive?
Open design now is a new book by Creative Commons Netherlands, the Premsela Dutch design and fashion institute, and Waag Society from BIS Publishers. The book sheds light on the new movement and makes one thing clear: design cannot remain exclusive. Open Design Now is essential reading for designers, businesspeople, decisionmakers, students and anyone concerned...
New book about Thomas Sandell
Thomas Sandell is one of Sweden’s internationally most widely noticed architects and designers. Blessed with a powerful, idiosyncratic sense of form, he has worked on most scales and in most genres. He combines the furniture designer who has created some of IKEA’s major classics with the product designer who has fashioned exclusive watches and bags,...
100 Places to Remember Before they Disappear
100 Places to Remember Before they Disappear features 100 photographs from one hundred different places around the world in risk of disappearing or seriously threatened by climate change. The pictures are taken by some of the world’s best photographers and all the places are based on reports from UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)....
Einstein’s watch and Steve McQeen’s driving license
Exclusive online shop 20ltd has recently released a new book called Einstein’s watch. Newspapers and magazines are never short of glossy images urging us what to aspire to. But what things really do represent the world’s most desirable possessions? Are they necessarily expensive or can they cost nothing at all? Are they always the subject...
Creative Grab Bag
Creative Grab Bag is a collection of work from artists, illustrators and designers from around the world. Author Ethan Bodnar created over 30 unique tasks and gave each contributor a task that was different from their typical work. The book contains images of each artist’s creative task, typical work, and a biography with a short...
Never use white type on a black background
Never Use White Type on a Black Background: And 50 Other Ridiculous Design Rules is a new and interesting book from Bispublishers. The world of fashion and design is inundated with a seemingly endless list of rules. Think of ‘Less is More’, ‘Form Follows Function’, ‘Keep it Simple’, ‘Dress Your Age’ and the list goes on...
Gestalten Temporary
December 6th saw the opening of Gestalten’s one month only pop-up store in Berlin’s Mitte district. Due to overwhelming feedback, Gestalten Temporary will keep its doors open for another month. They’ll kick off again in the New Year on January 2nd and be open until January 31st. Gestalten Temporary offers an exciting range of...
New book about sustainable design
I’m proud to announce that my knowledge company Designboost has released its first annual book named “Designboost 07″. It’s the first in a series of books that in words, pictures and moving media describes the work of Designboost. Designboost is a knowledge company that helps companies and organisations to learn more about design in general...
17 Swedish designers in New York
Some time ago I wrote about the new book 17 Swedish designers – chez Pascal in this blog. The 17 Swedish female designers presented in the book will also exhibit together in New York. The exhibition starts March 22 and will take place at Just Scandinavian, 161 Hudson street. Women have been active in Swedish...
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