A monograph on the great Pop Art master, James Rosenquist, this book shows how the artist’s large-scale works and their source materials remain powerful and relevant as cultural and political commentary. With a background in advertising and painting billboards, James Rosenquist had a unique perspective on the dual effects of imagery and scale on the viewing experience. His colossal pieces are immersive—they surround the viewer and dominate most gallery spaces. In this volume readers can examine his process of creating image-laden abstractions through his source materials. Rosenquist often started with images he’d literally ripped from the pages of print media and which he then transformed into collages. From there he would scale up the collage, recreating it as a large-scale canvas or installation. This book presents both well-known and rarely exhibited pieces, including F-111 and The Swimmer in the Economist, to show how juxtaposing seemingly incongruent images creates a powerful mirror of commercialist culture. Essays about Rosenquist’s life, oeuvre, technique, and impact on the art world create a multi-faceted portrait of an artist who believed that the sum of the parts was essential to understanding the whole.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 312

Dimensions: 253 x 290 mm

Publication Date: 10-01-2018

Handmade Illustrations features an outstanding showcase of nearly 800 highly graphic pen and ink illustrations of the talented visual artist Joan Escandell. Contemporary yet with a nostalgic retro flavour, this title draws on classic styles from various eras, evoking the particular mood and atmosphere of the old with an intriguing modern twist. This book offers a long-needed new perspective to the world of graphic design and illustration by showing a superb collection of timeless illustrations organized in 10 different thematic: animals, accessories, plants & flowers, furniture, world & people, sports, objects & curious, transportation, food and war. For all those wanting to master the techniques of movement design.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 174

Dimensions: 220 x 210 mm

Publication Date: 17-11-2017

We Want Plates is the hilarious global crusade against serving food on bits of wood and roof slates, chips in mugs and drinks in jam jars. The viral social media campaign has amassed a quarter of a million followers, who have submitted thousands of pictures of restaurants’ most bizarre and cringe-worthy serving methods. This book brings together a ‘worst of’ of submissions and contains new material not published on We Want Plates ROSS MCGINNES is creator of the twitter page We Want Plates MARINA O‘LOUGHLIN is a journalist, writer and restaurant critic at The Guardian.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 112

Dimensions: 120 x 170 mm

Publication Date: 10-11-2017

As an artist, Paul Cézanne sought to capture the secrets and essence of the world around him—a world he perceived as phenomena constantly in flux. This book explores Cézanne’s oeuvre through the lens of that philosophy, thoughtfully organizing individual works into a series of thematic phases. Breaking up pictorial genres, it sheds light on the fluid interplay among the artist’s still lifes, landscapes, and portraits. Cézanne’s practice of studying and imitating his predecessors and contemporaries is explored as a fundamental feature of his work. It also delves into the artist’s reliance on his emotional, rather than objective, perception of reality. Filled with full color reproductions of the artist’s famous and lesser-known works, as well as illuminating essays by leading curators and critics, this groundbreaking exploration offers readers an unprecedented appraisal of one of the world’s most loved artists.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 304

Dimensions: 240 x 300 mm

Publication Date: 10-11-2017

From election results to catastrophes to wars to scientific discoveries: the stream of data we are exposed to daily becomes ever more complicated. Infographics help make sense of it, transforming difficult to grasp facts and figures into accessible visualizations. Print media are increasingly making successful use of them. Visual Journalism reveals the masters of this discipline and their finest works. The portraits of studios and individuals within this compendium illustrate how the world of infographics continues to evolve as it informs data and graphic trends. A visual revolution showcases the myriad possibilities of non-verbal communication.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 256

Dimensions: 245 x 330 mm

Publication Date: 10-11-2017

Traveler and photographer Filip Kulisev, MQEP (Master Qualified European Photographer) and FBIPP (Fellow of the British Institute of Professional Photography) has reworked his photographs of nature scenes over the past decade to make them among the world´s best. Through his photographs, Filip Kulisev seeks to present the diversity and charm of Earth´s four basic climatic zones at different times of the year. These zones also symbolize the four basic elements shaping the nature of our planet since its very beginning. More than 400 photographs taken by Kulisev during his travels highlights the geographical realities about the places he has visited. If you view them with open eyes and an open mind, you will see the symphony of the four elements of our planet, whether standing in front of the blood red, sun-burning fire of Uluru in Australia, before the glacial walls of Svalbard, on the last bit of solid ground before the North Pole, or taking in the rich palette of colors from Indian summer in Maine.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 408

Dimensions: 300 x 320 mm

Publication Date: 30-11-2017

At once a reference work and a personal exploration of modernist architecture, this fascinating collection of Nicolas Grospierre’s photography covers structures built between 1920 and 1989 in Europe, North and South America, the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia. These images range from iconic buildings, such as the Gateway Arch in Saint Louis and the Ukrainian Institute of Scientific Research and Development in Kiev, to little-known structures such as the Balneological Hospital in Druskininkai, Lithuania or Oscar Niemeyer’s unfinished International Fair Grounds in Tripoli. Derived from his popular blog, A Subjective Atlas of Modern Architecture, and organized by architectural form, this book reveals how modernist architecture is the embodiment of political and social ideologies, especially in public institutions such as banks, churches, libraries, and government buildings. Following the series of full-page images, an index details the location, date, architect and purpose of each building. While many of the buildings in this archive often go unrecognized, their forms are prominent in the landscape of modern civilization. Grospierre’s keen eye and enthusiasm for the mundane as well as the sublime will motivate readers to look at the buildings around them in new and exciting ways.

Bind: paperback

Pages: 224

Dimensions: 180 x 210 mm

Publication Date: 20-02-2018

Playful Data: Graphic Design and Illustration for Infographics features brilliant and illustrative infographic projects from gifted graphic designers, illustrators, artists, and even scientists. Not only do they visualize data in a tangible and memorable way through playful illustrations, but they also provide us with inspiration for balancing colors, words, and images, as well as for distinguishing between primary and secondary information when data is presented alongside pictures. The projects revealed in this volume are divided into three main categories: statistical findings, flow diagrams, and instruction and explanation. Some of the projects illustrate data acquired from rigorous and precise scientific research, while others are the product of designers’ imagination and experimentation. It’s time to learn to play with data!

Bind: hardback

Pages: 240

Dimensions: 210 x 285 mm

Publication Date: 20-02-2018

The contemporary art scene has been booming for years. From major art events like the Venice Biennale and documenta to Frieze and the Art Basel art fairs, a record number of visitors around the world flock to survey, critique, and buy contemporary art masterpieces every year. Private art collectors have become indispensable lenders to major museums and sometimes make their acquisitions accessible to the public; and in auction houses, contemporary artists have long since surpassed some of the classics. With the ever-shifting abundance of hot new artists and contemporary art trends, it’s barely possible for even the experts to keep a discerning overview. For budding art collectors looking to invest in contemporary art, it is increasingly difficult to discover and decipher what are currently deemed the ‘most important’ contemporary art galleries. This is the purpose served by Contemporary Art Review: a crisp, clean survey of the most influential players in the contemporary art scene, featuring all the leading contemporary art galleries, their most notable works, and their most relevant and significant artists, from big names to exciting contemporary artists on the rise. For the art connoisseur as well as the curious new art collector alike, Contemporary Art Review offers swift entry into a world not easily accessible.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 416

Dimensions: 275 x 340 mm

Publication Date: 01-09-2018

This is Not a F*cking Street Style Book is the first monograph of cult photographer and influencer, Adam Katz Sinding (aka Le 21ème), an astute documentarian of major fashion events, top brands, tastemakers, and trendsetters since 2003. For a long time, streetwear was nothing more than the rebel kid brother of high fashion. With his candid, fashion forward-scouting photos, Katz Sinding shows how streetwear has transformed into a leading style reference pioneering trends, championing creativity, and inspiring high fashion designers the world over. Today, the flair of streetwear is as likely to be seen on the runways of Milan, New York, and London as on the streets themselves. This bold fashion book brings together Katz Sinding’s most striking streetwear images, both on the streets and backstage at more than 20 fashion shows around the globe. With his unique backstage access, Katz Sinding captures such top designers, supermodels, and stylists as Kris van Assche (Christian Dior), Lucas Ossendrijver (Lanvin) and Grace Coddington (Vogue), as well as contemporary fashion icons such as Virgil Abloh, Imaan Hammam, and Luka Sabbat. The book also features a fascinating conversational piece on the streetwear phenomenon between Adam Katz Sinding, Virgil Abloh (founder of Off-White), and MENDO.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 224

Dimensions: 220 x 287 mm

Publication Date: 28-02-2018