Design Recent Picks

May 2009

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Ecological Design, by Nicolas Uphaus (Author), Manuela Roth (Editor)
The color photos packing each page give excellent examples of ecological choices ,
Ecological products are much in demand, and the focus on renewable raw materials and recyclable goods is becoming key in architectural circles. ECOLOGICAL DESIGN profiles some 60 products that blend good designs for home and business with ecological awareness, making it a fine pick for architectural and design libraries. The color photos packing each page give excellent examples of ecological choices making it a fine reference homeowners will relish. By Midwest Book Review (amazon)

Lucien Lelong, by Jacqueline Demornex
Lucien Lelong was a central figure in French fashion from the 1920s to the 1950s, and his designs were in many ways precursors of contemporary fashion shapes and developments. Noted for his skill, exquisite workmanship, and beautiful fabrics, Lelong and his house promoted a fluid, minimalist, elegant look.

Hatch: The New Architectural Generation, by Kieran Long
Hatch showcases 114 architects who will define the physical fabric of our cities for the next 30 years as well as the theoretical and interpretive background of architectural practice worldwide. These are practitioners for whom the old categories do not hold and for whom modernism is no longer the orthodoxy. As the role of architects in cities changes young practitioners pursue a range of work as writers critics curators teachers fashion designers computer programmers club promoters materials experts engineers installation artists developers and builders. Critically selected the work of each architect writer and photographer in Hatch is examined in detail to uncover the approaches that will come to their full fruition in the coming years and decades. 800 photographs and drawings of projects give more than just eye candy. With this book you can decide for yourself how good these young stars really are. (amazon)

The Visual Dictionary of Interior Architecture and Design, by Michael Coates, Graeme Brooker, Sally Stone
How do designers and architects think? In words? No! They think in pictures, in colors, in spatial relations. Packed with more than 250 full-color images and definitions, The Visual Dictionary of Interior Architecture and Design is the ideal resource for design and architecture students, professionals, and visual thinkers everywhere. Beautifully presented and illustrated, this guide to the many terms used in interior design and architecture defines hundreds of terms, both modern and traditional, with clear explanations and full-color pictures. Small enough for a backpack yet full of practical information, this is the definitive take-along book for job site or classroom. (amazon)

Style Deficit Disorder: Harajuku Street Fashion - Tokyo b>, by Tiffany Godoy (Author), Ivan Vartanian (Editor)
The Harajuku neighborhood of Tokyo has become an international style mecca, a street-level fashion scene prowled by major designers looking for inspiration, and whose local, cutting-edge labels enjoy global cache. Style Deficit Disorder is the first book to explore this remixed, fast-forward fashion hotbed, profiling its most daring and influential designers, labels, stylists, and shops (including Comme des Gar ons, Hysteric Glamour, Super Lovers, A Bathing Ape, and Laforet). Featuring nearly 200 photos, essays by key Japanese fashion editors, and commentary by Edison Chen, Patricia Field, John Galliano, Shawn Stussy, Shu Uemura and others, this is a must-have, insider's look at an international fashion and pop culture epicenter, past, present, and future.

Design Parts Sourcebook: Restaurant Design (Daab Design Book), by daab (Creator)
Just as chefs around the world amalgamate different national and regional cuisines into "fusion", so are new worlds of special experience constructed, with unusual combinations of style, colors, materials and lighting. This publication presents 57 examples of this phenomenon, from cities all over the world. On 400 pages with more than 600 vivid colour images and sketches, it shows a diverse range of the newest developments in restaurant design from around the world - a wonderful source of inspiration. (amazon)

1,000 Supreme CD Designs, Editor Estel Vilaseca; texts, Paz Diman
1000 Supreme CD Designs is a catalog book containing some fantastic selection of CD designs from designers all over the world. Published by Pageone, this hardcover book has 320 pages.Each design is contains information on the designer and the client. There's a short caption included as well. The variety of designs showcased makes this book a great reference for any graphic designer. (Parka - http://parkablogs.com/content/book-review-1000-supreme-cd-designs)

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