Lyndon Donlyn: The Sea Ranch: Fifty Years of Architecture, Landscape, and Placemaking on the Northern California Coast

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: A hundred miles north of San Francisco on California Coast Highway 1, the Sonoma County coast meets the Pacific Ocean in a magnificent display of nature. Waves crash upon the rocks or wash up on beautiful stretches of sandy beaches. This is the location of The Sea Ranch, an area covering several thousand acres of large, open meadows and forested natural settings interspersed with award-winning…

Franceschelli Christopher: Alphablock

Скачать книгу (размер 524 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 104) Аннотация: Alphablock features thick pages cut into the shape of each letter, creating a sort of peek-through guessing game around the letter form itself. As children interact with the pages, they will familiarize themselves not only with the 26 letters and associated words, but also with each letter's physicality — angles, holes and curves, both front and back. Illustrated by hip British design team…

Crandell Gina: Tree Gardens: Architecture and the Forest

Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: Trees are the most important structural element of any garden. Tree Gardens is the first book focusing on their importance in garden design and landscape architecture. Tree Gardens features both important historical and contemporary landscape design projects ranging from ten to thousands of trees; including works by such well-known designers as Frederick Law Olmsted, Andre Le Notre, C.Th.…

Bassman Lillian: Lillian Bassman: Lingerie

Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: Through the 1950s and the early 1960s, working with that era's supermodels, fashion photographer Lillian Bassman created the quintessential modern feminine image of women in their lingerie. As Ginia Bellafante put it in the New York Times recently, In place of heavyset women constraining themselves in what was essentially equipment, Ms. Bassman deployed immeasurably lithe models, conveying a…

Tenniel Sir John: Alice in Wonderland Giant Poster and Coloring Book

Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: Be creative, be adventurous. You don't have to fall down the rabbit hole to enter the magical world of Alice in Wonderland. Just open this giant book and read, color, and remember when you first encountered Lewis Carroll's sublime nonsense and Sir John Tenniel's elegant engravings.

Brown Jeffrey: Darth Vader and Son

Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: What if Darth Vader took an active role in raising his son? What if 'Luke, I am your father' was just a stern admonishment from an annoyed dad? In this hilarious and sweet comic reimagining, Darth Vader is a dad like any other- except with all the baggage of being the Dark Lord of the Sith. Celebrated comic artist Jeffrey Brown's delightful comics give a fresh twist to classic Star Wars TM…

Gorman Greg: Framed

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: FRAMED is a stunning collection of over i5o black-and-white photographs by Greg Gorman for L.A. Eyeworks. This project spans thirty years of the world-renowned celebrity and photographer Greg Gorman and gathers some of the great personalities of all time such as the director Pedro Almodovar, musical legends Grace Jones, Divine and Frank Zappa as well as Andy Warhol and Pierce Brosnan, among many…

Smith Paul: A to Z

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: Paul Smith has created one of the world's most successful fashion brands. In this richly illustrated book, including many never before published personal photographs, excerpts from interviews with Paul Smith recount his history and explain his approach to design. This talented creator finds inspiration everywhere and this alphabetical manual highlights the eclectic sources of inspiration behind…

Lerew Jenny: The Art of Brave

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: Brave is Pixar's first fairy tale, a lush, animated adventure through the forests, heaths, and highlands of medieval Scotland. Featuring behind-the-scenes interviews with the film's many artists, The Art of Brave also showcases the gorgeous concept art that went into the creation of the movie, including colour scripts, storyboards, character studies, environment art, sculpts, and more.

The Beatles: The Beatles Anthology

Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: The international best-seller is now in paperback From their years growing up in Liverpool through their ride to fame to their ultimate breakup, here s the inside story. Interwoven with The Beatles own memories are the recollections of such associates as road manager Neil Aspinall, producer George Martin, and spokesman Derek Taylor. The Beatles Anthology is a once-in-a-lifetime volume: warm,…

Perera Kishani: Vintage Remix: The Interiors of Kishani Perera

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Interior designer Kishani Perera knows that good design is everywhere and at every price point. Mixing modern with vintage, and retail with custom, her eclectic interiors incorporate pieces from designer showrooms and Etsy alike to create spectacularly layered, vibrant homes. In Vintage Remix, Perera's striking interiors serve as a guided tour through the stages of design, from deciding when to…

Sinha Kunal: RAW: Pervasive Creativity in Asia

Скачать книгу (размер 1 738 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 342) Аннотация: RAW examines in detail how Asian creativity translates into commercial sense. We are shown, through sumptuous photography and incisive text, how creativity in Asia is borne out of adversity, opportunism, humour, competition and social networks.

Lebrun Bernard: Robert Capa: The Paris Years 1933-54

Скачать книгу (размер 1 340 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 264) Аннотация: Robert Capa, the most celebrated photojournalist of the 20th century and a founder of Magnum Photos, used Paris as a global platform for his photog-raphy throughout his career. Robert Capa: The Paris Years 1933-1954 tells Capa's story by focusing on his Paris studio. Recently many artifacts have surfaced, including the so-called Mexican suitcase, which contained Capa's Spanish civil war…

Aarons Slim: Slim Aarons: Once Upon a Time

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: From the end of World War II through the 1980s, Aarons photographed the rich and famous, the beautiful and the celebrated: Hollywood royalty, European aristocracy, the grande dames of high society, captains of industry, media moguls, statesmen and stars of every sort. Though upholding the glamorous image of wealth, power, talent and beauty, he saw himself as a journalist whose duty it was to…

Arthus-Bertrand Yann: New York from the Air

Скачать книгу (размер 1 095 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 216) Аннотация: From the street, New York is a bustling, familiar world. Seen from the air, it's an exotic, uncluttered, beautiful place. From vantage points that few people ever attain, world-renowned aerial photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand has created a lush, romantic tribute to one of the most thrilling cities in history. He reveals the power and beauty of Manhattan's amazing skyscrapers, the bucolic joys of…

Wintour Anna: Vogue: The Editor's Eye

Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: Vogue: The Editor's Eye celebrates the pivotal role the fashion editor has played in shaping America's sense of style since the magazine's launch 120 years ago. Drawing on Vogue 's exceptional archive, this book focuses on the work of eight of the magazine's legendary fashion editors (including Polly Mellen, Babs Simpson, and Grace Coddington) who collaborated with photographers, stylists, and…

Gambrel Steven: Steven Gambrel: Time and Place

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: The first book from renowned New York-based designer Steven Gambrel showcases his bold and innovative designs. Featuring 10 individual residences photographed by Eric Piasecki, Steven Gambrel illustrates the designer's fresh approach to color and composition in creating spaces that reflect, support, and enhance the lifestyles of today while at the same time embracing the history of each…

Aarons Slim: Slim Aarons: La Dolce Vita

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Since 1940 Slim Aarons has been hard at work, first as a war photographer, then with unprecedented access as a photographer to the rich and famous. In this gorgeous sequel to Slim Aarons-Once Upon a Time, he develops the environmental portrait to the level of art, always showing his subjects in their natural setting, in a circumstance synonymous with their station in life. He documented a…

Bussen Karen: Simple Stunning Parties at Home

Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: When the opportunity for celebrating knocks, answer the door and offer it some Champagne says Karen Bussen. Author of the bestselling Simple Stunning wedding series, Bussen now directs her experts eye to a more intimate kind of festivity: the at-home party. Her simple stunning credo, though, remains the same: Create menus featuring wonderful ingredients in no-fuss, crowd-pleasing preparations;…

Albrecht Donald: Norman Bel Geddes Designs America

Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: Norman Bel Geddes Designs America accompanies a landmark exhibition exploring the career of Norman Bel Geddes (1893-1958), one of the 20th century's foremost theatrical and industrial designers. This companion volume explores Bel Geddes's life and career in comprehensive detail through nearly 100 projects, ranging from streamlined airplanes, ships, and cars, to stage sets, appliances, and much…