Design

This book is dedicated to the spectacular and baroque work of Kostas Lambridis, as part of a series of monographs on the thought and work of young contemporary designers.

A philosophical manifesto for a "minor thought of design", as a vector of intensification and problematization of our relationship to the world.

The 11th issue of the annual magazine of the ECAL (Lausanne University of Art and Design), inaugurating its new formula, with NORM, Feng Li, Marco De Mutiis, Zachary Lieberman, Maïwenn, Lionel Baier, Abel Ferrara...

A reflection on asceticism in architecture.

The new meaning of craft.

A biography of the automobile object, in 7 thematical fanzines.

The connections between design, skateboarding and graffiti in the practice of the American industrial designer.

The manufacture of contemporary art objects.

A book to approach differently what is taught and learned in art and design college.

The first retrospective on design in Lebanon, from the 1920s until today, includes works by over 50 designers, uncovering this major design scene in the Middle-East.

This picture book features decorative patterns with unusual shapes and colors, taken from the decorative arts collections of the Institut supérieur des arts et du design de Toulouse (isdaT).

The catalogue of the 12th Biennale Internationale Design Saint-Étienne.

A history of industrial design in France: through portraits of the personalities who helped shape design practices and culture in France from the 1950s onwards, as well as emblematic design projects and flagship everyday objects, this book tells the story of the genesis of the profession of designer, which is accompanying a society that is witnessing the emergence of new lifestyles.

Azimuts #54 reports on a selection of design research surveys that were carried out in Saint-Étienne between 2015 and 2022 by various researchers and collectives in collaboration with artists and academics in relation to this territory, their terrain.

A portrait of the Swiss architect-designer couple that reveals their intimate universe and their relationship to art.

Design creations made at the École nationale supérieure d'art et de design de Limoges, showing the area opened by ceramics to question the process of creation and the field of production of objects within an art and design school.

A singular history of cultural encounters between Italy and Denmark.

The restitution of a research and production program (Chair "Young Creation and the Sacred") conducted at the Ecole des Arts Déco by students, teachers and a number of invited artists and thinkers on the question of the sacred in contemporary creation.

Collective and individual artistic practices from a gender perspective.

Ronan Bouroullec's ceramic bas-reliefs.

Le Dictateur releases his last big, immense, effort: 27 international curators from the world of art, design and fashion curate their ideal show, from past, present or even future or non existing artists but without using images—only words.

The BOM DIA weekly planner for 2022.

A critical examination of the Studio Experimentelles Design's politically and socially committed approach, questioning the social implications of design as well as the working conditions of designers today.

45 low tables imagined by as many architects / designers from personal objects of fascination.

The Italian edition of Flaubert's account of his trip to Egypt, illustrated by Nathalie du Pasquier.

A series of interdisciplinary contributions around the political and social dimensions of ecology and its implications in the humanities and social sciences, artistic practices and design.

The first issue of the annual magazine that promotes know-how and technique in design, craft or industry, dedicated to molding.

Written by one of the pioneers of twentieth-century textile art, Anni Albers' 1965 seminal text offers a brilliant meditation on the art of weaving, its history, tools, and techniques, and its implications for modern design (new expanded edition, with three critical texts and color illustrations).

Critical re-edition in French of an absolutely precursory and fundamental work for the inclusion of social and environmental issues in the design process: the manifesto of a radical reconfiguration of the field of design, of its forms but above all of its mission.

The facsimile edition of the visionary sketches and notes of the surrealist master for Brian Gibson's horror film Poltergeist II.

The history of Arabic calligraphy.

French designer Gregory Granados imagines the ideal shape of a vase/flower pot for a dancing plant. His discreet and subtle research questions the connection between the shaping of a given material and the sound it emits, investigating the acoustic properties of glass.

Issue celebrating the 30th anniversary of the design research journal, offering a selection of essential articles and free iconographic navigation in the Azimuts corpus.

An anthology.

The new wave of French and international design: an account of research on the glass vase conducted at the International Research Center for Glass and Plastic Arts, showcasing the work of the ten designers who were awarded the grand prize in the Design Parade Hyères competition, organized each year by the Villa Noailles.

The first complete inventory of Hubert Renard's work, between 1969 and 1998, includes all finished works, paintings, sculptures, installations, unique or multiple pieces.

A polyphonic investigation that reveals the potential of fictional and philosophical suggestion of the animation of things, questioning the persistence of forms of animism within the project of modernity, in the horizon of a questioning of the anthropocentric foundations of the Western culture.

Artist and writer Jenny Odell speaks about the role of design and observation in a fully virtual commencement ceremony for Harvard University Graduate School of Design.

An analysis of the exhibition pavilions (universal exhibitions and bienniales) from the point of view of their architecture, crossing the contributions of designers and architects, historians, philosophers and aestheticians.

A collective and transdisciplinary reflection on the notion of distraction, thought both as the stigma of our societies and as its antidote.

Azimuts #52 invites researchers to talk about their work and thinking, within and outside of their usual frameworks and fields of investigation, documenting a sensitive and critical perception of a reality on hold due to the pandemic.

First monograph on French designer Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance, whose practice, deeply rooted in natural forms and fine craftsmanship, ranges from objects or furniture design to architecture working for majors industry leaders, as well as many private projects.

First monograph on French designer Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance, whose practice, deeply rooted in natural forms and fine craftsmanship, ranges from objects or furniture design to architecture working for majors industry leaders, as well as many private projects.

The dimension of the transitory in the fields of architecture, urbanism and design, as a new horizon of thought and action concerning all aspects of urban life, in its economic and ecological complexity.

This book is dedicated to the work of Roberto Sironi, as part of a series of monographs on the thought and work of young contemporary designers. The activity of the Italian designer unfolds through highly symbolic projects, based on his personal interest in anthropology and ethnology.

First issue of the critical journal published by Cosa Mentale, in which the words of the architecture practice Bruther and of Laurent Stalder, professor of architecture history at ETH, confront each other around the theme of “hypercomfort.”

Matali Crasset's drawings sketchbooks.

American production designer Hannah Beachler engages in a conversation with Jacqueline Stewart and Toni L. Griffin about set building and curation, urban design, location scouting, Afrofuturism, fictional histories, and Black feminist narratives, and elucidates her role.

First comprehensive monograph.