Design

Monograph on French designer François Bauchet, whose work stands on the frontier between functionalism and visual art.

Monograph dedicated to the forerunner of French industrial design. Including a critical essay on Tallon's impact on contemporary international design.

Monograph dedicated to the forerunner of French industrial design. Including a critical essay on Tallon's impact on contemporary international design.

Philippe Starck's legacy through the portraits of his former apprentices.

Monograph dedicated to an iconic couple of the design scene from the 1990's. Their use of uncommon materials with Baroque influence contributed to the development of the “Barbare” style which had a strong impact on contemporary French design aesthetics.

In the early 1980's, Jasper Morrison anticipated what was to be the ethical position of the designer in a period of crisis, emerging as one of the instigators of the neo-minimalist movement of the 1990s. This monograph elicits the personality of a designer both concerned by questions of plasticity & efficacy and whose work's development obeys an implacable logic of eliminating decorative effects in favor of functionalism.

Monograph dedicated to Bořek Šípek, whose design is embedded with a sharp mysticism which challenges the rationality of Western European design.

In the early 1980's, Jasper Morrison anticipated what was to be the ethical position of the designer in a period of crisis, emerging as one of the instigators of the neo-minimalist movement of the 1990s. This monograph elicits the personality of a designer both concerned by questions of plasticity & efficacy and whose work's development obeys an implacable logic of eliminating decorative effects in favor of functionalism.

Monograph dedicated to Bořek Šípek, whose design is embedded with a sharp mysticism which challenges the rationality of Western European design.

Monograph dedicated to an iconic couple of the design scene from the 1990's. Their use of uncommon materials with Baroque influence contributed to the development of the “Barbare” style which had a strong impact on contemporary French design aesthetics.

Ron Arad has held a position of reference in the world of design since the 1980's. Coming from a sculptural tradition, his work, questioning both aesthetics and modes of production, has transformed the perceptions of professional designers (comprehensive monograph).

At the heart of the debates which over the past forty years have made design what it is, the work developed by Andrea Branzi stands out as that of a theoretician of design, as much in terms of his production, his writing and lecturing (comprehensive monograph).

Ron Arad has held a position of reference in the world of design since the 1980's. Coming from a sculptural tradition, his work, questioning both aesthetics and modes of production, has transformed the perceptions of professional designers (comprehensive monograph).

At the heart of the debates which over the past forty years have made design what it is, the work developed by Andrea Branzi stands out as that of a theoretician of design, as much in terms of his production, his writing and lecturing (comprehensive monograph).

A whimsical artist's book by Pardo and White with word "Dodgers" running through book.

A compelling read on the status of the object in contemporary art and design.

A compelling read on the status of the object in contemporary art and design.

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

Artists, designers and researchers investigate the "becoming object" of the Earth, in the face of the techno-scientific vision and geo-engineering projects that tend to turn our planet into a design object.

A panorama of the art of ceramics.

A new collectible artist's book commissioned by Bottega Veneta with Gaetano Pesce and Matthieu Blazy.

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

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.

Autobiography by Nathalie Du Pasquier is a collection of materials that often return during her art practice, "materials constantly reused in different ways."

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

A small selection of Ronan Bouroullec's ballpoint pen drawings.

A small selection of Ronan Bouroullec's recent drawings.

The necessary new paradigms to invent in architecture and design in the context of the environmental crises.

This collection presents the first five issues of Everything: reports on the studio of the same name led by Kersten Geers, Fabrizio Ballabio, Jelena Pancevac and Guido Tesio at the Accademia di Architettura in Mendrisio.

An inventory of the research of the designer Samy Rio, which attempts to account for the rich and open process of his work towards a more sustainable design practice.

A rereading of the work of the great Franco-Swiss graphic designer, pioneer of minimalism and precursor in terms of typography.

A journey of invention and experimentation through more than 200 pieces by international artists, observing the diversity not only of forms and decorations, but also of manufacturing processes of ceramic.

For the past ten years or so, several hospitals, art and design schools, social science researchers and design agencies have been mobilizing around the notion of care, a concept derived from American féminist philosophy. This publication aims to explore the place of color in this concept of care.

A small selection of Ronan Bouroullec's recent drawings.

Thinking design with philosophy (a teaching manual).

Artist's book.

A collective reflection on reciprocal relations between design and the ethics of care, in the areas of health, social innovation, objects, or the environmental issue.

A landscape of Japanese playgrounds, at the intersection of architecture, urbanism, design, pedagogy and contemporary art.

Typologie is a collection of design books about ordinary objects. This issue dedicated to the wine bottle features a photographic section with 60 silhouettes of rare or common bottles; a geography of forms, from Bordeaux to Alsace; a photographic report in the glassworks of Albi; a conversation between a botte-maker, a winemaker and a collector of ancient bottles.

Typologie is a collection of design books about ordinary objects. This issue dedicated to the wine bottle features a photographic section with 60 silhouettes of rare or common bottles; a geography of forms, from Bordeaux to Alsace; a photographic report in the glassworks of Albi; a conversation between a botte-maker, a winemaker and a collector of ancient bottles.

The drawings in 101 are made with a software application conceived by Erwan Bouroullec which extracts lines and colors out of photographs.

A small selection of Ronan Bouroullec's recent drawings.

A reflection on the genealogy of objects (artist's book).

This publication presents a comic strip made by a 20-year old Nathalie Du Pasquier in remembrance of a six months journey in Gabon. Inspired by a clipping from a Gabonese daily, the cartoon tells the colorful story of a clumsy Don Giovanni. This edition features an introductory text by the artist, the translated strip, and a facsimile of the comic book in original French version.

In this lecture, creative director Virgil Abloh takes us behind the scenes of his design process, sharing the essentials of editing, problem-solving, and storytelling.

A compilation of Lina Bo Bardi's tenure as director of Habitat, a publication self-dubbed “the magazine of the arts in Brazil”. Between 1950 and 1954, Habitat documented Bo Bardi's early thoughts on Brazilian culture, as well as reflecting her very personal take on modernism. Edited and designed by Julia, with contributions by Tamar Guimarães, Claudia Leisinger, Tony de Marco, Lara Viana and Tuca Vieira.

A multidisciplinary approach of ecosocial design.

Juillet features a small selection of Ronan Bouroullec's recent drawings.

In this publication, various authors reflect on the history of dematerialization and deskilling, the manifold meanings of materials in art and design, and the challenges for education when the innovative power of the artistic process is celebrated.

This collection of more than thirty texts, which were originally published between 1790 and the present day, explores man's rich relationship with material things. Devised largely in response to the gradual breakdown of the divide between art and design that began over a century ago, this book sheds light on the ways that the concept of the thing as idea has been considered over time.