Design

 
 
On Things as Ideas
2017
English edition
Sternberg Press - History, Criticism and Theory
sold out
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.
Nathalie du Pasquier - From Some Paintings - 2000-2010
2017
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
Nero
sold out
Halfway between the catalogue and the artist's book, From Some Paintings gathers a selection of still life paintings made between 2000 and 2010. Translated into black and white images, these works represents small everyday objects, alternating full size reproductions and details.
Nathalie du Pasquier - Big Objects Not Always Silent (2 vol.)
2017
English edition
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
sold out
This two-volume publication consists of an artist's book by Nathalie Du Pasquier with drawings, photographs, and reproductions of her paintings and a publication with photographic portraits of her works from the past decades by Delfino Sisto Legnani.
Frederick Kiesler - Function Follows Vision, Vision Follows Reality
2016
bilingual edition (English / German)
Sternberg Press - History, Criticism and Theory
sold out
A collection of unpublished or rare texts by architect and theoretician Frederick Kiesler written between 1927 and 1957.
Strange Design - From Objects to Behaviors
2016
English edition
it: editions
sold out
A history of critical design in four episodes: the Italian radical design of the late 1970s; the Dutch conceptual design of the 1990s; the English critical design of the 2000s, and the contemporary scene (with contributions by Bless, Didier Faustino, Alessandro Mendini, Gianni Pettena…).
ECAL - Graphic Design
2016
bilingual edition (English / French)
ECAL (Lausanne University of Art and Design)
sold out
ECAL – University of Art and Design Lausanne is recognized as a world reference in terms of graphic design. This success is largely based on a strategy of workshops that allow students to learn from the best Swiss and international designers on the school premises. This book retraces projects conducted in the Bachelor's Graphic Design and Master's programs between 2010 to 2015.
Manuel Raeder - Loose Leaf - Wall Calendar 2016
2015
no text
Bom Dia Boa Tarde Boa Noite
sold out
Manuel Raeder's 2016 Wall Calendar (with Armando Andrade Tudela, Mariana Castillo Deball, Heinz Peter Knes, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Tris Vonna-Michell...).
Mario Bellini - USA 1972
2015
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
Humboldt Books - Time Travel
sold out
Mario Bellini and his “Kar-a-sutra” space-mobile take a wild photographic ride in America during the seventies.
 Le Corbusier - La Ferme radieuse et le centre coopératif
2015
French edition
various
sold out
An unpublished manuscript, La Ferme radieuse et le centre coopératif (“The Radiant Farm and cooperative center”) describes the country planning project conceived by Le Corbusier and Norbert Bézard in the 1930's.
The Complete Designers\' Lights II
2014
English edition
JRP|Editions - Catalogues, Biennales & Collections
sold out
Collection Clémence and Didier Krzentowski (new, revised, and expanded edition in softcover.).
Pierre Charpin -
2014
bilingual edition (English / French)
JRP|Editions - Monographs
sold out
Twenty-five years of design.
Jorge Pardo - Tecoh
2013
bilingual edition (English / Spanish)
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
sold out
A sprawling series of buildings designed by the artist in the northern Yucatán in Mexico: a pivotal work by Jorge Pardo, his most recent and expansive Gesamtkunstwerk to date.
Nathalie du Pasquier - Square Paintings
2013
no text
Nieves
sold out
A selection of Nathalie du Pasquier's oil paintings made between 2001 and 2012.
Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec - Drawing
2013
English edition
JRP|Editions - Monographs
sold out
Bouroullecs' drawing practice.
Some/things - The Dark Labyrinth
2013
English edition
miscellaneous
various
sold out
Mick Rock, Etienne Russo, Syd Mead, Claude Parent, Mas Yendo, Ricardo Bofill, Ferran Adrià, Aitor Ortiz, Geert Goiris, Etienne-Louis Boullée, Carlo Scarpa...
In a Manner of Reading Design - The Blind Spot
2012
English edition
Sternberg Press - History, Criticism and Theory
sold out
New perspectives on design and its possible critical dimension.
Alex Coles - The Transdisciplinary Studio
2012
English edition
Sternberg Press - History, Criticism and Theory
sold out
A study of transdisciplinary studio models of artists (Olafur Eliasson and Jorge Pardo), product designers (Konstantin Grcic), and graphic designers (Åbäke).
Philippe Weisbecker - Greenhouse Studies
2012
no text
Nieves
sold out
Artist's book (a tribute to the beauty of the greenhouse).
Design Act - Socially and Politically Engaged Design Today – Critical Roles and Emerging Tactics
2012
English edition
Sternberg Press - History, Criticism and Theory
sold out
A project that presents and discusses contemporary design practices that engage with political and societal issues.
 FLAG (Sébastien Aubry & Dimitri Broquard) - In the Beginning it was Humid
2012
English edition
Nieves
sold out
A broad selection of Bastien Aubry and Dimitri Broquard's ceramic works.
The Complete Designers\' Lights - 1950-1990
2012
English edition
JRP|Editions - Catalogues, Biennales & Collections
sold out
Collection Clémence and Didier Krzentowski.
It\'s Not a Garden Table - Art and Design in the Expended Field
2011
English edition
JRP|Editions - Anthologies & Art Theory
sold out
Art and design in the expanded field: artists, designers, and theorists discuss the consequences of design as a self-referential practice, and the aesthetics of life-world in the art context with a special focus on furniture.
Alex Rich - Empty Words
2011
no text
Nieves
sold out
Artists' book.
Some/things - She Has No Strings Apollo (+ DVD)
2011
English edition
miscellaneous
various
sold out
The Earth, its surface, the transformation of matter, through time and cultures (with Pierre Gonnord, Šarūnas Bartas, Michael Nyman, Naoya Hatakeyama, Theo Angelopoulos, Eleni Karaindrou, Rick Owens, Mona Hatoum, Steve McCurry, Lawrence Durrell, Kenro Izu, Juliaan Lampens, Max Richter...)
 Bless - Lookbook Collaborations
2011
Bom Dia Boa Tarde Boa Noite
sold out
A limited edition containing twelve selected Bless lookbook-magazines ('SUP MAGAZINE, Capricious Magazine, mono.kultur, Paris-La, Purple Magazine, Textfield, etc.) held together by a Bless n° 43 Handle.
 Bless - Retroperspective Home N° 30 – N° 41
2010
bilingual edition (English / German)
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
sold out
This book brings together visual and written documentation of BLESS's last twelve collections (N° 30–N° 41), continually prompting and challenging the question of where a product begins and ends.
Martin Szekely -
2010
bilingual edition (English / French)
JRP|Editions - Monographs
sold out
Reference monograph on French designer.
Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec - Lianes
2010
English edition
JRP|Editions - Monographs
sold out
A new insight into Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec's creative process.
Iaspis Forum on Design and Critical Practice - The Reader
2010
bilingual edition (English / Swedish)
Sternberg Press - History, Criticism and Theory
sold out
What happens when you look at design as some thing more than a service-based relationship between client and designer? What new strategies and models help to question and challenge the limits of design? What outer circumstances influence this kind of practice?
Fabrice Gygi - A Manual
2009
English edition
JRP|Editions - Artists' books & editions
sold out
An artist's project, this publication gathers together drawings by Fabrice Gygi, bringing together the sketches, technical drawings, and 3D renderings of the artist's production.
 Lang/Baumann - Beautiful Book
2008
English edition
JRP|Editions - Monographs
sold out
An overview of the work of the Swiss artist duo, between art, architecture, and design.
Wouldn\'t it be nice... - ...wishful thinking in art and design
2008
bilingual edition (English / French)
JRP|Editions - Catalogues, Biennales & Collections
sold out
This publication hopes to present a series of projects bluring the line between artists and designers.
 FLAG (Sébastien Aubry & Dimitri Broquard) - Stadttheater Bern
2008
no text
Nieves
sold out
A selection of posters designed by Flag for the Stadttheater Bern.
 Ezra Petronio & Suzanne Koller - Selected Works – Subjective Inventory
2008
English edition
JRP|Editions - Monographs
sold out
The art of advertising.
Aude Lehmann - A la mode - The Third Way of Fashion
2008
bilingual edition (English / German)
Nieves
sold out
What it means to be «à la mode» today.
Peter Saville - Estate 1-127
2007
English edition
JRP|Editions - Monographs
sold out
Monograph conceived and designed in close collaboration with Peter Saville, revealing for the first time the legendary Manchester graphic designer's archives.
 Bless - Celebrating 10 years of Themelessness - n° 00 – n° 29
2006
English edition
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
sold out
This fully illustrated book features for the first time the wide range of Bless' activity and documents a unique mode of cultural production.
 M/M (Paris) - Printemps de septembre à Toulouse - Boxset + photo
2006
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Catalogues
Printemps de septembre
sold out
Numbered edition of a photography and a poster (Jean-Marc Bustamante fecit), which are added to the special box set by M/M (Paris) containing the last three catalogues of the Printemps de septembre festival.
ECAL - Industrial Design
2005
bilingual edition (English / French)
ECAL (Lausanne University of Art and Design)
sold out
An inventory of the best products developed within one of the leading European art schools, the Ecole cantonale d'art de Lausanne.
ECAL - Graphic Design
2004
trilingual edition (English / German / French)
ECAL (Lausanne University of Art and Design)
sold out
A source book of graphic design by one of the leading European art schools.
 Le Corbusier - The Artist The Writer
1970
English edition
Editions du Griffon - Monographs & catalogues
sold out
A selection of photographs by Lucien Hervé on Le Corbusier and his buildings, with texts and sketches by Le Corbusier, especially around Ronchamp and Chandigarh.
 Le Corbusier - L\'artiste et l\'écrivain
1970
French edition
Editions du Griffon - Monographs & catalogues
sold out
A selection of photographs by Lucien Hervé on Le Corbusier and his buildings, with texts and sketches by Le Corbusier, especially around Ronchamp and Chandigarh.
Azimuts - Graphisme(s): Transmettre aujourd\'hui les gestes, les outils, les pensées, les pratiques
2025
bilingual edition (English / French)
Azimuts
forthcoming
The design research journal devotes its 59th issue to contemporary forms of graphic design transmission.
Azimuts - Utilisation de l\'intelligence artificielle en art et en design
2024
bilingual edition (English / French)
Azimuts
forthcoming
How AI can be used in the creative process in art and design.
En quête d\'images - Écritures sensibles en recherche-création
2024
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – ArTeC
forthcoming
2024
French edition
Typologie
Typologie
forthcoming
The fifth issue of Typologie, a collection of design books about ordinary objects, is dedicated to the camping tent.
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