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BENTELI MAGAZIN
KUNST ROBERT WALSER
Walsers Einfluss auf die Künste damals und heute
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KULTUR KERAMIK AUS SOLOTHURN Rettung eines bedrohten Kulturerbes vor dem Vergessen
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_ In the latest preview from niggli publishers we provide you with a high quality program for your customers. Architecture and design are our main focal points this fall. In architecture we are following up the key areas of architects and modernist architecture, a focus which we set in 2013. We present a remarkable pioneer achievement in a new edition of a long out of print building documentation for a unique architectural monument, the University of Miséricorde in Freiburg; this represents a groundbreaking effort to bridge concrete classicism and the modern. In design too we are continuing our series on major Swiss personalities of this period, which we began last year with our monograph on Alfred Altherr. This fall we will present the Swiss designer and architect Klaus Vogt. We will also be presenting titles such as re-searching utopia and archithese "FUNdamental Palace" (5.2014) focused on the current dialog about the relevance of Utopias in architectural design practice – which also happens to be one of the main themes in this year’s Architecture Biennale – and we will also be contributing to the issue of material innovation and design techniques. Under these terms the editors of Holz: Stoff oder Form [ Wood – Material or Form Giver ] also discuss the relevance of timber today as a construction material in the field of tension that has arisen between its mutation from a natural building material to a high-tech construction product. 360° Industrial Design provides customers with a valuable manual on sustainable design processes, structured around contemporary product design from the idea through to implementation. We go back a step with Experimental Design – where the relationship between methodical work and creativity is explored for the first time in an illustrated book for specialists. We also have many other specialist works of great interest, which are presented on the following pages. We would be delighted to support any ideas you may have for potential special events and presentations structured around the titles we have presented. Please contact our representatives Giovanni Ravasio and Hans Frieden or Kirstin Meditz direct with us in our publishing house. We greatly look forward to a continued excellent cooperation. Andrea Wiegelmann, the niggli publishing management and team
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The English art of carpentry
The Tamedia Building in Zurich by Shigeru Ban – a skeleton in spruce
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The knots in the wood may hold the tree together, but they are the biggest challenge any carpenter has to face.
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niggli — Wood – the traditional material of craftsmanship seen from many angles: by architects, engineers, artists, craftspeople, historians, philosophers and anthropologists — From a renewable resource to a high-tech construction material: wood with all of its numerous constructive possibilities — An anthology of perhaps the most versatile and ecologically valuable building materials of our times
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_ Holz: Stoff oder Form Transformation einer Konstruktionslogik [Wood: Material or Form Giver Transformation of principle in construction logic] _
_ Mario Rinke und Joseph Schwartz (eds.) Holz: Stoff oder Form Transformation einer Konstruktionslogik approx. 340 pages, approx. 280 illustrations, 20.4 × 28.8 cm three different paper types and formats, Swiss brochure approx. Euro (D) 54.–, Euro (A) 55.50, CHF 68.– ISBN 978-3-7212-0904-4 ↘ October 2014 Also available: DAM Architekturbuchpreis 2011 Mario Rinke und Joseph Schwartz (Eds.) Before Steel The introduction of structural iron and its consequences ISBN 978-3-7212-0756-9 _ Prof. Dr. Joseph Schwartz has been Resident Professor for Structural Design in the Architec-
Wood is one of the oldest materials in the history of building – and simultaneously one of the most modern. No other construction material has gone through such dynamic changes over the past few years as wood has: the disassembly and reorganization of the material as layered and fiber composites have made it technically far easier to handle, flexible and formally shapeable. It is now available as a construction material for abstract geometrical concepts and this in dimensions with practically no natural limitations. Firmly anchored in the construction images of the old natural material timber, wood has today reached far out into the range of structural possibilities other materials have offered and is thrusting its way forward as a highly practical replacement for them in building practice. The changes that have been brought about to its inner material composition are accompanied by exciting possibilities for design and forming. All of this has put wood firmly into its current position where from the interplay of a rustic natural material and a projection medium it has emerged as an ideal means for the realization of form concepts that are independent of materials. But on what laws of logic is construction with this hybrid material based, as it fluctuates between nature and culture? What is the dividing line here between the material and the form? This anthology questions the positions and perspectives of wood in the quandary of being caught in the space between identities and possibilities. The essays collected here bring the perspectives of architecture, the handicrafts, engineering, the arts, history, philosophy and anthropology. This book is the concluding result of a research project carried out by the Professor for Structural Design at the ETH Zurich. It is sponsored by the Department of Architecture and Federal Ministry of the Environment.
ture Dept. ETH Zurich since 2008. He studied structural engineering (ETH Zurich), PhD (ETH Zurich) 1989 on the dimensioning of masonry walls and reinforced concrete supports under normal forces. 1991–2001 proprietary partner of an engineering office in Zug, proprietor of his own engineering practice in Zug since 2002, cooperates closely with leading Swiss architects.
With texts from: Christoph Baumberger, Walter Bieler, Hermann Blumer, Gion Caminada, Thomas Domian, Marie Drath, Tom Emerson, Jörg Gleiter, Hannes Henz, Tim Ingold, Johannes Käferstein, Katrin Künzi, Beat Mathys, Urs Meister, Ákos Moravánszky, Stefan Polónyi, José Afonso Portocarrero, Mario Rinke, Christoph Schindler, Joseph Schwartz, Philip Ursprung, André Wagenführ, Yves Weinand, Niklaus Wenger, Mark Aurel Wyss, David Yeomans, Klaus Zwerger.
Dr. Mario Rinke has been a lecturer in the Architecture Dept. ETH Zurich since 2011 and at the University of Lucerne since 2009. He studied structural engineering (Bauhaus University of Weimar), PhD 2013 (ETH Zurich) with a thesis on the development of structural systems in the 18th and 19th centuries; 2007 structural planner for Ramboll Whitbybird in London, engineer for Dr. Lüchinger+Meyer Bauingenieure AG in Zurich since 2014.
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niggli — The catalog and exhibition book of the 14th Architecture Biennial: on what foundations are the concepts and plans of contemporary architects, engineers and artists based? — Cuno Brullmann and the experimental research work of the nineteen sixties and seventies are examined in the context of contemporary positions.
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_ re-searching utopia when imagination challenges reality _
_ Vienna University of Technology, Department of Architecture, Urban Planning and Design – Cuno Brullmann (ed.) re-searching utopia when imagination challenges reality English and German/French, approx. 250 pages approx. 130 illustrations, 21 × 27 cm, layflat softcover approx. Euro (D) 49.80, Euro (A) 51.20, CHF 62.– ISBN 978-3-7212-0908-2 ↘ October 2014
The great majority of architectural productions attempt to satisfy our everyday needs and to maintain the status quo of this basic requirement, an effort which is generally dubbed the state of the art. But architects of all times have simultaneously attempted to leave these limitations behind them and to propose entirely innovative paths, challenging the status quo of their environments and creating something entirely new. History has consistently demonstrated that Utopias have always been developed against the most varied backgrounds: Utopias have appeared as a reaction to crisis situations, as visions for a new start or as carriers for innovation. During the nineteen sixties and seventies in particular Utopias served as a source of inspiration for many architects. In the following decades Utopias continued to be a relevant issue in the humanities, but now tended to be pushed aside in architectural discourse. re-searching utopia sets out on a journey of discovery to find the contemporary role and possibilities offered by Utopias. The Department of Architecture, Urban Planning and Design of the Vienna University of Technology has asked personalities from various creative disciplines to reflect on this issue in the context of their professional experience. The book brings together a highly varied collection of texts, drawings and other illustrations, in which all of these highly varied approaches are presented.
_ The Department of Architecture, Urban Planning and Design at the Institute for Architecture and Design of the Technical University of Vienna is headed by Prof. Cuno Brullmann since 1995 and perceives itself as an open location for university teaching, research and experimentation where academic staff, students, guests and outsiders have equal rights to participate in the creation of a pool of knowledge on the issues of architecture and living. Various positions are worked on in the context of as many aspects, issues, contents and methods as possible. The contents are discussed and questioned while existing architectural and housing concepts are examined in a critical light in order to develop new concepts, contents and programs defining the future conditions for architecture and homes. www.wohnbau.tuwien.ac.at Cuno Brullmann studied architecture at the ETH Zurich and worked in The Hague with Koolhaas, with Ito in Tokyo and with Ove Arup in London. Employee and project manager for Piano/Rogers in Genoa and Paris 1972–1974. Has maintained his own office in Paris since 1977, was Professor at the Ecole Spéciale d�Architecture 1980–1994. Brullmann has been Resident Professor at the TU Vienna since 1995.
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Multiincident Shells are switchable structures that are enriched with events. The “H the Clever Treefrog is a Multiincident Shell which is informed by the functions and p The area of this apartment is limited to 64 m²; of this area, 46 m² are a „functionally remaining 18 m² are filled with specific, domestic functions; each of these functions activated and separately extended into the neutral zone. In this way, it is possible t kitchen, the dining space and the living room, each of which is 46 m². Seen in this w many times 46 m² is the equivalent of a 368 m² apartment.
Multiinzidente Hüllen sind schaltbare Gefüge, die mit Ereignissen angereichert sind Wohnung” ist eine Multiinzidente Hülle, in der sich Funktionen ´on demand´ zuscha Die Nettonutzfläche dieser Wohnung beträgt 64m 2. Davon bilden 46m2 eine Art fun Die verbleibenden 18 m2 sind durch die Funktionen Bad, WC, Garderobe, Küche u belegt. Weiters sind die Funktionen Tisch, Sofa und Bett Bestandteil dieses schaltb Funktionen sind getrennt voneinander zur Zone zuschaltbar. So entstehen über 46 Badezimmer, Küche, Ess- und Schlafzimmer. Bezieht man demzufolge die Flächen Prototypen auf seine Funktionen, ergibt das eine Wohnung mit einer Nettonutzfläch
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Edith Hemmrich, Mark Blaschitz and Josef Roschitz are co-founders and owners o brand SPLITTERWERK. The Label for Fine Arts and Engineering has been establi
niggli — Exhibition catalog for the 14 th Architectural Biennale in Venice — Re-thinking sustainable building: the world’s first building with an algae bioreactor facade and space-saving, innovative floor plan concepts — A cooperation between SPLITTERWERK, Graz and Arup, London
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_ SPLITTERWERK & Arup The Hamburg Apartment | The Clever Treefrog A building with a bioreactor facade _
_ SPLITTERWERK & Arup The Hamburg Apartment | The Clever Treefrog A building with a bioreactor facade German/Englisch, approx. 96 pages approx. 100 illustrations and plans, 22.5 × 30 cm softcover with flaps approx. Euro (D) 22.50, Euro (A) 23.10, CHF 28.– ISBN 978-3-7212-0907-5 ↘ June 2014
_ Edith Hemmrich, Mark Blaschitz, and Josef Roschitz are joint founders and proprietors of SPLITTERWERK, a brand for the graphic arts and engineering. SPLITTERWERK has worked
The Clever Treefrog is the world’s first building with a bioreactor facade; it is a project that was realized for IBA Hamburg in 2013. This Janus-faced passive energy building was designed by the Graz architects SPLITTERWERK and the London engineer consultants Arup. The facades of the two sun sides of the building are covered with algae bioreactors and alternating red and white stripes. Microscopic algae organisms grow in glass photo-bioreactors, where they generate energy and simultaneously control the light and shade. The facade changes color as a result of the algae growth and through this gives the appearance of being "in motion" as a dynamic aspect of the architectural concept. Two giant speech bubbles written in black on a white background with the question "Photosynthesis?" followed by the answer "Cool!" can be read from the distance on two green facades with tiny windows. The architects have also transferred the building shell concept to the floor plan design: The multi-incidental shell elements are a switchable cladding structure with the effect strengthened by changing events, the "Hamburg Apartment" also features a multi-incidental shell of this kind, and with functions that can be switched "on demand". The net floor space of this condo is 64 m2 of which 46 m2 is a kind of functionally neutral zone, while the remaining space is used for the bathroom and WC, wardrobe, kitchen and a variety of storage space. The table, sofa and bed functions are an integral part of the space. All the functions can be switched and changed on a zone separate basis, with the result that the entire 46 m2 can be turned into a single big bathroom, kitchen, dining space or bedroom – when all of this potential is added up the condo occupant has a theoretically available net floor space of 368 m2.
to the terms of an extended definition of art on trans-disciplinary projects between the disciplines of architecture, urban issues, painting, installation and new media since 1988. SPLITTERWERK projects have achieved widespread international recognition, won numerous prizes and have been the subject of major. Teaching work at universities worldwide. www.splitterwerk.at | algae-architecture.com Jan Wurm is Associate Director of Arup Germany, he worked as a project manager and a materials and facade engineering consultant in London until 2008; he is now also head of the Materials Group Europe and the Technology Department with agendas including light design, fire control planning, architectural and room acoustics. As a generalist with an in-depth knowledge of construction products and their possibilities in terms of both manufacture and use, he has managed many product development projects including SolarLeaf for BIQ, Hamburg. www.arup.com/global_locations/germany
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niggli — The first volume in a series of Frankfurt Architectural Guides, presenting the recent development history of the city with reference to selected buildings — The fifties in Frankfurt with icons of modern architecture such as the Market Hall or the Regional Finance Office
_ Petra Schwerdtner, Wilhelm E. Opatz (eds.) Frankfurt 1950–1959 Architekturführer German, approx. 160 pages, approx. 60 illustrations 21.5 × 24.5 cm, softcover approx. Euro (D) 29.80, Euro (A) 30.60, CHF 38.– ISBN 978-3-7212-0906-8 ↘ October 2014
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_ Frankfurt 1950–1959 Architekturführer [ Architectural Guide ] _ This volume is the first of the Frankfurt Architectural Guides series dedicated to the recent architectural history of the city. Taking a decade-by-decade focus, the series begins in the nineteen fifties and the development of architecture is examined using 10 selected examples. The iconic works of the time are presented, some of which are either due to be demolished today, or are no longer standing. Volume 1 is dedicated to the Golden Hall of the Hessian Broadcasting Corporation and the Junior, the Chemag and Bayer Buildings, the Market Hall, the Regional Finance Office, the Hauptwache Car Park, the Carl-Schurz School, the Oderweg residential building and the Heart of Mary Church. These were the work of young architects and builders who had established their businesses after returning from war service, including Gerhard Weber, Wilhelm Berentzen, Ernst Balser, the Blattner brothers, Max Meid and Helmut Romeick. The editors were supported in their work by prominent architecture critics, historians of art and design, conservationists and monument conservators. The current color photographs of the ten buildings are by the young Frankfurt photographer Georg Dörr and are placed in contrast with the black and white photos of Ursula Edelmann, the Grande Dame of post-war photography in Frankfurt. She photographed – the now demolished – Deutsche Genossenschaftsbank by Alfred Schild. The essay texts are by architecture critic Dieter Bartetzko, cultural studies scholar Gottfried Edelmann, art historian Almut Gehebe-Gernhardt, conservationist Astrid Hansen, designer and design historian Lore Kramer, architect BDA Rolf Schmidt, art historian Adrian Seib, conservator Stefan Timpe and architect BDA Franz Volhard.
_ Wilhelm E. Opatz, born 1962, graphic designer and publicist, studied interior architecture with Prof. Till Behrens, grandson of the architect Peter Behrens, after completing an apprenticeship as a bricklayer. Following a career as an advertising agency art director (GGK, Saatchi, Ogilvy) he opened his own graphic studio in Frankfurt in 1997. He designs exhibitions, art catalogs, graphic presentations for artists, art galleries and museums. His book on modern churches Einst gelobt und fast vergessen – Moderne Kirchen in Frankfurt a.M. 1948–1973 was published by niggli Verlag in 2012 (out of print). www.opatz.de Petra Schwerdtner, cultural studies academic, studied at the Universities of Hildesheim and Frankfurt. She founded kunstkontakt in 1999 and initiated arts programs – city explorations, exhibition visits, readings and film matinees. She has been the CEO and Chairman of the Deutschen Werkbund Hessen for the past ten years and was appointed as lecturer at the University of Frankfurt Faculty of architecture in 2011. www.kunstkontakt-frankfurt.de
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niggli — A focus on the key major work of the Swiss architect Denis Honegger, a pupil of Auguste Perret and Le Corbusier — This university building is an outstanding example of the architecture of its time and the transition from classical to the modern in the first half of the 20th century. — A new edition of an architectural documentation that has long been out of print with the addition of new text and illustration material.
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_ Universität Miséricorde Freiburg Betonklassizismus und Moderne [ University of Miséricorde, Fribourg Concrete Classicism and the Modern ]
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_ Forum d’architecture Fribourg – Freiburger Architekturforum, Cyrill Haymoz (ed.) Universität Miséricorde Freiburg Betonklassizismus und Moderne German / French, approx. 280 pages approx. 230 illustrations and plans, 24.5 × 31.7 cm, hardcover Euro (D) 78.–, Euro (A) 80.20, CHF 98.– Subscription until 1 August 2014 Euro (D) 62.–, Euro (A) 63.70, CHF 78.– ISBN 978-3-7212-0905-1 ↘ August 2014
_ Denis Honegger (1907–1981) studied at the École des Beaux-Arts and from 1924 he was a pupil of Auguste Perret in his Paris studio and in 1926
The University of Miséricorde (built between 1937–1941) is an altogether wayward building project, which fascinates and irritates equally with its ambivalent appearance poised between the traditional and the modern. The architecture seeks to achieve a balance between a classicist tectonic approach and modern volumetric principles. This ambivalence is not only apparent in the appearance of the facility in its entirety, but also in each of the separate building sections, the rooms and the forms chosen for use and even in the technical implementation and in the choice of fittings. The young architect Denis Honegger (1907–1981), who produced the design and who was involved in the implementation with passionate intensity down to the smallest details, was well aware of this ambivalence. He allowed the architectural principles of both his great teachers, the modern classicist Auguste Perret and the modern avant-garde master Le Corbusier, flow into his work in a daring and altogether difficult balancing act. His outstanding achievement is the recasting of two contradictory concepts in an original synthesis. [Ch. Allenspach] This new edition of the building publication which appeared in 1941 includes new texts on the architecture and the engineering work, and one third of this dual language publication is dedicated to new photographic material. This commemorative volume includes extensive plans and illustrations together with explanatory essays on the architecture of Denis Honegger and Fernand Dumas, the structural physics work of Alexandre Sarrasin, Henri Gicot, Beda Hefti and Jean Barras and on the innovative contributions to acoustics, lighting, building technology and the integration of art in the building. The contributors include Christoph Allenspach, Sébastien Radouan, Eugen Brühwiler, Aloys Lauper and Claude Castella.
joined Le Corbusier in Geneva. Honegger worked for five years as construction manager with Perret and Baudoin & Lods in Paris, before opening his own office in Paris in 1934 and establishing a studio cooperation with Fernand Dumas in Fribourg from 1937 – the University of Miséricorde is the resultant major work of this cooperation. Honegger taught at several universities and was a Professor in Geneva and Fribourg. Prof. Christoph Allenspach, art historian and journalist, Fribourg Dr. Sébastien Radouan, art historian, Paris Prof. Dr. Eugen Brühwiler, Dipl.-Ing. EPF Lausanne Aloys Lauper, art historian and conservationist, Canton FR Claude Castella, retired conservationist, Canton FR
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niggli — Magazine about architecture – from architects for architects — Thematical issues six times per year — German/English/French, 22.5 × 29.5 cm Euro (D) 22.–, Euro (A) 22.60, CHF 28.–
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Internationale Zeitschrift und Schriftenreihe für Architektur International thematic review for architecture
4.2014 Ein dynamisches Naturverständnis Is Organic Architecture still relevant today? Die Räume des Chen Kuen Lee Wissenschaftsbauten von Fehling+Gogel New Aaltoism: Tendencies in Nordic Architecture Die Natur der jungen Architekten in Japan Frei Ottos IL Mitteilungen Wasserkunst und Kunstlandschaft
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_ Issue 4/August 2014: Empire State of Real Estate: architecture and lucrative speculations The interplay of real estate industry, architecture and urban planning
Patrick Geddes Biopolis Nachhaltigkeit im Biokapitalismus Irrtümer der Ökobewegung Architekturprinzipien und Naturwissenschaft The Milieu of Synthetic Biology SPEZIAL: Bildatlas Architektur die hilft: Hitoshi Abe und ArchiAid J. MAYER H. Architekten, a2o architecten, Lens°Ass architecten: Neuer Gerichtshof Hasselt SPBR/Angelo Bucci: Wochenendhaus São Paulo
Architektur lukrativer Spekulationen Empire State of Real Estate
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International thematic review for architecture
Is Organic Architecture still relevant today? Die Räume des Chen Kuen Lee Wissenschaftsbauten von Fehling+Gogel New Aaltoism: Tendencies in Nordic Architecture Die Natur der jungen Architekten in Japan Frei Ottos IL Mitteilungen Wasserkunst und Kunstlandschaft Patrick Geddes Biopolis Nachhaltigkeit im Biokapitalismus Irrtümer der Ökobewegung Architekturprinzipien und Naturwissenschaft The Milieu of Synthetic Biology SPEZIAL: Bildatlas Architektur die hilft: Hitoshi Abe und ArchiAid J. MAYER H. Architekten, a2o architecten, Lens°Ass architecten: Neuer Gerichtshof Hasselt SPBR/Angelo Bucci: Wochenendhaus São Paulo
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6.2013 Ein dynamisches Naturverständnis Is Organic Architecture still relevant today? Die Räume des Chen Kuen Lee Wissenschaftsbauten von Fehling+Gogel New Aaltoism: Tendencies in Nordic Architecture Die Natur der jungen Architekten in Japan Frei Ottos IL Mitteilungen Wasserkunst und Kunstlandschaft Patrick Geddes Biopolis Nachhaltigkeit im Biokapitalismus Irrtümer der Ökobewegung Architekturprinzipien und Naturwissenschaft The Milieu of Synthetic Biology SPEZIAL: Bildatlas Architektur die hilft: Hitoshi Abe und ArchiAid J. MAYER H. Architekten, a2o architecten, Lens°Ass architecten: Neuer Gerichtshof Hasselt SPBR/Angelo Bucci: Wochenendhaus São Paulo
Die Architektur Europas Fresh Europe
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The mechanisms of the real estate industry appear completely impenetrable and complex to outsiders. But since investors such as banks, insurance companies and pension funds have discovered real estate portfolios to be highly attractive havens for their money and good alternatives to government bonds in times of low interest rates, the rules at work in this industry have also become the daily rules of play for many architects. Who are the stakeholders here and what objectives are they pursuing? What are these rules that hold sway over architecture, command the opinions held about it, define its appearance and discretely emit a powerful influence on public perception and all of this without being derived in the least from the profession of architecture? archithese presents an area that is almost completely overlooked in architectural theory and is isolated to the universities; moreover this is an area that appears to be rejected by the architectural profession in proportion to its growth in significance for property development in the real estate industry. _ Issue 5/October 2014: FUNdamental Palace The Venice Architecture Biennale issue Rem Koolhaas has called for a return to the fundamentals of architecture in his curatorship of the Venice Biennale 2014 – we call for the fun to be put back in. Allegro risoluto, ma non troppo – this is the musical designation for the finest movements of the great symphonies. But the years of economic crisis have wiped the smiles from the faces even of those in the profession who have held on to their good humor longest, their knowing winks and ironic nods to the postmodern have vanished from their vocabulary. The serious state of the practice today is counterbalanced by the experimental research in the architecture schools that have become the last refuge of fun, curiosity, playfulness and nerdiness. Is this process promoting the segregation of theory and practice, or is it leading to the development of new productive energies and innovative solutions? The testimony of Cedric Price is: "Technology is the answer, but what was the question?". He created a living expression of his way of thinking in his Fun Palace, which seeks to unite the latest technical and scientific knowledge with an experimental social agenda in architecture, with playfulness and humor as the catalytic driving forces. He has examined in meticulous detail all the possibilities for a new concept of architecture, which in its synthesizing form can still deliver the motivation today for new houses on old foundations. _ Issue 6/December 2014: The Architecture Europe | Fresh Europe An architectural journey through Europe The struggle for Europe has colored the political climate of the past few years. In the course of the financial crisis news reporting concentrated increasingly on questions of money flows and guarantees; the common interests which had been developed over many years disappeared behind the barriers of aggressively demonstrated renationalization tendencies. But in times of crisis with a construction industry at an almost total standstill in the southern countries of the continent from Portugal to Greece, the European structures in architecture also demonstrated that they could serve as the foundations for new projections and extended possibilities. Overcoming national borders in Europe has become much simpler as a result of developments such as the Erasmus Program, the rules on Europe-wide competitions, Europan and as a result of an increasingly multilingual younger generation. The European cultural scene is under great pressure and must find ways of asserting itself despite massive cuts, but nevertheless initiatives do exist – and also many programs, festivals and facilities that were established during the boom years continue to permit a European-wide exchange and promote the search for a creative exodus from the desert. archithese seeks the foundations for a European renewal, for a European culture that will find its expression in architecture.
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niggli — The art of making black-and-white books. Designed by the initiator of the blog "A Good Book". — 61 commented examples answer the question: What is a good book? — Available in two different formats: the handy format and the large-sized edition (all covers in original size) 02 14 16:18 Seite 1
Bernd Kuchenbeiser 61 books with black type on white cover This publication accompanies the Vitsœ 620 Reading Room, 22 February—1 March 2014, Vitsœ Munich, Türkenstraße 36. An analog expansion of A Good Book © 2014 Bernd Kuchenbeiser Projects, Munich www.agoodbook.de
Bernd Kuchenbeiser designer (post-graduate) and author, born 1969 in Heidelberg. He studied music and communication design in Heidelberg and Stuttgart. Since 1996, he runs his own independent design studio in Munich. He works as consultant for corporations, public institutions and publishing houses in all areas of cultural and visual communication. Since 2001 he has lectured on typography at universities in Germany and abroad.
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_ 61 books with black type on white cover _ The designer Bernd Kuchenbeiser loves books – some because of their content, some because of their appearance. His library expands constantly and not only for professional reasons; there are plenty of volumes he loves to have on his shelves simply because he finds them such beautifully designed objects. A "good book" and whatever it is that makes a book beautiful are not easy to define – the details of a design may well suit one book to perfection, but be very much out of place with another publication. A good book never wants to be left on the shelf – it needs to be read, examined, discussed, and it was with all of this in mind that the author launched his Website "A Good Book", where publications of many different genres are presented as if in an intimate diary, and discussed not only in terms of their content, but also in the context of their creative design, or the pleasures to be had from holding and examining them. He was quick to notice how many of these fine books had a simple design combination of black text on a white background. This observation is why 61 books with black type on white cover came into being as an "analog" selection from the website: each book here is presented with the cover, a bibliography and a short text, anecdote, or even a quotation to initiate discussion. Much care, effort and affection was lavished on compiling and designing a reader – this is an anthology which of course also references the black and white thematic focus. 61 books with black type on white cover is available in two sizes: a small reader in paperback format or as a large display volume with the covers in the original dimensions.
_ Bernd Kuchenbeiser, born 1969, is a designer and author. He studied music and communications design in Heidelberg and Stuttgart. He has run his own design studio in Munich since 1996. Bernd Kuchenbeiser’s work supports companies, public authorities and publishers in all areas of cultural and visual communication. He was art director of the architectural journal Baumeister from 1997 to 2011. In 2004 he won Europe’s most prestigious design competition: the Kiel Week Corporate Design prize. His designs have gained national and international acclaim, winning numerous prizes in the Book Design Foundation competition "the most beautiful German books", including first prize for "the most beautiful German book" in 2013. His work has been presented around the world in the travelling exhibition The Dimension of Surface – Communications Design in Germany, which was organized jointly by the Goethe Institute and the German Design Council. Bernd Kuchenbeiser has taught at universities in Germany and abroad since 2001. www.agoodbook.de | www.kuchenbeiser.de
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_ How does visual creativity arise in the first place and how can visual methods be developed and applied in the production of ideas and variety? Various methods for doing this are presented here under the chapter headings "Basis", "Interpretation", "Variation", "Relation" und "Sequence" with over 3000 illustrations. In the course of this work numerous methodical design approaches are presented and mediated. One of the reasons that the results presented here are so varied and frequently surprising, is the variety of the procedures described. For over two decades Armin Lindauer and Betina Müller have searched out, collected and produced work dealing with their understanding of how experimental design can be created by using methodical design processes. They show numerous parallels from completely different areas of activity including advertising, product design, poster art, the fine arts and the sciences. On the one hand historic work is discussed in the book prologue such as that of Gustave Courbet, Claude Monet, Alexej Jawlensky, Pablo Picasso, Josef Albers, Bernd and Hilla Becher, and on the other the work of wellknown designers – such as Daniele Buetti, Günther Kieser or Stefan Sagmeister – is considered. The book is thus simultaneously both a highly specialized technical work and an extensive and very rich atlas of ideas and inspirations. It is an impulse giver without dictating the way and demonstrates once again that creativity is frequently based firmly on methods which in turn it also promotes.
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naturfarben Unerschöpfliche inspirationsquelle. Was haben ein australisches Korallenriff, ein indischer Tiger und eine deutsche Wiese gemeinsam? Die Konstrukteurin. Allesamt wurden sie von der Natur entwickelt. Und speziell beim Einsatz von Farbe zeigt sie sich alles andere als geizig. Wer Inspiration in Sachen Farbe sucht, braucht einfach nur mit offenen Augen durchs Leben zu gehen. Ein Besuch im Park, ein Picknick auf der Wiese, überall finden sich Farben, die gut miteinander harmonieren. Die Verwendung von Farbtönen aus der Natur liefert aber nicht nur „einfach schöne“ Kombinationen, wir empfinden diese Farben auch als besonders authentisch. Ganz einfach, weil sie das Natürlichste von der Welt sind. C 5 | M 0 | Y 90 | K 0 R 252 | G 234 | B 0 Pantone 101 C
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02 Funktionalität und Usability
02 Funktionalität und Usability
Die Frage, ob und wie
Die Effektivität
Es gibt einen Unterschied zwischen „die richtigen Dinge tun“ und „die Dinge richtig tun“. Dass Produkte gut funktionieren und einfach zu benutzen sind, ist eine Grundvoraussetzung im Produktdesign. Darüber hinaus sollte ein neues Konzept nicht nur möglichst effektiv sein – sondern auch effizient.
Effektiv ist eine Sache immer dann, wenn man sein Ziel erreicht hat. Findet man zum Beispiel mitten in London einen Parkplatz, ist das effektiv. Hat man dafür zwei Stunden und zig Liter Sprit gebraucht, ist es allerdings wenig effizient. Im Unterschied zur Effizienz zählt bei der Effektivität allerdings nicht der Aufwand, der zur Erreichung eines Ziels nötig ist. Will man aus Designperspektive Effektivität beurteilen, so muss man etwas vorsichtig sein. Denn mangelnde Effektivität ist nicht immer das Resultat schlechter Gestaltung. Wenn zum Beispiel ein Rasierapparat nicht effektiv funktioniert, dann liegt das nicht zwingend an schlechtem Design. Es kann vielmehr technische Ursachen haben oder konstruktionsbedingt sein.
Freundlich zum Benutzer sein Was zeichnet ein Produkt aus, das einen Anwender zufrieden macht? Zunächst einmal, dass es einwandfrei funktioniert. Ist das der Fall, ist es auch nützlich. Was wie selbstverständlich klingt, ist allerdings seltener, als man denkt.
Die Effizienz Effizienz ist ein goldenes Kalb, um das alle tanzen. Aus gutem Grund – bezeichnet sie doch das Verhältnis von Aufwand und Resultat. Sprich: Was ist notwendig, um ein Ziel zu erreichen, wie wirtschaftlich ist etwas, rechnet sich das? Je geringer der Einsatz ausfällt, desto effizienter wird ein Ergebnis erzielt.
Funktionalität Geht ja prima. Dieser Aspekt klärt, ob eine Sache funktioniert. Funktional ist im Produktdesign immer dann etwas, wenn der Gegenstand eine bestimmte Aufgabe erfüllt. Wenn Föne fönen, Fahrräder fahren oder Rasierer rasieren, sind sie funktional. Die Frage, wie und mit welcher Qualität diese Funktion erfüllt wird, beantwortet der Aspekt der Usability. Auf Deutsch: die Gebrauchstauglichkeit.
Aufwand meint dabei verschiedene Dinge. Wichtige Faktoren sind die Zeit, die Energie oder auch die Konzentration, die wir für eine bestimmte Sache investieren müssen, um etwas zu erreichen. Ein besonders übersichtliches Produktdesign zum Beispiel kann den Zeit- und Konzentrationsaufwand bei der Bedienung reduzieren und die Effizienz deutlich steigern.
Usability
Die Praktikabilität
Der Grad der nützlichkeit. DIN EN ISO 9241 Teil 11 ist kein wirklich gebrauchstauglicher Name. Dennoch definiert die Norm Gebrauchstauglichkeit. Sie ist demnach immer dann gegeben, wenn folgender Tatbestand erfüllt ist: „... indem ein Produkt oder eine Software bestimmte Ziele effektiv, effizient und zufriedenstellend erfüllt.“ – Da die Zufriedenstellung des Nutzers das Resultat aus Effizienz und Effektivität und einiger weiterer Faktoren ist, können Sie das Wort „zufriedenstellend“ gleich wieder aus Ihrem Gedächtnis streichen. Merken Sie sich stattdessen lieber Praktikabilität. Doch dazu später mehr, vorher wollen wir uns kurz die beiden wichtigen Themen Effektivität und Effizienz ansehen.
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Was zeichnet ein gutes Handy aus? Sicher auch die Tatsache, dass es gut in die Tasche passt und nicht zu groß ist. Oder eine mobile Festplatte: Hier ist es nicht unerheblich, ob sie gegen Herunterfallen geschützt ist oder nicht. Solche Dinge lassen sich unter dem Punkt Praktikabilität zusammenfassen. Diese ist allerdings schwerer messbar als Effizienz und Effektivität; was praktisch ist, entscheidet jeder zu einem großen Teil subjektiv.
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robo worm Er ist ein Roboter, der die Fortbewegung von Raupen widerspiegelt. Die Bewegungen der ringförmigen Muskeln werden durch gesteuerte Magnetisierung der Metallringe (in einem Silikonschlauch integriert) simuliert. Somit wird eine Fortbewegung auf extrem unebenen Untergründen, in Kanälen und Schächten ermöglicht. Wo Kettenräder und andere Fortbewegungsmechanismen hängen bleiben und nicht weiterkommen, windet sich Robo Worm problemlos durch. Robo Worm besitzt zwei Köpfe, welche sich jeweils an den Enden des Wurms befinden, sodass er zum Rückwärtsbewegen nicht wenden muss. Dieses Prinzip ermöglicht die Rückbewegung bei extrem engen Schächten problemlos. Zusätzlich besitzt er Kameras und weitere Sensoren, z. B. ein Mikrofon, um Aufnahmen in schwerstzugänglichen Bereichen zu realisieren. Diese Aufnahmen können per Funk direkt an eine Empfangsstation gesendet oder zwischengespeichert werden.
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„Ideal bei Design ist eine Verbindung aus Effektivität und Effizienz.“
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niggli — Anyone who intends to achieve sustainable improvement of product design must keep the big picture in view – and optimize on a multidisciplinary basis. — Product design from idea to concept down to production and marketing on the basis of tangible case examples – this is a manual for anyone who knows the compelling fascination of design!
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_ Arman Emami 360 ° Industrial Design Basics of Analytic Product Design approx. 168 pages, approx. 100 illustrations 24 × 24 cm, hardcover approx. Euro (D) 38.–, Euro (A) 39.10, CHF 48.– German Edition: ISBN 978-3-7212-0914-3 English Edition: ISBN 978-3-7212-0915-0 ↘ June 2014
Our world is developing in the fast lane, getting more complex by the second. What challenges are pace and complexity bringing for product design? What significance do form, function, feel and appearance have? Is a designer a creative inventor, a pragmatic technologist, an aesthete or an artist? Is the only important factor the constant drive to make it new at all costs, or is the aim rather to marry the tried-and-tested and the innovative and establish an efficient link, a working relationship between them? And then, looking ahead, where should the focus be in the future? Before getting started one thing is clear: our rapidly shrinking resources and ever fiercer global competition are in any case forcing us to re-think the entire design process. The age of decorative design is long gone, and objects like pretty paperweights have joined the dinosaurs on the product evolution chain. Beauty alone is no longer enough! Anyone who aims to bring real and sustainable improvements to product design must be capable of seeing the big picture – and optimizing on a multidisciplinary basis. The product designer and author Arman Emani has set out with the intention of writing short, clear and entertaining texts. There is already more than enough unnecessary jargon, pompous language, philosophic theories and vague imprecise propositions to be found. 360° Industrial Design sets out to explain product design from idea to concept down to production and marketing on the basis of tangible case examples. Relevant theories from different fields are used to create a harmonious overall picture in the chapters "Usability", "Aesthetics", "Economy" and "Ecology" – and no claim to perfection is made anywhere in this, "because it is better to deal with the imperfect, than to delay to perfection." This is the perfect manual for students of design, for professionals and people entering from other fields, for product managers, marketing specialists and everyone else who is fascinated by design. 03 Ästhetik
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_ In 2005 Arman Emami founded EMAMIDESIGN in Berlin. Over 40 products have been developed and 23 patents registered since the set-up. Emami has received some 50 international awards for his creative designs, including the prestigious red dot award (best of the best), the iF Design Award (gold), the Good Design Award in Japan and in the USA and the German Design Award.
PowerFlower Immer der Sonne nach. Die Minisolarstation lädt Elektrogeräte besonders effizient: Der facettierte Sensor in der Mitte der Station ermittelt die optimale Sonneneinstrahlung und richtet die Station danach aus. Das Prinzip ist Sonnenblumen abgeschaut, die sich von morgens bis abends effizient nach der Sonne ausrichten. PowerFlower nutzt so Erkenntnisse aus der Bioästhetik – da das Design der Solarstation einer Blume nachempfunden ist, kommen auch Erfahrungen aus der Bioästhetik zum Einsatz.
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niggli — Exhibition November 2014 in Zurich — The first monograph on the work of the Swiss architect and designer Klaus Vogt — Furniture designs inspired by boatbuilding, compact, elegant and unique like the Squadra Desk or the legendary Sofa DS600.
_ Design+Design (ed.) Klaus Vogt – Neue Formen der Schweizer Wohnkultur German, approx. 132 pages, approx. 120 illustrations 21 × 27 cm, softcover with flaps approx. Euro (D) 29.80, Euro (A) 30.60, CHF 38.– ISBN 978-3-7212-0916-7 ↘ November 2014 Also available: Design+Design (ed.) Alfred Altherr junior – Protagonist der Schweizer Wohnkultur ISBN 978-3-7212-0893-1
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_ Klaus Vogt – Neue Formen der Schweizer Wohnkultur [ New Forms of Swiss Lifestyles ]
_ The architect and designer Klaus Vogt was an influential force in the new design for living pioneered during the buoyant and optimistic years of the late nineteen sixties and early seventies. His furniture is a signpost for a new approach to living that was a far cry from the bourgeois living concepts and the functional aesthetic standards of modernism. Joan Billing and Samuel Eberli of Design+Design also examine the love of experiment that was alive and flourishing during those times in their monograph study of the Swiss designer Klaus Vogt and the evolving environment with its new and changeable forms of living and multifunctional furnishings. The book also unfolds the story of how the way to these new forms in lifestyle were opened up and developed at that time. The young Klaus Vogt made good use of the knowledge he had acquired in his apprenticeship as a boat builder in his early chair construction work. After completing an interior design class at the Zurich School of Design with Willy Guhl and working in an architectural practice in the Netherlands he began to develop furniture designs that dropped the sharp edged pattern of the existing standard of the times. The furniture of Klaus Vogt features forms with the rounded and curved lines familiar to us from boat construction. They break with the standard design conventions of their time. A new design for living emerged from his pleasure in the play of color, materials, new production techniques and forms of use, which was characterized by the democratic, social and economic approach in the buoyant mood of the times. The book includes essays and contributions from Claude Lichtenstein, Susanna Koeberle, Arthur Rüegg, Verena Huber, Joan Billig and Samuel Eberli among others.
_ Design+Design is a platform for the cultivation of good design standards and in particular vintage design, based in Baden. It is here that the regular Vintage Furniture Salon is held together with international gallerists. Joan Billing and Samuel Eberli are convinced that the great original figures of their times were endowed with a unique spirit and passion which still emanates from their work today. www.designunddesign.ch Klaus Vogt (born 1938) completed a boatbuilding apprenticeship 1954–1958, studied interior design at the Zurich School of Design 1958–1962 among others with Hans Fischli and Willi Guhl. He worked in the office of Dolf Schnebli 1962– 1966; he was assistant to Bernhard Hoesli at the ETH 1966–1970. He has had his own architectural firm since 1968 and has assisted Dolf Schnebli at the ETH since 1970. He is a member of SIA and BSA; lecturer in Basel and Zurich. His first furniture designs date from the mid nineteen sixties.
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Istanbul – the city on the Bosporus – is famous for its countless minarets, magnificent palaces, colorful markets and traders, seagulls and stray cats. Istanbul is the only metropolis in the world that unites two continents. It is a trans-cultural mosaic, modern and contemporary in the way it links its rich past with our common future. The way Asia and Europe come together or fight it out in the streets against a setting somewhere between Ottoman magnificence and modernism is all part of the vibrant daily life in this city. The contrasts are endless and inspiring: traditional crafts collide with a young and blossoming art and design scene, which is slowly changing the face and image of the city. Slanted takes a close-up look at contemporary design creativity here and all the tumultuous developments in this cultural melting pot city balanced between the Orient and the Occident. This topic is thematically complemented by illustrations, photography and fine art from contemporary culture. Numerous studio portraits and interviews provide a vivid and up-to-the-minute picture of the scene.
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niggli — E-book with slide shows and embedded videos — T he management system project from design to implementation – colors, typography, pictograms, function, architecture and materials.
_ The Berlin Brandenburg Airport Signage Project ( e-book ) _
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_ Isolde Frey, Heike Nehl, Sibylle Schlaich – Moniteurs (ed.) The Berlin Brandenburg Airport Signage Project English, 79 pages, illustrated throughout with 2 integrated videos and 5 animations Euro (D) 12.50, Euro (A) 12.90, CHF 15.– ISBN 978-3-7212-0917-4
The signage system project developed for Berlin Brandenburg Airport by the communications design firm Moniteurs is presented in this e-book. The four chapters explain how the signage system shapes the structural identity of the airport: The "Identity" chapter deals with the architecture, the colors, the development of the fonts and the pictograms used; "Function" explains how typography is employed, what labelling types and dimensions are used, and how guidance and orientation works for visitors to the airport. The "Development" chapter explains how the notices and labelling are tested to ensure they are legible, e.g. at various testing points, and are then produced in line with the findings. "Beyond the Terminal" deals with how the signage system applies not only in the terminals, but extends outward to other buildings, building sections and adjacent sites, for the motorway accesses and exits and also for links to Internet and information monitors. In addition there is a brief review examining the art-in-the-building projects. The digital form of the book has opened up the possibility for presenting extensive material, interactive graphics and films explaining everything in detail.
↘ June 2014 Also available: Moniteurs (Hrsg.) 1:1 – Signage, Orientation, Identity 224 pages, 144 Illustrations 23 × 28.5 cm, brochure with flaps Euro (D) 49.80, Euro (A) 51.20, CHF 62.– German Edition: ISBN 978-3-7212-0889-4 English Edition: ISBN 978-3-7212-0890-0 Book 1:1 – Signage Systems, Orientation, Identity and e-book The Berlin Brandenburg Airport Signage Project as a package: 54.– Euro (D), Euro (A) 55.50, CHF 68.– ISBN 978-3-7212-0922-8
_ Moniteurs was established in 1994. In addition to the design of guidance and orientation systems, a key focus of the company’s work is information and corporate design. This broad range is reflected in the variety, depth and precision of the projects dealt with. Many have received awards, including the prestigious red dot award: communication design for the housing construction signage system "Aufbau Haus" and the Iconic Design Award 2013 for the "Potsdamer Platz" signage system. The "BMW works signage system" project resulted in an invitation to take part in The Dimension of Surface – Communications Design in Germany, a travelling exhibition of the Goethe Institute. www.moniteurs.de
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niggli — 2 × Tadao Ando by Werner Blaser in a complete package at a special reduced price
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_ Tadao Ando. Building in the earth Tadao Ando. Nearness to distance _
Tadao Ando, born in Osaka in 1941, is one of the best-known contemporary Japanese architects. His buildings, which are always distinguished by a geometric stringency of form and radical clarity, embody the Japanese tradition of the spiritual. The architecture of Tadao Ando is a remarkable example for the mutual permeation of tradition and the modern.
_ Werner Blaser Tadao Ando. Building in the earth German / English, 132 pages, approx. 100 illustrations, 22.5 × 24 cm, hardcover _ Werner Blaser Tadao Ando. Nearness to distance German / English, 84 pages, 62 illustrations, 19.5 × 20 cm, hardcover _ The Tadao Ando Package: → new price from 1 June 2014 Euro (D) 25.50 reduced from 67.80 Euro (A) 26.20 reduced from 69.70 CHF 32.– reduced from 86.– ISBN 978-3-7212-0921-1
— The popular color puzzle game now available at an attractively low special price
_ colorondo. The game with 80 colors _
When you take a chip out of one of five color fields and place it against a background of another color, the chip color suddenly has an entirely different effect from that in its previous position. How can this be possible? colorondo clarifies this amazing phenomenon of "simultaneous contrast enhancement" playfully and with no need for pages of explanation. The reason: you do not need a theory to observe the highly varied interplay of colors, but simply an alert eye and a sense of fun as you enjoy puzzling through all the combinations. Each of the 80 colors has 79 combination possibilities.
_ Moritz Zwimpfer colorondo. The 80 colors game → new price from 1 June 2014 German, a set with 5 color fields (white cardboard, printed and punched) in a slipcase of hard wearing semi-transparent plastic, 16.5 × 16.5 × 0.4 cm Euro (D) 15.– reduced from 29.80 Euro (A) 15.40 reduced from 30.60 CHF 19.– reduced from 38.– ISBN 978-3-7212-0567-1
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_ 2nd edition _ Archtitekturforum Biel et. al. (ed.)
_ Max Schlup Architekt _ German/French, 356 pages more than 300 illustrations and plans 22 × 30 cm, clothbound hardcover Euro (D) 70.–, Euro (A) 72.–, CHF 88.– ISBN 978-3-7212-0786-6
_ Since the economic boom of the 1960s, Max Schlup has been one of the most influential architects in Biel. One of his early, and meanwhile most popular, works is the Biel congress center with its indoor swimming pool. Up to this day it remains the symbol of the modern city Biel, wellknown far beyond city bounds. During his career, Schlup created excellent buildings like the gymnasium of the Federal College of Sport in Magglingen or the High School on the Strandboden in Biel. While Max Schlup accomplished to create buildings of consistent high quality over a period of more than 40 years works, buildings that served as icons, role models and trailblazers for architecture worldwide, there are next to no publications on him, apart from the short articles in specialized media that are common for architects of his generation.
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Gessaga Hindermann (ed.)
Marie Antoinette Glaser, ETH Wohnforum –
_ Boden Wand Decke Zur Poesie der Innenarchitektur
ETH Case (eds.)
_ Vom guten Wohnen Vier Zürcher Hausbiografien von 1915 bis zur Gegenwart
_ German, approx. 272 pages, illustrated throughout
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20 × 28 cm, hardcover with a text booklet
German, 232 pages, 165 illustrations and plans
in Swiss binding
18.5 × 25 cm, hardcover
approx. Euro (D) 49.80, Euro (A) 51.20, CHF 62.–
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ISBN 978-3-7212-0867-2
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Georg Ebbing, Christoph Mäckler
Thomas Elsaesser, Jörg Schilling,
[German Institute for Urban Design] (eds.)
Wolfgang Sonne
_ Der Eckgrundriss
[German Institute for Urban Design] (eds.)
_ Martin Elsaesser. Schriften
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_ new publications fall 2014
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and plans, 21 × 25 cm, softcover with flaps
German, 248 pages, numerous illustrations
Euro (D) 22.50, Euro (A) 23.10, CHF 28.–
21 × 25 cm, softcover with flaps
ISBN 978-3-7212-0824-5
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2nd edition
ISBN 978-3-7212-0844-3
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_ Awarded as one of the Most Beautiful Swiss books _ Ruedi Wyss (ed.), Ulrich Binder (author)
_ Gestaltung der Grundlagen Aus dem Gestalterischen Propädeutikum der Zürcher Hochschule der Künste _ German, 236 pages approx. 100 illustrations, 11 × 15 cm softcover with flaps Euro (D) 14.–, Euro (A) 14.40, CHF 18.– ISBN 978-3-7212-0877-1 _
Is creativity a good thing? Do I need a style of my own? The questions compiled in this little booklet are not made up. They are asked by young people who are uncertain about whether to opt for design-related training, a career in art. This handy, meticulously designed booklet condenses these recurrent questions, providing actual answers in concise, comprehensible texts.
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Guido Lengwiler
_ Die Geschichte des Siebdrucks Zur Entstehung des vierten Druckverfahrens
2011 in the Category "Research" _ André Vladimir Heiz
_ Grundlagen der Gestaltung
_ German, 486 pages
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more than 900 illustrations, 24.5 × 31 cm
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illustrated throughout, 14 × 22 cm
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softcovers
ISBN 978-3-7212-0876-4
Euro (D) 133.–, Euro (A) 136.70, CHF 168.– German Edition: ISBN 978-3-7212-0805-4 French E dition: ISBN 978-37212-0839-9
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Farbbüro Isler und Bader
Institute of Design Research Vienna (ed.)
_ Tools for the Design Revolution Design Knowledge for the Future
_ Color and Form Memo game based on Johannes Itten
_ new publications fall 2014
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German/English, 72 cards in telescope box
192 pages, approx. 80 illustrations
9.7 × 5.7 × 6 cm
15 × 21 cm, softcover
Euro (D) 29.80, Euro (A) 30.60, CHF 38.–
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ISBN 978-3-7212-0865-8
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_ 2nd edition _ Annette Ludwig, Isabel Naegele, Petra Eisele (Eds.)
_ Neue Schriften. New Typefaces. Positions and Perspectives _ German/English, 248 pages numerous type specimes , 17 × 22.5 cm Swiss brochure Euro (D) 29,80, Euro (A) 30.60, CHF 38.– ISBN 978-3-7212-0892-4 _
Neue Schriften. New Typefaces. offers insight into the fascinating world of type design. Positions in contemporary type design are presented in words and pictures: key protagonists offer insights into their thinking and working, take a position on current developments under the new technical, aesthetic and socio-political conditions. This publication, however, shows that current type design is not subject to randomness or a fashionable hype. From the rich international cosmos of typefaces the book presents experimental type designs, based either on a spontaneous idea or the concept of an individually chosen design project.
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Jan Filek
Christian Fischer, Johannes Eckert, Ilona
_ Read /ability Typografie und Lesbarkeit
Pfeifer, Philipp Schäfer, Andreas Uebele – FH Düsseldorf, Fachbereich Design (eds.)
_ Schrift und Identität Die Gestaltung von Beschilderungen im öffentlichen Verkehr
_ German, 200 pages approx. 60 illustrations, 18.6 × 24.4 cm softcover with bound dust jacket
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ISBN 978-3-7212-0879-5
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Emil Ruder
Josef Müller-Brockmann
_ Typography A Manual of Design
_ Grid systems in graphic design A visual communication manual for graphic designers, typographers and three dimensional designers
_ German/English/French, 274 pages more than 500 examples, 22.4 × 23.3 cm
_ new publications fall 2014
clothbound hardcover with flaps
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German / English, 176 pages
ISBN 978-3-7212-0043-0
357 illustrations, 21 × 29.7 cm, hardcover
9th edition, reprint of the original edition
Euro (D) 62.–, Euro (A) 63.70, CHF 78.–
from 1967
ISBN 978-3-7212-0145-1
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