books of enriched experience
We publish art and architecture books of original content, aiming to stand out not just for the quality or a clearly focused profile. Our team tries to enhance every book with experiences that bring authors and readers together into a living social network.
Book as a design object
We treat books as media content as well as design objects that enrich the space around them.
Book as an event
Instead of a traditional event, every new book can be accompanied by an exhibition or a new object in town. We initiate art and architectural projects ourselves, for instance, like organising the Vilnius Street Art festival since 2013.
Book as a social network
We seek to build a dynamic social network where authors and readers, artists and curators could all meet. Every book of ours has a mission to become a mediator for ambitious and inspiring personalities.
architectural guidebooks
in collaboration with Architecture Fund Lithuania www.archfondas.lt
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VILNIUS 1900–2016. AN ARCHITECTURAL GUIDE Marija Drėmaitė Rūta Leitanaitė Julija Reklaitė Designed by Kontis Šatūnas
2nd English edition 2016, p. 356, 150x170 mm, print run 1,000 ISBN 978-609-95484-9-4 Rights sold to DOM publishers (Germany)
Includes 238 buildings, 333 photographs, 200 drawings, map 2
architectural guidebooks
in colaboration with Architecture Fund Lithuania www.archfondas.lt
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Vilnius’ architecture of the 20th and early 21st centuries ranges from the Modern Style to High-Tech, and reflects all the architectural trends and political shifts that swept across the city during this period. At the dawn of the 20th century, the elegant Central European Sezession style was still in vogue. Architecture later progressed to the stripped-down interwar Modernism of the 1920s and 1930s, and after the Second World War it ventured into the controversial Sovietimposed Neoclassicism. After “totalitarian” architecture was officially discredited in the mid-1950s, postwar Modernism flourished, particularly in the new residential districts that were built to house the city’s growing population. At the end of the Soviet period, Late Modernism saw a large number of public buildings appear around the city centre. With the reestablishment of independence in 1990, and with the consequent changes that took place in the economy and in society, Vilnius experienced yet another wave of urbanisation. Private houses were built again, filling the city to the limits, and a spectacular steel and glass city centre took shape on the right bank of the River Neris. The Early Years of the Century 1900–1918 The Interwar Period 1918–1940
The Soviet Years 1940–1990 After the Restoration of Independence 1990–2016
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architectural guidebooks
in collaboration with Architecture Fund Lithuania www.archfondas.lt
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KAUNAS 1918–2016. AN ARCHITECTURAL GUIDE Julija Reklaitė Designed by Kontis Šatūnas
English edition available from November 2016 2016, p. 336, 150x170 mm, print run 2,000 ISBN 978-609-95484-9-4 Rights sold to DOM publishers (Germany)
Includes 238 buildings, 333 photographs, 200 drawings, map 4
architectural guidebooks
in colaboration with Architecture Fund Lithuania www.archfondas.lt
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There are two most distinguished periods of Lithuanian architecture – Vilnius Baroque architecture and Kaunas Modernism of the Interwar period. Plenty of books are written about the first one, whilst Kaunas modernism is beginning to receive the deserved attention only nowadays. Extremely short period of the first independent Republic of Lithuania showed that even a young state can emerge with exeptional architecture. These structures had a significant influence over the Soviet period, as well as on contemporary Lithuanian architects. 243 buildings – original and distinctive, from Interwar and Soviet Kaunas, together with architecture of today, can be found in Kaunas Architecture Guide, published for the first time. Here, illiustrated with photos and drawings, their history is being told. The book also has a special forfeiture chapter – with stories of already demolished or abandoned buildings, which still remain very important to Kaunas‘ genius loci. Kaunas Architecture Guide is dedicated to professional researchers as well as to common readers, to everyone who cares about the city and its’ elements. The Interwar Period 1918–1940 The Soviet Years 1940–1990 After the Restoration of Independence 1990–2015
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architectural guidebooks
in collaboration with Architecture Fund Lithuania www.archfondas.lt
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2nd Lithuanian edition 2016, print run 1,700, ISBN 978-609-95484-6-3,
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architectural guidebooks in colaboration with Architecture Fund Lithuania www.archfondas.lt
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Klaipėda and Other Seaside Resorts: An Architectural Guide 2018
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architecture
in collaboration with EASA Lithuania 2016 www.easa.lt
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NOT YET DECIDED
Lithuanian Architects. Unfulfilled projects Album / Sketchbook
Edited by
Saulė Gabrielė Petraitytė Gabrielė Jurevičiūtė Designed by Radvilė Samackaitė, Laura Bautrėnaitė English / Lithuanian 2016, p. 120, 147x210x13 mm, print run 1,000 ISBN 978-609-8198-00-3
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architecture
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This album contains 20 projects by Lithuanian architectural studios, immortalising ideas that were never fulfilled, or ones that were incredibly close to becoming a reality. These are projects in which the architects still believe and projects that were personal discoveries, the perfect answers to questions raised by certain situations. The album is also a vital and personal creative space, a notebook for ideas and sketches. This notebook poses no threat of creative blocking because it has already been started with unfulfilled ideas. 9
architecture
in collaboration with EASA Lithuania 2016 www.easa.lt
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AUDRIUS AMBRASAS ARCHITECTS. WORKS 1998–2014 Designed by Zigmantas Butautis, Dovilė Krikščiūnaitė English / Lithuanian 2014, p. 256, 225x280x30 mm, print run 500 ISBN 978-609-95484-1-8
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Awards: Art of the Book Award “Vilnius‘14”, “Papyrus” Art of the Book Award
architecture
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In the summer of 2013, while preparing for an exhibition about the work of the Audrius Ambrasas Architects for the Kaunas Archi- tecture Festival, many sketches, drawings and photographs were assembled, showing various projects and their development. Over the course of time, it is easy to forget the what, when how and why. Therefore, the idea came up to make this material the basis of a book about the work of the studio, which would also serve as a mark of appreciation to all those who participated in the creation process of the projects. This book is a retrospective look at Audrius Ambrasas Architects, which was established in 1991 and since then has exceptionally performed in the field of architectural design. 11
architecture
in collaboration with EASA Lithuania 2016 www.easa.lt
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THE METEOR OF PROGRESS: Author
Modernisation and Industrial Architecture in Lithuania, 1918–1940
Marija Drėmaitė Designed by Linas Gliaudelis
Lithuanian Edition 2016, p. 336, 190x224x31 mm, print run 400 ISBN 978-609-95484-4-9
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architecture
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The industrial architecture from the First Independent Republic of Lithuania (1918–1940) is at the core of this publication, exposing aspects of industrialisation and modernisation. It’s all evident in the changing landscapes, cities that were establishing new industrial structures and facing problems that came with it, also in the peculiarities of industrial buildings and the personalities responsible for them. Over 300 historic illustrations are included to add to the texts. Marija Drėmaitė holds a PhD in History of Architecture and is an Associate professor at Vilnius University, Faculty of History. Her academic interest is focused on the 20th century architecture, modernism, both industrial and architectural heritage. 13
artbooks
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artbooks
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Liudas Parulskis was invited to creat artwork on trolley bus for Vilnius Street Art Festival 2016
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artbooks
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BAROQUE AND CONCRETE
album of photomanipulations
Author
Liudas Parulskis Designed by Zigmantas Butautis
Lithuanian Edition 2016, p. 96, 190x240x14 mm, print run 450 ISBN 978-609-95484-5-6
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Includes 3D glasses, matches, a model of a Soviet kiosk, two essays by Nerijus Milerius and Ernestas Parulskis
artbooks
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The paradoxical relation between architecture and photography found in Liudas Parulskis photo manipulations actualises the importance of artistic creativity. Liudas Parulskis, who was initially trained as an architect, creates buildings-centaurs: he merges details of Baroque architecture into mass-construction apartment buildings and vice versa. These conceptual puzzles emphasise different modalities of time, interactions between architecture and ideology. Parulskis’ work is a series transformations of physical and virtual urban landscapes; it activates the processes of thinking and reflecting. The book will also contain 3D illustrations; to fully expierence them 3D glasses will be provided, as well as a box of matches, designed exclusively for this occasion. Exhibition “Baroque and Concrete” was held in Gallery of Photography, Vilnius, 2015 08 26 - 09 18 Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art, Gdansk, Poland, 2016 09 02 - 10 30
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artbooks
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VILNIUS STREET ART NOTEBOOK concept
Ernest Zacharevic photos by
Ernest Zacharevic Vitalis Vitaleus
Designed by Rapolas Vosylius
2016, p. 64, 147x210 mm, print run 1,000 ISBN 978-609-9548-4-25
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artbooks
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Art creates the city and the city shapes art. Street art is the meeting point between urban landscape and people who live, create, go for walks and brainstorm here. This book is an open invitation to rediscover Vilnius and its public spaces by using it as an empty canvas for ideas, notes and sketches.
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artbooks
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artbooks
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lifestyle
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THE BALANCE. TASTY MEALS AND HEALTHY LIVING IDEAS FOR ACTIVE PEOPLE Authors
Vaida Kurpienė Martynas Praškevičius Aistė Šeibokaitė Designed by Zigmantas Butautis
Lithuanian Edition 2016, p. 264, 170x225 mm, print run 2,500 ISBN 978-609-95484-7-0
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To feel great, exercising isn’t enough – we need healthy and tasty food to accompany our active lifestyle.
lifestyle
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More and more people take up sport; it‘s fashion. Running a marathon, holidays on a bike, a badminton club, swimming, kiting, zumba, rock climbing and many other interesting sports are becoming an important part of our social life, and slowly – our lifestyle. However, the information on how to eat healthy while doing sports as a leisure activity is very scarce. What should one eat in order to have plenty of energy during the training session and recover fast afterwards? What food should one choose for the competition day or active outdoor activities? “The Balance: Tasty meals and healthy living ideas for active people” is a book for an amateur athlete, a person who wants to live his life feeling good: being active, staying healthy and enjoying a great dish. The book consists of 60 recipes along with attractive photos, nutrition tables and cooking tips for breakfast, lunch, snacks and dinner prepared by a professional chef, and nine chapters on healthy nutrition presenting all the necessary eating guidelines for amateur athletes in an easy and entertaining fashion.
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books of enriched experience
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