BIS publishers autumn 2014

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BIS Publishers Autumn 2014


• BIS Publishers is an independent publishing house founded 28 years ago in Amsterdam, where it is still based. • BIS is a little power house for producing outstanding books for students, professionals and the general consumer on the creative arts and creative business. • BIS topics are design, advertising, architecture, fashion, marketing and innovation. • In 2009 BIS launched a line of gift books and boxed games, that reflects our taste for well designed and smart gift items that reach out to the general consumer market. • BIS produces about 50 titles per year of which 50% are new titles and 50% are reprints.


Pop-Up City City-making in a fluid world A beautiful, inspiring book that tells a remarkable story of cities and urban design in a fluid world.

• Based on the successful blog popupcity.net • A visual book on modern citymaking in the pop-up age • Full of international examples of more than 150 exiting popup projects

Jeroen Beekmans and Joop de Boer 288 pages | 200 illustrations 24 x 19 cm | hardcover £ 29.95 | ISBN 978 90 6369 354 1 July 2014









Pop-Up City City-Making in a Fluid World

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288 pages | 200 illustrations 24 x 19 cm | hardcover £ 29.95 | ISBN 978 90 6369 354 1 July 2014


Sketching - Product design presentation

Bestselling authors of widely adopted textbooks for design courses at universities and design schools around the world

• Follow-up title to Sketching (100,000 in print) and Sketching the basics (50,000 in print) • From how-to-sketch to why-to-sketch • Destined to become the # 1 go-to book on sketching presentation

Koos Eissen and Roselien Steur 500 illustrations | 192 Pages 27 x 21 cm | hardcover £ 29.95 | ISBN 978 90 6369 3299 October 2014


contents • Introduction • Chapter 1 - The brain • Chapter 2 – Design communication and Gestalt principles • Chapter 3 – Visual Rhetoric in Design • Chapter 4 – Visual Semiotics • Chapter 5 – Levels of Perception • Product Design Presentations








Sketching Product design presentation

500 illustrations | 192 Pages 27 x 21 cm | hardcover ÂŁ 29.95 | ISBN 978 90 6369 3299 October 2014


The Exceptionally Simple Theory of Sketching Why do professional sketches look Beautiful? Perfect text book for basic sketching courses at absolute beginner level

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Simple sketching tips for design students Great value for absolute beginner students With separate practice sheets on thick paper

George Hlavács 100 Illustrations 48 pages + 14 practice sheets | 22 x 17 cm paperback | £ 10,95 ISBN 978 90 6369 334 3 October 2014








The Exceptionally Simple Theory of Sketching Why do professional sketches look Beautiful?

100 Illustrations | 48 pages + 14 practice sheets | 22 x 17 cm paperback | ÂŁ 10,95 ISBN 978 90 6369 334 3 October 2014


ViP Vision in Design A guidebook for innovators Now in paperback

• A new vision and method for product design from the Faculty of Industrial Design at Delft University of Technology • Designed by Irma Boom Office • Now available in paperback edition, reasonably priced for the student market

Matthijs van Dijk and Paul Hekkert 100 Illustrations | 376 pages 19 x 15 cm | paperback £ 24.95 | ISBN 978 90 6369 371 9 July 2014






ViP Vision in Design A guidebook for innovators

100 Illustrations | 376 pages 19 x 15 cm | paperback ÂŁ 24.95 | ISBN 978 90 6369 371 9 July 2014


The In Vitro Meat Cookbook Includes the In Vitro hamburger and 45 other recipes. Beautifully designed book that will make the world think about the future of food.

“Beautifully illustrated with detailed sketches, the book is half-fiction, half earnest scientific inquiry” – Wired magazine

“The results are fantastically, and sometimes horrifyingly, strange” – Fox News

“If it takes a visually appealing yet totally bizarre cookbook from which you cannot cook to prod people to think about our food, then that‟s the way it is” – Vice

Koert van Mensvoort and Hendrik-Jan Grievink 100 Illustrations | 192 pages 21.2 x 16.2 cm | hardcover £ 19.95 | ISBN 978 90 6369 358 9 July 2014









The In Vitro Meat Cookbook

100 Illustrations | 192 pages 21.2 x 16.2 cm | hardcover ÂŁ 19.95 | ISBN 978 90 6369 358 9 July 2014


The True Size of Food About Our Absurd Ways With Food By investigating the measurable side to our nutrition and our eating behaviours, the author provides us with surprising insights into our often absurd manner of dealing with food.

• Visual storytelling for foodies • Beautifully illustrated • Makes you aware of our absurd ways with food

Marijke Timmerman 300 Illustrations | 160 pages 22 x 17 cm | paperback £ 14.95 | ISBN 978 90 6369 349 7 July 2014










The True Size of Food About Our Absurd Ways With Food

300 Illustrations | 160 pages 22 x 17 cm | paperback ÂŁ 14.95 | ISBN 978 90 6369 349 7 July 2014


How to Visit an Art Museum Tips for a truly rewarding visit The sense and nonsense of museum etiquette. A short, fun and rewarding read, full of tips and inspiring illustrations.

• How to Visit an Art Museum is an accessible, fun and rewarding read • A book full of tips and inspiring illustrations • Read it and you will be surprised by how much more rewarding your next museum visit will be

Johan Idema 50 Illustrations | 144 pages | 17 x 12 cm hardcover | £ 12.95 ISBN 978 90 6369 355 8 August 2014





How to Visit an Art Museum Tips for a truly rewarding visit

50 Illustrations | 144 pages | 17 x 12 cm hardcover | ÂŁ 12.95 ISBN 978 90 6369 355 8 August 2014


Always Be Yourself. Unless You Can Be a Unicorn. Then Always Be a Unicorn. A snapshot of the weird and wonderful world of the Tumblr generation A guide to understanding some of the random shit youngsters say, do and think.

• First book that captures the Millennial generation (born 1982-2000) • Tumblr-style design and storytelling • Perfect gift book for these youngsters and anyone who wants to understand them Pernille Kok-Jensen and Els Dragt 150 Illustrations | 144 pages 17 x 12 cm | hardcover £ 11.95 | ISBN 978 90 6369 350 3 July 2014








Always Be Yourself. Unless You Can Be a Unicorn. Then Always Be a Unicorn. A snapshot of the weird and wonderful world of the Tumblr generation

150 Illustrations | 144 pages 17 x 12 cm | hardcover ÂŁ 11.95 | ISBN 978 90 6369 350 3 July 2014


Conditional Design An introduction to elemental architecture Conditional design is the sequel to Operative Design. It showcases the spatial conditions based on the operations of Operative Design.

• New title in the successful Architecture & Design Experiments series • Sequel to Operative Design • Useful for architecture students and teachers Anthony Di Mari 200 Illustrations | 160 pages 15 x 10.5 cm | paperback | £ 10.95 ISBN 978 90 6369 365 7 October 2014







Conditional Design An introduction to elemental architecture

200 Illustrations | 160 pages 15 x 10.5 cm | paperback | ÂŁ 10.95 ISBN 978 90 6369 365 7 October 2014


Make a Face Memory Game

Fun memory game: Find the matching faces made with the same materials.

• Based on everyday DIY materials • Links in with the „make culture‟ • Play memory and get inspired to get crafty yourself

Anja Brunt 2 x 30 cards in a box 14.5 x 7.5 x 5 cm | £ 13.95 ISBN 978 90 6369 348 0 Out now






Make a Face Memory Game

2 x 30 cards in a box 14.5 x 7.5 x 5 cm | ÂŁ 13.95 ISBN 978 90 6369 348 0 Out now


Street Art Memory Game

A fun, arty memory game. Find two works by the same street artist.

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Major street artists featured Street art is the most popular art form of the 21st century Great for museum shops

Edited by Janne Ettwig and Lilian van Dongen Torman 2 x 30 Cards in a box | 4.5 x 7.5 x 5 cm £ 13.95 | ISBN 978 90 6369 322 0 September 2014







Street Art Memory Game

2 x 30 Cards in a box | 4.5 x 7.5 x 5 cm ÂŁ 13.95 | ISBN 978 90 6369 322 0 September 2014


Numbers Game

Find the numbers 1 to 20, in ascending or descending order. A different memory game

• New game concept • Great street graphics of numbers from around the world • Perfect game for typography lovers

Paul M. Baars 80 Illustrations | 80 cards in a box £ 13.95 | ISBN 978 90 6369 370 1 October 2014






Numbers Game

80 Illustrations | 80 cards in a box ÂŁ 13.95 | ISBN 978 90 6369 370 1 October 2014


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