ART
Ant Farm approx $71
Ant Farm
HYX, Orléans 2007
Dedicated to the influential group of artists and architects of the American counter- culture, ‘Ant Farm’ provides an overview of the groups projects, from the mythical ‘Cadillac Ranch’ to ‘The House of the Century’, and from ‘Media Burn’ to ‘Eternal Frame’. The group’s projects are based as much on conceptual art practices, as on architecture, theatre or literature. Published on the occasion of an retrospective exhibition at the FRAC Centre, Orléans, this book is filled with photographs of works and performances, essays and interviews.
176 p ills colour & b/w 29 x 22 French/English hb
€ 42.95 Idea Code 07539 ISBN 978 2 910385 50 7
Dennis Ashbaugh: The Aesthetics of Biology approx $72
Dennis Ashbaugh: The Aesthetics of Biology
IVAM, Valencia 2007
There is a profound symbiotic between art and science, a link revealed when the artist perceives a relationship in a theoretical equation for example, or cyberspace, DNA sequencing, biotechnology. This is particularly the case with American artist Dennis Ashbaugh whose practice, since its early beginnings has been influenced by scientific discourse. This catalogue provides a wide-ranging survey of his work to date, through a large selection of works dating from 1981. Works are clearly presented in full colour, one to a page, accompanied by biographic details and several short essays.
196 p ills colour & b/w Spanish/English 28 x 31 hb
€ 43.60 Idea Code 07459 ISBN 978 84 482 4739 3
Chimurenga 11: Conversations with Poets Who Refuse to Speak approx $21
Chimurenga 11: Conversations with Poets Who Refuse to Speak
Chimurenga, Cape Town 2007
A heady mix of words and images that give voice to silence. This issue is about silence and about the act of disappearing oneself. Though it’s often an act of abdication, could it be defiance or resistance? Poets featured include: Gael Reagon, Yambo Ouologuem, Hereros, Johnny Dyani, GITMO, Necklacers and Black Arkologists.
96 p ills colour & b/w 16 x 23 English pb
€ 12.40 Idea Code 07389 ISSN 1683 6162
Luisa Cunha approx $61
Luisa Cunha
Fundação de Serralves, Porto 2007
The fact that Luisa Cunha begun making art at a later age, doesn’t seem to have been particularly disadvantageous to her career, having received widespread and critical acclaim for her insistent exploration of the legacy of post-minimalist and conceptual art. Exploring some 15 years of output, this exhibition catalogue documents her work to date through photographs, essays and two works, both spanning more than 40 pages, reproduced as inserts.
188 p ills colour & b/w 20 x 27 Portuguese/English pb
€ 36.90 Idea Code 07451 ISBN 978 972 739 178 3
Folkert de Jong: Les Saltimbanques approx $36
Folkert de Jong: Les Saltimbanques
Black Cat, Amsterdam 2007
De Jong’s latest series of sculptural pieces, refers to Picasso’s acrobats depicted in his 1905 painting ‘Family of Saltimbanques’ for its inspiration, yet significantly departs from the original work. Awkward and shaky, pained and exhausted, the figures in faded and tattered clothing provide a dramatic and thought provoking performance. This catalogue explores these, and other works by the artist through a rich collection of images, accompanied along with an essay and interview.
64 p ills colour 22 x 31 English hb
€ 21.50 Idea Code 07512 ISBN 978 90 810418 43
Raoul de Keyser: Retour 1964 – 2006 approx $98
Raoul de Keyser: Retour 1964 – 2006
Ludion, Gent 2007
Drawing on information taken from an earlier edition from the same publisher, this completely new and expanded overview documents both early and more recent work from this influential Belgian artist. Particular attention is paid to systematically examining early works from the 1960s and 70s, which brings to light new aspects in both de Keyser’s formative development and his output over more recent years.
256 p ills colour & b/w 25 x 29 Dutch/English hb
€ 59.00 Idea Code 07398 ISBN 978 90 5544 709 1
World rights except NL & Belgium Art
Wim Delvoye: Cloaca 2000 – 2007 approx $98
Wim Delvoye: Cloaca 2000 – 2007
Casino Luxemburg, Luxemburg 2007
Since the first public ‘Cloaca Original’ performance at Antwerp’s MuHKA in 2000, Wim Delvoye’s Cloaca project has been endlessly enriched and enlarged, and now totals eight machines, hundreds of drawings, scale models, stereoscopic photographs, x-rays, bonds and derivatives, and the excrement produced by the machines - now vacuum packed and safe in various art collections. The full extent of the project is documented here, extensively illustrated and published on glossy paper, presented bound in a soft brown leather cover. An advertisement (or is it a special poster?) designed by the artist is also included.
222 p ills colour & b/w 23 x 30 English hb
€ 59.30 Idea Code 07442 no ISBN
Documents Tome 1: Collection 35 Works approx $66
Documents Tome 1: Collection 35 Works
Les Presses du Réel, Dijon 2007
The Espace Multimedia Gantner, a specialized centre devoted to digital media in France, contains a substantial collection of works in its archives which are presented here. Thirty-five works, from the likes of Tony Oursler, Valie Export and Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster are documented, along with manifestations presented in the art space since 2001, and several engaging essays.
304 p + CD ills colour & b/w 21 x 26 French/English hb
€ 39.50 Idea Code 07393 ISBN 978 2 84066 196 2 Katharina Grosse: Picture Park approx $48
Katharina Grosse: Picture Park
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane 2007
Grosse’s work challenges the viewer’s expectations of painting, embracing the history of the medium, while opening it up for unforeseen possibilities. Her installation piece, created for the Queensland Art Gallery, is documented in this large scale catalogue through multiple, full-page, colour illustrations.
48 p ills colour 30 x 41 English pb
€ 28.90 Idea Code 07402 ISBN 978 1 876509 98 9
Gabriela Gründler: My Things approx $56
Gabriela Gründler: My Things
Edition Patrick Frey, Zurich 2007
When Gabriela Gründler decided to move to another apartment she was struck by how many things she had collected in her daily life without really being aware of it. This book developed while she was asking herself questions about accumulation, property and production and features over 2600 personal belongings, all consequently photographed and presented alongside one another.
100 p ills colour 15 x 21 German/English pb
€ 33.90 Idea Code 07505 ISBN 978 3 905509 69 4
Wade Guyton: La Salle de Bains approx $47
Wade Guyton: La Salle de Bains
Presses du Réel, Dijon 2007
Guyton’s ‘printer drawings’ consist of illustrated pages torn out of exhibition catalogues, monographs and architecture books. With the help of a standard ink printer, Guyton then adds geometric shapes to the original plates which do not relate to the illustration in any ostensible way. One shows a Suprematist composition superimposed over an abstract biomorphic sculpture, another a perforated rectangle over a Dada poster, and in another, flames crawl over reproductions of paintings. Here three series of works are presented in this monograph, published in conjunction with an exhibition in Lyon.
88 p ills colour 23 x 27 French/English pb
€ 28.35 Idea Code 07426 ISBN 978 2 84066 199 3
Theo Jansen: The Great Pretender approx $66
Theo Jansen: The Great Pretender
010, Rotterdam 2007
Since 1990 Theo Jansen has been engaged in creating new forms of life, most notably in the form of skeletal beach animals. These forms are not made of protein, but of plastic tubing, and are able to walk with energy absorbed from the wind. Gradually evolving over several generations, these creatures are becoming more adept at coping with their beach environments – the creator hopes that they will eventually reach a level of independence and self sufficiency. Here the riveting story of Jansen and the evolution undergone by his creations is told.
240 p + DVD ills colour 21 x 28 English hb
€ 39.50 Idea Code 07498 ISBN 978 90 6450 630 7 On Kawara: Consciousness. Meditation.Watcher on the Hills approx $38
On Kawara: Consciousness. Meditation.Watcher on the Hills
Presses du Réel, Dijon 2007
On Kawara’s recent exhibition, which circumnavigated the world in a clockwise direction over a three and a half-year period, played with the artist’s preoccupation with time. The pieces chosen reflect a judicious choice, rather than a full retrospective, and consist of: an early drawing, ‘Date Paintings’, the ‘One Million Years’ books and a batch of telegrams – devised by the artist himself. Apart from an introductory essay, the catalogue further only features reproductions of the artist’s work, interspersed with reviews taken from newspapers.
144 p ills colour & b/w 18 x 24 English hb
€ 22.65 Idea Code 07434 ISBN 978 2 84066 211 2 Lydie Fischer Sarazin-Levassor: A Marriage in Check $39.00
Lydie Fischer Sarazin-Levassor: A Marriage in Check Presses du Reel 225p (mostly text/some bw photos) 5x8in pb 9782840662174 Idea Code 07435 $39.26 Marcel Duchamp met Lydie Sarazin-Levassor at the end of March 1927. On 7 June, they were married. Francis Picabia acted as a witness and the ceremony was filmed by Man Ray. On January 1928, they divorced. Lydie Sarazin-Levassor tells the story of their marriage, presents us with "her" Marcel, and relates her encounters with Jacques Doucet, Constantin Brancusi, Henri-Pierre Roche, Man Ray and Kiki de Montparnasse, Jean Cocteau, the Ballets Russes, the Duchamp family, Jean Croti, Mary Rumsey, Katharine Dreier and Robert Desnos. Idea Books - new Page 1
TITUS MATIYANE: CITIES OF THE WORLD isbn 9789064506406 010 Idea Code 07576 $32.50
South African artist Titus Matiyane makes large, wide-format panoramic landscape drawings that are emblematic of his obsession with the built environment and modern cities. This book, accompanying a travelling exhibition, focuses on seven of his panoramas: Pietersburg, Durban and Pretoria in South Africa, London, New York-Manhattan, Hong Kong and Rotterdam/Amsterdam.
56 p ills colour 28 x 18 English pb back
http://www.ideabooks.nl/pages/default.asp?subject_id=88&showresults=details&titel=22516 01/11/2008 04:18:03 PM Yoshitomo Nara + graf: Torre de Málaga approx $48
Yoshitomo Nara + graf: Torre de Málaga
CAC Málaga, Málaga 2007
Nara and his regular team of creative associates, graf worked together for the first time in Spain in order to present the installation entitled ‘Torre de Málaga’ (Tower of Malaga). The project is documented in this catalogue, accompanied by other paintings and drawings from Nara, presented in the context of the exhibition.
76 p ills colour & b/w 22 x 25 Spanish/English/Japanese pb
€ 29.00 Idea Code 07499 ISBN 978 84 96159 56 3 Purple Journal 12 Fall/Winter 07/08 approx $13
Purple Journal 12 Fall/Winter 07/08
Purple Editions, Paris 2007
12 May to 6 September 2007 – 46 days, with just as many contributors, and almost as many places and stories. Photographic folios, one in full colour by Chikashi Suzuki, and the other, a winter fashion folio modelled by Laetitia Benat are featured along with other contributors, including: Manon de Boer, Yuriika Suzuki, Gary Indiana, and Yannick Haenel.
112 p ills colour & b/w 19 x 24 English pb
€ 8.00 Idea Code 07465 ISSN 1770 0418 Robert Rauschenberg: Travelling 70 – 76 approx $79
Robert Rauschenberg: Travelling 70 – 76
Fundação de Serralves, Porto 2007
Featuring work that will no doubt bring a smile to any fan of Rauschenberg’s work, this catalogue documents one of the most neglected, yet crucial parts of his oeuvre. Created between 1970 and 1976, the abstract works featured are produced predominantly through the use of cardboard taken from boxes and fabric, and carry playful and alluring titles such as ‘Plain Salt’ to ‘Potato Buds(Cardboards)’ ‘Hoarfrost’, and ‘Capitol(Bones and Onions)’. Clearly catalogued, each work is presented one per page and accompanied by its exhibition history and bibliographic references
196 p ills colour & b/w 25 x 29 Portuguese/English pb
€ 47.45 Idea Code 07513 ISBN 978 972 739 185 1 Peter Regli: Reality Hacking approx $60
Peter Regli: Reality Hacking
Patrick Frey, Zurich
Regli takes a perspective usually limited to the confines of an art museum, and transplants it into existing everyday situations. The consequences of these encounters are interventions or temporary installations that are often cleverly located, use simple materials and that playfully engage both perceptions and associations. 256 of these works are collected in this handsomely produced edition, accompanied by several essays and an interview with the artist.
276 p ills colour & b/w 17 x 23 German/English hb
€ 36.25 Idea Code 07425 ISBN 978 3 905509 70 0 Juan Usle: Switch On / Switch Off approx $84
Juan Uslé: Switch on / Switch off
CAC Málaga, Málaga 2007
Situated among the vanguard of contemporary abstract painters, Juan Uslé’s oeuvre is built up around a unique combination of various elements that allow for rich and complex variations. This collection of recent works exhibited at the CAC Málaga features two groups, the first, ‘Soñé que revelabas’ – comprises a series of large format dark coloured paintings. The second – small format works in which Uslé uses lines, waves, chequered and rhizome patterns – elements consistently present in the artist’s work. The 75 works featured in this edition are reproduced on thick paper, one to a page, in full colour, and accompanied by essays, biographic and bibliographic notes.
228 p ills 80 colour 25 x 31 Spanish/English hb
€ 50.20 Idea Code 07516 ISBN 978 84 96159 57 0 Christopher Wool approx $71
Christopher Wool
IVAM, Valencia 2006
Blending black humoured cynicism with sheer poetry Christopher Wool’s work seems to swallow and digest everything that constitutes modern painting, expanding pictorial elements, smearing, erasing, enlarging details to create in turn, calm, persuasive images. This sympathetic and well designed catalogue, provides a survey of Wool’s paintings produced between1988 and 2005. Works are presented one per two pages, and accompanied by several short essays and various biographic details.
244 p ills colour & b/w 22 x 29 Spanish/English hb
€ 42.50 Idea Code 07453 ISBN 978 84 7579 424 2
PHOTO
Nobuyoshi Araki: Kaori Love approx $35
Nobuyoshi Araki: Kaori Love
Eyescencia, Tokyo 2007
Forty full-page photographs of Araki’s muse, Kaori, are collected in this fine, large format, limited edition. Each of the images has been painted over in bright colours, such as green, red, blue and yellow – in the immediately recognizable signature Araki style.
44 p ills colour 27 x 33 Japanese/English hb
€ 20.95 Idea Code 07545 No ISBN Conversations w/ Phots: approx $77
Conversations with Photographers: Becher/Serrano/Perejaume/Douglas/Huan/Sekula
La Fábrica, Madrid 2006
The five small volumes collected in this box, provide a unique opportunity for the fans of Bernd & Hilla Becher, Andres Serrano, Perejaume, Stan Douglas, Zhang Huan, and Allan Sekula. The conversations published here offer insights into the thoughts and reflections of these master photographers in the context of their work and practice, aesthetics, biographical aspects and personal opinions.
5 x 72 p ills colour & b/w 11 x 15 English pb in boxed set
€ 45.60 Idea Code 07531 ISBN 978 84 96466 25 8 Conversations w/ Phots: Graham/Höfer/Bleda y approx $77
Conversations with Photographers: Graham/Höfer/Bleda y Rosa/Klauke/Almeida/Muniz
La Fábrica, Madrid 2007
The five small volumes collected in this box, provide a unique opportunity for fans of Paul Graham, Candida Höfer, Bleda y Rosa, Jürgen Klauke, Helena Almeida, and Vic Muniz. The conversations published here offer insights into the thoughts and reflections of these master photographers in the context of their work and practice, aesthetics, biographical aspects and personal opinions.
5 X 72 p ills colour & b/w 11 x 15 English pb in boxed set
€ 45.60 Idea Code 07532 ISBN 978 84 96466 77 7 Luigi Gariglio: Portraits in Prisons approx $58
Luigi Gariglio: Portraits in Prisons
De Verbeelding, Amsterdam 2007
Gariglio’s portraits the prejudice that accompanies and marks prisoners for the rest of their lives……showing them in their utmost normality and dignity: clean faces of men and women, simple face, sometimes gentle, sometimes resigned, or sad and melancholic. Portraits are complemented with images of different cells, which are sometimes bare, sometimes furnished. Thought provoking, the photographs can be seen both as a warning, and a criticism of society.
152 p ills colour 21 x 26 English hb
€ 35.00 Idea Code 07381 ISBN 978 90 78909 01 9 Kessels: In almost every picture #6 Passport approx $41
Kessels: In almost every picture #6 Passport
KesselsKramer, Amsterdam 2007
By collecting and documenting her passport photographs over some 60 years, the woman in this book demarcated her life in black and white. It is difficult to imagine a more minimalist autobiography, a lifetime compressed into just 75 extremely similar photographs.
144 p ills 62 b/w 16 x 20 English pb
€ 24.95 Idea Code 07468 ISBN 978 90 70478 15 5 Annaleen Louwes: Minor Details approx $49
Annaleen Louwes: Minor Details
Van Zoetendaal, Amsterdam 2007
A half-naked man, sitting on a chair, looking sideways; a young man awkwardly fumbling with his shirt button; a woman leaning against a wall, her hair hanging in front of her face. All unimportant moments, hardly photographic highlights one would say, yet absorbing nonetheless for what they represent. This publication compiles four different series from this Dutch photographer, taken between 2002 and 2006.
76 p ills colour & b/w 20 x 26 English hb
€ 29.50 Idea Code 07529 ISBN 978 90 802132 7 2 Yasumasa Morimura: My Life through a Looking Glass approx $99
Yasumasa Morimura: My Life through a Looking Glass
Reflex Gallery, Amsterdam 2007
Elizabeth Taylor, Frida Kahlo, Jane Fonda, Mao and Charlie Chaplin are just a few of the identities appropriated by Morimura for his hybrid self-portraits produced over the course of his long career. Based on a sizeable exhibition of Polaroid photographs presented along with a selection of his large-scale, finished images, this catalogue – published in close collaboration with the artist – contains an overview of his oeuvre and lays bare Morimura’s process of creation for the first time.
156 p ills colour & b/w 21 x 25 English hb
€ 59.50 Idea Code 07486 ISBN 978 90 71848 04 9 Masataka Nakano: My Lost America approx $58
Masataka Nakano: My Lost America
Little More, Tokyo 2007
Since first visiting America in 1977, Masataka Nakano, has returned repeatedly, photographing cities and people in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. When he visited New York for the last time in 2006 the desire to photograph did not arise as the city and people had changed too dramatically. The colour photographs that fill every page of this book are then a slice of America that has slowly disappeared, yet draw on iconic and timeless images of people captured on the street, empty spaces, billboards and signage, streetscapes, parks and Cadillac’s and Chevrolets.
178 p ills colour 30 x 21 Japanese/English pb
€ 34.90 Idea Code 07541 ISBN 978 4 89815 226 3 Noorderlicht 2007: Act of Faith approx $66
Act of Faith
Aurora Borealis, Groningen 2007
Where lies the line between believing and knowing? Between liberation and dogma? Between uniting and dividing and ecstasy and excess? The 14th Noorderlicht Photo festival brings together 130 international photographers, who attempt in their own way through their images to try to come to grips with the myriad of voices and claims around such themes as faith, religion, globalization and secularization.
312 p ills colour & b/w 16 x 23 Dutch/English hb
€ 39.50 Idea Code 07463 ISBN 978 90 76703 32 9 Oldschool & Newschool – Two views in Skateboard Photography approx $85
Oldschool & Newschool – Two views in Skateboard Photography
Verlag für Bildschöne Bücher, Berlin 2007
Appearance, clothing, athletics, soundscape and the acrobatic moves and the changing urban perception of the skateboarder are all passed through the loop in this book that compares the scene in1989 with that from 2002 up until the present.
72 p ills 30 colour 17 x 24 English hb
€ 51.00 Idea Code 07533 ISBN 978 3 93918105 7 Our Home, Shek Kip Mei 1954 – 2006 approx $43
Our Home, Shek Kip Mei 1954 – 2006
MCCM, Hong Kong 2007
Shek Kip Mei was the first public housing estate development built by the British colonial government in 1954. Originally intended as a short term solution, the oldest blocks were finally torn down in November 2006. Photojournalist Vincent Yu captured life in the estate for some 200 elderly residents and their ‘homes’ during the last phase of its existence. Many having inhabited the crumbling estate for over five decades.
176 p ills b/w 18 x 24 Chinese/English pb cloth
€ 26.05 Idea Code 07336 ISBN 978 988 99266 3 2 Walter Pfeiffer: Cherchez la Femme! approx $91
Walter Pfeiffer: Cherchez la Femme!
Edition Patrick Frey, Zurich 2007
Pfeiffer’s glamorous, joyful style along with his sense for beauty and aesthetics have influenced Juergen Teller and many other big names in photography. This monograph contains 68 photographs of women, many never before published, and as such provides a new addition to his oeuvre so far.
112 p ills 68 colour 18 x 28 German/English hb
€ 55.00 Idea Code 07423 ISBN 978 3 905509 66 3 Walter Pfeiffer: Welcome Aboard $65.00
Walter Pfeiffer: Welcome Aboard Patrick Frey 2001 164p 11x 8.in bw/cl ils HB 9783905509328 Idea Code $64.66 Originally released in 2001. This book is a celebration that proves photography is truly an art form. It's a mesmerizing journey for the viewer that is at once both seductive and meditative. For anyone not familiar with Swiss photographer Walter Pfeiffer, this large collection of 113 color and 104 black & white images from the period 1980-2000 are a stunning introduction to this man's art. We are presented with still-life, beautiful landscapes & beaches, and, of course, some of his best shots of young and beautiful boys alone and in pairs. Actually there is a little bit of everything included in this fabulous collection that will entertain, inspire, shock, and seduce you. These are images that will linger on your mind long after being viewed. Schauplatz: Berlin – Iris Czak: Marei Wenzel approx $79
Schauplatz: Berlin – Iris Czak: Marei Wenzel
Peperoni Press, Berlin 2007
The search by Iris Czak and Marei Wenzel for film locations in Berlin has taken them from a maternity ward to a prison, from a homeless people’s shelter to a villa, from a brothel to a living room and from the edge of a forest to a city high street. Their photographs, collected in this edition, are by no means iconic, nor can they be tidied away. They stand for nothing more than the place they depict; potential backdrops for one’s own life, for a passing visit or a final destination.
304 p ills colour 22 x 24 German/English hb
€ 47.50 Idea Code 07394 ISBN 978 3 9809677 2 3 Johannes Schwartz: Das Prinzip approx $49
Johannes Schwartz: Das Prinzip
Van Zoetendaal, Amsterdam 2007
Schwartz’s photographs reveal an equivocal and ambiguous reality, which can apparently only be deciphered by the viewer through the titles – a process which in turn increases the complexity of his photographs. Here an overview of his absorbing oeuvre is presented for the first time, clearly presented with one photograph per page.
60 p ills 18 colour & 8 b/w 23 x 31 German/English hb
€ 29.50 Idea Code 07391 ISBN 978 90 802132 6 5 Risaku Suzuki: Kumano, Yuki, Sakura approx $43
Risaku Suzuki: Kumano, Yuki, Sakura
Tankosha, Tokyo 2007
Published in conjunction with an exhibition held in 2007 at Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, this catalogue features colour photographs that have been selected from Suzuki’s series on the motifs of Kumano, snow, and cherry blossoms. The photographs are placed in seasonal order, providing an insight into the artist’s approach, which swings like a poetic pendulum between the moment and eternity.
136 p ills 80 colour & 8 b/w 20 x 25 Japanese/English hb
€ 26.00 Idea Code 07414 ISBN 978 4 473 03441 0 This is Radio PMR – News from Transnistria approx $66
This is Radio PMR – News from Transnistria
Verlag für Bildschöne Bücher, Berlin 2007
With very little international media attention, the disputed territory of Transnistria and its people, is a story often overlooked. Viennese journalists Karamar and Nimführ have been exploring the area for the past 6 years, recording reports and portraits, which have now been collected in this photographic book.
240 p ills 150 colour 21 x 28 German/Russian/English hb
€ 39.65 Idea Code 07471 ISBN 978 3 939181 07 1 Ueda: At Home $75.00
Ueda: At Home Little More 2006 400p bw + some cl ils 6x8in pb 9784898151709 Idea Code $74.45 The theme 'at home' is lovingly explored here in hundreds of poignant domestic studies by Yoshihiko Ueda. Ueda: Portrait $80.00
Ueda: Portrait Little More 2003 240p bw duotone throughout (Jap tx w Engl titles) HB 9784898151051 Idea Code $79.43 Stunning portraits, richly printed, of some 40 Japanese luminaries - atmoshperic conditions noted when each photograph was taken create an intensely evocative record. Hideaki Uchiyama: Tokyo Eden approx $58
Hideaki Uchiyama: Tokyo Eden
Aspect, Tokyo 2007
In Tokyo there are two different worlds, the one that most people see everyday, the ordinary, and another world that lies beyond this everyday reality, the extraordinary. It is this second world, the bleak urban landscapes, people and animals, abandoned buildings and mountains of refuge, and reclaimed land and art objects, that form the body of Hideaki Uchiyama’s photographs.
132 p ills colour 30 x 24 Japanese/English pb
€ 34.90 Idea Code 07449 ISBN 978 4 7572 1344 9 Useful Photography # 007 approx $33
Useful Photography # 007
KesselsKramer, Amsterdam 2007
There is nothing as motivating as a large, sculpted, shining award in recognition of your personal achievements. That feeling of reward and pride is desired by all, from the Hollywood movie star and Olympic athlete, to the teacher, young child and weekend golfer. Thankfully there is a multitude of awards for every humble occasion, profession and hobby. Useful Photography #007 explores the sub-world of non-celebrity achievement in a proud series of photographs that are, quite literally, award winning.
60 p ills 34 colour & 1 b/w 21 x 30 b/w English pb
€ 20.00 Idea Code 07476 ISBN 978 90 70478 16 2
Akram Zaatari – Hashem el Madani approx $69
Akram Zaatari – Hashem el Madani
La Caixa, Barcelona 2007
The photographic legacy of Hashem el Madani provides a rich and varied insight into a fore-by-gone period of Lebanese people and their social relations. Black and white images depict well dressed romantic couples, people smoking water-pipes, relaxed, posing liberation fighters, and ice-cream vendors The photographs have been drawn from the archives of the Arab Image Foundation and compiled by co-founder and artist, Akram Zaatari.
208 p ills 250 b/w 24 x 30 Spanish pb
€ 41.75 Idea Code 07439 ISBN 978 84 7664 924 4
World rights except Spain Photography
ARCHITECTURE
AV 122: USA Tour approx $46
AV 122: USA Tour
Arquitectura Viva, Madrid 2007
AV magazine takes the quintessential American journey, travelling from coast to coast, from Boston to San Francisco, in order to present twelve recent architectural works from a critical point of view of twelve American authors. The buildings selected, which are clearly photographed and accompanied by plans and elevations, include: the Federal Building by Morphosis, Renzo Piano’s NYT Building, the Lindner Center by Tschumi and Holl’s Nelson Atkin’s Museum.
152 p ills colour & b/w 24 x 30 English pb
€ 27.90 Idea Code 07506 ISSN 0213 487X Balmori approx $77
Balmori
C3, Seoul 2007
Founded in 1990, the landscape and urban design firm Balmori Associates aims to explore and expand the boundaries of landscape as it intersects with art, architecture and engineering. The limitless scale of their work ranges from waterfront master plans, floating islands and greenways, to urban plazas and parks, to green roofs and residential gardens. This monograph examines twenty projects, richly illustrated with full colour photographs, plans, models, explanatory texts and essays.
226 p ills colour & b/w 25 x 27 Korean/English hb
€ 46.50 Idea Code 07412 ISBN 978 89 86780 38 3 Belgium New Architecture 4 approx $82
Belgium New Architecture 4
Prisme, Brussels 2007
Focused on the search for a form of sustainable architecture that can embrace the uncertainties of climate change and the demand to reduce emissions, the newest edition of ‘New Belgian Architecture’ fittingly begins with a brief survey of a new International Observation station that will be built in the Antarctic. What follows are some 36 architecturally innovative projects produced in Belgium over the last two years that take these concerns in varying degrees into account. Covering the fields of housing, the office, public spaces and cultural spaces all projects are accompanied by a rich assortment of photographs, plans, elevations and textual explanations.
264 p ills colour & b/w 24 x 30 Dutch/French/English pb
€ 49.50 Idea Code 07575 ISBN 978 2 930451 04 1 Big Bang Beijing approx $53
Big Bang Beijing
Kajima Institute, Tokyo 2007
The urban landscape in Beijing is changing in a dramatic and mind boggling tempo; an urban condition may cease to exist one day only to be replaced by another completely different one in a short matter of time. This study presents a selection of categorized images, in order to tell a story about Beijing – a story about the mutation of different styles. Filled predominantly with coloured photographs, the book also includes short essays and contributions from various contributors including; Hiromasa Shirai, André Schmidt, Charles Berman and Rem Koolhaas.
304 p ills colour 13 x 20 Japanese/English pb
€ 31.90 Idea Code 07569 ISBN 978 4 306 04485 2 Bodyscape approx $137
Bodyscape
Damdi, Seoul 2007
Recent and new experimental designs are continuously questioning the preconceived relationship between body and space from different perspectives. This extensively illustrated publication focuses on innovative design projects in which body, design and space are smartly compounded as one creative organization. More than 90 projects in the fields of contemporary fashion, art, furniture design, interiors and architecture are compiled, drawn from a legion of both established and emerging talents.
432 p ills colour & b/w 24 x 30 Korean/English hb
€ 82.50 Idea Code 07401 ISBN 978 89 91111 27 1 Bouwen in Amsterdam: (DUTCH ONLY) approx $208
Bouwen in Amsterdam: Het Woonhuis in de Stad
Architectura & Natura, Amsterdam 2007
Originally published as 60 separate instalments between 1973 and 1992, and later published in one monumental edition, this reprint is without a shadow of doubt the most thorough historical architectural survey of Amsterdam’s houses, mansions and public buildings published to date. The survey begins with the earliest mediaeval examples of timber and stone houses and carries through to the middle of the 20th century – overflowing with black and white photographs of exteriors and interiors, sketches, plans and details. Despite the Dutch language only descriptions, the amount of visual information, combined with specific locations and addresses in the city for buildings and details, makes this a much sought after treat for architects, historians and admirers of Amsterdam.
768 p ills b/w 22 x 35 Dutch hb
€ 125.00 Idea Code 07536 ISBN 978 90 76863 59 7 Idea Books - new Page 1
C3 276: AMUSING SERVICE CONTEXT & IDENTITY KATSUHIRO MIYAMOTO isbn 12276111 C3 Idea Code 07409 $25.00
A variety of projects are examined under three chapeaus: the first – Amusing Service – examines four projects including: Neutelings Riedijk Architects' ‘Walter Bos Complex', and PLOT=BIG+JDS's ‘Sjakket Youth Centre'. Context and Identity likewise examines four projects including: JongHo Yi' ‘EumAkSekye' and Bolles + Wilson' ‘Hafenweg 16'. The third section examines five small-scale residential projects designed by Katsuhiro Miyamoto. All buildings are accompanied by photographs, plans and models.
188 p ills colour & b/w 23 x 30 Korean/English pb back
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C3 277 SKIN AND STRUCTURE isbn 12276111 C3 Idea Code 07524 $25.00
Various designs that embrace either adventurous surface treatments or structural designs are examined through projects such as; Barkow Leibinger Architects' Fashion Mall in Stuttgart, Rojkind Arquitectos' ‘Earth-Mark' tower, and J. Mayer H' Mensa in Karlsruhe. Further, the designs of the young Italian architects collective Modostudio are explored, as are the recent urban and landscape developments along the waterfront in Melbourne Australia.
192 p ills colour & b/w 23 x 30 Korean/English pb back
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C3 278 OLDER THAN TIME: STONE ARCHITECTURE isbn 12276111 C3 Idea Code 07525 $25.00
As versatile natural material, cool in summer and warm in winter, stone lends itself to a variety of application and designs from different circumstances and surroundings. Here six projects from around the world are examined, including: Sami Arquitectos' ‘Gruta das Torres' visitor center, Titus Bernhard's ‘9 x 9 House' and the ‘SM House' by Mimarlar Tasarim. Further a survey of the computer design-driven works of SungGoo Yang is included. Works are accompanied by photographs, plans, elevations and models.
192 p ills colour & b/w 23 x 30 Korean/English pb back
http://www.ideabooks.nl/pages/default.asp?subject_id=88&showresults=details&titel=22799 01/11/2008 04:21:07 PM Protoypes. The Work of Cepezed: Architecture – Product – Process approx $57
Protoypes. The Work of Cepezed: Architecture – Product – Process
010, Rotterdam 2007
Over a period spanning more than three decades, Cepezed has gained increasing renown for its transparent, sustainable and technologically progressive architecture that is remarkably usable and humane. Unaffected design, sober, yet stylish materialization, and careful finishing are just as characteristic of the office’s oeuvre, as the integration of spatial and construction-technical aspects. This volume examines nine of their key projects through exhaustive documentation, while also exploring various aspects of the office’s involvement in product development, building processes and architecture more generally.
264 p ills colour & b/w 21 x 30 English pb
€ 34.50 Idea Code 07496 ISBN 978 90 6450 533 1 Le Corbusier: Art and Architecture – A life of Creativity approx $79
Le Corbusier: Art and Architecture – A life of Creativity
RemixPoint/Mori Art Museum, Tokyo 2007
In reality the ‘synthesis of the arts’ often referred to in Le Corbusier’s writings, was never the subject of genuine theory, yet it was nevertheless the constant source for a host of studies and served as a guide for the architect’s plastic works. This authoritative and well conceived exhibition catalogue presents paintings, sketches, prints, tapestries, architecture, urban planning, furniture, and other works in equal priority, proving an all round introduction to Le Corbusier’s life of creativity.
428 p ills colour & b/w 22 x 28 Japanese/English pb
€ 47.85 Idea Code 07502 ISBN 978 4 902445 25 1 Cultivate Cat: Karuhiro Kojima + Kazuko Akamatsu approx $49
Cultivate Cat: Karuhiro Kojima + Kazuko Akamatsu
Toto, Tokyo 2007
Guided by the question of what the difference is between ‘cultivating’ and ‘developing’, architects Kazuhiro Kojima and Kazuko Akamatsu provide a guided tour of three different projects where culture and climate are very different, yet useful and indicative, with respect to the question above. The projects, UCA (University of Central Asia, Naryn Campus), MM (project MURAYAMA) and HUA (Ho Chi Minh City University of Architecture), are all elaborately explored through visual material and essays, both in their own right, but also in light of a very different way of thinking about architectural projects.
512 p ills colour & b/w 19 x 19 Japanese/English pb
€ 29.45 Idea Code 07437 ISBN 978 4 88706 284 9 DD 23: JDS_Julien de Smedt Architects – Pixl to xl approx $79
DD 23: JDS_Julien de Smedt Architects – Pixl to xl
Damdi, Seoul 2007
Julien de Smedt Architects is a multidisciplinary office that focuses on architecture and design, from large scale urban planning to offices and housing, to furniture and design. Forty-one projects, often injected with a savvy urban vision, are presented here through a rich compilation of full page colour photographs and computer models and accompanied by explanatory texts, plans, models and diagrams.
256 p ills colour & b/w 24 x 30 Korean/English hb
€ 47.30 Idea Code 07400 ISBN 978 89 91111 28 8
De Lapuerta + Asensio approx $56
De Lapuerta + Asensio
Editorial Rueda, Madrid 2007
One of the great strengths of DL+A’s works is that they engender projects which are always very different in their manner of expression. Their varying nature is the product of an architectural strategy which attempts to fathom out in cultural, technical and material terms in an appropriate response. Thirteen diverse works and projects are presented here, from cultural projects to housing, all accompanied by plans, elevations and photographs.
168 p ills colour & b/w 15 x 21 Spanish/English pb
€ 33.80 Idea Code 07460 ISBN 978 84 7207 186 5 Greiner van Goor: De Spiegel – Theatre Arch as Mirror of Experience approx $47
De Spiegel – Theatre Architecture as Mirror of Experience
Architectura & Natura, Amsterdam 2007
Theatres are cultural temples that draw people in, provide inspiration and an emotional boost, and challenge architects to achieve new levels of excellence in their designs. This is no different with De Spiegel, a brand new theatre built in Zwolle, a provincial city located in the Netherlands. Architects Greiner Van Goor, have designed a building with a multifunctional auditorium capable of pleasing different demands, from symphony orchestras to pop groups and theatre. The project is extensively explored through essays, photographs and architectural documentation.
128 p ills colour & b/w 22 x 27 English hb
€ 28.50 Idea Code 07558 ISBN 978 90 76863 53 5 ENRICO DEL DEBBIO (INCL ENGL TRANSLATION) $108.00
ENRICO DEL DEBBIO (INCL ENGL TRANSLATION)
Including original photographs, plans, sketches, drawings and historical notes this monograph provides a comprehensive overview of this important and somewhat forgotten Italian architect. Del Debbio is best known for both his rationalistic approach and monumental works and projects commissioned by Mussolini and the Fascist party such as the Foro Mussolini and the Palazzo del Littorio. 440 p ills colour & b/w 24 x 30 Italian/English pb isbn 9788888033204 IDEA BOOKS Idea Code 07010
The Domestic and the Foreign in Architecture approx $57
The Domestic and the Foreign in Architecture
010, Rotterdam 2007
Through theoretical reflections, interviews with architects as well as photo-essays, ‘The Domestic and the Foreign’ focuses explicitly on the opportunities and limitations of cultural exchange and potential conflict triggered by today’s architectural production on a global scale. Includes contributions from: Cecil Balmond, David Chipperfield, Fredric Jameson, Rem Koolhaas, Denise Scott Brown & Robert Venturi, Winny Dijkstra and Sang Lee.
376 p ills colour & b/w 17 x 24 English pb
€ 34.50 Idea Code 07501 ISBN 978 90 6450 566 9 Dubai – Dynamics of Bingo Urbanism approx $56
Dubai – Dynamics of Bingo Urbanism
B, Copenhagen 2007
Dubai, where the future is rising out of the ocean and the desert, is one of the most fascinating places to investigate neo-liberal cosmopolitanism. With its trillions of dollars invested in tourism, leisure, entertainment and real estate, Dubai has engineered a stunning range of life style qualities, that will remain unmatched for the coming years. Boris Brorman Jensen, from the Aarhus School of Architecture, provides an acute analysis of the city and its development.
160 p ills colour 17 x 24 English pb
€ 33.50 Idea Code 07418 ISBN 978 87 992042 1 2 El Croquis 138: RCR Arquitectes approx $90
El Croquis 138: RCR Arquitectes – Ramón Vilalta/Carme Pigem/Rafael Aranda
El Croquis, El Escorial 2007
RCR’s architectural oeuvre balances between nature and culture, created specific to each project’s conditions, its site and surrounding landscape. Between 2003 and 2007 the collaboration has continued its specific exploration as the 25 projects demonstrate, consistently surprising with their choice of materials and the tranquillity of their designs. The rich collection of projects featured in this volume are all captured through full page colour photographs, and include: the ‘Piedra Tosca’ and La Arboleda’ parks, Girona, ‘Els Colors Nursery’, Barcelona and the ‘The Edge’ project in Dubai. Explanatory texts, plans, elevations and diagrams accompany each of the respective works and projects.
320 p ills colour & b/w 25 x 34 Spanish/English hb
€ 54.20 Idea Code 07585 ISBN 978 84 88386 47 2 Film and Architecture: 4th Edition 2005 Busan approx $69
Film and Architecture: 4th Edition 2005 Busan International Architectural Competition
C3, Seoul 2006
In November 2005, Coop Himmelb(l)au’s project for the Busan Cinema Complex, was selected as the competition winner for this prestigious architectural project that will house the ‘Pusan International Film Festival’. Here the winning project is surveyed, through plans, models, elevations, sketches and descriptions, along with the other unselected competition entries. A world-class collection of architects participated, including; Bernard Tschumi, Erick van Egeraat, MVRDV, and Steven Holl.
264 p ills colour & b/w 22 x 27 Korean/English hb
€ 41.50 Idea Code 07407 ISBN 978 89 86780 04 6 Terunobu Fujimori Architecture approx $82
Terunobu Fujimori Architecture
Toto, Tokyo 2007
Defying accepted norms and borrowing influences and materials from folk and craft traditions, Fujimori’s architecture is perhaps exemplified by his modest and poetic teahouse, supported by tree trunks, which creates a perch from which he can view the surrounding landscape. Illustrated throughout with photographs, plans and details, this solid production provides a comprehensive survey of the work of this intriguing architect to date.
392 p ills colour & b/w 19 x 19 Japanese/English hb
€ 49.50 Idea Code 07438 ISBN 978 4 88706 283 2 Gillespie, Kidd & Coia: Architecture 1956 – 1987 approx $66
Gillespie, Kidd & Coia: Architecture 1956 – 1987
The Lighthouse, Glasgow 2007
An engaging, in-depth analysis of the architectural language of the Scottish practice Gillespie, Kidd & Coia is presented here, providing a definitive catalogue and documentation of their projects through the years 1956–1987. The partnership created a striking new architectural vocabulary with the churches, schools, colleges, housing and occasional office that they designed, which along with the quality of their work, brought them international attention in the 1960s and 70s. Illustrated throughout, all works are accompanied by original and recent photographs, plans and sketches.
256 p ills colour & b/w 25 x 29 English hb
€ 39.75 Idea Code 07530 ISBN 978 1 873190 58 6 Gross.Max. approx $74
Gross.Max.
C3, Seoul 2007
Widely regarded as one of the few U.K. based exponents of a new generation of contemporary European landscape architects, Gross.Max. has won numerous competitions, both with architects such as Zaha Hadid, and artists. Their list of projects include the New Bullring in Birmingham, Rottenrow Gardens in Glasgow, and the Royal Festival Hall, London. This edition examines twenty-three competition entries and projects in detail, through photographs, plans, models, and computer illustrations.
208 p ills colour & b/w 25 x 27 Korean/English hb
€ 44.80 Idea Code 07410 ISBN 978 89 86780 39 0 Vincente Guallart: Natural Logic approx $54
Vincente Guallart: Natural Logic
IVAM, Valencia 2007
Including a selection of scale models, videos and prototypes of his most outstanding projects such as the ports of Fugee and Keelung in Tiawan, the Artificial Mountain in Wroclaw and the Sharing Tower in Sociópolis, this exhibition catalogue provides a wide ranging survey of this talented architect. Aaron Betsky in his accompanying essay labels Guallart’s output as an emergent architecture, as he attempts to help architecture to emerge out of its surrounding conditions. Richly illustrated, the catalogue also includes sketches, computer models and photographs.
154 p ills colour & b/w 34 x 25 Spanish/English hb
€ 32.70 Idea Code 07457 ISBN 978 84 482 4738 6 Humax Village approx $34
Humax Village
C3, Seoul 2007
A testimony to the modest and sober budget of its investors, the Humax Village is a complex of office buildings situated in the new Korean town of BunDang which attempts to blend the values of openness and communication within an experimental office space. The overall project and in particular the office buildings, designed by the architect Seung H.Sang, are explored here in detail through a wealth of photographs, accompanied by plans, details, sketches and essays.
108 p ills colour & b/w 23 x 30 Korean/English hb with slipcase
€ 20.75 Idea Code 07408 ISBN 978 89 86780 37 6 IaN+: New Ecology approx $59
IaN+: New Ecology
AADCU, Beijing 2007
Studio IaN+ (International Architectural Network Plus), a multi-disciplinary agency aims at creating a place where theory and practice of architecture overlap and meet, borrowing ideas from diverse fields such as performance and land art in order to incite new dynamics in programmes. Ten years of advanced practice and research provided reason for this publication, which surveys 24 projects, of which the vast majority has not been realized. All are extensively illustrated with models, plans, photographs and details, and accompanied by essays and biographic details.
240 p ills colour & b/w 18 x 27 Chinese/English hb
€ 35.25 Idea Code 07446 ISBN 978 7 5609 4208 7 JMR 92.02: João Mendes Ribeiro – Architecture and Set Design approx $58
JMR 92.02: João Mendes Ribeiro – Architecture and Set Design
Blau, Lisbon 2003
Thirty four diverse works and projects, produced on a variety of scales which range from urban intervention to stage set design, are reproduced in this well considered publication. Mendes Ribeiro’s output over the last decade, informed by a diverse range of artistic fields, is here extensively documented and photographed and accompanied by a conversation with the architect over his approach to stage and set design.
248 p ills colour & b/w 19 x 23 Portuguese/English pb
€ 35.00 Idea Code 07087 ISBN 978 972 99042 0 2 Tracy Metz – On the Ground: Observations from Harvard $29.00
Tracy Metz – On the Ground: Observations from Harvard
Architectura & Natura, Amsterdam 2007
Why are there so many dogs in downtown? Does commuting make you fat? Will the arts save your city? Can the government sell your house to a developer? In this publication, writer and journalist Tracy Metz goes in search of the answers to these and many other topical issues in land use and planning, as practiced in the U.S.A. The book provides a selection of the columns and essays Metz wrote while at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.
104 p ills colour 11 x 17 English pb
€ 17.50 Idea Code 07522 ISBN 978 90 7686 356 6
World rights except NL Architecture
Marc Mimram: Architect – Engineer – Hybrid[e] approx $79
Marc Mimram: Architect – Engineer – Hybrid[e]
Infolio, Gollion 2007
At the junction of engineering and architecture, civil engineering structures and buildings, and rational thinking and ‘fabrication’, Mimram’s work can be read as a hymn to hybridisation and dialogue. Eighteen of his projects, including bridges – both large scale and for pedestrians, engineering solutions and architectural projects are examined, accompanied by introductory essays and an interview with Mimram. Widely photographed, projects are accompanied by details, technical drawings and models.
176 p ills colour & b/w 20 x 27 French/English/Chinese hb
€ 47.45 Idea Code 07473 ISBN 978 2 88474 026 5 New European Architecture 07 – 08 approx $66
New European Architecture 07 – 08
A10, Amsterdam 2007
The expansion of the EU, is slowly leading to a new pan-European orientation in architecture, that is reflected in the 25 projects collected in this edition. For editors Hans Ibelings and Kirsten Hannema, ‘good architecture’ is not always synonymous with famous architects and prestige projects, but rather how nuanced architecture acquires significance in the public and collective domain. Covering another side of architectural Europe from Tallinn to the Azores, and in a variety of project types in urban, village and rural settings, this refreshing survey is accompanied by photographs, plans and several essays on the current state of architecture in Europe.
160 p ills colour & b/w 23 x 29 English pb
€ 39.50 Idea Code 07538 ISBN 978 90 79222 02 5 NL Architects: Life Logo approx $59
NL Architects: Life Logo
AADCU, Beijing 2007
Based in Amsterdam, NL Architects are responsible for a wide-range of refreshing architectural designs and projects. Their projects often focus on ordinary aspects of everyday life, including the unappreciated or negative, that are enhanced or twisted in order to bring to the fore the unexpected potential of things that surround us. 28 projects are presented here, ranging from unrealized designs such as the ‘Prisma’ apartment block and the ‘Sky Cemetery’, to completed works such as; ‘Loop House’, Korea, ‘WOS8’, Utrecht and their interior for Mandarina Duck. All works are documented through photographs, plans, models and details, and accompanied by several essays.
288 p ills colour & b/w 22 x 27 Chinese/English hb
€ 35.25 Idea Code 07447 ISBN 978 7 5609 4131 8 DD 24: Peripheriques Architects – Happy Architecture in a Real World approx $74
DD 24: Peripheriques Architects – Happy Architecture in a Real World
Damdi, Seoul 2007
For 10 years, Peripheriques has been a structure in constant evolution, exploring production and the diffusion of architecture and town planning, while proposing the negotiation and sharing of ideas between several partners as a platform for creation. DD examines some 30 inspirational works and projects, the majority realized in France, through texts, photographs, models, plans and elevation.
256 p ills colour & b/w 24 x 30 Korean/English hb
€ 44.60 Idea Code 07474 ISBN 978 89 91111 29 5 Persistence of Vision – Shanghai Architects in Dialogue approx $61
Persistence of Vision – Shanghai Architects in Dialogue
MCCM, Hong Kong 2007
A publication prompted by China’s present state of mass demolition and speedy architectural production. The voices of 50 local and foreign architects who live and work in Shanghai are collected here as they engage in conversations about their lives, their projects, their views and their vision of the city and its architecture. Contributors include: Ralph Lerner, Kengo Kuma, Lyndon Neri and Rosanna Hu.
572 p ills colour & b/w 24 x 17 Chinese/English pb
€ 36.90 Idea Code 07475 ISBN 978 988 99842 5 0 Alex Popov: Selected Works 1999 – 2007 approx $92
Alex Popov: Selected Works 1999 – 2007
Pesaro, Balmain 2007
The architecture of Alex Popov is firmly grounded in an abstract monumentality. His response is not mimetic, it does not attempt to merge into or become one within a particular context, but rather establishes a relationship through juxtaposition and contrast, the framing of views, and the light filled spatial experience within. The architect’s recent work has become one of the most significant expressions of Australian contemporary architecture. Ten recent projects are examined here through sketches, formal drawings and colour photographs.
160 p ills colour & b/w 21 x 28 English pb
€ 55.70 Idea Code 07564 ISBN 978 1 877015 17 5 Project Russia 45: Small Stuff approx $34
Project Russia 45: Small Stuff
A-Fond, Moscow 2007
Just as important as structures used to create small architecture are the contexts in which they arise and exist. No longer the result of shortage of finances and space, small stuff takes also the form of luxury statements, investments, and more generally how we choose to live. This number of Project Russia surveys more than 30 diverse projects, presented through different sections such as: interiors, add-on structures, low-cost apartments and small scale luxury, and experimental landscape objects,
260 p ills colour & b/w 23 x 28 Russian/English pb
€ 20.30 Idea Code 07493 ISSN 1385 2043 Reaching Beyond the Gold approx $57
Reaching Beyond the Gold
010, Rotterdam 2006
The five cities under the spotlight here – Genoa, Barcelona, Athens, Bilbao and Shanghai- were chosen because they have all recently hosted a global event or will do so in the near future. All are examined and compared in the light of a variety of influencing factors. The conclusions that this study draws can help put an end to the structural errors made in the organization of large scale events.
300 p ills colour & b/w 17 x 24 English pb
€ 34.50 Idea Code 07534 ISBN 978 90 6450 614 7 Recent Malaysian Architecture approx $73
Recent Malaysian Architecture
Pesaro, Balmain 2007
‘Recent Malaysian Architecture’ examines the most interesting and significant buildings designed in the last decade, as Malaysian architects now focus on responsibility and sustainability in their designs. Of particular interest is the reawakening interest in Malaysia’s architectural heritage, and the conscientious attention given to the conservation and adaptive re-use of historic buildings. Some 55 works are reviewed, from housing, to commercial and public projects – all accompanied by colour photographs.
160 p ills colour 22 x 29 English hb
€ 43.75 Idea Code 07563 ISBN 978 1 877015 19 9 Responsive Volatility approx $31
Responsive Volatility
Garden City, Taipei 2007
Ten architectural projects that push the boundaries of contemporary architectural practice through the application of fresh creativity and new tools in digital processes are explored here. In particular the process of ‘responsive volatility’ – when interior spaces are included in spatial formations to reflect the exterior forces in operation – are central to the thesis presented. Projects are accompanied by geometric, organic and genetic models, diagrams, exploratory texts and architectural plans and designs.
256 p ills colour & b/w 17 x 23 Taiwanese/English pb
€ 18.55 Idea Code 07527 ISBN 978 957 9104 44 9 Rijnboutt Van der Vossen Rijnboutt: Fragments and Counterparts approx $66
Rijnboutt Van der Vossen Rijnboutt: Fragments and Counterparts
Achitectura & Natura, Amsterdam 2007
Black and compact, ‘Fragments and Counterparts’ provides a survey of this Amsterdam based architectural firm, and their landscape architecture, architectural and urban planning projects to date. Some 50 projects are examined, including their project supervision of buildings along the river IJ and the interior design of the Bijenkorf department store, Amsterdam. Accompanied by several short essays, the works are documented through photographs, plans, details and models.
604 p ills colour & b/w 15 x 15 English hb
€ 39.50 Idea Code 07497 ISBN 978 90 76863 47 4 S AM 02: Instant Urbanism approx $19
S AM 02: Instant Urbanism
Christoph Merian Verlag, Basel 2007
Tracing the legacy of the theories from the Situationist International in contemporary architecture and urbanism, ‘Instant Urbanism’ creates a conceptual link with the historical show examining the movement at the Tinguely Museum in Basel, by drawing upon the radical propositions made by the Situationists.
72 p ills colour 23 x 30 German/English pb
€ 11.35 Idea Code 07494 ISBN 978 3 856163 47 1 S AM 03: Pancho Guedes – An Alternative Modernist approx $19
S AM 03: Pancho Guedes – An Alternative Modernist
CMV, Basel 2007
Accompanying the first major exhibition on the work of Portuguese architect Pancho Guedes with a particular focus on the 25 years of his life and work in Mozambique from the 1950s onwards, this edition will prove to be an absolute delight for those not familiar with this little known architect. Guedes incorporated the richness of African culture, developing a prolific range of styles which combined the experimental freedom of the artist with the creative wealth of the technical architect.
64 p ills colour & b/w 23 x 30 German/English pb
€ 11.35 Idea Code 07495 ISBN 978 3 85616 353 2 Seung H. Sang approx $48
Seung, H. Sang
C3, Seoul 2007
A leading protagonist of Korea’s contemporary architecture scene, Seung H. Sang’s works are provocative; based on Asian traditions, an unshakeable belief in the future, and a dialogue with the urban environment. His practice, while contemporary, moves within a framework of traditional architecture as reflected in the projects he has been involved in, ranging from private houses to churches and public buildings. Stylishly published with full page black and white photographs, accompanied by plans and sketches and details, this book documents 12 of the architect’s projects to date.
288 p ills b/w 23 x 30 Korean/English pb
€ 28.65 Idea Code 07405 ISBN 978 89 86780 02 4 Shifts – Projections into the Future of the Central Belt approx $40
Shifts – Projections into the Future of the Central Belt
Lighthouse, Glasgow 2007
Aiming to contribute to a wider debate about possible futures for Scotland’s Central Belt, ‘SHIFTS’ give the reader a glimpse into different scenarios for the future. Four international project teams present different scenarios that radically reinterpret current uses and production levels. These projects are documented, along with critical essays, and historical and cultural information.
176 p ills colour & b/w 15 x 21 English pb
€ 23.85 Idea Code 07543 ISBN 978 1 905061 13 6 SLA approx $87
SLA
C3, Seoul 2007
Founded by the architect Stig L. Andersson in 1994, SLA is a landscape architecture and urban development office based in Denmark. Through their projects, SLA seeks to combine artistic vision with democratic processes, in an effort to provide solutions that reflect scientific understanding of how physics, geography, climate and resources interact with the human experience of space. A total of 28 projects undertaken by the office are examined, through photographs, plans, diagrams, computer images and texts.
272 p ills colour & b/w 25 x 27 Korean/English hb
€ 52.20 Idea Code 07413 ISBN 978 89 86780 40 6 Space 478: Min Hyun-sik/Álvaro Siza approx $17
Space 478: Min Hyun-sik/Álvaro Siza
Space, Seoul 2007
Disused railroads and their regeneration are examined through several projects, including ‘Stuttgart 21’. Further, thirteen works and projects by Min Hyun-sik and Yi Eun-young are presented, accompanied by plans and photographs. The best entries for the ‘International Competition for the Dongdaemun World Design Park & Complex’ are also examined and a conversation with Álvaro Siza wraps up this issue of Space.
172 p ills colour & b/w 28 x 29 Korean/English pb
€ 10.40 Idea Code 07380 ISSN 1228 2472 Space 479: Now in Japan – Rafael Moneo approx $17
Space 479: Now in Japan – Rafael Moneo
Space, Seoul 2007
A new generation of Japanese architects has been exploring the boundaries of geometry and decoration in their designs. The work of this group of practitioners, including; Makoto Yokomizo, Sou Fujimoto and Hiroshi Nakamura are explored here through numerous photographs and essays. This issue further highlights a number of recently completed works, and closes with an enlightening interview with Rafael Moneo.
168 p ills colour & b/w 28 x 29 Korean/English pb
€ 10.40 Idea Code 07466 ISSN 1228 2472 StossLU approx $72
StossLU
C3,Seoul 2007
A Boston based critical, collaborative design and planning studio, Stoss Landscape- Urbanism has won recognition for landscape and urbanism projects rooted in the fields of ecological, environmental, infrastructural, and social-cultural processes - and the systems that constitute them. Fifteen rich and diverse projects are examined, the majority undertaken in the U.S. through a combination of photographs, plans, models and introductory texts.
228 p ills colour & b/w 25 x 27 Korean/English hb
€ 43.15 Idea Code 07411 ISBN 978 89 86780 41 3 Banraisha: A Poetic Architecture--Taniguchi/Noguchi approx $49
Banraisha: A Poetic Architecture by Yoshiro Taniguchi and Isamu Noguchi
Kajima Institute, Tokyo 2006
In 1951, amidst lingering scars of war, Banraisha – the Faculty Retreat of Keio University – arose on the university’s Mita campus in Tokyo, through the collaboration of the architect Yoshiro Taniguchi and sculptor, Isamu Noguchi. This elegant Japanese publication provides a survey of the building through both historical and recent photographs, and is accompanied by plans, drawings, documents and essays.
102 p ills colour & b/w 17 x 26 Japanese/English hb
€ 29.45 Idea Code 07477 ISBN 978 4 306 04472 2 UN Studio: After Images approx $59
UN Studio: After Images
AADCU, Beijing 2007
In one of the introductory texts to this edition, Ben van Berkel and Caroline Bos call for need for ‘other perceptions of additional realities’. This call mirrors their approach in the practice UN Studio which has lead to a series of remarkable projects examined in this document. Dating back to 1996, the 12 projects collected here, include the recently completed Mercedes-Benz Museum, Stuttgart; the Holiday Home, ICA Philadelphia; the Tea House on Bunker, Vreeland and the Galleria Department Store, Seoul. All projects are extensively documented with full page colour photographs, and accompanied by plans, elevations and models.
304 p ills colour & b/w 22 x 27 Chinese/English hb
€ 35.25 Idea Code 07387 ISBN 978 7 5609 4058 8 ViA 17: Litoral Coast approx $47
ViA 17: Coast
ViA, Alicante 2007
Sensitive to both human intervention and natural elements, such as waves and wind, coastlines around the world pose interesting challenges to architects who must increasingly balance aesthetic issues, with environmental and cultural concerns. Eighteen projects, ranging from private houses to community facilities, are examined through photographs, plans and introductory texts. Highlights include: Chipperfield’s ‘America’s Cup Building’, Valencia; Sean Godsell’s ‘St. Andrews Beach House’, Victoria; Toyo Ito’s ‘Relaxation Park,’ Torrevieja; and Nouvel’s Porto Senso, Altea.
160 p ills colour & b/w 24 x 33 Spanish/English pb
€ 28.45 Idea Code 07397 ISSN 1137 7402 Volume 13: Ambition approx $32
Volume 13: Ambition
Archis, Amsterdam 2007
Many architects are cultural figures, whose refined design sensibilities and individual personae have garnered public attention far and wide, in turn elevating their status to that of celebrities. This heightened interest in the profession more generally provides a moment to seize an alternative career path for the profession, where the architect develops into a new type of public intellectual. This ambition is discussed in interviews with, among others, Charles Jencks, Alejandro Zaera-Polo, Liz Diller, Momoyo Kaijima and Jerry Brown.
160 p ills colour & b/w 20 x 27 English pb
€ 19.50 Idea Code 07483 ISBN 978 90 77966 13 6 The Wrong House: The Architecture of Alfred Hitchcock approx $49
The Wrong House: The Architecture of Alfred Hitchcock
010, Rotterdam 2007
Hitchcock’s films provide a substantial and intriguing collection of architectural aspects - from his claustrophobic, single set films, such as ‘Rope’ and ‘Rear Window’ and his use of famous monuments for climatic scenes - to the characteristic use of the house as a labyrinth and trap, and of architectural motifs such as stairs and windows to develop narrative structures and typical themes. Author Steven Jacobs examines the ‘master of suspense’s’ architecture and the myriad of interpretations and issues that it raises, and in addition also discusses at length a series of domestic buildings with the help of reconstructed floor plans.
344 p ills 580 b/w 16 x 24 English pb
€ 29.50 Idea Code 07415 ISBN 978 90 6450 637 6 Yearbook.Architecture.HDA.Graz 06/07 approx $57
Yearbook.Architecture.HDA.Graz 06/07
Haus der Architektur, Graz 2007
This yearbook demonstrates both the high quality and diversity of Styrian architecture produced over the last year. The seventeen works presented were unanimously chosen by an international jury, and range from large commercial to smaller private and community projects. Plottegg + Böhm, Yes-Architecture, Fiedler+ Tornquist, Pernthaler and Innocad are just a few of this year’s winners whose work was chosen because of their unique regional approach. All projects are accompanied by texts, plans and photographs.
164 p ills colour & b/w 23 x 29 German/English pb
€ 34.30 Idea Code 07399 ISBN 978 3 901174 63 6
DESIGN
Creative Asia approx $15
Creative Asia
Garden City, Seoul 2007
Design industries – whether interior, graphic, product or furniture – are booming in Asia at the moment, propagating a young generation of local talents who are slowly setting their stamp in both their respective regions and on the rest of the world. This guide provides a survey of new faces and designs fresh out of Singapore, Bangkok and Hong Kong.
192 p ills colour & b/w 17 x 22 Korean/English pb
€ 9.30 Idea Code 07509 ISBN 978 986 7009 29 6 dA 07– Design 21 – 21 Product Designers approx $20
dA 07– Design 21 – 21 Product Designers
Garden City, Taipei 2007
The designs and products of twenty-one international product designers from around the world are surveyed here, providing an overview of a younger generation setting their mark on the world. Features names such as: Mikko Paakkanen, Pentagon Design, Ryan Frank, Maarten Michael Baas, graf, ITL intentionallies and Planet 2001.
200 p ills colour & b/w 21 x 25 Chinese/English pb
€ 11.90 Idea Code 07488 ISBN 978 986 7009 17 3 dA 08– Design 21 – 21 Graphic Designers approx $20
dA 08– Design 21 – 21 Graphic Designers
Garden City, Taipei 2007
Groovisions, Studio Dumbar and Oliver Helfrich, Jop van Bennekom, Antoine + Manuel, and Syrup are just a few of the designers collected for this edition which surveys the designs of each studio through a large assortment of images.
208 p ills colour & b/w 21 x 25 Chinese/English pb
€ 11.90 Idea Code 07489 ISBN 978 986 7009 18 0 Koimari: An Elegant Porcelain approx $17
Koimari: An Elegant Porcelain
Seigensha, Kyoto 2007
With an abundant variety of colours and decorative designs, Imari porcelain enjoyed widespread popularity in Japan during the 17th century, and later for a short period in Europe. This book presents the distinctive features of Koimari (Old Imari) and traces, through more than 300 samples, the evolution of styles through the early, mature, and final periods of its production.
264 p ills colour & b/w 11 x 15 Japanese/English pb
€ 10.50 Idea Code 07419 ISBN 978 4 86152 118 8 Nordic Modernism, Design and Crafts approx $56
Nordic Modernism, Design and Crafts
APT International, Tokyo 2007
The spirit of Nordic design in all of its manifestations never fails to please, and this Japanese exhibition catalogue is no exception, providing a solid selection of well known faces within the Modernist tradition. Tapio Wirkkala, Hans J. Wegner, Alvar Aalto, Arne Jacobsen, Verner Panton and Stig Lindberg are some of designers whose works are featured. The generous collection of images, presented in three accessible sections, respectively; tradition, function and expression, compensates to a substantial degree for the lack of English text.
312 p ills colour & b/w 18 x 23 Japanese/English captions pb
€ 34.00 Idea Code 07544 No ISBN Gio Ponti: Ocean Liners – Ships Interior Design 1948 – 1953 approx $98
Gio Ponti: Ocean Liners – Ships Interior Design 1948 – 1953
Idea Books, Milan 2007
Ponti collaborated with interior designer Nino Zoncada, and a multitude of artists and artisans on some of the greatest Italian ocean liner designs of the 1950s. The liners ‘Conte Grande’, ‘Conte Biancamano’, ‘Giulio Cesare’ and ‘Andrea Doria’ sailed around the world for a short period, yet were quickly relegated to obsolescence through the rise of air travel. Despite their unique designs these ships have remained forgotten up until now. Designs and interiors, along with the work of Gio Ponti, are brought to new life here through more than 200 illustrations and photographs, and exploratory essays.
216 p ills colour & b/w 24 x 30 Italian/English pb
€ 59.30 Idea Code 07566 ISBN 978 88 88033 57 0
GRAPHIC
Airplane Graphics approx $45
Airplane Graphics
World Photo Press, Tokyo 2007
Pan Am emblems, Laika and Russian cosmonauts, jet fighters, jumbo jets, assembly guides and helicopters are just a few of the many images collected in this wide-ranging visual resource book. The collection of images includes obscure photographs, diagrams and models.
208 p ills colour & b/w 16 x 26 Japanese pb
€ 27.00 Idea Code 07482 ISBN 978 4 8465 2653 5 Best Dutch Book Designs 2006 approx $43
Best Dutch Book Designs 2006
CPNB, Amsterdam 2007
The final selection of thirty-three of the best book designs from the Netherlands produced over the last year are catalogued here, packaged in its own unique design. The publication pays attention to a number of books produced through a range of different categories including, literature, special interest, children books, and institutional publications and is also accompanied by essays and texts explaining both the jury’s rationale and recent developments.
224 p ills colour & b/w 17 x 22 English pb
€ 25.80 Idea Code 07445 ISBN 978 90 5965 064 0 Cream 08: Our Space Edition approx $61
Cream 08: Our Space Edition
Cream, Hong Kong 2007
The 5th anniversary of Cream provided a good reason to get in touch with 50 artists and designers with who they have previously collaborated in order to understand them on a more personal and intimate level. The aim? To provoke readers to re-examine their attitude towards human communications in an age of computers and internet. Participants include: Droog Design, Fabrica, Katherine Street, Chicks on Speed, Mika Ninagawa, BLESS and Will Sweeney…….among many.
240 p ills colour 23 x 30 English hb in slipcase
€ 36.80 Idea Code 07469 ISBN 978 988 99187 3 6 Legends of Rap approx $45
Legends of Rap
Superclub, Berlin 2007
Hip hop - the most vigorous cultural phenomenon to emerge in the last three decades - was created by people growing up in housing projects around Harlem and the South Bronx in New York City. The Caribbean-style sound-system battles that took place in city parks, schoolyards, and at block parties in the 1970s were breeding grounds for the rap, break-dance and graffiti styles that now echo through pop culture worldwide. Legends of Rap is a classic trading-card deck with 32 cards that give respect to the groundbreaking figures from the early days of hip hop, who grew up in the housing projects around Harlem and the South Bronx in New York City.
32 cards ills colour 9 x 15 English box
€ 27.30 Idea Code 07441 ISBN 978 3 00 016721 8 Rodney Fun Comic Collection (Rodne Greenblat) $20.00
Rodney Fun Comic Collection (Rodne Greenblat) Little More 20p ea / 5 bklts in slpcase 4x6in 4898150209 Idea Code $19.84 Sweetly sarcastic, this set of five small comic books follows the (mis)adventures of various sophisticated animals as they work, shop, eat, and listen to records. Subjective Atlas of Palestine approx $27
Subjective Atlas of Palestine
010, Rotterdam 2007
Sublime landscapes, tranquil urban scenes, frolicking children; who would associate these images with Palestine? Designed by Annelys de Vet, with the help of Palestinian artists, photographers and designers, this unconventional Atlas charts through maps, drawings and photographs individual life experiences as seen through the eyes of the contributors. The Atlas in turn provides a sometimes humorous, colourful and entirely different perspective on a nation and its peoples in occupied territory.
160 p ills 500 colour 17 x 22 English pb
€ 16.50 Idea Code 07424 ISBN 978 90 6450 648 2 Visual Instruction Archive approx $45
Visual Instruction Archive
World Photo Press, Tokyo 2007
Instructions, signs, diagrams are found over the whole world, from safety manuals for airplanes, road signs, restaurant and business signage, and to simplify complex scientific information. This wide ranging collection of images brings together photographs, reproductions and graphics.
208 p ills colour & b/w 16 x 26 Japanese pb
€ 27.00 Idea Code 07481 ISBN 978 4 8465 2655 9 FASHION
A Magazine 6: Veronique Branquinho approx $24
A Magazine 6: Veronique Branquinho
Modenatie, Antwerp 2007
Warm and personal, guest editor Veronique Branquinho presents a volume of ‘A Magazine’ that bursts with images and motifs that have consistently appeared in her designs, and that are light and playful with a unique sensitivity. Celebrating the 10th anniversary of her label, this festive edition is an intimate anniversary present from the designer.
188 p ills colour & b/w 23 x 30 English pb
€ 14.50 Idea Code 07444 ISBN 978 90 77745 06 9 The Book of Theatre Products approx $46
The Book of Theatre Products
Little More, Tokyo 2007
Clothing is a spatial and theatrical commodity that changes the continuity of our daily lives into a never-ending performance. With this in mind Japanese fashion house ‘Theatre Products’ brings clothing into the world that plays with these aspects. Filled with seasons designs and other paraphernalia produced since 2002 until the present, this cute and playful publication includes an interview, and comes wrapped in a special Theatre Products poster.
152 p ills colour & b/w 17 x 22 Japanese/English pb
€ 27.90 Idea Code 07403 ISBN 978 4 89815 202 7 Japanese Fashion 1868 – 2007 approx $29
Japanese Fashion 1868 – 2007
Seigensha, Kyoto 2007
Fashion is sensitive to the influence of factors such as culture, economy, and social conditions – in this sense it is a mirror reflecting specific historical times. Compiled by Kazuo Jo, a Japanese authority on chromatics and dressmaking, this book presents beautifully detailed illustrations that portray the transition in Japanese fashion from the onset of the Meiji period in 1868 to the present day.
332 p ills colour 13 x 18 Japanese pb
€ 17.50 Idea Code 07422 ISBN 978 4 86152 108 9 Bernhard Willhelm: Het Totaal Rappel approx $43
Bernhard Willhelm: Het Totaal Rappel
MoMu, Antwerp 2007
Willhelm’s body of work is characterized by a grotesque and highly imaginative imagery – a fantasy that appears innocent and childlike, yet is disrupted in a subtle way. Published to accompany a retrospective exhibition, this book focuses on Willhelm’s work as a fashion designer, his collections, his collaborations with different artists such as Karsten Fock, Björk, Olaf Breuning and Nico Krebs, and, on the exhibition at the ModeMuseum in Antwerp.
128 p ills colour & b/w 23 x 30 Dutch/English hb
€ 26.00 Idea Code 07562 ISBN 978 90 79269 01 3 FILM
The Ghosts of Songs: Film Art of the Black Audio Film Collective approx $79