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The Adler Collection of Soviet Children's Books 1930-1933 Two Architects in the Land of
the Soviets
Corraini Edizioni 2021 ISBN 9788875709747 Acqn 32152
Hb 21x25cm 352pp col ills £63.50

For years, a battered, brown leather suitcase sat in a loft. It contained a treasure trove: more than
250 children's books from the Soviet Union, most in Russian, but with some in Ukrainian and
even a few in Yiddish, almost all published between 1930 and 1933. The collection reveals
aspects of the early USSR after the October Revolution and the central role of children's literature
in Soviet culture. Among the stories designed to educate new young citizens are rare editions by
Vladimir Lebedev, Vera Ermolaeva, and Aleksandr Dejneka, as well as a remarkable group of
Ukrainian books, until now considered as undiscovered areas for even the most dedicated
researchers.

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Emilio Ambasz - Green Architecture & Design Tales

Corraini Edizioni 2022 ISBN 9788875709563 Acqn 32229
Hb 18x25cm 176pp col ills £33.25

A pioneer of sustainable architecture, the architect Emilio Ambasz has been pushing forward
pressing themes and ideas since the 1970s, from urban forestation to the reuse of existing
buildings through the revitalising use of natural elements. Wary of ideology that fades with the
passage of time, Ambasz also innovated in the way he presented his projects through the
medium of the fable, whose poetic essence resists time with the core of a truth disguised as a
children's fairy tale. This book brings together for the first time the design stories and writings with
which Emilio Ambasz accompanied his projects.

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Faire - Volume 9 (31,32,33,34)

Editions Empire 2021 ISBN 9791095991199 Acqn 31984
Pb 21x29cm 72pp col ills £31

The ninth volume of the bi-monthly magazine dedicated to graphic design bundles together an
interview by James Langdon with Stuart Bertolotti-Bailey, co-founder of the arts journal 'Dot Dot
Dot' and co-editor of its successor, 'Bulletins of the Serving Library'; an investigation into the
topical graphic designer and illustrator Braulio Amado; a curious look at how the emergence of
the gothic novel in the 19th century gave rise to an entire genre of tentacled predatory plants; and
an analysis by Thierry Chancogne of the "most beautiful book", asking what has become of the
term as applied to typography since 1943 and the establishment of the "Most Beautiful Swiss
Books" award.

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Vesper 5 - Moby Dick

Quodlibet 2021 ISBN 9788822907141 Acqn 32139
Pb 21x29cm 224pp col ills £20.25

Published in 1851, Herman Melville's famous seafaring narrative serves as a manifesto of

motions and actions such as challenge, obsession, adventure, and failure. As such, it inspires the
theme of this issue, "frontier research" - a mode of investigation literally positioned at the
extremes of knowledge, at the edge of what is known. Working at the edges means tackling
controversial issues which are difficult to reconcile with established methodologies. It aims to
refute dominant paradigms, which means working with a high degree of uncertainty and failure.
To search for the white whale is to swim against the tide, to see beyond or pursue other ways of
seeing, and to challenge oneself.

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Microscopic Images - Loh Xiang Yun

Temporary Press 2021 ISBN 9789811810688 Acqn 32140
Pb 20x29cm 120pp ills £30.50

Loh Xiang Yun's background as a scientific botanical illustrator for the Singapore Botanic
Gardens already gives clues as to what can be found within 'Microscopic Images'. Her book
explores the incidental qualities involved in creating pen-and-ink illustrations of plant specimens
and their minutiae for scientific publications, and in particular the photographic "by-products" of
this process. Through a selection of these images, she attempts to translate the processes and
experiences of the artist who, when working with them, recalls otherwise unnoticed qualities and
possibilities obscured by their original, instrumental purpose. Includes an interview with Xiang
Yun.

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The Art of Tea

Tankosha 2021 ISBN 9784473044662 Acqn 32150
Pb 19x24cm 156pp col ills £46.75

Japanese tea practice begins with a bow. So much mindfulness can be found in that small
gesture. The first thing a tea practitioner learns is how to bow. After that, the art of tea unfolds in
all its complexity and nuance. This book offers a comprehensive, step-by-step overview of the art
of tea. Beginning with the heart, each chapter reveals a distinct aspect of tea, its tradition,
function, and ceremony, from the different types of tea and tea utensils, to aspects of the tearoom
and tea garden, the formal elements of the ceremony, and seasonal influences. The book also
includes a glossary of supplementary information about its photographs and a calendar of tea
tastings and events.

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New Material Award 2009-2018

Het Nieuwe Instituut 2021 ISBN 9789083015286 Acqn 32115
Pb 18x22cm 488pp col ills £19.50

Over the past ten years, material development and innovation has evolved by leaps and bounds.
From a relatively minor subject within design research, it has become an increasingly
fundamental aspect of technological innovation, sustainability, and more. Launched in 2009, the
New Material Award aimed to bring more attention to an aspect of design that was increasingly
developing, yet remained outside the professional field of vision. From 2014, the public
conversation received more attention, and the development of an international material network
became the focus. Now, there is a greater appreciation of perspectives on the development and
application of sustainable materials.

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Olivetti Identities. Spaces and Languages 1933-1983

Triest Verlag 2021 ISBN 9783038630609 Acqn 32193
Pb 16x24cm 400pp col ills £45

Olivetti is known for its world-famous typewriters, which epitomise the Italian company's industrial
legacy and visible identity. This book presents the results of an interdisciplinary research project
on that identity, with contributions from 37 authors which analyse the Olivetti phenomenon as a
whole, its corporate evolution, and the approaches of designers such as Xanti Schawinsky, Carlo
Scarpa, Ettore Sottsass, Hans von Klier, Egidio Bonfante, Walter Ballmer, and others. Divided
into four sections, the book includes showroom and exhibition design, the languages that shaped
the corporate vocabulary, and two visual essays of published and unpublished documents from
the Olivetti archives.

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Shaping Everyday Life! Bauhaus Modernism in de GDR

M Books 2021 ISBN 9783944425115 Acqn 32197
Pb 23x31cm 160pp col ills £29.95

To celebrate 2019, the 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus, the Documentation Centre of Everyday
Culture in Eisenhuttenstadt assembled an exhibition on Bauhaus heritage in the GDR (East
Germany). Aiming to address continuities while also revealing contradictions and gaps in the
development of modern design and everyday culture in the GDR, the exhibition refers to the
reformist tradition of a school that was based on interdisciplinary methods and broad social
design perspective. Through a wealth of image material, this catalogue presents a five-chapter
overview of the exhibition's thematic range, with objects including furniture, receptacles, technical
devices, and commercial art.

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Objects Of Fascination
Accattone 2021 ISBN 9782960253054 Acqn 32200
Pb 13x19cm 208pp col ills £24.75

'Objects of Fascination' explores digital technology and craftsmanship through found forms. It is a
sort of collection of personal worldviews by an emerging generation of architects and an attempt
to give physical form to the multiplicity of our collective cultural background. During the pandemic,
45 individuals were invited to take part in an exercise. Each participant selected the image of an
object of personal fascination, from which a shape was extracted, redrawn, scaled, and then cut
out of an aluminium sheet to become a low table. This book presents each table through the
original image that generated it, plus the selected contour, photographs of the prototype, and a
text by its maker.

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The Spirituality of Kintsugi

Tankosha 2022 ISBN 9784473044853 Acqn 32127
Pb 18x24cm 176pp col ills £40

As a philosophy, the Japanese art of kintsugi treats breakage and repair as part of the history of
an object, rather than something to disguise. Skilled craftsmanship is required in this technique,
which uses lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered metals such as gold, silver, or platinum to
repair areas of breakage in pottery or ceramics. Hiroki Kiyokawa is one such master, having
apprenticed himself to a maki-e artist at a young age (a similar technique used in lacquer
decoration). These traditional techniques have been practiced since the Edo period in Japan.
With 45 years of experience as a restorer, Kiyokawa offers a fascinating look at this delicate and
beautiful art.

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