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Ed. Ido Bruno et al.

The Library

An Open Book. Hebrew Edition
Celebrating Herzog & de Meuron’s iconic new National Library of Israel, built together with Israeli Executive Architect Mann-Shinar, this book takes the reader on a journey that transcends stone and mortar to explore the importance of libraries in our fastpaced Digital Age. The book features original short stories, paintings, photographs and comics by some of the world’s leading authors and artists.  
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60,00 $ [US]
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Cover for The Library
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Ed. Ido Bruno et al.

The Library

An Open Book. Arabic Edition
Celebrating Herzog & de Meuron’s iconic new National Library of Israel, built together with Israeli Executive Architect Mann-Shinar, this book takes the reader on a journey that transcends stone and mortar to explore the importance of libraries in our fastpaced Digital Age. The book features original short stories, paintings, photographs and comics by some of the world’s leading authors and artists.
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60,00 $ [US]
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Cover for The True Size of Africa
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Ed. Ralf Beil et al.

The True Size of Africa

Die Ausstellung in der Völklinger Hütte
This lavishly illustrated volume approaches the vast continent of Africa from a variety of viewpoints; beyond prejudice and stereotypes, via cultural history and contemporary art: by means of permanent changes of perspective and a diversity of artistic voices. The history of humankind meets the colonial past and the omnipresence of aspects of Africa in many regions of the world.
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75,00 $ [US]
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Cover for Alchimia und das italienische Radical Design
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Ed. François Burkhardt et al.

Alchimia and the Italian Design Revolution

Jenseits des Funktionalismus – radikal neue Formen für die Welt der Dinge
Experimental, radical, and postmodern: Studio Alchimia, founded in Milan in 1976, achieved worldwide fame by breaking with traditional design concepts. The Italian movement liberated design from the constraints of function and rationalism. Their designs for furniture, fashion, architecture and accessories remain influential in international design to this day.  
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Cover for Roaring - Art, Fashion, and the Automobile in France, 1918-1939
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Ed. Genevieve Cortinovis

Roaring - Art, Fashion, and the Automobile in France, 1918-1939

Automobiles as design objects and artistic subjects
Heavily illustrated, this catalogue explores the role of the automobile as both object and subject in interwar France, a period of exceptional creativity, innovation, and turbulence. Expansive and interdisciplinary, Roaring illuminates the rich creative ecosystems that nourished this golden age oft French automotive design.
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55,00 $ [US]
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Cover for How to Survive
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Ed. Francesca Du Brock

How to Survive

Living with Care in the Climate Crisis
Essays, visual narratives, and interviews explore practices of care and present possibilities for living differently in a fragile age. Artists and culture bearers consider bonds of love, responsibility, and reciprocity, encouraging consideration of our inherent interdependence with one another, with other creatures, and with the planet itself.
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42,00 $ [US]
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Cover for Distant Early Warning Systems
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Ed. Julie Decker

Distant Early Warning Systems

From the Cold War to the Cosmos
Art, climate change and geopolitics at a time of rapid social and technological change. The Distant Early Warning Line, also known as the DEW Line, was a system of radar stations in the northern Arctic region of Canada, with additional stations along the north coast and Aleutian Islands of Alaska and the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Iceland. It intended to detect incoming bombers of the Soviet Union during the Cold War and provide early warning of any sea and land invasion.
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50,00 $ [US]
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Cover for True Colors - Farbe in der Fotografie von 1849 bis 1955
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Ed. Anna Hanreich et al.

True Colors

Color in Photography from 1849 to 1955
The desire for colour in photography prevailed throughout the world of photography from the very beginning. What were the early techniques? And when did colour become accessible to everyone? This volume traces the exciting path from the medium’s beginnings in the nineteenth century to widely used analogue colour photography starting with the first Kodak colour slide films in 1936.  
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55,00 $ [US]
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Ed. Nancy Princenthal et al.

Anonymous Was A Woman

The First 25 Years
Anonymous Was A Woman: The First 25 Years celebrates the transformative impact of women artists on contemporary art since the founding of the titular grant. In addition to new essays, the book offers a biographical description with selected artworks of each artist who received the Anonymous Was A Woman (AWAW) award from its founding in 1996 through 2020, a period in which the accomplishments of women have thoroughly transformed contemporary art.  
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65,00 $ [US]
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Cover for Acts of Art in Greenwich Village
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Ed. Re’al Christian et al.
This comprehensive account of the six-year history of Acts of Art, a gallery founded by and for Black artists in Greenwich Village in 1969, includes a complete exhibition record, biographies of the gallery’s key artists, and entries on important group exhibitions and events.  
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35,00 $ [US]
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