Founded by architect Walter Gropius (1883-1969) in 1919, the Bauhaus was the 20th century's most influential school of art, architecture, and design. After the school was shuttered under pressure from the Nazis in 1933, many Bauhaus artists brought t...

When we read, our brain is decoding a series of abstract sym- bols and synthesizing the results into complex ideas. Really, then, we see before we read. We recognize the character of a word before we ascertain its meaning. A tailor-made creative type...

What are illusions? Illusions trick you into perceiving something differently from how it actually exists, so what you see does not correspond to physical reality. While scientists and doctors are studying how pathological illusion arises, our excell...

The Bauhaus existed for only 14 years in Germany, but for the past 100 years its ideas have been passed on and its products relaunched, imitated and further developed. Using 14 famous, familiar, or forgotten objects, this book offers 14 case studies....

Although it flourished for only fourteen years, the Bauhaus school remains one of the most influential art and design movements of the 20th century. This collection of personal memories from Bauhaus teachers, students, and friends provides a uniquely...

For sale in Balkans only! The once denied and misunderstood subcultures, such as otaku/geek culture, are now making their ways to the mainstream and significantly influ-encing the trends and directions of arts. "Otaku Life!" presents otaku elements...

To explain the desperate state of our world, its functioning and malfunctioning, is the ambitious goal of this book by Ruedi and Vera Baur. To achieve this goal they have joined forces with the globalization-critical organization Attac, which has pro...

In "Optical Illusions", lines and graphics are turned into communication weapons. This showcase of the most intriguing and eye-deceiving graphic designs includes waves and mazes formed by simple lines, overlapping images, 3D effects, and anamorphic s...

In 1903, Adolf Loos, one of the sharpest and most influential architects and critics of the twentieth century, edited the astonishing journal "Das Andere" ("The Other"), subtitled "A Journal for the Introduction of Western Culture into Austria". Only...

For sale in Balkans only! An endless source of visual stimulation for designers, the natural world encompasses all possibilities from the ubiquitous to the improbable. "Organic Design" features designs that have made use of this plethora of opportu...