The famous Italian designer Massimo Vignelli allows us a glimpse of his understanding of good design in this book, its rules and criteria. He uses numerous examples to convey applications in practice – from product design via signaletics and graphic...

"Europe City: Lessons from the European Prize for Urban Public Space" presents a multifaceted and diverse platform of ideas about European public space and its social, cultural and economic significance. Based on seven themes – or lessons to be learn...

In his illustrated essay, Lars Muller traces the history of "Swiss Graphic Design" from the 1930s to the 1960s. Muller-Brockmann's posters have become world famous for their ability to convey information with great visual tension, a sense of drama, a...

Sutnar's brilliant structural systems for clarifying otherwise dense industrial data placed him in the pantheon of Modernist pioneers and made him one of the visionaries of what is today called "information design". "Visual Design in Action" is a sna...

"Shanshui City", the latest book from MAD Architects' founder and principal partner, Ma Yansong, received an international release in October 2014. The publishing of the book coincides with the 10th anniversary of the founding of MAD Architects. Ma's...

Poster Collection 07 gathers the most important posters of Armin Hofmann, and shows them – corresponding to his fundamental importance as a graphic design teacher – in a context with works from his most famous students, who continued his methods. Aft...

What is a "walking society"? A society that is in motion, that is setting out for somewhere. And what connects the individuals in this society with the ground they stand on? It's their shoes of course. The focus here is on a very special shoe: the...

Jasper Morrison has the ability to bestow things with a distinctive style. His signature style is evident in many of the everyday objects that surround us. His repertoire of essential designs is characterised by simplicity yet complexity, as well as...

The Farallon Islands in the Pacific Ocean are often called "California's Galapagos" and are home to one of the world's largest colonies of nesting seabirds. It's hard to imagine a better setting for Lukas Felzmann's latest book. But the photographer...

Like his previous publications, photographer Patrick Faigenbaum's new book is dedicated to a specific terrain: the Bengali metropolis of Kolkata, which bore the name of Calcutta during its time as a British colony. Winning the prestigious Henri Carti...