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Sustainable Architecture & Design 2023 / 2024
50 international projects in five categories present the most innovative and forward-looking solutions, whose contribution to building culture development is clearly evident. The focus is on all the relevant themes of transformation development: use of resources, circular processes, biodiversity etc. The editors take a comprehensive look at current developments in the building sector and inspire novelty. With InteriorPark., they have been driving sustainable developments in the building sector forwards since 2010.Search inside (pdf)

€59.00*
Urban building by Tadao Ando – weisenburger headquarters in Karlsruhe
The office complex in Karlsruhe is considered as Tadao Ando’s first urban design in Germany. The publication provides exclusive insights into the creation and planning of the building. Architecture photographs and building plans show Ando’s design formula: reduction to the essentials, exposed concrete on the scale of the tatami mats, strict geometries, precision and refined detail give the building its characteristic touch. The architect and client agreed on creating an aesthetic and energy-efficient building that meets the latest technical standards and offers the employees the best working conditions.Search inside (PDF)

€39.00*
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ClaySecrets – From concept to perfect form: The art of clay modelling
Clay is the most widely used industrial plasticine in the world. The automotive industry, in particular, depends on 3D-clay models. Now, the first ever practical textbook on working professionally with industrial styling clay has arrived (in partnership with the manufacturer STAEDTLER). In this book, the author, a former design modeler in the automotive industry and current teacher at Selb Technical College, compiles his extensive knowledge on the topic of clay. The book not only sets out core theoretical and practical principles to support and encourage beginner modelers as they start out, with illustrated descriptions, workshops, tips and glossaries, it is also an invaluable resource for experienced design modelers, product designers and clay.Search inside (pdf)

€49.00*
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Focus Open 2023
Pioneering and outstanding design achievements are at the heart of Focus Open 2023, one of the most renowned German design competitions with an international orientation. For many years, it has been an exclusive platform for companies and professional designers from around the world – from industrial heavyweights to small enterprises. This yearbook presents all the award-winning products of 2023. High-quality images and detailed product descriptions are supplemented by the lively commentary of the jurors. The prize winners come from fi elds such as investment goods, healthcare, bathrooms, kitchens, interiors, lifestyle, lighting, consumer electronics, leisure, building technology, public design, mobility, service design and materials + surfaces.Search inside on ISSUU.com

€49.00*
Experience & Event Design 2023 / 2024
The new edition has been shaped by a both turbulent and exciting year. The demand for events and the delight about real experiences were huge. At the same time, war and its economic consequences have been a cause of great concern. The book collects this multitude of formats, from small but accomplished communication forums to virtual specialist conferences and captivating spatial experiences. The result is a realistic cross section of social requirements, current experience formats and difficult framework conditions.Sample pages (PDF)

€69.00*
Media Architecture Compendium Vol. 2 – Concepts, Methods, Practice
Media architecture has evolved from illuminating iconic building façades at night to characterising all life in cities. This compendium draws on academic research and global studies to present an evolutionary account of concepts that have defined the field and inspired practice, alongside methods for bringing media architecture thinking into projects.  Thirty media architecture installations that were nominated for the Media Architecture Awards in 2018 and 2020 illustrate the breadth and trends in the field, including a shift towards more-than-human futures. Through its three parts, capturing concepts, methods and practice, the compendium offers an accessible guide to media architecture for designers, architects, artists, scholars, educators and learners.Search inside on ISSUU.com

€49.00*
Provisorium / Stopgap
European Architectural Photography Prize 2023Architekturbild, the European Architectural Photography Prize, has been awarded on a two-yearly basis since 1995. Numerous synonyms are offered for the term "stopgap", such as replacement, emergency solution, transitional or interim solution. We all know such expedients from the private environment as well as from public life. The 28 awarded series of EAP 2023 show stopgaps that make us smile tolerantly or thoughtful, they discover imaginative solutions, but they can also point out to shortcomings.Search inside on ISSUU.com

€28.00*
Loewe. 100 Jahre Designgeschichte – 100 Years Design History
In the iF ranking, Loewe is among the top 10 German companies awarded for exceptional design performances. This is a good reason to take a close look at the design history of the company on the occasion of its 100-year anniversary. The design historian Kilian Steiner distinguishes three historical phases: The first phase (1923 to 1945) marks the build-up and destruction of the Loewe brand. In the second phase (1945 to 1985), the focus was on the rebuilding of Loewe and overcoming numerous changes. The third period from 1985 onwards saw the rise of Loewe to an internationally renowned design brand. For the first time, the creative minds in product and communication design who contributed to the development of the brand are named and previously unknown details of the Loewe corporate history are revealed.From its foundation in 1923 to the invention of the electronic television in 1931, Loewe has evolved into a globally operating design brand. A unique combination of German engineering, excellence, exclusive design and sustainability have shaped the brand culture.Search inside on ISSUU.com

€32.00*
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Brand Experience & Trade Fair Design Annual 2023/2024
When it comes to sustainable brand presentations, the ques-tion is no longer whether we can conserve resources and build green, but how! Sustainability has become a must. But to make circular brand spaces a reality, everyone – from exhibitors to designers to visitors – needs to pull in the same direction. The new issue of the Brand Experience & Trade Fair Design Annual features successful examples that demonstrate an intentional approach to people and the environment – and are inspiring to boot.Editor Janina Poesch is a qualified architect, trained journalist and freelance author of numerous publications on the topics of the future, scenography and (brand) communication in space. She teaches Brand Spaces at RheinMain University of Applied Sciences and greatly appreciates the common thread in (brand) stories – the PLOT …Search inside (pdf)

€88.00*

Our books

Retail Design International Vol. 4 – Components, Spaces, Buildings
Just a few years ago customers at the point of sale would have been turned away politely but firmly if they had brought their coffee to go or even something edible with them. Now the situation has completely changed: a variety of forms of gastronomy have established themselves as communicative gathering places and enjoyable anchor points in retail design. From the gourmet restaurant in the supermarket to the cooking school in the shopping centre, or the food experience with a bar and hotel in the metropolis: Retail Design International with a focus on retail & food provides a first overview of worldwide ideas and projects at the interface of retail and food worlds. Around 60 worldwide projects invite one to embark on architectural, scenographical and culinary excursions that literally spur an "appetite" to find out more about brands, products and spaces, as well as the interdisciplinary "makers" behind them. Editor Dr. Jons Messedat is an architect, designer and author. His expertise in the field of built corporate identity is in demand from global operations, as a panel member in architecture and design competitions, as well as at universities in Germany, Switzerland and the USA.This book is no longer available.

€69.00*
Healing Art – How art in hospitals promotes healing
How art can make a contribution to the "healing environment" is shown by the Robert Bosch Hospital in Stuttgart with a Germany-wide unique and pioneering art concept. Whether it is seriously ill patients in the intensive care unit, visitors in the public corridors or employees in sterile functional areas: each is stimulated in their own way by the total of 48 artistic interventions. The description of the many approaches and possible effects of the art projects realised at the Robert Bosch Hospital during the period 1998–2018 is supplemented by specialist contributions from the fields of art, design and corporate philosophy. They open the topic of an interdisciplinary approach and offer a view towards the future potential of healing art in an international context. Isabel Grüner (born 1963), art historian and cultural manager, after professional positions in the gallery and museum sector, has been the art officer at the Robert Bosch Hospital since 2001.Search inside on ISSUU.com

€49.00*
Joyful Architecture – European Architectural Photography Prize 2019
architekturbild, the European Architectural Photography Prize, has been awarded on a two-yearly basis since 1995. Since 2003, the prize has been awarded by architekturbild e.V., a non-profit organisation and since 2008 in cooperation with the Deutsches Architekturmuseum, Frankfurt, and since 2016 with the Bundesstiftung Baukultur, Potsdam/Berlin. The theme for 2019 is "Joyful Architecture". We rarely think of architecture as comforting, fun and playful. The book therefore presents examples of architecture that playfully and positively impact the built environment and its inhabitants. These examples can be understated or clichéd, autonomous or in dialogue with their surroundings, hidden or obvious. High quality catalogue on the international trevelling exhibition, starting in the German Architecture Museum (DAM) on May 3rd 2019.Search inside on ISSUU.com

€24.80*
Recyclable by Werner Sobek (German / English)
We already have the ability to create buildings that are both sustainable and breathtakingly beautiful today – if only we can summon the will do to so. Designed by Werner Sobek with Dirk E. Hebel and Felix Heisel, the "Urban Mining & Recycling" Experimental Unit (UMAR) uses the example of serially manufactured housing to demonstrate the first fully comprehensive application of recyclable materials. All of the elements required to construct the Unit had to be 100% reusable, recyclable or compostable. In order to achieve this goal, every single detail, every product and every structure involved in the project was scrutinised with a critical eye. Prof. Werner Sobek is the founder of an international group of engineering and design consultancies, offering premium consultancy services for architecture, structures, façades and sustainability. By means of award-winning experimental buildings such as R128, H16, F87, B10 and (most recently) UMAR he studies how new materials, structures and technologies can bring about a radical change of our built environment. Leading the way for the use of recyclates in serial houses Construction. Plea for sustainable and at the same time breathtakingly beautiful building.Werner Sobek on YouTubeSearch inside on ISSUU.com

€28.00*
off the wall. flying thoughts: hotel, restaurant and bar design. DREIMETA 2003–2018
A book not only about a love of design and the designers at DREIMETA, their inspiring and sometimes curious projects, but also a look behind the scenes at the creation of adventurous ideas – the soul and the driver of creation – as well as hunters and collectors, artists and artisans who live their passion. Potterers, farmers, weavers, each an artist in their field, driven by the idea of creating something quite special, right down to the last detail. Pictures, sketches and collages with side notes – an extract from 15 years of hotel design that has had a lasting effect on the sector, along with interesting anecdotes and memories from many of those involved – including "greats" from the hotel industry such as Claus Sendlinger, Kai Hollmann, Christoph Hoffmann and Remo Masala. Search inside on ISSUU.com

€49.00*
Informationstheorie für Designer
Designer und Gestalter erhalten in diesem Band Einblicke in die wichtigsten Phasen der Entwicklung des Informationsbegriffs. Der Band stellt die Wegbereiter der ersten informationsverarbeitenden Systeme vor, die die ungeheuren Möglichkeiten der heutigen Informationsgesellschaft mit entwickelt haben. Das Buch gibt Überblick über die Rolle, die der Informationsbegriff in Wissenschaften wie Kybernetik, Lebenswissenschaften, Systemtheorie und der Forschung an Künstlicher Intelligenz spielt. Es beleuchtet die Brücken- und Scharnierfunktionen, die der Informationsbegriff an der Schnittstelle von Mensch und Maschine übernimmt. Zentrale Fragen der Verknüpfung von Information, Daten, Wissen und Lernen werden reflektiert und ethische Herausforderungen behandelt. Dr. phil. Christian Bauer ist wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter an der Fakultät Gestaltung der Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Würzburg-Schweinfurt. Seine Lehrgebiete sind Informations-, Kommunikations- und Medientheorie sowie Kulturphilosophie und Ethik.

€18.00*
Focus Open 2018
Product innovations and design trendsPioneering and exceptional design trends are at the heart of Focus Open 2018. Companies and professional designers from around the world were invited to participate. The publication presents all the award-winning products that persuaded the jury with their exceptional design quality. Award-winners from the fields of e.g. production, medicine, bathrooms, kitchens, interiors, ambience, lifestyle, lighting, media, sport, outdoor, public design, architecture, transport and sustainability are presented and described.It also publishes the results of the "Mia Seeger Award": the prize is awarded to up-and-coming designers who have developed products that "serve more than one purpose".Search inside on ISSUU.comThis book is no longer available.

€49.00*
Trade Fair Design Annual 2018/19
The standard reference work in the trade fair design world  Change and transformation are currently characteristic not only of our society and our socio-cultural structures, but also of our economic structures and therefore the exhibition industry: traditional approaches to brand communication no longer appear to take full effect, although the core of the longstanding trade fair business perhaps holds the key to the future of the traditional platform: in real encounters and individual exchanges.In accordance with this, over the forthcoming years it will increasingly be about shaping this discussion, creating spaces for it, enabling especially personal contacts amidst a communication guided by bots, thereby shaping change. Of course, this edition of the Trade Fair Design Yearbook is not oblivious to this either: since October 2018, the publication has been issued in a new, even higher quality design, extending increasingly into digital as well as real space.Search inside on ISSUU.com

€19.90*
Event Design Yearbook 2018 / 2019
The best events, the latest trendsThe current edition of the Event Design Yearbook presents the best and most interesting events of the last year informatively, with a wealth of pictures.What is new, however, is the author: with the Yearbook 2018 / 2019, Katharina Stein – specialist journalist, scene insider and founder of eveosblog for event marketing – is looking for small and large, private and public, cultural and corporate, exceptional and fascinating events, which all distinguish themselves through the idea behind it and its realisation.Search inside on ISSUU.com

€15.90*
Designkritik
Theorie, Geschichte, Lehre Wie kaum eine andere kreative Praxis ist Design mit Alltag, Politik und Wirtschaft einer Gesellschaft verbunden. Technologischer Wandel, soziale Umwälzungen und globale Krisen fordern die gestalterische Profession zu Neubestimmungen heraus. „Designkritik“ reflektiert das Spannungsfeld einer erweiterten Designpraxis innerhalb einer komplexen Medienlandschaft. Vor dem Hintergrund ökonomischer und politischer Umbrüche werden neue Ansätze zur Designkritik diskutiert, andererseits historische Bezüge im Kontext von Design, Medien und Gesellschaft untersucht. Es stellt sich die Frage, in welchem Maße Designjournalismus und Designkritik diesen veränderten, erweiterten, manchmal auch widersprüchlichen Designbegriff reflektieren und vermitteln können. Die Beiträge des Bandes beleuchten das unübersichtliche Terrain aus verschiedenen Perspektiven. Zu den Herausgebern: Prof. Dr. Siegfried Gronert ist Vorsitzender der Gesellschaft für Designgeschichte (GfDg) und Honorarprofessor an Universitäten in China. Von 1993 bis 2011 lehrte er Geschichte und Theorie des Design an der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. Dr. Thilo Schwer ist Produktgestalter und Designwissenschaftler. Seit 2011 lehrt er Designtheorie, Designmethodologie und Theorien der Produktsprache.

€24.00*
Storytelling für Designer
Im Zeitalter von Medienkonvergenz, interaktiver Kulturtechnik und digitalem Entwerfen ist die Gestaltung von Produkten, Formen und Funktionen nicht mehr ohne erzählerische Impulse, Konzepte und Strukturen denkbar. Dieser Band gibt eine überblicksartige Einführung in sowohl erzähltheoretische wie erzählpraktische Grundlagen. Er skizziert unterschiedliche Felder von Design und Gestaltung im Hinblick auf das damit zu realisierende Storytelling. Im Ergebnis sollen Designer nicht allein als Gestalter, sondern vor allem auch als Erzähler dargestellt und ausgebildet werden. Prof. Dr. Oliver Ruf ist Professor für Medien- und Gestaltungswissenschaft an der Fakultät Digitale Medien der Hochschule Furtwangen. Seine Lehr- und Forschungsgebiete umfassen Ästhetik, Anwendung und gestalterische Praxis erzählerischer Erscheinungen, insbesondere in (neuen) medialen Umgebungen.

€18.00*
The Happy Collector – A Card Game for Design Lovers
How many cubic metres does the little Michelin man actually take up? What insurance value does the potato peeler Rex have and how fragile is Sophie Taeuber-Arp’s Dr. Komplex? The designer pack of cards "The Happy Collector" shows 52 objects from the design and decorative arts collection at the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, selected by the curators Renate Menzi and Sabine Flaschberger. Playfully – as a classical card game or top trumps – it presents not only the favorite objects and collection highlights of the museum, but also conveys important aspects of the collection procedure: from purchase, storage and handling to insurance and documentation. The Museum für Gestaltung Zürich is the leading museum for design and visual communication in Switzerland. The collection of international importance comprises around 500,000 objects from the areas of decorative arts, textiles, graphics, typography, as well as poster, furniture and product design.Search inside on ISSUU.com

€19.00*
Boutique Homes – Handpicked Vacation Rentals
The interactive book presents a curated collection of more than 60 uniquely designed boutique homes, brought by the founders and authors of the eponymous brand. The composition of excellent architecture and design staged with stunning photography showcases an international "best of the best" selection, divided into the chapters: beach and cliff houses; architectural gems; chic and cheap; updated history; urban retreat; country living; emotional luxury; unplugged; cabins; and spaces for family and friends. The book and complementary app is not only an exciting and glamorous source of inspiration. Each of the shown houses and apartments is also available for rent and can be experienced in all its glory.Search inside on ISSUU.com

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Grenzen | Borders
European Architectural Photography Prize 2017  architekturbild, the European Architectural Photography Prize, has been awarded on a two-yearly basis since 1995. This time the subject is "Borders".Whether in the sense of opening or closing, of including or excluding or as definitions of geographical or (urban) spatial areas, borders are physically present and clearly recognizable or subtly noticeable, but always perceived as either protecting or deterring. In the context of the European Architectural Potography Prize 2017 we by no means focus on the negative interpretations of this term but rather on the photographic-aristic involvment with our built environment.

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Focus Open 2017
Pioneering and exceptional design trends are at the heart of Focus Open 2017. Companies and professional designers from around the world were invited to participate. The publication presents all the award-winning products that persuaded the jury with their exceptional design quality. Award-winners from the fields of e.g. production, medicine, bathrooms, kitchens, interiors, lifestyle, lighting, media, optics, sport, outdoor, public design, architecture and transport are presented and described. It also publishes the results of the “Mia Seeger Award”: the prize is awarded to up-and-coming designers who have developed products that “serve more than one purpose”.

€49.00*
Trade Fair Design Annual 2017/18
20 years' Trade Fair Design Annual! This anniversary edition breaks all the records: more trade fair stands, more pages, more trends. Including an interview on the future of the trade fair. Current brand communication is increasingly moving towards real-digital narratives. The storytelling trend plays a major role in this, as well as the type of communication, in times of complete digitisation. Particularly at trade fairs, personal discussion is still the key aspect of every presentation. With this edition of the Trade Fair Design Annual, the authors present a series of successful examples of transmedia storytelling, attaching particular importance to the accomplished use of means of communication. What is decisive, however, is the exceptional design of the overall presentation, which can add communicative and therefore informative value for the exhibitor, as well as provide an emotional experience for the visitors.

€19.90*
Event Design Yearbook 2017 / 2018
We are living in a networked age and can no longer deny digitisation. Although the events sector is currently characterised primarily by live experiences, events are becoming increasingly hybrid: new forms of spatial communication are emerging, which blur the boundaries between real and virtual experience. With this yearbook, the authors present, informatively and with a wealth of images, more than 50 successful examples where both digital innovation and personal encounters are the focus of the concept. Through numerous interviews with specialists in the sector, they venture a look into the future, in order to ask quite exclusively: "What is actually 'the next big thing'?"

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Existenzgründung für Designer
Dieser Band ist eine praktische Hilfe bei vielen typischen Problemstellungen, die während des Übergangs in die Arbeitswelt entstehen. Schon vor dem Ende der Studienzeit müssen sich die meisten Gestalter mit Fragen zum Minijob oder ihrer Beschäftigung als Werkstudent auseinandersetzen. Sozialversicherungsrecht, Arbeitsrecht und Einkommensteuer spielen dabei eine wichtige Rolle. Wer dann als Freelancer arbeitet, muss beurteilen können, ob er wirklich unternehmerisches Risiko trägt oder doch scheinselbstständig ist. Und wofür taugt eigentlich ein Businessplan? Mit vielen Beispielen, Mustertexten und Checklisten schafft die „Existenzgründung“ auch zu komplexen Themen einen verständlichen Zugang: verschiedene Rechtsformen für das kleine Startup oder die erste Beteiligung; rechtliche Fragen zur Finanzierung, zur Unternehmensbesteuerung, zur Gewinn- und Verlustrechnung und zu Bilanzierung. David Herzog ist Fachanwalt für Steuerrecht sowie Handels- und Gesellschaftsrecht und seit 2013 Lehrbeauftragter für Recht an der Hochschule Mannheim, Fakultät Gestaltung.Leseprobe auf ISSUU.com

€18.00*
Retail Design International Vol. 3 – Components, Spaces, Buildings
The increasing trend towards digitisation seems to be spurring on bricks-and-mortar retailers. Hybrid spaces communicate with the customers as a matter of course on all levels: online, offline and on-site. Beyond conventional retail formats, this has spawned surprising concepts which combine aspects from different areas of life with each other. Clever hospitality offerings, curated showrooms as well as flexible co-working and event spaces complement established retail locations. At the same time, many malls and shopping centres have seen better days and have been completely refurbished.The new standard work about the sector presents the most recent developments in worldwide retail design with articles from experts working in interdisciplinary teams and innovative reference projects.Editor Dr. Jons Messedat is architect, designer and author. His expertise in the field of built Corporate Identity is in demand from global operations, as panel member in architecture and design competitions as well as at universities in Germany, Switzerland and the USA.Search inside on ISSUU.com

€69.00*
Retail Design International Vol. 2 – Components, Spaces, Buildings
Present-day retail worlds must keep up with digitisation through online retailing, augmented or virtual reality. However, human components and analog-real spaces have never quite lost their appeal. This new standard work about the retail sector shows what new retail formats and new forms of spatial expression can be created to appeal to all the senses. It provides a current overview of innovations in multi-channel and omni-channel commerce, from pioneering in-store technology to new products. Around 50 current best-practice examples, from temporary pop-up stores to avant-garde brand worlds and hybrid retail centers offer an inspiring cross section from around the world. Dr. Jons Messedat is an architect, designer and author. His expertise regarding architectural corporate identity is in demand at companies, conferences and universities in Germany. Switzerland and the USA.

€69.00*
Seoul Living Lab
A change of paradigm is taking place in Korea. The previous system of area rehabilitation, which involved the demolition of entire urban districts, is no longer considered appropriate. New concepts for careful urban regeneration are being developed.The book documents the results of Seoul Living Lab, which was held in the Sangdo-Sa-Dong district in Seoul. It was set up as a cooperation between KIT (Karlsruher Institut für Technologie), Seoul National University (SNU), bw-i Baden-Württemberg International and ISA Internationales Stadtbauatelier, as part of the research project URBAN VOIDS.The editors directed the project: Philipp Dechow (partner in the office ISA), Kerstin Gothe (Professor at KIT), Seogjeong Lee (Professor at SNU).Search inside on ISSUU.com

€34.00*
Stuttgart Architecture Guide
Around 100 buildings are presented that were erected between 1917 and 2017 and are already considered as part of architectural history. With informative texts, many photos, plans, archive material and the most important facts (planners, construction period, addresses, access). With buildings by: Theodor Fischer, Martin Elsaesser, Paul Bonatz, Paul Schmitthenner, Rolf Gutbrod, Paul Stohrer, Günther Behnisch, Hans Kammerer, Fritz Leonhardt, Frei Otto, Hans Scharoun, James Stirling, Schlaich und Partner, LRO, UN Studio, Auer und Weber, Atelier 5, Hascher Jehle, Wulf und Partner etc. Prof. Dr. Klaus Jan Philipp directs the Institute for Architectural History at Stuttgart University, where Christiane Fülscher works as an academic associate. They both teach, research and publish on the subject of architecture and urban planning.Search inside on ISSUU.com

€22.00*
Trade Fair Design Annual 2016/17
The reference work in the trade fair design world  The fully connected "Industry 4.0" has also found its way into the corporate presentations at trade fairs: real worlds are digitally extended by augmented reality or merged with virtual spaces to create new, all-engulfing brand experiences. And yet trade fairs remain places where personal contacts are made, networks enlarged and innovations brought to market – in some cases without any digital add-ons ...This standard work once again documuents the best trade fair stands of recent years and uses powerful visuals and informative texts to identify future trends.

€19.90*
Thinking Tools.
Design as Process – On the Creation of Writing UtensilsHow are products and everyday items created which their owners like to use, value greatly and identify with? Things with a high practical value and that are functional, durable and beautiful?Based on the writing utensils by Lamy, the catalogue shows an example of the complex design process behind creating a product, including models and sketches by Phoenix Design, Wolfgang Fabian, Sieger Design, Naoto Fukasawa, Richard Sapper or Franco Clivio.Search inside on ISSUU.com

€24.00*
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