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Pantone: 35 Inspirational Colour Palettes

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Pantone is the world-renowned authority on colour This handy fan deck takes the guesswork out of using colour in bold and innovative new ways Selected specifically for décor, these palettes are perfect for colour coordinating every room in the house Cards, 37 pages Weight: 260g Dimensions:12.1 x 15.5 x 2.5cm

Fear and Love: Reactions to a Complex World

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Fear and Love: Reactions to a Complex Worldis the official catalogue that accompanies the opening exhibition of the new Design Museum. It is essentially a book about what design means today We know that design shapes the world around us, but Fear and Love goes further, arguing that it is implicated in some of the defining issues of our time. In this book, eleven designers from around the world – including OMA, Hussein Chalayan, Kenya Hara and Neri Oxman – explore a spectrum of contemporary themes The result is a diverse portrait of the world that includes sentient robots, networked sexuality, slow fashion and settled nomads. These are explored through the eyes of the designers themselves and through a series of essays by renowned writers and thinkers The result captures the emotionally charged mood of the present and suggests that design is a way of looking at the world, and a way to change it

The Edifice Complex: The Architecture of Power

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The Edifice Complex explores the intimate and inextricable relationship between power, money and architecture in the twentieth century How and why have presidents, prime ministers, mayors, millionaires and bishops come to share such a fascination with grand designs? From Blair to Mitterrand, from Hitler to Stalin to Saddam Hussein, architecture has become an end in itself, as well as a means to an end This is a book of genuine timeliness, throwing new light on the motivations of the rich and powerful around the world - and on the ways they seek to affect us Paperback 464 pages Dimensions: 11.1 x 3.2 x 18.1cm

Mid-Century Modern Complete

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This definitive survey of one of the most popular, collectable and dynamic periods of international design offers a rich overview of all aspects of the subject It covers furniture, lighting, glass, ceramics, textiles, product design, industrial design, graphics and posters, as well as architecture and interior design Complete with thirteen specially commissioned essays by renowned experts and over 1,000 mainly colour illustrations, this is a must-have for any design aficionado, collector or reader seeking inspiration for their home

Wallpaper* City Guide Rio De Janeiro

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An insider's guide that provides all you need to know about Rio De Janeiro. A tightly edited, discreetly packaged selection of city highlights for the design-conscious visitor. This pocket-sized guide with a polished Pantone cover introduces the hippest restaurants and nightlife, the buzziest hotels, the most influential art galleries and enticing retail, the very best in local design, and the historical styles and contemporary architecture that define a destination. View other city guides

Wallpaper* City Guide Hong Kong 

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An insider's guide that provides all you need to know about Hong Kong. A tightly edited, discreetly packaged selection of city highlights for the design-conscious visitor. This pocket-sized guide with a polished Pantone cover introduces the hippest restaurants and nightlife, the buzziest hotels, the most influential art galleries and enticing retail, the very best in local design, and the historical styles and contemporary architecture that define a destination. View other city guides