Design Books, Magazines & Publications

Vintage MARIE CLAIRE Italia Magazine - Oct 2015

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Vintage marie claire ITALIA magazine featuring an artcile about Azzedine Alaïa

Vintage VOGUE Magazine - Jul 1983

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Vintage VOGUE magazine with an article about Azzedine Alaïa and his garments

Vintage VOGUE Paris Magazine - Sep 2005

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Vintage VOGUE Paris magazine featuring Azzedine Alaïa collection 

Vintage VOGUE Magazine - Oct 2011

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Vintage VOGUE magazine featuring an article about Azzedine Alaïa designs

Vintage VOGUE Magazine - May 1984

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Vintage VOGUE magazine featuring Azzedine Alaïa designs

The Hard Life by Jasper Morrison

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This book explores the effect that generations of trial and error, individual craftsmanship, and an instinct to carve out the essential with the slenderest of means brought to objects that made life both livable and meaningful to a pre-industrial society The objects photographed and described by designer Jasper Morrison may be appreciated both for their beauty and for the example they set of design at its purest By what means did so much beauty and ingenuity appears in articles of everyday rural life in Portugal? How did the shape of these objects balance necessity and formal perfection so skillfully?

Design for the Corporate World: 1950-1975

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Architectural, industrial, and graphic design in the United States from the 1950s through to the 1970s - generally known as mid-century modern - is now perceived as a golden era, with artists such as Charles and Ray Eames, Eero Saarinen, and Eliot Noyes having become household names. This volume looks at the relationship between these designers and the companies who employed them, highlighting the political, social and cultural circumstances in which seminal design icons such as the Selectric Typewriter for IBM and the distinctive Westinghouse Electric Manufacturing Company logo were created It reveals not only why corporations during this period needed designers more than ever before, but also why designers felt ambivalent about their work for these large businesses. In doing so, it sheds new light on the changing self-image of the designer and on these famous mid-century graphic, product, and furniture designs Full colour throughout, this volume is richly illustrated with fascinating archival photography, concept sketches and beautiful illustrations of the logos, products and buildings designed for the companies

Shoplifter! New Retail Architecture and Brand Spaces

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Retail is dead, long live retail. Shoplifters explores innovative store concepts and provides expert insights into how brands can engage with their customers in novel ways Disrupted by online shopping, shops and brands find themselves in a permanent battle over the most innovative store concepts, striking window displays, and genius presentation of goods to breath new life into the traditional retail flow. It is this creative struggle that has heralded in a golden era of retail design. Brand experiences now stretch far beyond the end product; the dialogues between a shop and its consumers are becoming increasingly important. Companies are tapping top designers and retooling their talents, be it through sophisticated flagship stores or unexpected temporary venues Shoplifters showcases the most outstanding concepts across a number of industries, introducing the most innovative brands with rich, in-depth case studies