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Published on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the confederation of the United Arab Emirates, ‘50U’ tells the story of the seven Gulf states in 50 portraits of people, plants, and places. Designed by Irma Boom, the book paints an intimate pictu

Er wordt de laatste jaren vaak gesteld dat er in de hedendaagse westerse kunst een sociale wending heeft plaatsgevonden. Het gaat niet langer om kunst om de kunst, niet om kunst als uitdrukking van de persoonlijke visie van een eenling, maar om kunst

What does it mean to speak of artistic autonomy at a time when art is fully commercialised and aesthetics has become the guiding principle of economic production and policymaking? This book by Sebastian Olma takes a fresh look at this question by sum

Station Arnhem is klaar! Achttien jaar heeft de realisatie geduurd. Het was een meeslepend avontuur waarin allerlei uitdagingen elkaar opvolgden, zoals de financiële crisis, aanbestedingsproblematiek, politieke verwikkelingen en een publieke opinie d

Heringa/Van Kalsbeek’s sculptures are whimsical, glistening, multicoloured assemblages made from discarded or used up things, objects found washed up on the shore or in rubbish dumps. Nature is a great source of inspiration for the artist duo, and th

This box contains a set of cards with 240 questions as an extension on the Modern Architecture Game. This set is dedicated to Dutch Architecture.

The eleventh magazine published by the Amsterdam Fashion Institute explores the various stages of the bored mind, relieving the reader from whichever state they may be in through five different chapters. Created in conjunction with a yearbook, it ser

Het werk van Desirée Dolron heeft zich de afgelopen 25 jaar gemanifesteerd als een intense opeenstapeling van ervaringen en ontmoetingen, verenigd in haar ambitieuze benadering van fotografie. Dit essay over haar serie Xteriors is een bespiegeling ov

'Colour Based on Nature' takes the concept of Irma Boom's previous work further afield, highlighting UNESCO World Heritage sites across the globe and on every continent. This time, the colour diagrams are derived from 80 natural locations designated

Inspired by the work of the Czech philosopher Vilém Flusser, Arjan de Nooy proposes a distinctive outlook on photography in 20 propositions. These are the opening moves of 'Photology', a photobook about photography played by the author. The title ref

Workplaces Today' is a kaleidoscopic survey of the contemporary work environment. The book discusses a large variety of places for knowledge work, ranging from shiny corporate head offices and cubicled call centres, to raw designer studios and hip co

Every building project should start with a brief. A good brief clearly explains what the client wants while providing the design team with the information and inspiration they need to create a successful building. Beyond that, the brief functions as

In her work, visual artist Natasja Kensmil deals with the recurring themes of power and the consequences of its abuse, with abundant references from mythology, religion, and history. Her particular fascination is with the hidden, mysterious, and murk

Downtown Los Angeles has undergone a spectacular transformation over the last decade. The historic city center was given a face-lift, with new museums, skyscrapers, designer stores, restaurants and bars. In 2018, DTLA was the most rapidly gentrifyin

Dutch-Croatian photographer Sanja Marušić uses an experimental approach to colour, composition, materials, and manipulations in her work to create dreamlike scenes that are at once cinematic and alienating. She travels the world in her production of

Every year promising photographers graduate from schools throughout Europe. And for self-taught photographers, these days it is easier than ever before to find inspiration and share their work. Standing out from the crowd, however, is another matter.

This large book features an astonishing selection of Ghanaian hand-painted film posters from the collection of Mandy Elsas, a Dutch merchant dedicated to seeking out and preserving this disappearing facet of Ghana's art historical heritage. With repr

‘Afstand houden’ is het mantra van overheden wereldwijd om de coronapandemie onder controle te krijgen. De maatregelen die ons anderhalf jaar tot social distancing dwingen, laten diepe sporen achter in onze samenleving. Het Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam g

Boek Territorium, geschreven door Henk Wildschut, uitgegeven door Idea Books B.V., Fotoboeken

“The hunting experience is a difficult thing to translate into words or images, because the hunt has countless faces.” Isabella Rozendaal has had a lifelong fascination with hunting and its cultural differences around the world and the immense contra

In de zomer van 1955 verhuisde Picasso zijn atelier naar ‘La Californie’, een belle époque-villa van begin vorige eeuw, gelegen in de heuvels rond Cannes. De grote Jugendstil ramen en het uitzicht op de tuin met cactussen, eucalyptus- en palmbomen kw

'Composing Interactions' brings together aesthetic considerations, practical guidelines for project development, and an overview of sensors, circuits, and processing algorithms. Marije Baalman applies her extensive experience as an artist and as an e

What is computational art? How does it involve us in unprecedented aesthetic relationships, making us part of works and even transfor­ming them? This book looks at how computation causes an ontolo­gical shift that turns dynamics, causality, and cogni

Presupposing that accidents produce technologies, this book inquires into the forms of power and authority that accidents materialise. For instance, what are the specific accidents of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and pattern recognition

While in New Orleans in 2015, Victor Sonna purchased shackles once used to subdue an enslaved person. Engraved on them was the number 152. This marked the start of a personal journey of discovery through Ghana, Suriname, and elsewhere. It culminated

Boek I See That I See What You Don't See, uitgegeven door Idea Books B.V., Vormgeving en design

The Court for International Climate Crisis (CICC) is a more-than-human tribunal founded by writer, academic, lawyer, and activist Radha D'Souza and artist and propaganda researcher Jonas Staal in 2021. The aim of the CICC is to prosecute climate crim

33 – De Best Verzorgde BoekenThe Best Dutch Book Designs 2020 is ontworpen door Tessa van der Waals. Zij laat de keurselectie van 33 boeken de revue passeren aan de hand van 33 thema’s. Thema’s ‘die de vele eigenschappen van het object boek reflecte

Starting in 2009, Wytske van Keulen continuously visited several individuals in France, the United States, and Japan who, for different reasons, chose to set aside our largely economised and de-spiritualised world. She depicts these peoples’ living e

‘100MJ’ concerns an intuitive and personal drawing project about identity by Dutch artist Bas Kosters. The book shows a series of a hundred full page drawings based on the image of Michael Jackson. It is about how people are shaped trough the eyes of

Initiated by professional curator and editor Freek Lomme, ‘Can You Feel It?’ invites the reader to explore tactility and our interaction with printed matter. Six international artists produced either graphic samples or the essence of tactility during

Afonso Matos is a Portuguese designer and researcher who is based in The Netherlands. This book is a collection of fanzines inspired by conversations and texts around four main themes: the bubble of the (critical) design school; the power of design a

Part design experiment, part critical theory, and part how-to manual, ‘What is Post-Branding?’ introduces a creative counter to the neoliberal orthodoxy of branding. Conceived and written by Dr Oliver Vodeb - an extra-disciplinary designer, critical

The Impossibility of Silence is a book for artists, designers and photographers interested in approaching writing about their vocation and culture. Drawing upon decades of experience as a writer, designer, artist and teacher, Ian Lynam offers up a pl

’The Radiant Screen’ is a project about the closed city of Zheleznogorsk, hidden in the heart of Siberia. Zheleznogorsk is one of the twelve (still-)closed cities in Russia. It was established in the early 1950s to serve as a top-secret site for mili

Bertien van Manen grew up in Heerlen, at the heart of the eastern part of the former coal mining region in the Netherlands, where her father worked as an engineer for the State Mines. Living in close proximity to this industry, the surrounding cultur