Type. A Visual History of Typefaces & Graphic Styles
A must have for any designer or font snob, Taschen beautifully chronicles and visualizes over three centuries of typeface design in "Type. A Visual History of Typefaces & Graphic Styles":
"This book offers a connoisseur's overview of typeface design, exploring the most elegant fonts from the history of publishing. Taken from a distinguished Dutch collection, this exuberant two-volume edition traces the evolution of the printed letter via exquisitely designed catalogs, showing type specimens in roman, italic, bold, semi-bold, narrow, and broad fonts. Borders, ornaments, initial letters, and decorations are also included, along with lithographic examples, letters by sign writers, inscription carvers, and calligraphers.
Featuring works by type designers including: William Caslon, Fritz Helmuth Ehmcke, Peter Behrens, Rudolf Koch, Eric Gill, Jan van Krimpen, Paul Renner, Jan Tschichold, A. M. Cassandre, Aldo Novarese, and Adrian Frutiger."
$60, Taschen
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The Monocle Guide to Better Living
Cool guy favorite, Monocle, offers up its first book, a volume on quality of life with The Monocle Guide to Better Living:
"In an informative and entertaining collection of writing, reports and recommendations, we’ve surveyed the locations, products and ideas that are inspiring better living across the globe.
The 400-page book features original photography and illustrations printed on a selection of the highest quality papers as our own contribution to making the world a little more liveable and loveable."
$60, Monocle
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Art Cities of the Future
Phaidon shines a light on the new centers of contemporary art from Vancouver to Bogota to Johannesburg, in their upcoming book, Art Cities of the Future:
"Today the art world is more of a world in every sense, with a larger population, a wider territory and a greater number of nationalities. Its prevailing conversation, however, has yet to catch up. Art Cities of the Future: 21st Century Avant-Gardes uncovers twelve distinct avant-gardes that have emerged around the world in recent decades.
Twelve curators each selected eight artists to represent the avant-garde of a specific city. These artists are senior figures or newer faces, artists working in familiar mediums or inventing their own, but they all share two qualities: a commitment to experimental art and a dedication to their local milieu. In dialogue with larger concerns, their unique sensibility can be found nowhere else.
Lively, thought-provoking, comprehensive, and packed with more than 500 images, this book widens the expected historical narrative, allowing us to imagine a future of diverse aesthetics and shared concerns in the common language of contemporary art."
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David Bowie Nacht Musik
Limited to 300 copies, The Vinyl Factory and The Mott Collection release David Bowie Nacht Musik, a catalogue and exhibition showcasing some of the pop legend's iconic album art which have been collected in a series of screen prints and a catalogue:
"The exhibition takes place at The Vinyl Factory Chelsea from 7 February to 3 March 2013, and consists of 45 iconic 7” single covers that showcase David Bowie’s remarkably eclectic aesthetic and celebrate the myriad list of photographers, artists and designers who helped create his various personas.
The collection of 7” singles date from Starman (1972) to Without You (1984) encompassing Bowie through his many phases from Ziggy Stardust and Aladdin Sane to the Thin White Duke and the Berlin era.
As the exhibition title suggests, ‘Nacht Musik’ pays special tribute to Bowie’s creative zenith, the mid-late ‘70s when he relocated to Berlin and made a trio of albums with Brian Eno that would redefine not just his musical legacy but also that of the German city itself. Indeed, Bowie looks back at this period in his new single, Where Are We Now? - his first new recording in a decade, released this week.
The collection of 45 7” singles will be for sale as a framed artwork from the gallery. In addition, The Vinyl Factory has created a commemorative publication, which is also for sale.
Limited to 300 copies, this catalogue documents 45 David Bowie singles from this period, and includes an essay by collector Toby Mott and a 7” single pressing of a David Bowie interview given to Manchester's Picadilly Radio in 1978"
More info: The Vinyl Factory
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E.H. Land's Essays Volume I-III
Published by The Society for Imaging Science and Technology in '93, The Impossible Project presents a complete edition that's sure to grab the attention of Polaroid fanatics and science nerds alike with E.H. Land's Essays Volume I-III:
"Edwin Land's ingenious essays on his inventions and ideas were published back in 1993 by the Society for Imaging Science and Technology in two hardbound books. They were being edited by Mary McCann, who worked at Polaroid for more than three decades and were authorized by Edwin Land's wife Terre. Lands essays cover diverse topics from Polarization Filters, Basics of Instant Photography and Cameras to Patents, Research & Development, etc.. This is the only complete edition of Land's published writing."
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The Architect's Home
Taschen releases an encyclopedic volume of the incredible spaces that icons like Le Corbusier called home which will be available this March in "The Architect's Home:"
"The greatest challenge in designing homes is negotiating the delicate balance between aesthetics and the personal desires of the occupants. While it’s important for the structure to reflect the vision and style of the architect, the client must ultimately feel at home beneath the roof. It is particularly interesting, therefore, to examine the homes that architects create for themselves. If houses reflect their owners’ personalities, then architects’ own homes are like autobiographies. Location, layout, style, lighting, artwork, furnishings—every detail adds color to the story. Each of these dwellings, presented A-Z by architect, speaks more about its designer than any other building possibly could."
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The Porsche 911 Book
teNeues celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the Stuttgart's icon, the Porsche 911:
"The introduction of the Porsche 901 in 1963 marked a milestone in automotive history. Although the name later had to be changed because Peugeot had patented having a 0 in the middle of car model numbers, the 911 didn’t let anything stand in the way of its becoming an iconic sports car. This success story spans all the way from the 901 and the Carrera RS 2.7 (which with its characteristic rear spoiler—the so-called “ducktail”— was the fastest production car of its time) right up to the current generation of the 991. For the 50th birthday of the populous 911 family, the famous automotive photographer René Staud, whose The Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Book has also been published by teNeues, showcases the most important models—all in his typically radiant and distinctive style."
$125, teNeues
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Helmut Newton: World without Men
The legendary and often-imitated Helmut Newton gets another exciting release from Taschen with February '13's World without Men:
"Taken between the mid 1960s and early 1980s, this selection of Newton fashion editorials—one of the first books he ever published—is accompanied by journal entry-style texts by Newton providing anecdotes and describing the circumstances of each shoot. On every page is evidence of Newton‘s groundbreaking vision that transformed fashion photography—an influence that can still be seen today in the pages of the greatest fashion magazines."
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The Golden Age of DC Comics
Long before the Avengers and Iron Man dominated every multiplex, DC pioneered the superhero as we know them today with a book that covers the historic beginnings of DC and the characters and stories which would soon become iconic in "The Golden Age of DC Comics":
"In June of 1938, Action Comics debuted with a new kind of comic book character on its cover: A costumed man with two identities, who possessed extraordinary strength and powers, a man able to protect the public when ordinary measures would not do. He was not the first super hero, but the Man of Steel would become the prototype for all super heroes thereafter. Superman's story, and those of Batman, Wonder Woman, and hundreds of other DC Comics characters, are all told in The Golden Age of DC Comics. The single most comprehensive book on the subject, this volume traces the company's first decades, from its pulp origins up to the comic book burnings of the McCarthy ’50s in more than 400 pages bursting with comics, art, comics, photographs, and more comics"
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Man of the World
Launching at select newsstands this month is Man of the World, a new quarterly men's magazine covering vintage finds, travel, art, music, and design. Focused purely on content and devoid of advertising, Founder and Editor-in-Chief Alan Maleh hopes to deliver a unique editorial voice in the world of luxury and men's lifestyle, one that most importantly, leaves pretense at the door. The magazine will also be complemented with an online sibling with exclusive web-only content as well as a storefront complete with vintage cars, watches and accessories. $16, Man of the World
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