EP Vol. 1 - the Italian Avant-Garde: 1968-1976
Editors: Catharine Rossi, Alex Coles
With contributions by Paola Antonelli, Pier Vittorio Aureli, Andrea Branzi, Carlo Caldini, Alison J. Clarke, Experimental Jetset, Verina Gfader, Martino Gamper, Joseph Grima, Alessandro Mendini, Antonio Negri, Paola Nicolin, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Catharine Rossi, Vera Sacchetti, Libby Sellers, Studio Formafantasma, and Ettore Vitale
Sternberg Press, New York, 2013
224 pages, 42 colour
39 b/w illustrations,
21x12.5 inches, softcover
ISBN 978-3-943365-49-8
Charlotte Newman is the manager of the AA Bookshop. She has been a specialist bookseller for over 10 years, instrumental in developing the Koenig art bookshops in London. She established the AA Bookshop at the Architectural Association, London in January 2009, orchestrating its relocation from a basement to a beautiful Georgian ground floor room at 32 Bedford Square, WC1.
Bookmarked welcomes its first guest reviewer, someone with a real overview of what’s out there book-wise: Charlotte Newman, Manager of the AA Bookshop at the Architectural Association in London. She’s chosen some current top tips and an old favourite, kicking off an occasional series of guest book reviewers from the best architectural bookshops around.
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The Italian Avant-Garde is an engaging reader of recently commissioned writings and interviews discussing this period of Italian design and its legacy, with an impressive range of contributors including Paola Antonelli, Pier Vittorio Aureli, Joseph Grima and Michelangelo Pistoletto, amongst others. The book design by Experimental Jetset consciously takes the format of a standard paperback to present the content, including a wealth of illustrations dispersed satisfyingly throughout, so it acts as a visual reader of the era too. With EP – the name of planned book series of which this is the first volume – the editors aim to create a publishing equivalent of the ‘extended play’ record, more in-depth than a magazine but more accessible than an academic journal: an aim here successfully achieved. A highly readable reader.
Cedric Price Works II
A Publications, London, 1984
Softcover, 116 pages
b/w illustrations
24.5 x 24.5 cm
ISBN-10: 0904503453 / 9780904503456
This very rare book on the work of Cedric Price is one of my personal favourites. This is the original book published by the Architectural Association to accompany an exhibition in 1984, re-published by Wiley as the Square Book in 2003 (also out of print). The main body of the book has index tabs that each contain a thematic selection of Cedric Price’s works and projects, beginning with a written introduction by him for each section. The projects are beautifully presented with diagrams and clear descriptive text. We have one copy available in the AA Bookshop! But for CP fans, next year sees the AA publishing the first major two-volume critical overview of his work, edited by Samantha Hardingham. For more details see the AA Publishing catalogue.
Druot, Lacaton &Vassal
Tour Bois le Prêtre
Ruby Press, Berlin, 2012
80 pages, paperback
Colour illustrations
29cm x 42cm
It may be a book which won’t fit easily on a shelf, but this one’s large slim format is ideal for telling the story of this retrofit project: the transformation of a run down tower block on the outskirts of Paris, realised at less cost than its planned demolition and re-build. The residents saw their living space increased by 40 percent and were able to remain in their homes during the renovation. Starting with the history and ideas behind the project, this book then takes you into the residents’ homes, with double-spread photographs showing intimate glimpses of the generous living spaces filled with natural light even on an overcast day, and interviews with residents on their experience of the process of seeing their homes transformed. Make table space for this book and be drawn into this important project.
A Dictionary of Color Combinations
Seigensha, Kyoto, 2011
15 x 11 cm
354 pp. Full colour
Japanese (some English) text
Softcover
ISBN: 9784861522475
The seminal 1933 six-volume Haishoku Soukan by artist, teacher and kimono designer Sanzo Wada (1883-1967) has been successfully re-worked into a practical, hand-sized pocket book. The volume is organised into sections of two, three and four colour combinations, each with a reference number, followed by an index of every colour with its name in Japanese and English – plus combination references listed alongside them. The last section has five swatches of each of the 159 colours so they can be cut out for testing your own combinations. It is beautiful book and a fantastic tool for architects and designers. Buy at least two copies: one to use and the other to keep!
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