By Hugh Aldersey-Williams. With a contribution by Paola Antonelli As the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, Great Britain was the epicenter of the development of modern industrial design. This book—the fourth volume in the MoMA Design Series, featuring works in the Museum’s extraordinary collection—explores this legacy, tracing the growth of British design from the…
To look inside this book, click here. Edited by Achim Hochdörfer, Maartje Oldenburg, Barbara Schröder, and Ann Temkin A central figure of Pop, installation art, and Happenings, Claes Oldenburg redefined art in the 1960s with his landmark environments The Street and The Store, his soft sculptures, and his proposals for colossal monuments. Since…
To look inside this book, click here. By Esther Adler The Chicago-born artist Charles White (1918–79) was celebrated during his lifetime for depictions of African-Americans that acquired the description “images of dignity.” His application of his extraordinary draftsmanship to address a lifetime of social and political concerns made him a vital influence on…
250 Works since 1980 from The Museum of Modern Art, New York At the core of The Museum of Modern Art’s new building in Midtown Manhattan are dramatic and expansive new galleries devoted to showcasing the Museum’s world-famous collection of international contemporary art. Contemporary Highlights presents this impressive collection in pocket size. This new handbook…
Edited by Klaus Biesenbach Throughout his career, Douglas Gordon has engaged in an ongoing reflection on the motion picture. By altering and recontextualizing familiar and popular films in order to throw into high relief the relationship between film, memory, and identity, Gordon examines the relationship between movies and our perception of them, and, effectively,…
To look inside this book, click here. Edited by Jodi Hauptman and Adrian Sudhalter. With contributions by Jenny Anger, Barbora Bartunkova, Barry Bergdoll, Benjamin Buchloh, Jane Cavalier, Masha Chlenova, Jean-Louis Cohen, Olivia Crough, Lee Ann Daffner, Noam Elcott, Katie Farris, Devin Fore, Maria Gough, Ilya Kaminsky, William Kentridge, Christina Kiaer, Juliet Kinchin, Iva Knobloch,…
By C. Ian White This charming children’s book follows the young Charles White as he goes to the library every day to look at picture books and watch the people around him. Later he draws what he has seen on scraps of paper. Over time he learns to be patient and observant, and, by…
To look inside this book, click here. Edited by Roxana Marcoci and Sarah Hermanson Meister. With contributions by Jodi Roberts Published to accompany the first US museum exhibition of the work of German-born Grete Stern and Argentinean Horacio Coppola, From Bauhaus to Buenos Aires explores the individual accomplishments and parallel developments of two…
Encounters with extraordinary photographs, from the very beginnings of the medium to the present day Highlighting a selection of extraordinary photographs spanning more than a century of the medium’s history, Time Travelers: Photographs from the Gayle Greenhill Collection presents images that transport viewers across space and time. Reflecting a multitude of styles, approaches, and processes,…
Combining an unusual shape with the refined color palette this Danish brand is renowned for, this set of four HAY Shape Candles is a distinctive addition to your home decor. Made from 100% stearin wax, each candle has a burn time of seven hours and measures 9h x 1”diam. HAY is a manufacturer with work…
Combining an unusual shape with the refined color palette this Danish brand is renowned for, this set of four HAY Shape Candles is a distinctive addition to your home decor. Made from 100% stearin wax, each candle has a burn time of seven hours and measures 9h x 1”diam. HAY is a manufacturer with work…
An icon of Italian design and innovation, in a 60th anniversary limited edition. A superb work of modern industrial design, the Brionvega Radiofonografo Radio and Turntable is an AM/FM radio and turntable handcrafted in Italy according to its 1965 specifications, including a single-piece molded aluminum stand and hand-lacquered wood. This 60th anniversary version features a…
A retro landline phone handset that plugs into your USB-C digital devices. Bring the design of a 1970s vintage kitchen phone into your daily life with this high-tech handset that works with your USB-C smartphone without charging or pairing: simply plug it in and start talking. The perfect gift for those too young to remember…
A retro landline phone handset that plugs into your USB-C digital devices. Bring the design of a 1970s vintage kitchen phone into your daily life with this high-tech handset that works with your USB-C smartphone without charging or pairing: simply plug it in and start talking. The perfect gift for those too young to remember…
Turn your smartphone into a 25x zoom telescope with this compact tech wonder that’s small enough to store on your bookshelf. Simply attach the Hestia to a standard tripod (included), place your smartphone on its sturdy shelf and secure it with the adjustable magnets, and get ready to experience astronomically great views of the moon,…
A retro landline phone handset that plugs into your USB-C digital devices. Bring the design of a 1970s vintage kitchen phone into your daily life with this high-tech handset that works with your USB-C smartphone without charging or pairing: simply plug it in and start talking. The perfect gift for those too young to remember…