(Hardback, Multilingual edition)

Once synonymous with eyesore highway bridges and crumbling, unloved walls, concrete has been reborn as adventurous and sexy. This collection considers the elaborate feats and prodigious engineering of contemporary concrete architecture, from stars such as Tadao Ando and Herzog & de Meuron, to fresh new studios like the Russian SPEECH.

(Hardback)

Since Osaka World Expo '70 brought contemporary forms center stage, Japan has been a key player in global architecture. Presenting the latest in Japanese building, this book reveals how the likes of Tadao Ando, SANAA, Shigeru Ban, Kengo Kuma, and Junya Ishigami are relinking past, present, and future-building greener and smarter than ever before.

(Paperback)

The essential reference to more than 50 international menswear designers, labels, brands, stores, blogs and websites.

(Hardback)

A revealing, outrageously rollicking, gorgeously designed book about the career and films of Roger Corman: one of the most prolific, successful and influential independent producers, directors and writers in the history of Hollywood and self-proclaimed king of the "B" movie.

(Hardback)

A comprehensive survey of crafts worldwide. It explains and illustrates the techniques used in a particular craft, from backstrap weaving and papercutting to metal casting and wood carving, as well as their history. Featuring over 500 illustrations, it is suitable for those concerned with art, craft and decorative objects.

(Hardback)

Provides an examination of the American studio craft movement in general, with detailed analyses of all of the major mediums (clay, wood, fibre, metal, jewellery, and glass) favoured by the greatest craftsmen of the period. This title explores the origins of the studio craft movement, the international influences that helped it grow, and more.

(Paperback)

Creative Acrylics features the best beginner techniques for painting with acrylics, with lessons on painting vibrant florals, animals, landscapes, and still lifes and skill-building projects on a variety of surfaces.

(Hardback)

A window into Gabrielle Chanel's mind, Culture Chanel: The Woman Who Reads offers an extraordinary and intimate look at the cultural influences behind the creation of a global fashion empire, ancient poets and close acquaintances alike.

(Hardback)

Against the background of rising mass-transit fares and an unhealthy planet, the liberation and efficiency of getting around by bike has made city cycling one of the most popular pursuits in urban life. This title presents charismatic combinations of individual style and practical function and shows how far cycle attire has moved beyond lycra.

(Paperback, Multilingual edition)

The annual D&AD Awards honor the very best creative communications, awarding iconic D&AD Pencils to the best of the best in the design and advertising industries. This celebration of the awards' 50th anniversary includes insider anecdotes and top entries from each year, selected by both former judges and key industry players.

(Hardback)

From Vanessa Bell and Charlotte Bront to Nina Simone and Jane Campion, here are over one hundred and forty female writers, painters, musicians, sculptors, poets, choreographers, and filmmakers on how they create and work.

(Hardback)

Following up on the best-selling cookbook Les dners de Gala, in this delightfully eccentric guide the surrealist master shares his passion for the gift of the gods. The book explores the many myths of the grape, in texts and sensuous, subversive works by the artist, always true to his maxim: "A real connoisseur does not drink wine but tastes of its secrets."

(Hardback)

Anmonograph on one of the most famous fashion photographers of the twentieth century.

(Hardback, Multilingual edition)

Haunting, hallucinatory, and with a mesmerizing lead role performance from David Bowie, Nic Roeg's The Man Who Fell to Earth is a cult piece of science fiction. This book gathers a bumper collection of stills and behind-the-scenes images by unit photographer David James, including stunning shots of Bowie as humanoid alien Thomas Jerome Newton.

(Paperback)

(Hardback, Limited Edition)

This stunning limited edition of 25 copies + 5 artist proofs includes the book and a gelatin silver print signed and numbered by the artist. The print is entitled Electricity + Water lll , 1993.

(Paperback)

A charming sketchbook interspersed with David Hockney's sketches of his dogs, Stanley and Boodgie

(Hardback, Multilingual edition)

(Hardback, Multilingual edition)

TASCHEN is proud to announce the long-awaited, latest and final publications from artist David LaChapelle: a two-volume project to complete his five-book, career-spanning anthology. In Lost + Found, Part I, LaChapelle unveils a visual record of the times we live in. Together with Good News, Part II, it represents a sublime concluding chapter to LaChapelle's captivating narrative.

(Hardback)

(Hardback)

With his Pittura Metafisica, Greek-born Italian painter Giorgio de Chirico was a highly influential figure in the 20th-century avant-garde. Allied to the Surrealist movement, he developed a compelling style composed of sharp perspectives, striking shadows, ominous voids, and lonely figures, at once dreamlike, anxious, and brooding.

(Hardback)

Dear Mum is in praise of one of life's closest relationships. These unforgettable images, chosen from the M.I.L.K. collections, celebrate what it is to be part of a family, to share the gift of friendship and, more than anything else, to be loved.

(Hardback)

(Hardback)

Illustrated with photographs of rooms designed by America's finest decorators, this volume explores the full range of carpet types and textures and shows the impact the choice of carpet has on the colour, texture and atmosphere of a space.