Seit mehr als dreissig Jahren begleitet Rastersysteme auszubildende oder unterrichtende Gestalter als praktisches Handbuch, das in einfachen Schritten mit der Funktion und Anwendung von Raste...
In early 1964, photographer Harry Benson received a call from the photo editor of London’s Daily Express, who asked him to cover the Beatles’ trip to Paris. It was the beginning of a ca...
Anton Corbijn’s most recent publication goes back to his roots featuring his autobiographic series a. somebody; an early series of tombs, Cemetery; and eighty iconic portraits of musicians an...
American advertising in the naughty 1990sFrom the Los Angeles riots to the Columbine High School massacre, Americans witnessed events and purchased items that reflected the best and worst of ...
Die Publikation „Von Hopper bis Rothko. Amerikas Weg in die Moderne“ widmet sich der amerikanischen Kunst vom Impressionismus bis zum Abstrakten Expressionismus mit selten gezeigten Wer...
How Paris and WWI spawned men’s magazinesThe first commercial camera was introduced in 1839. By 1865 technology enabled ordinary men to create photographic negatives, and they immediate...
Good Morning, AfricaThe finest getaways from Morocco to South AfricaFrom the Mediterranean Sea to the Indian Ocean, the vast Sahara to the Cape Verde archipelago, Africa offers a ...
For the last ten years, Steven Heller and Julius Wiedemann have traced the latest developments in illustration across the globe—and for all those who thought digital heralded the end of an er...
California slicks and Swedish Sin test the censorsIn 1958 Milton Luros left his New York job designing and illustrating detective pulp magazines for North Hollywood, California. A year later,...
Das Jahr 1967 war folgenreich: Kalifornier erinnern den Aufstieg der Hippie-Bewegung in Los Angeles und San Francisco, deutsche Zeitgenossen wiederum die Entstehung der RAF und die Fans zeitgen&oum...
WWII crushes European publishing; Playboy puts the U.S. on topWWII was devastating to Europe, but the U.S. emerged with a robust economy. People who were encouraged to save every cent for the...
The King of Rock ’n’ Roll is bornThe making of Elvis, behind the scenes“Elvis who?” was photographer Alfred Wertheimer’s response when, in early 1956...
From “The World’s Finest Automatic Washer” to the Cadillac which “Gives a Man a New Outlook”As McCarthyism swept across the United States and capitalism was king...
The world’s newsstands accept total nudityPubic hair appeared on the American newsstand in 1970 compliments of Penthouse magazine. Within a year it was everywhere, and in 1975 Midwest r...
The infinite subtlety of the female formSensual and softly surreal, the nude photography of Ralph Gibson frames the female form both organically and graphically, referencing art history while...
The fascinating phallusUndressed to impressAfter the bust out success of The Big Book of Breasts TASCHEN presents the perfect companion, The Big Penis Book.When it com...
Surrealism meets Symbolism in Salvador Dalí’s tarot deckLegend has it that when preparing props for the James Bond film Live and Let Die, producer Albert Broccoli commissioned Su...
A tour of contemporary home decor around the worldWith an inspirational richness and diversity of styles, these homes, residences, hideaways, and studios will astound and astonish, no matter ...
Mick Rock’s legendary photos of the late artistA unique tribute from David Bowie’s official photographer and creative partner, Mick Rock, compiled in 2015, with Bowie’s bles...
Dieser Bildband schlägt einen Bogen von den frühen figurativen Arbeiten des großen amerikanischen Malers bis zu seinem bekannten Spätwerk der Farbfeldmalerei.Der We...