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Lundberg Design is an award-winning architectural firm based in the Dogpatch neighborhood in San Francisco. Founded by Olle Lundberg in 1987, the studio focuses on the notion of craft—the unique piece or project handmade for just that client—and the use of recycled materials and objects. This illuminating book traces Lundberg's personal and architectural journey, from his experience as a young University of Virginia student to becoming the go-to architect for the Bay Area's digital elite, in addition to his obsession with materials and how his studio pushes them to their limits.

This new biography--featuring over 150 archival images and full-color photographs printed throughout--introduces Julia Morgan as both a pioneering architect and a captivating individual.

Julia Morgan was a lifelong trailblazer. She was the first woman admitted to study architecture at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and the first licensed to...

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Mexican architecture of the 20th century was influenced by two generations who were active in Guadalajara in the 1920s/30s and 1980/90s.

Luis Barragán started his career in Guadalajara, working on a style much different from his better-known work in Mexico City. There, he practiced briefly as part of a generation...

Isolated Building Studies is the visual confluence of David Schalliol’s interests in urban dynamism, socioeconomic inequality, and photography. By using uniform composition in photographs of Chicago buildings with no neighboring structures, he hopes to draw attention to new ways of seeing the common impact of divergent investment processes on urban...

In this perceptive and illustrative look at the expressive and practical use of stone throughout history, Richard Rhodes unlocks the underlying principles of this ancient material—and explains the closely guarded Sacred Rules of the Freemasons guild for the first time ever.

The relationship between mankind and stone is elemental and...

Immerse yourself in the soul of Japanese listening culture with Jazz Kissa, an expansive photographic exploration of Japan’s iconic jazz cafés, known as Jazz Kissa. The book is the result of over fifteen years of dedicated work by photographer and cultural historian Katsumasa Kusunose, who has meticulously documented these intimate spaces...

The landmark survey of Judd’s iconic spaces, featuring new drawing details, archival materials and more

This second expanded edition presents an unprecedented visual survey of the living and working spaces of the artist Donald Judd in New York and Texas. Filled with newly commissioned and archival photographs alongside five essays...

'The art of a chair is not its resemblance to art, but is partly its reasonableness, usefulness, and scale as a chair.’ 

Donald Judd Furniture includes more than one hundred pieces of his furniture, spanning 1970 to 1991, designed for his living and working spaces at 101 Spring Street and in...

An exploration of the essential nature of domestic space through John Pawson’s work and his inspirations.

John Pawson: The Minimal Home, the latest volume in Phaidon's documentation of John Pawson's distinguished career, hones in on the minimalist master’s approach to designing modern homes. Spotlighting the details that mark Pawson’s distinctive...

A stunning survey celebrating the beauty, idiosyncrasy, and romance of Italian interior design
There are few countries with such an established design scene, distinctive aesthetic, and universal appeal as Italy. This sumptuously illustrated survey showcases 50 of Italy’s most beautiful homes, from historic palaces in Venice and mid-century apartments in Milan...

Culled and assembled by Romeyn Beck Hough between 1888 and 1913 in what still remains a stunning and unparalleled achievement, American Woods-originally published in 14 volumes, with actual specimens mounted on card stock-is a work of breathtaking beauty that has set the standard for the study of trees and wood.

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For planners, policymakers and anyone invested in inclusive cities, Trustmaking offers actionable, arts-based tools to bridge generational gaps and foster collaboration.

How do we foster trust in our public spaces, communities and each other? Trustmaking, edited by the eponymous European collective, introduces an approach to intergenerational connection, grounded in strategies such...

David | Los Angeles, CA | Inventory Press, 2019 | Softbound | 6 × 9 in. | 256 pp | Color & B/W illustrations

A New Program for Graphic Design is the first communication-design textbook expressly of and for the 21st century. Three courses—Typography, Gestalt and Interface—provide the foundation of this...

Renowned philosopher Susan Buck-Morss collaborates with Kevin McCaughey of Boot Boyz Biz and Adam Michaels of Inventory Press on this experimental image-text renewal of McLuhan, Berger and Benjamin.

Seeing Making: Room for Thought both studies and presents the creative process of constructing ideas with images. By activating the techniques of montage...

We seem to have invented every way to deconstruct and decode words: from the Speak & Spell to Hooked on Phonics, from Google Translate to smartphone picture-to-text apps. Yet how does language continue to elude us? From Swiss designer Laurenz Brunner comes Dictionary of the Illegible, a one-of-a-kind research project...

The 333 design classics featured in this volume show the impact of new technology on design. With the world at our fingertips, thanks to commercial air travel, the color television and the computer, global access and communication play an increasingly important role in design. From the first compact disc to...