Vintage Patisserie is a vintage hosting company offering bespoke tea parties from a bygone era, delivering everything from music, makeovers and - of course - a customised menu of tea party treats that elevate any function into a swanky soiree. "The Vintage...
Patterns are everywhere, an antidote to gloomy economic times, we see them creeping over shop fronts, packaging design, clothes and home accessories. Who wants mass-produced minimalism when you can have patterns with personality? Print & Pattern 2 is the...
The text by renowned dance teacher Eva Blažíčková explains dance as a unique artistic discipline which, through teaching using the Duncan Method, can develop not only into an independent creative activity, but also positively influence the formation of a person...
In collaboration with IKEA, this inspirational study explores how to live more sustainably and well based on the experience of both ordinary and extraordinary lives, showing how small changes at home will work positively towards sustainability for our planet...
Nejznámější písňové texty Jiřího Suchého ze zlaté éry Divadla Semafor doprovázejí naopak dosud málo známé tehdejší koláže grafika Vladimíra Suchánka, v té době čerstvého absolventa Akademie výtvarných umění v Praze. Osobně se poznali až o několik let později...
Annabel Keenan's timely and urgent book reviews the work that has been undertaken to date to create a more sustainable art world and proposes the next steps in system-wide change. It identifies the main sustainability issues for the art industry, arguing that...
Available for the first time in an English translation, this selection gives non-Francophone readers the chance to encounter the many incarnations of renowned Belgian painter Rene Magritte - the artist, the man, the aspiring noirist, the fire-breathing theorist...
From the earliest dugout canoes and the boats of the Ancient Egyptians, to the most technologically advanced modern battleships and cruise-liners, this is the ultimate guide to every aspect of the ship, and those who have sailed them. Embark on an epic voyage...
Táto kniha ponúka príležitosť spoznať tri veci: zoznámiť sa s pozoruhodnými predmetmi z rozmanitých kútov svet; sledovať prácu odborníkov z rôznych disciplín a dozvedieť sa niečo nové o dejinách Múzea mesta Bratislavya jeho pestrej zbierke. / This book provides...
The symmetrical, exuberant heart is everywhere: it gives shape to candy, pendants, the frothy milk on top of a cappuccino, and much else. How can we explain the ubiquity of what might be the most recognizable symbol in the world?In The Amorous Heart, Marilyn...
Kniha dokumentuje umělecké a prostorové intervence v kostele Nejsvětějšího Salvátora v Praze u Karlova mostu v letech 2009–2016 a v několika případech i umělecké a architektonické počiny v jiných církevních i necírkevních prostorech, které však se zkušenostmi...
Třicet velkoformátových portrétů umělců narozených před rokem 1945 od fotografa Hynka Glose. Třicítka rozhovorů s lidmi, kteří jsou živou pamětí tuzemského vizuálního umění (Stanislav Kolíbal, Theodor Pištěk, Adéla Matasová, Jan Švankmajer…), třicet svědectví...
V roce 1954 zadala švédská vláda stavbu největšího částicového urychlovače na světě. Stavba umístěná hluboko pod žírnými ostrovy na jezeře Mälaren byla dokončena roku 1969. Místní technickému zázraku přezdívali Smyčka. Tato kniha je o ní Stalenhagovy malby...
In this new monograph, part of Phaidon's Art and Ideas series, Simon Lee, Senior Lecturer in the History of Art the University of Reading, examines the work of Delacroix within the framework of his turbulent times, as France experienced the upheavals of the...
This volume is a comprehensive visual history of surfing, marking a major cultural event as much as a publication. Following three and a half years of meticulous research, it brings together hundreds of images to chart the evolution of surfing as a sport, a...
One part history book, one part art book, and one part fascinating memoir, this book is an overview of more than two centuries of tattoo history intermixed with an intimate look at the lives of tattoo artists, and the personal struggles and triumphs, occupational...
This is a fresh and surprising account of Japan's culture from the 'opening up' of the country in the mid-nineteenth century to the present. 'How much I admired it, what a lot I learned from it and, above all, how very much I enjoyed it ... Masterly.' Neil...