Comprehensive bibliographic collection of the Swiss publisher’s catalog, from 2005-2023. This book serves to summarize Innen’s fanzines and artists’ booklets made over this 20 year period, including all innen publications together plus unpublished mate …

Artificial neuronal networks open up radical new pathways for image creation. On the basis of textual prompts, machine-learning algorithms like Midjourney and Stable Diffusion generate imagery that is simultaneously familiar and alien. Graphic designer …

The history of architecture can not only be read as an accumulation of buildings and designs, but also as a pendulum movement between the appreciation and the rejection of projects, oeuvres, and positions, driven by varying arguments. In addition to co …

Multihyphenation refers to alternate modes of creative production: “collab” culture, “brand X brand” projects, and multiple or even opaque styles of attribution and ownership among individuals, studios, and practices. For them, the body of work they pr …

Karel Martens ist seit vielen Jahrzehnten eine einflussreiche Figur in der visuellen Kultur der Niederlande. Martens hat einen Abreißkalender “Jeder Tag ist ein neuer Tag” entwickelt. Für jeden Tag des Jahres hat Martens ein einzigartiges Design gescha …

Bodies are classified by category and incorporated into narratives that are invariably oriented toward a supposed norm, one that, in turn, can mostly be understood as a system of belonging or exclusion. Non-binary, queer, ill, disabled, old, and Black …

Complex problems do not always require far-fetched solutions, but in order to arrive at a solution a change of perspective may be needed. Making such a change in the study of the urban environment is what ‘The City as a System’ advocates. Designers who …

Die Industrialisierung des Bauens in den 60er und 70er Jahren der DDR begünstigte die Neuordnung der Städte durch das Entstehen von Großwohnsiedlungen an den Stadträndern. Als 1972 der Grundstein für das Neubaugebiet Gera­Lusan gelegt wurde, dominierte …

‘Why Graphic Culture Matters’ gathers 45 thought-provoking essays by design critic Rick Poynor about graphic design and visual communication, written in the past two decades. Poynor writes as a non-designer deeply immersed in the practice of graphic co …

The sublime new issue of FANTASTIC MAN is out now, in new dimensions (230x288mm), newly designed, feeling all new and fresh, full of the newest clothes and information. On the cover and inside, a heroic GIORGIO ARMANI, exclusively shot for the issue, a …

The current discourse on sculpture seems to be stuck in historical, material, or thematic frameworks. This book explores seven “logics” of sculpture, not as a historical overview, but with a contemporary analytical approach drawing from literature, phi …

Spirit Animal Animal Spirit ist ein lustiges Taschenbuch mit fünfundfünfzig Schlagzeilen aus dem Tierreich. Gesammelt von Michael Satter und seinen Haustieren aus Kindheitstagen gewidmet. Mit drei unterschiedlichen Umschlägen – der Zufall entscheidet – …

Having lost, but with an idea at hand; that is what may happen time and time again to designers who take part in competitions. What happens in case of failure? What about the time and work spent on the project? “Life’s a Pitch”, the theme of the 2023 e …

Evelyn Richter’s portrayal of East German life is both critical and empathic, consistently focusing attention on the human actors she observes. She saw her artistic documentary work as a counter to the politically charged images of the time. The book p …

On the occasion of its 20th anniversary, Lungomare is publishing the volume AS IF – 16 Dialogues about Sheep, Black Holes, and Movement. Starting from dialogue as a form of relationship that Lungomare has adopted over its 20 years of artistic and cultu …