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Graphic Design & Fashion
Women in Graphic Design 1890–2012
JovIs
Out of the Ordinary: Polish Designers of the 20th
Century
AdAM MICkIewICz InsTITuTe
edited by Gerda breuer, Julia Meer. Text by sabine bartelsheim, Gerda breuer, ute brüning, Jochen
eisenbrand, ellen Lupton, Julia Meer, Ada raev, bettina richter, Patrick rössler, Martha scotford,
Judith siegmund.
Why do so few women feature in the history of design? Why is it still the case that so few women speak at conferences?
How have previously celebrated female designers come to be “forgotten”? are women judged today
solely on the basis of their quality of work? In recent decades, female graphic designers have been working actively
and successfully, but the longstanding identification of creative genius with masculinity has—with a few
exceptions—prevented women from receiving recognition in the official annals of design history; even today,
only a tiny percentage of active female designers enjoy public acclaim. this opulently illustrated volume sets
out to repair this omission. Women in Graphic Design 1890–2012 presents the most significant female designers
and traces their paths to professionalization and acclaim, through short biographies, essays and conversations
with well-known contemporary female designers such as Irma Boom, paula Scher, Sheila Levrant de Bretteville,
Julia Hoffmann, “Swiss miss” tina roth eisenberg, Katja m. Becker, anna Berkenbusch, Heike grebin, gisela
grosse, miriam and nina Lambert, Iris Utikal and Judith grieshaber. also included are key writings by contemporary
and historical designers such as paula Scher, Sheila Levrant de Bretteville, natalia goncharova, ellen
Lupton, martha Scotford, véronique vienne, astrid Stavro and alissa Walker.
978-3-86859-153-8
Flexi, 7.25 x 9.25 in. / 608 pgs / illustrated throughout.
U.S. $55.00 CDn $55.00
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edited by Czesława frejlich. Text by david Crowley, et al.
Out of the Ordinary is the first substantial overview of polish design. It examines the work of 36 key figures, from
Stanisław Wyspiański, the early modernist furniture and interior designer, to Wojciech Wybieralski, one of the first
designers to emerge from poland’s turbulent transition from a Communist to a capitalist economy in the 1990s. the book
is composed of chronological sections, each introduced by a short essay discussing the works in relation to the relevant
phase in polish history. examples of furniture design, graphic design (including posters), textiles, clothing, ceramics and
vehicle design are all included here, reproduced in more than 350 color photographs: among them, the batik textiles of
antoni Buszek; the glassware of michał titkow; the hand-forged metal works of Julia Keilowa; Kazimierz Zembrzuski’s
pm36 steam engine; marian Sigmund’s Bent Furniture chairs; the elegant animal ceramics of mieczyław naruszewicz;
and the women’s fashionwear of Jerzy antkowiak.
978-83-60263-27-3
Hbk, 8 x 11 in. / 390 pgs / 350 color.
U.S. $65.00 CDn $65.00
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Prague Fashion
Houses
1900–1948
Arbor vITAe
Text by eva uchalová, zora damová,
viktor Šlajchrt.
Prague Fashion Houses 1900–1948
presents a thoroughly researched
overview of the history of prague’s
leading fashion houses from the latenineteenth
to the mid-twentieth centuries.
It follows the development of
the craft of tailoring in Czechoslovakia,
as tailors transformed themselves from
craftsmen into artists and businessmen,
looking at the influence of the
Society of tailors in prague during
the first half of the twentieth century.
above all, it tells the extraordinary
stories of the owners of the fashion
houses themselves, such as František
Bárta, Karel Dědic, theresa Fleischmannova,
František matějovský,
anna masáková, marie Hofhanslová,
Julius mertens, Hugo orlik, Hana
podolská, oldřich rosenbaum,
arnoštka roubíčková and many
others, providing color reproductions
of key works of couture for each
designer. archival photographs and
ephemera further establish this
volume as an unprecedented survey
of this rich and under-documented
vein in twentieth-century fashion.
978-80-87164-82-2
Hbk, 10 x 12 in. / 312 pgs / 430 color.
U.S. $95.00 CDn $95.00
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An ABC of
Hermès Crafts
By Olivier Saillard.
ACTes sud
For the better part of the last two centuries,
the name Hermès has been synonymous
with the world’s highest
quality luxury goods—from the paris
company’s original saddlery items of
the 1800s to its famous silk scarves of
the 1930s, to today’s celebrity-endorsed
Birkin bags. at present, the company
operates workshops specializing in 16
distinct crafts—each employing experts
of the highest order, from saddlers
to tailors, perfumers, jewelers,
hatmakers, cobblers, watchmakers and
designers of printed silk or home
decor. Within each craft, specific skills
are broken into meticulously precise
gestures, measurements and actions
known by name only to the insiders. In
this volume, authored by olivier Saillard,
director of the galliera museum
of fashion in paris, Hermès for the first
time in its history reveals 100 “previously
unspoken” terms essential to its
handcrafted ethos. With wit and poetry,
Saillard explicates these terms,
providing a glimpse into “a territory
dedicated to the hands, its range and
variety of activity often unsuspected,
a never ending ballet of agile fingers
steadily handling tools over tamed
materials.”
978-2-330-00275-6
pbk, 4 x 7.5 in. / 155 pgs.
U.S. $25.00 CDn $25.00
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Francesco Musati
& Valentina
Aimone: Rocking
Fornarina
dAMIAnI
Rocking Fornarina celebrates the past
ten years of Fornarina’s “street couture”
shoewear and apparel through
the photographs of Francesco musati
and valentina aimone, who together
have developed the brand’s identity
into a sexy, sassy and artful visual
style. Founded in 1947 by gianfranco
Fornari, and now led by his son Lino,
Fornarina has galvanized the women’s
shoe and apparel industry with its
fresh take on urban style, emphasizing
strong color, bold contours, humor and
mischievous, tongue-in-cheek glamour,
in styles ranging from sandals and
sabots to boots and pumps. Rocking
Fornarina includes a selection of previously
unpublished photos by musati
and aimone (who have been photographing
for the company for more
than 20 years), and a style gallery with
portraits of Fornarina’s celebrity fans,
such as Lindsay Lohan and martina
Stella.
978-88-6208-208-2
Hbk, 9.5 x 13.5 in. / 204 pgs /
illustrated throughout.
U.S. $50.00 CDn $50.00
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ArChITeCTure & desIGn hIGhLIGhTs
Ideas from
Massimo Osti
dAMIAnI
Ideas from Massimo Osti tells the story
of the creator of the clothing brands C.p.
Company and Stone Island. Crowned
the most important man of 1990s
menswear by Arena Homme +, massimo
osti (1944–2005) was one of the most respected
and imitated designers of his
generation, whose innovations confounded
the rules of the industry and
created the fabrics of today. this is the
story of a fashion engineer who
throughout the 1970s and 1980s created
an entirely new category of clothing—
today known as “urban sportswear”—
that was inspired as much by the
cultural ferment of those years as by
osti’s enormous archive of vintage military
uniforms and work wear. the book
tells its story through images of osti’s
most important designs: his innovations
in garment dyeing, his development of
new fabrics inspired by the tarps truck
drivers use to batten down loads, and
other materials such as rubber flax, the
“Ice Jacket” that changes colors with the
temperature, or “technowool,” a wool
and nylon wear-resistant “urban armor.”
Ideas from Massimo Osti assembles
sketches, photocopies, scraps of fabric,
buttons, accessories and images of the
celebrities that promoted his creations,
from Bono and madonna to Kevin Costner
and Dennis Hopper.
978-88-6208-235-8
Clth, 9.75 x 13.25 in. / 432 pgs /
illustrated throughout.
U.S. $80.00 CDn $80.00
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