Airline Design

Las pinturas callejeras de imágenes bidimensionales que crean efectos ilusorios y se perciben como objetos corpóreos que parecen elevarse en el aire están de moda, sobre todo gracias a Internet. Estas creaciones, que resultan atractivas y curiosas, son fruto de la aplicación de una técnica de geometría proyectiva, explorada desde el Renacimiento y utilizada por grandes maestros de la pintura. La anamorfosis es una técnica geométrica ligada a las técnicas artísticas cuya representación requiere un conocimiento previo para ser proyectada. Este libro, dirigido no únicamente a...

Chronicling the birth of haute couture and haute cuisine, this illustrated account documents how the young, charismatic, and attractive King Louis XIV—the first man to wear silk stockings, high heels, and cover himself entirely with diamonds—played a major role in the origin of French style. This detailed analysis combines historical research with fanciful anecdotes in order to describe how the French established standards of sophistication, style, and elegance that today's international chefs, famous hairstylists, distinguished cafés, and elegant hotspots still aspire to meet. Una...

'Ilustracão de Moda' contém mais de 1400 exemplos - entre moldes, desenhos planos e ilustrações coloridas - de trajes femininos, masculinos e infantis. Uma galeria de estilos de roupa que, tanto para estudantes quanto para estilistas e profissionais de moda, funciona como uma ferramenta na representação de criações.

This book explores the relation between modern design and the Belgian State. The ideology of modern design was closely linked to the utopian attempt of improving the everyday material world. Modernists had the universal belief that everyday spaces and objects affected their users in such a way that design practice could be a kind of political and social reform, or even a moral education. Modern design was however not only invested with these social aspirations, but knew also succes in political circles as an exponent for ideological positions, as a tool for political propaganda or as a marker ...