Contemporary Fashion Photographers

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...

Catàleg de l'exposició que acull l'espai Arxiu de l'Arts Santa Mònica del 16 de novembre de 2011 al 29 de gener de 2012, i que suposa la primera antològica de l 'artista Chema Alvargonzález a Catalunya amb una selecció de 60 obres de l'autor que va combinar suports diversos com el vídeo, la instal·lació i la fotografia, entre d'altres. Alvargonzalez és considerat un dels artistes més representatius de la primera generació de la globalitat tecnocultural. La seva obra s'expressa per mitjà d'un llenguatge que hibrida, en forma d'imatge, la llum i les paraule s, i gira al voltant de...

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 ...