Hic et nunc

This lavishly illustrated volume examines, in over 400 pages, the best that flying has to offer, from grand airports to elegant stewardesses to the luxury of first-class cabins and private jets. With a historical over view from the development of the "flying boats" of the 1930s, to the opulence of a personal Learjet and the shear size of the Airbus A380 of the future. This stylish and informative book will interest those for whom flying is more than travel, but a passion and experience to be savoured in all of its elegance. Book jacket.

La extensa y reconocida aportación de Francis D. K. Ching al mundo del dibujo arquitectónico sería incompleta si el célebre maestro no hubiera hecho una incursión en el ámbito de los diccionarios visuales. Este volumen nos brinda precisamente su particular contribución al universo de la terminología arquitectónica y, alejándose de los diccionarios alfabéticos al uso, Ching compone un diccionario visual sistemático que reúne más de 7.000 definiciones organizadas en 66 conceptos básicos del diseño arquitectónico. El resultado es una amplia panorámica gráfica y conceptual de...

"El divertimento y la exploración que genera la moda son aprovechados al máximo en Simple chic. Sus páginas profesan algo así como una contagiosa libertad". Rocío Arias Hofman En este libro, Gloria Saldarriaga —la it girl por excelencia— comparte su visión poco convencional sobre el arte, la moda y el buen vivir. Ilustrado por la talentosísima Natalia Swarz, es un auténtico manual que, de la A a la Z, celebra la belleza de todos los días sin parafernalia y con mucho humor.

These powerful and visually arresting newspaper illustrations and woodcut broadsides whose subjects range from news to religion, from corridos (escapades of bandits and heroes) to calveras (skeletal figures associated with the Day of the Dead)reflect indigenous folk-art traditions. In his graphically powerful penny handbills, Posada responded to the political and social issues of his day, addressed cultural ills, and spread moral ideas. Focusing on the Art Institute of Chicago's impressive and previously unpublished collection of prints by Posada, this book examines his work and places it in...