Tu casa, tu estilo

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 Focusing on the Art Institute of Chicago's impressive and previously unpublished collection of prints by Posada, this book examines his work and places it in...

El autor de este libro comparte las consideraciones teóricas resultantes de su experiencia profesional y docente, así como sus cuestionamientos con respecto a la disciplina del diseño. Con base en ellas, sostiene que el diseñador industrial debe tener una amplia interacción con los individuos que viven en situaciones adversas y actuar en beneficio de estos. Describe los casos que nutrieron sus reflexiones y valora el importante papel que desempeñan en su disciplina otras áreas del conocimiento. Convencido de que el diseño puede ser un factor que impulse el desarrollo socialmente...

SPECIAL KINDS OF PHOTOGRAPHY. Fifty contemporary, cutting-edge photo-graphers open our eyes to the magical artificiality embraced by fashion photography today: chronicling the very processes of fashion, fashion photography is like fashion itself - it celebrates the immediate, the frivolous and the ephemeral. The striking images in this book playfully flirt with superficiality as readily as they take on the more established aesthetic conventions of art photography. Ingrained with paradox and contradiction fashion photography mirrors the moods and desired of the moment. And more:...

With 400 pages, this reference work, published for the first time in this form, offers a comprehensive and informative look at the development of European, American and Japanense car design from 1947 to 2004. Past, present and future design trends are shown with examples of original photos from 370 series of vehicles and concept cars. A biographical overview of leading, international car designers is included. Book jacket.