From civil rights to human rights

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Robert Klanten and Elli Stuhler

Eine Reise durch traumähnliche Landschaften, unglaubliche Gebäude und fantastische Räume an der Grenze des Vorstellbaren.0Laut Oscar Wilde ist ?Fortschritt die Verwirklichung von Utopien?. Dreamscapes folgt seinem Weitblick und lädt seine Leser ein, Kulissen zu entdecken, die nicht von dieser Welt sind und die mit ihren Ideen den Weg in die Zukunft öffnen. Indem die Grenzen zwischen architektonischer Funktionalität und abstrakten künstlerischen Ausdrucksformen verschwimmen, offenbaren sich neue Visionen für Architektur, Design, Innenraumgestaltung und Bühnenbild. Das Buch präsentiert die Arbeiten führender Kreativer aus der ganzen Welt gemeinsam mit ihren Inspirationen und Zielen. Ideen, die von den Möglichkeiten digitaler Techniken wie Computeranimation und -grafik bestimmt sind und die eine neue inspirierende Richtung vorgeben, an der sich die Grenzen zwischen Realität und Fiktion auflösen.

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Val Williams

This volume showcases 80 outstanding photographs from the first daguerrotypes to today's digital masterpieces, and highlights the elements of each photograph that distinguishes it from its peers, such as composition, colour and texture.

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Steven Schick

"The Percussionist's Art: Same Bed, Different Dreams examines major works from the solo and chamber repertoire for percussion, from Edgard Varese's Ionisation (1931) and Cage's First Construction (in Metal) (1939) to Morton Feldman's The King of Denmark (1964), Steve Reich's Drumming (1971), Bone Alphabet by Brian Ferneyhough (1991), and Corporel (1985), a piece by Vinko Globokar for percussionist performing on his or her amplified body."--Jacket.

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Sarah E. Braddock and Marie O'Mahony

This exuberant collection celebrates the way in which astonishing new textile technology is bringing together fashion, design, engineering and science. Here are microfibers so fine that fabrics made from them are windproof and waterproof, yet allow the skin to breathe. Engineered textiles combine fabric with glass, ceramics, metal or carbon to produce lightweight hybrids with incredible properties. Sophisticated finishes, such as silicone coatings and holographic laminates, transform color, texture and even form. Smart textiles are no longer a science-fiction fantasy - anti-bacterial, perfume-releasing, self-cleaning and anti-insomniac microfibers are being developed. Stripes of silicone coating speed swimmers through the water; when they come out of it, ceramic fibers utilize solar power to keep them warm. The book is illustrated throughout with the work of leading designers in the USA, Europe and Japan - Issey Miyake, Donna Karan, Helmut Lang, Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garcons, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Alexander McQueen and many more. A comprehensive reference section includes biographies of artists, makers and developers; explanations of technical terms; a directory of suppliers; a full bibliography; and information on where to see contemporary textiles.