For Kenya Hara, design begins with comprehension of the unknown. The concept of "exformation", to which a chapter was already devoted in "Designing Design", continues to preoccupy the Japanese designer. In contrast to "information", "exformation" des...

One of Fuller's most popular works, "Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth", is a brilliant synthesis of his world view. In this very accessible volume, Fuller investigates the great challenges facing humanity. How will humanity survive? How does auto...

The interactive book object "Poemotion 2" is a color sequel to Takahiro Kurashima's popular title "Poemotion" from Lars Mu?ller Publishers. The abstract graphic patterns in this slim volume start to move as soon as the reader overlays them with the s...

Gestures and facial expressions are our foremost non-linguistic means of interpersonal communication. It is thus no coincidence that the face and hand are also popular motifs in visual communication. The history of posters is particularly rich in var...

The famous Italian designer Massimo Vignelli allows us a glimpse of his understanding of good design in this book, its rules and criteria. He uses numerous examples to convey applications in practice – from product design via signaletics and graphic...

In his illustrated essay, Lars Muller traces the history of "Swiss Graphic Design" from the 1930s to the 1960s. Muller-Brockmann's posters have become world famous for their ability to convey information with great visual tension, a sense of drama, a...

Sutnar's brilliant structural systems for clarifying otherwise dense industrial data placed him in the pantheon of Modernist pioneers and made him one of the visionaries of what is today called "information design". "Visual Design in Action" is a sna...

Poster Collection 07 gathers the most important posters of Armin Hofmann, and shows them – corresponding to his fundamental importance as a graphic design teacher – in a context with works from his most famous students, who continued his methods. Aft...

What is a "walking society"? A society that is in motion, that is setting out for somewhere. And what connects the individuals in this society with the ground they stand on? It's their shoes of course. The focus here is on a very special shoe: the...

Jasper Morrison has the ability to bestow things with a distinctive style. His signature style is evident in many of the everyday objects that surround us. His repertoire of essential designs is characterised by simplicity yet complexity, as well as...