West Coast Wild. California’s architectural anomalies In this vivid new examination of a rogue architectural style, discover the roadside structures of California. Fresh discoveries and several pictorial essays explore how these buildings be...

Picture this. The biggest players in the highly competitive field of illustration Culled from our Illustration Now! series is this selection of today’s most successful and important illustrators from around the globe. In his introduction, St...

The century that changed art forever. The quintessential roundup of art from 1900-2000 Who could possibly have forecast on New Year’s Eve 1899 that, one hundred years later, painting and sculpture would be only options, not prerequisites? Th...

The beauty of Soviet brutalism. A photographic record of 90 weird and wonderful buildings from the last decades of the USSR Photographer Frédéric Chaubin reveals 90 buildings sited in fourteen former Soviet Republics which express wh...

Творчество Хельмута Ньютона многогранно и разнообразно. В 1960-е годы оно считалось шокирующим и провокационным, а в наши дни Ньютон снискал репутацию фотографа, способного изображать женщину такой, какая она есть. Это женщина нового тысячелетия, кот...

Bold strokes of genius. The amazing work of a tormented soul Vincent van Gogh’s story is one of the most ironic in art history. He lived an unhappy and difficult life during which his work received almost no appreciation — finally kill...

Данная книга не могла бы быть написана, если бы не существовало предшествующих ей изданий. В 1978 Rikuyosha опубликовало двухтомное издание, посвященное архитектуре Гауди: "Гауди. Искусство и архитектура". Текст для этой работы написал ...

Favorite Flicks. An inspiring selection of must-see masterpieces This collection profiles 100 of the finest films in cinema history. Traversing every genre, the book presents classic, cult, famous, and lesser-known films. Each masterpiece is intro...

Mode Matters. The hottest names in the style game Up your fashion game with this essential compilation from TASCHEN’s Fashion Now! series. Edited by i-D creator Terry Jones, this book is a comprehensive overview of fashion design around the ...

Timberland. The wooden structures of the 21st century Travel the world to investigate one of the greatest renaissances in architecture: wood. How has this elemental material come to steal the show at luxury hot spring structures and cutting-edge u...

Never Show Everything. Big curves and suggestive smiles “Girls, Gags & Giggles,” ran publisher Robert Harrison’s recipe for dishing up pin-up to the American male. Men loved his tasty dishes, a mixture of strippers and starle...

From Ansel Adams to Piet Zwart. The Museum Ludwig's handbook of photography in the 20th century The history of photography began nearly 200 years ago, but only relatively recently has it been fully recognised as a medium in its own right. Colo...

Ticket to ride, fly, or sail. The golden age of global adventure Over the course of the twentieth century, travel experienced an unprecedented boom. As ocean liners broke speed records, aerodynamic trains roared down tracks, and stylish boat-plane...

The Way We Wore. The story of modern fashion from couture to mass market The 20th century saw fashion evolve from an exclusive Parisian salon business catering to a wealthy elite into a global industry employing millions, with new trends whisked i...

In the beginning there was light. The George Eastman House Collection: photography throughout the ages From a delivery boy to one of the most important industrialists in American history, George Eastman’s career developed in a particularly A...