Contemplating the relationship between interior design and architectural structure, Capturing Space showcases split-level floor plans, attic apartments that rise up to capture light, penthouse loft spaces whose structure adapts to irregular roof shapes, and even transportable buildings that hint at the mobile residence of the future.Sumptuous photography presents these innovative projects that reflect the new urbaneness of interior design and demonstrate how thoughtful design is able to capture space so as to grant a personalized, functional, and aesthetically pleasing space.

Capturing Space: Dramatic Ideas for Reshaping Your Home

Serrats, Marta

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Harper

The book proposes straightforward, efficient and attractive solutions for kitchens in small spaces. One of the chapters could feature the manufacturers and even include kitchens not only from homes but also from caravans, sailboats, restaurants, mobile homes, home studios...a truly practical book offering solutions.

Big Designs for Small Kitchens

Crafts & Hobbies

With the increasingly important cultural role being placed upon shops and boutiques in today's competitive retail environment, the need to provide new and innovative shopping experiences has brought about a redefinition of simple consumerism. Fashion spaces have taken on the role of the museum, presenting product collections as if they were displaying works of art. With this new emphasis on the role of the retail space comes the architectural challenge of creating multifunctional, customizable shells that can be renewed to meet the needs of every seasonal collection.
New Shops &amp; Boutiques takes us inside more than 40 contemporary projects that have captured the public's attention and recognition, thanks to their exceptional interior and exterior architecture and design. From Giorgio Armani and the Sony Tower Showroom, to John Pawson and WonderWall Inc., this shopping tour around the world presents a comprehensive selection of the market's most outstanding commercial spaces and designers. And with more than 500 full-color photographs, New Shops &amp; Boutiques is sure to provide an indispensable guide for the storeowner and architect alike.

New Shops & Boutiques

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

Sign Graphics delves into the world of graphic signage and wayfinding, which can be found anywhere from retail stores, museums, theaters, and libraries to airports, subway stations, highways, and public spaces. Signs everywhere attract us with their stunning visual image, while presenting us with a coherent message.
This book features sections on "Graphic Identity," which explores visual representations of companies and their corporate image; "Interior Artworks," which examines beautifully designed signs, murals, and posters in interior spaces; and finally "Environmental Signs," which presents eye-catching signage applied to outdoor landscapes, creating a powerful visual presence.
Complete with an extensive array of beautiful, color images, Sign Graphics is a detailed look at cutting-edge sign and wayfinding designs from top creators and sites around the world.

Sign Graphics

Graphic Design

Imaginative and inspirational, Point of Purchase is an essential resource for creating striking and innovative exhibition and store displays.
This book showcases a variety successful point of purchase displays that look great, use retail space efficiently, and drive sales. It presents a wide range of formats, dimensions, styles, and a whole visual language that is used to entice the customer into the purchase. Colors, textures, lighting, and graphic arts fuse to create expressive, captivating, and functional systems, capable of capturing the attention of potential buyers. With full-color photographs throughout, Point of Purchase is a must for anyone involved in retail, interior, and exhibition, stand, and event design.

Point of Purchase

Business of Art

Typosphere is a comprehensive guide for typographers and graphic designers who are fascinated by the latest font designs and their use in editorial design.
The book is divided into different chapters: Aggressive, Funny, Nostalgic, Energy, Playful, Happy and Calm. With a selection of real typographical designs, the reader can not only discover the designs of new typographies, but can also explore the effect created when they appear on the page.
With a wide selection of the latest styles, Typosphere showcases fonts in the broader context of their design and is sure to captivate graphic design students and professionals alike.

Typosphere: New Fonts to Make You Think

Cano, Pilar

Harper Paperbacks

The exterior of a product is more attractive and striking than the product it houses. Unique Packaging, a highly visual sourcebook, shows the contemporary work of important international package designers. Including a wide variety of packaging—from food and drink to music and films—this volume explores the most successful ideas from designers who have put forth innovative creations, and details the complete process for creating high-impact packaging.

Unique Packaging

150 BEST ECO HOUSE IDEAS 
The newest volume in the highly successful “150 Best” series—joining 150 Best House Ideas and 150 Best Apartment Ideas—150 Best Eco House Ideas is a comprehensive handbook showcasing the latest in sustainable architecture and environmentally-friendly home design. Perfect for architects, designers, interiors decorators, and homeowners alike.

150 Best Eco House Ideas

Architecture

Prefab Houses is a handy, portable guide to the 21st century’s most stylish, affordable, innovative, and adorable prefabricated homes. Design editor and architectural expert Marta Serrats provides an eye-opening compendium of prefabricated living spaces that are miles above mobile homes and other less desirable home life options—a valuable resource featuring breathtaking, cost-effective possibilities for anyone interested in building an attractive, affordable first or a second home.

PreFab Houses DesignSource

How to create attractive rooms and spaces suited to any lifestyle. 200 Tips for Modern Interior Design is a lushly illustrated resource that will inform and inspire home owners and designers. More than 800 full-color photographs of the world's most beautiful homes showcase modern interior design at its very best. Descriptive captions that highlight important features, such as furniture and individual decorative items, complement the photographs. Line drawings are used to emphasize unique design ideas, and floor plans help define the spaces and provide useful insights for readers. 200 Tips for Modern Interior Design covers every area of the home and demonstrates how a fresh perspective can yield exciting results. For example, entrances and corridors are often overlooked even though they are the most-used areas in any home. Materials traditionally used in kitchens can be powerful design options in other rooms as well. The book contains tips for the entire home: <ul>
<li> Entrances and corridors 
</li>
<li>Living rooms 
</li>
<li>Dining rooms 
</li>
<li>Live-and-work areas 
</li>
<li>Kitchens 
</li>
<li>Bedrooms 
</li>
<li>Bathrooms 
</li>
<li>All-in-one areas, such as studio apartments 
</li>
<li>Outside spaces</li>
</ul>
There is also a directory that provides a comprehensive list of design retailers and services -- a significant benefit to any reader. The clean lines and bright, open feel of 200 Tips for Modern Interior Design make it a pleasure to read. The pages of this massive book are filled with inspiration for the creative home owner and designer.

200 Tips for Modern Interior Design (200 Home Ideas)

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