"Design au féminin présente l'extraordinaire travail de plus de 200 designeuses, icônes du design ou personnalités méconnues, originaires de plus de 50 pays, sur une période allant du début du XXe siècle à nos jours. Cet ouvrage met en lumière la contribution des femmes dans l'histoire du design, tout en révélant qu'un grand nombre d'entre elles ont été ignorées et se sont vu refuser l'accès à l'enseignement supérieur ou l'entrée dans des associations professionnelles. Malgré tout elles ont créé quelques-uns des meubles, luminaires, textiles, objets en céramique et articles ménagers les plus reconnaissables et essentiels de ces cent dernières années. Organisé par ordre alphabétique, le livre présente chaque designeuse avec l'illustration de l'une de ses créations emblématiques, accompagnée d'une courte biographie révélant l'histoire fascinante mais souvent méconnue d'une femme de talent. Comme jamais auparavant, Design au féminin célèbre l'audace et la créativité féminines."

"Reducing material consumption is vital for a sustainable future as environmental con- cerns grow. Circular Materials explores in- novative uses of reclaimed, recycled, and upcycled materials in architecture, design, and fashion, offering practical solutions to reduce environmental impact. Featuring 50 projects, the book highlights creative strategies for repurposing waste and replacing traditional materials with sustain- able alternatives. Each chapter focuses on material origins, showcasing a standout case study of circular design. With captivating visuals and insightful commentary, Circular Materials provides an in-depth look at how design and architec- ture can embrace circular innovation. This inspiring collection challenges designers, architects, and creators to rethink material use, balancing beauty with environmental responsibility."

"Au cours de sa carrière aussi discrète qu’exceptionnelle, Gérard Ifert fut à la fois graphiste, scénographe d’exposition, concepteur de mobilier et photographe, encouragé en cela par sa formation à l’école des Arts et Métiers de Bâle (Allgemeine Gewerbeschule) à la fin des années 1940, puis par son intégration dans l’équipe pluridisciplinaire des expositions du Plan Marshall à Paris au tout début des années 1950. Né à Bâle en 1929, arrivé à Paris en 1949, et décédé en 2020, Ifert a passé l’essentiel de sa vie..."

"Kenya Hara inspires the world with his impeccable design – from the subtle atmospheres and environments he creates as the art director of Muji, to his ethereal exhibition designs, to his simple everyday objects, packaging and books. His design aesthetic can be traced back to a private practice: the diligent drafting of ideas and forms in delicate sketches and drawings which ultimately develop into convincing solutions. For the first time in his career, Kenya Hara gives insight into the captivating early stages of his design process. Ranging from tentatively sketched beginnings to confident designs of complex concepts, “Draw” immerses readers in the renowned designer’s forty-year-long process of sketching and drawing by hand, leaving no doubt about the origins of his authentic designs. Set to inspire the next generation of creatives, the book can be read as a gentle, persuasive call for the return to analogue processes in the design cycle."

"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 a sense of poetry and humour. Morrison works on a global scale and is one of the most influential product designers in the world today. A Book of Things is a collection of products and projects across the broad spectrum of his activities and demonstrates the continuity of his interests and methods, which he describes in succinct texts. Following on from Everything but the Walls (2002), A Book of Things is a continuation of Morrison’s intense examination of the world of things that accompany our lives and shape our environment."

"REGIME SHIFT: There is no snow on Mount Fuji. Any hack will tell you the phase change is here, the restructuring of the world is underway. That would be a relief, like a broken fever. But they are wrong. We are still waiting. This period is merely the static on the skin, the rising pressure and building tension before the impending climax of a deluge. We live under a lavender sky, silver and green; this is the time of unsettled air, heavy with that metallic smell of the earth. Soon the wind will awake, driving the rain forward like a cloud of smoke. The tremendous powers by which our lives are encompassed are stirring. How can we prepare for this transformation? We interview professor JONATHAN WHITE on the future as a political idea. Artist DOZIE KANU presents a flyer for higher education, while OPIOID CRISIS LOOKBOOK speculates on semiotics. PETER SAVILLE reviews the mood with JACK SELF, who reviews voice notes, moral killing, and the Star Trek universe. ISABELLE BUCKLOW binge-watches tech demos. SATOSHI FUJIWARA captures law enforcement hardware. RUBA AL-SWEEL reviews the non-commercial image, while MARTINA ROCCA and IZZY FARMILOE review the production of culture. CARMEN WINANT documents the last safe abortion, FELIX MCNAMARA writes notes on minutiae, JOHN SUNYER attends a run club, plus much more."

It isn’t the representation of violence in the Gaza Strip that is so disturbing; it is the absence of representation. The grief and despair of a child is penetratingly real. The extreme realism of these events has now driven a wedge between our realities, material and social. The scale and speed of this suffering has destroyed our ability to sustain any belief in the symbolic values of 'the international community' and 'human rights'. We can no longer even pretend these ideas correlate to any form of reality. This issue of Real Review is dedicated to the current mood, the Phantom of Liberty.

How long has the emperor been naked? We interview cultural theorist Shumon Basar on the unwinding of colonial modernity. Elizabeth II contributes a 1p UK stamp. POSTPOSTPOST asks if jokes can bring down governments. Sham Jaff reviews the news, while Elias Tamer reviews the passport. Amnesty International reviews the occupation of water. Piet Oudolf talks to Jack Self about being in the garden. Can Sun presents the perfect lover. Decentralized Agency review public relations, while Deep reviews the Amazon, and Lea Moreau reviews the Id. Maddy Weavers reviews snooker, Amber Husain reviews meat, and Thea McLachlan reviews girlfriends. Plus much more.

Pour les Japonais, le concept de design ne se limite pas aux seuls aspects fonctionnels ou matériels : il plonge ses racines dans des rituels et des pratiques cultures anciennes. Les objets sont le fruit d’une réflexion. La rencontre des traditions artisanales et des innovations technologiques donne naissance à des objets à la fois utiles et d’une beauté intemporelle, qui encouragent à leur tour l’invention de nouvelles formes et de nouvelles matières. Au-delà des grandes icônes du design japonais – la bouteille de sauce soja Kikkoman, le tabouret papillon de Yanagi, le Walkman Sony – les produits et les objets nés au Japon au cours des soixante-dix dernières années ravissent l’œil et forcent l’admiration. En présentant plus de 80 designers et des centaines d’objets, il restera pour longtemps l’ouvrage le plus complet sur le sujet.

"100 Years of Swiss Design" offers a new perspective of Switzerland’s achievements in furniture and product design. The book presents the essential historical designs in chronological sequence, from the regional roots of the early days around 1900 to the globalized network of today. Thirty essays by known experts shed light on themes typical of their times in word and image. Besides the design process, manufacturing techniques, distribution, and reception, the changing roles of the designer—from mediator between form and function, entrepreneur, social worker, to branding architect—are examined. Featuring one hundred key works from the "Designsammlung", the world’s largest collection of Swiss design, this reference work is the first to present and discuss a comprehensive show of Swiss designers’ achievements, from the anonymous to the famous.
With essays by the editors and Claude Enderle, Meret Ernst, Fredi Fischli, Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht, Sebastian Hackenschmidt, Christof Kübler, Peter Lepel, Claude Lichtenstein, Anne-Claire Schumacher, Christina Sonderegger, Klaus Spechtenhauser, Stanislaus von Moos, and Sophie Wirth-Brentini.

While it is true that everyone knows a different Munari, Aldo Tanchis’s essay sets out to outline the poetics underlying the entire activity of Bruno Munari, a unique and multifaceted character, bringing together the three classic distinctions of « Munari-artist, » « Munari-designer » and « Munari-pedagogist ».

Tanchis, a researcher, writer and screenwriter, starts from the artist as a child, from his life in the Venetian countryside, an enormous reservoir of natural suggestions that would always animate all his production, and recounts his artistic production as an activity at the service of life and closely connected to it.

From his first artistic experiments to the works that made him famous all over the world, this volume collects and recounts Bruno Munari’s work, his relations with the artistic trends of his times, his attention to the world of children and didactics, the peculiarities that made him an always original figure: futurist among futurists, abstractionist among abstractionists, linked to the trends that changed contemporary graphics, animator of concretism and « good design, » theorist of programmed art.

Aldo Tanchis thus presents in these pages Munari’s « world, » a system always in dynamic balance between pairs of opposites and complementaries.