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As a filter that smoothly merges interior and exterior, terraces have become one of the most important complementary spaces in today's contemporary house. Whether cantilevered, open or covered, as a wide extension of the ground floor or as roof gardens in residential buildings, terraces maximise the sense of space by partially seizing outdoor areas. This book is a showcase of the multiple design possibilities offered by these privileged spaces; an entertaining, social and contemplative place that improves the quality of life in every home. Предисловие книги на английском, немецком, французском, испанском и итальянском языках. Формат: 18,5 см х 16,5 см.

Marty Noble

Book Description The 166 intricate and exotic permission-free patterns in this set allow artists, designers, and hobbyists to add a trendy edge to their next project. Choose from fine line, lacy, and paisley motifs, detailed images of exotic birds and human faces, assorted floral borders, and more.

SPD's Solid Gold: 40 Years of Award-Winning Magazine Design celebrates the most outstanding, innovative, and lasting achievements in editorial design published in the last 40 years. It is an aesthetic hall of fame and essential reference tool for graphic designers, artists, editors, photographers, and students. SPD's Solid Gold showcases only the most inspired visions in contemporary publication design history-the gold winners of the last 40 years chosen by some of the most respected professionals in the business. This book is a tome of the most legendary design, style, and vision of our ephemeral magazine pages.

Leslie Carola

Much of the fun of wrapping stylish gifts is sorting through and selecting the raw materials — paper or fabric, bag or box, ribbon, yarn, twine, or any special embellishments. The variety of materials available is amazing and inspiring. This creative book includes projects using a wide selection of papers (both hand-painted and commercially available), ribbons, fresh flowers, rubber stamping, stickers, quilling, and other special adornments. We have gathered beautiful, festive wrapping ideas from individual paper crafters and gift wrappers across the country. A gift is all the more delightful when contained in a thoughtful, creative package — and this book captures that concept perfectly. Materials range from simple bags and boxes to elegant packages. The personal touch of a specially-wrapped gift lets the recipient feel the joy and pleasure you had creating it. Start playing with paper. Anything can happen. Stretch your imagination and creativity. Create something from your heart....

Vinny Lee

The days of the predictable turquoise rectangle are well and truly in decline. From the latest eco pools that use plants to naturally filter the water to futuristic state-of-the-art stainless steel, twenty-first century swimming pools are aesthetic statements that are as much a part of the well-designed home as a spa bathroom or the ultimate kitchen - and they don't have to cost much more. Whether it's a streamlined lap pool that's an extension of a home gym or a sympathetically landscaped outdoor pool that nestles discreetly among the planting schemes in your back garden, a swimming pool can be an undeniable asset. A fitness centre in the basement, a party venue, or the ultimate water feature in your garden filled by a wall of cascading water - a pool can be all these things and more. Swimming pools and spas, hot tubs and Jacuzzis are not just for summer, they have year-round appeal and as well as being an attractive resource they are also therapeutic and beneficial - swimming...

How do some monuments become so socially powerful that people seek to destroy them? After ignoring monuments for years, why must we now commemorate public trauma, but not triumph, with a monument? To explore these and other questions, Robert S. Nelson and Margaret Olin assembled essays from leading scholars about how monuments have functioned throughout the world and how globalization has challenged Western notions of the "monument." Examining how monuments preserve memory, these essays demonstrate how phenomena as diverse as ancient drum towers in China and ritual whale-killings in the Pacific Northwest serve to represent and negotiate time. Connecting that history to the present with an epilogue on the World Trade Center, Monuments and Memory, Made and Unmade is pertinent not only for art historians but for anyone interested in the turbulent history of monuments--a history that is still very much with us today. Contributors: Stephen Bann, Jonathan Bordo, Julia...

Mieke Gerritzen

Todd Harris Goldman

Girls, here it is—everything you need to know about boys: 1. Boys come from the Stupid Factory. 2. Boys are pretty much smelly and useless. 3. It is possible to have fun with boys, however..... 4. If you decide to keep a boyfriend, he will need to be housebroken. With a South Park-for-girls edgy freshness, artist and entrepreneur (David & Goliath clothing) Todd Harris Goldman updates the eternal battle of the sexes. And this time the girls win. Packaged in soft, puffy cover (so if you do keep a boyfriend around the house, he won't hurt himself too much when he tries to figure out what it is by putting it in his mouth), this bright, irreverent book is the perfect girlfriend gift . No boys were hurt during the making of this book.

J. C. Moughtin

Urban Design: Method and Techniques

The perennial fan-favorite collection, back in print! Carnage, the spawn of Venom, has assembled an army of Spider-Man's criminally insane adversaries to spread his message of hostility, chaos and wholesale slaughter: Carrion, Demogoblin, Shriek and the Spider-Man Doppelganger! Outmanned and overpowered, the wall-crawler must recruit his own band of super-beings to combat the rising tide of evil: Black Cat, Cloak & Dagger, Firestar, Captain America, Deathlok and ... Venom?! Spider-Man's worst enemy becomes his uneasy ally in the battle to halt Carnage's mad rampage. But when he finds himself at odds with a number of his allies, who want to finish Carnage and his cronies once and for all, Spider-Man must decide whether to violate his personal code of honor to rid the world of pure evil. Can the web-slinger find an alternative before it's too late? Either choice carries dire consequences!