New GESTALTEN Architecture #3: Going Public

Going Public
Public Architecture, Urbanism and Interventions

Going Public showcases the creative revival of public space in our urban and rural landscapes. The book’s compelling selection of formal and informal interventions, reclamations, and architecture illustrates the current scope and interest in refashioning and repurposing our built environment for public use. The objectives of the featured examples are as diverse as the projects themselves and range from inspiring communication and community experience to devising new means of gathering in and connecting to nature. 

Ranging from bold to subtle and from temporary to permanent, the architecture and urban design featured in Going Public offers inspiring and surprising interpretations of our public surroundings and natural landscapes.

Editors: 

R. Klanten, S. Ehmann, S. Borges, L. Feireiss

Release Date: 

August 2012

Credits: 

Format: 

24 x 30 cm

Features: 

272 pages, full color, hardcover

Language: 

English

photos & text: gestalten.com

New GESTALTEN Architecture #2: The Sky's the Limit

The Sky's the Limit
Applying Radical Architecture

Thanks to innovations in building materials, design technologies, and construction tools, a new generation of architects can finally realize structures that would have previously remained mere dreams. This emergence of a new vernacular of radically sculpted buildings, rooms, and installations melds rigorous usability with a playful and cutting edge aesthetic, facilitating highly functional yet undeniably exhilarating spaces.

The Sky’s the Limit serves as a compelling exploration of these seemingly impossible, yet surprisingly practical structures and spaces. Unleashing the creative potential offered by the latest developments in design and construction, this book presents spectacularly formed buildings, façades, and interiors as well as inspiring temporary projects and urban interventions by both young and established talents. The projects featured here have all been built, are actively in use, and transport us to the outer limits of our spatial imagination.

Editors: 

R. Klanten, S. Ehmann, S. Borges

Release Date: 

May 2012

Format: 

24 x 30 cm

Features: 

288 pages, full color, hardcover

Language: 

English

photos & text: gestalten.com

New GESTALTEN Architecture #1: Travel and Leisure Redefined

Once in a Lifetime
Travel and Leisure Redefined

Once in a Lifetime presents tantalizing new possibilities for exploring and relaxing that redefine the idea of luxury travel.

The book showcases quality destinations beyond superficial pomp that represent a conscious choice for slowing down our hectic lives. The inspiring range of examples includes enchanting tree house hotels, incredible eco-friendly resorts, farms on which guests help with the work, simple hotels and glamping sites in spectacular scenery, as well as glamorous houses, trains, and boats. These are not only depicted in stunning photographs, but also insightfully described by renowned international travel, design, and architecture journalist Marie Le Fort.

Editors: 

R. Klanten, S. Ehmann, Marie Le Fort

Release Date: 

March 2012

Format: 

24 x 30 cm

Features: 

256 pages, full color, hardcover

Language: 

English

photos & text: gestalten.com

Neue GESTALTEN Bücher #7: Lingua Digitalis

Lingua Digitalis

Dictionary for a Connected World

In Lingua Digitalis Mutabor visually demonstrates how to develop effective logos and icons for digital applications such as the iPad, apps, and interface design. The book presents over one thousand pieces of work, some of which are published here for the first time. Through these examples, Mutabor explains not only its own strategic process, but also how designers can unlock even the most complex or abstract logo design assignments across various platforms.

By: 

Mutabor

Release Date: 

September 2012

Format: 

20 x 14 cm

Features: 

192 pages, full color, flexicover, landscape format

Language: 

English

photos & text: gestalten.com

Neue GESTALTEN Bücher #6: High Touch

High Touch
Tactile Design and Visual Explorations

High Touch is a powerful collection of cutting-edge tactile design. This choice selection of three-dimensional work defines a new visual language for presentation and storytelling. The handicraft and artisanship necessary for the creation of these works appeal to the interdisciplinary mindset of our time and activate more of our senses than standard two-dimensional images ever could.

High Touch documents an inspiring range of material objects and spatial orchestrations that meld crafts including crochet, papercraft, and the design of costumes and masks with the techniques of more traditional art forms such as installation, sculpture, collage, photography, and illustration. The examples featured in the book prove that the scope for this trailblazing work is enormous. Applications include advertising, brand presentations, editorial design, photography, product design, stage design, and scenography, as well as related fields that either exist already or that their creators have yet to invent.

Editors: 

R. Klanten, M. Hübner

Release Date: 

August 2012

Credits: 

Format: 

24 x 28 cm

Features: 

208 pages, full color, hardcover

Language: 

English

photos & text: gestalten.com

Neue GESTALTEN Bücher #5: Cause and Effect

Cause and Effect

Visualizing Sustainability

Sustainability is one of the world’s hottest topics, but the way it is visualized and communicated is often outdated. Cause and Effect now reveals a contemporary visual language for sustainability. The book showcases a wide range of original and relevant design approaches that raise awareness for a more environmentally conscious lifestyle.

The international examples of campaigns, posters, brochures, digital media, interventions, and guerilla marketing featured in Cause and Effect inspire us and challenge us. They clearly describe far-reaching correlations and complex technical processes. They explain and motivate. Together they serve as an unparalleled presentation of the most significant, intelligent, and entertaining communication measures and proposed solutions for sustainability today.

Editors: 

R. Klanten, S. Ehmann, S. Bohle

Release Date: 

August 2012

Format: 

21 x 26 cm

Features: 

240 pages, full color, flexicover

Language: 

English

photos & text: gestalten.com

Neue GESTALTEN Bücher #4: Los Logos 6

Los Logos 6

Los Logos 6 is the authoritative reference on contemporary logo design worldwide. Like the previous editions of Gestalten’s best-selling Los Logos series, the book is both a guide to the latest innovations as well as a precursor to coming styles and trends. The 400-page, fully indexed compendium presents an unparalleled selection of cutting-edge examples from around the globe. It is intuitively structured into seven chapters: Emblem, Script, Art Brut, Type, Glitch, Iconic, and Family.

Los Logos 6 is a practical handbook of contemporary logo design, as well as a provocative up-to-the-minute source of creativity and inspiration—a must-have for any designer, brand manager, trend scout, or marketing strategist.

Editors: 

R. Klanten, H. Hellige, A. Mollard, A. Sinofzik

Release Date: 

August 2012

Format: 

24 x 19 cm

Features: 

400 pages, full color, hardcover, landscape format

Language: 

English

photos & text: gestalten.com