designboom book reports | architecture and design news and reviews https://www.designboom.com/tag/designboom-book-reports/ designboom magazine | your first source for architecture, design & art news Wed, 26 Feb 2025 13:54:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 daniel arsham’s sculptural world of motorsport immortalized in a two-volume art book https://www.designboom.com/art/daniel-arsham-motorsport-art-book-monograph-car-design-02-19-2025/ https://www.designboom.com/art/daniel-arsham-motorsport-art-book-monograph-car-design-02-19-2025/#respond Wed, 19 Feb 2025 16:37:21 +0000 kat barandy I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1117110

arsham motorsport offers a bifocal view of daniel arsham's automotive work, from the custom cars he has built to his 'eroded' sculptures.

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six must-read books on power couples who shaped architecture, art, and design https://www.designboom.com/design/six-books-power-creative-couples-02-06-2025/ https://www.designboom.com/design/six-books-power-creative-couples-02-06-2025/#respond Thu, 06 Feb 2025 21:45:03 +0000 tim spears I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1114443

from modernist masters to avant-garde pioneers, these books reveal how power couples transformed design history.

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archigram releases 10th architectural issue after 50 years, edited by sir peter cook https://www.designboom.com/design/archigram-10-architectural-issue-50-years-sir-peter-cook-circa-press-01-16-2025/ https://www.designboom.com/design/archigram-10-architectural-issue-50-years-sir-peter-cook-circa-press-01-16-2025/#respond Thu, 16 Jan 2025 11:50:42 +0000 EE17 https://www.designboom.com/?p=1110552

published by circa press, archigram's latest edition explores where architecture stands today and its potential future directions.

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waiting for the sun to come down: kevin mccauley captures 100 cars in light and shadow https://www.designboom.com/design/100-cars-captured-sun-comes-down-kevin-mccauley-automotive-photo-book-01-06-2025/ https://www.designboom.com/design/100-cars-captured-sun-comes-down-kevin-mccauley-automotive-photo-book-01-06-2025/#respond Mon, 06 Jan 2025 07:45:14 +0000 matthew burgos | designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1108916

spanning the past 10 years in the career of renowned automotive photographer kevin mccauley, the book brings an assortment of incredible cars together in stirring and unexpected shadows.

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photo books capturing architectural rarities, from brutalism to sacred sites & soviet cottages https://www.designboom.com/design/photo-books-architectural-rarities-brutalism-sacred-sites-soviet-cottages-12-10-2024/ https://www.designboom.com/design/photo-books-architectural-rarities-brutalism-sacred-sites-soviet-cottages-12-10-2024/#respond Fri, 03 Jan 2025 05:51:37 +0000 matthew burgos | designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1105703

explore recent publications that have documented, and now treasure, sacred art and architecture, vanishing cottages, modernist kiosks, and more.

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passport green covers taiwan’s hidden code in bopomofo tribute by memphis sun https://www.designboom.com/design/passport-green-taiwan-hidden-code-bopomofo-tribute-memphis-sun-11-04-2024/ https://www.designboom.com/design/passport-green-taiwan-hidden-code-bopomofo-tribute-memphis-sun-11-04-2024/#respond Mon, 04 Nov 2024 16:01:35 +0000 Memphis Sun https://www.designboom.com/?p=1099500

the publication on taiwan’s transliteration system for mandarin chinese closely follows the traditional learning methods of the country.

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japanese brutalist icons leap from the pages of paul tulett’s photography book https://www.designboom.com/architecture/japanese-brutalist-icons-pages-paul-tulett-photography-book-09-25-2024/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/japanese-brutalist-icons-pages-paul-tulett-photography-book-09-25-2024/#respond Wed, 25 Sep 2024 10:50:10 +0000 myrto katsikopoulou I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1091593

featuring works by tadao ando, kazuo shinohara, and more, the volume highlights brutalism as an enduring element in japan’s heritage.

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ferrari camper vans and other imaginary secret cars jump out of mr. françois’ AI photo book https://www.designboom.com/art/ferrari-camper-vans-secret-cars-mr-francois-ai-photo-book-promptographs-09-20-2024/ https://www.designboom.com/art/ferrari-camper-vans-secret-cars-mr-francois-ai-photo-book-promptographs-09-20-2024/#respond Fri, 20 Sep 2024 10:32:16 +0000 myrto katsikopoulou I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1090690

Exploring AI-Generated Secret Cars in 300 Promptographs   François Mercier, also known as Mr. François, presents Secret Cars: 300 Promptographs, a playful book featuring AI-generated images of imaginative ‘secret’ car models. With the help of over 300 prompts, the Brussels-based film director and photographer uses artificial intelligence to bring to life fantastical vehicles that, while […]

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brendon burton’s epitaph photo series pays tribute to the enigmatic beauty of rural america https://www.designboom.com/art/brendon-burton-epitaph-photo-enigmatic-beauty-rural-america-08-13-2024/ https://www.designboom.com/art/brendon-burton-epitaph-photo-enigmatic-beauty-rural-america-08-13-2024/#respond Tue, 13 Aug 2024 10:30:46 +0000 myrto katsikopoulou I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1083788

brendon burton unveils ‘epitaph’ photography book   In his second photography book, Epitaph, Brendon Burton ventures into the mysterious depths of North America. The haunting image series captures abandoned farmhouses, churches, cemeteries, and eerie landscapes, often accompanied by the animals that inhabit them, as Burton seeks to illuminate the ‘unseen histories and buried past lives’ […]

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uncovering greece’s nature-filled architecture and local crafts with the greek foundation https://www.designboom.com/architecture/greece-nature-filled-architecture-local-crafts-the-greek-foundation-volume-three-03-08-2024/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/greece-nature-filled-architecture-local-crafts-the-greek-foundation-volume-three-03-08-2024/#respond Sat, 03 Aug 2024 08:30:20 +0000 lea zeitoun I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1080906

in its latest publication, the greek foundation traces narratives ranging from eco-friendly buildings and plant-filled homes to the crafts of handmade objects.

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