The Red Thread: Nordic Design. The Nordic Journal The “Red Thread of Northern Design” covers more than 200 examples from the history of Scandinavian design. The colorful prints of Swede Joseph Franck, Marimekko's Finnish textiles, classic Danish porcelain ... Scandinavian style is aesthetics that fill the culture in general, including fashion, architecture and cinema. Another red thread you want to catch. • Publisher Phaidon. $ 52
Joseph Dirand: Interior. Adrien Diran (Adrien Dirand, photo), Yann Siles and Sarah Maford (Yann Sillec and Sarah Medford, text).
Joseph Diran combines modern minimalism with elegant French classics. The son of Jacques Diran, one of the most famous photographers of his time, architect Joseph Diran became a famous and sought-after specialist in the field of interior decoration. Always accurate in the choice of material, it creates instantly recognizable spaces with strong lines. The richly illustrated album-monograph contains projects familiar to many hotels, restaurants and interiors of the fashion houses Chloé, Givenchy, Balmain, Rick Owens and Alexander Wang. • Publisher Rizzoli. 65 долл.
The Hard Life. Jasper Morrison. Jasper Morrison. Rough Life is a book of photographs taken at the National Ethnological Museum in Lisbon. The book explores the manual labor, human skills and fashionable aesthetics of rough agricultural implements. Household items that combine functionality and formal perfection, photographed and described by the British minimalist designer Jasper Morrison. • Publisher Lars Müller Publishers. 208 s. 22x30 cm. 45 euro.
Sophie Walker, photograph by Edward Horder 
Sentences with kyo ume. P little by little 
Funda-in, Tfuku-ji Complex, Rinzai Zen, Kyoto. Photo by John Lander 
Genko-an, Kyoto. Photo © Akira Nakata The Japanese Garden. Sophie Walker. Written on behalf of a landscape designer, the book offers insights into the culture of the Japanese garden. Sophie Walker explores ethics and aesthetics, revealing his many complex meanings. The album, which covers almost one and a half thousand years of Japanese gardening, includes ancient Shinto shrines, imperial gardens, and modern city parks. Gardening and modern landscape design easily entered the life of Sophie Walker. In 2014, she became the youngest female member of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. After studying the history of art, Walker later received a specialist degree, and now writes, lectures and creates magnificent gardens around the world.
Albert Frey and Lina Bo Bardi: A Search for Living Architecture. Daniell Cornell. Book «Альберт Фрей и Лина Бо Барди. В поисках живой архитектуры» описывает творчество двух модернистов. И Фрей, и Бо Барди были обучены утопическому рационализму, связанному с Ле Корбюзье и интернациональным стилем. Фрей переехал из Швейцарии в США в начале 1930-х годов, а Бо Барди эмигрировала из Италии в Бразилию после Второй мировой войны. Фрей, пионер «модернизма пустыни» экспериментировал в южной Калифорнии с материалами, создавая модульные структуры. Бо Барди творила, обьединяя современные и традиционные методы в стекле и бетоне. Оба ухватили эстетику, которая была основана на близости к природе — в Америке климат и пейзаж захватили их воображение. Book издана к одноименной выставке в Художественном музее Палм-Спрингс. Publisher Palm Springs Art Museum. 32 долл.
Michael Graves: Design for Life. Text by Ian Volner (Ian Volner). Human history rich in anecdotes, as well as a textbook on American architecture for the last sixty years. The prolific author Michael Graves became famous for popular projects, including the whistling kettle for Alessi. Its buildings - Portland in Oregon, Humana in Kentucky, hotels in Florida have been controversial for a long time. Graves was perceived as a preacher of postmodern architecture, introduced a new scale, color and playful forms, "spoiling" the pure vocabulary of modernism. After a devastating disease that almost paralyzed him, Graves became a tireless developer of health care products. Shortly before his death (2015), he began to cooperate with journalist Ian Wolner - fascinating interviews formed the basis of the book. • Princeton Architectural Press. 16.5 × 24.1 cm 304 s. $ 20
