Discover exceptional hospitality through architecture and design in "The Leading Hotels of the World." This richly illustrated volume showcases over 70 exclusive luxury hotels from a global collection, featuring in-depth stories, interviews, and expert travel tips from renowned designers and writers, celebrating extraordinary aesthetics and hospitality.
In March 2020, Spencer Bailey and Andrew Zuckerman were just beginning The Slowdown, a New York-based media company that aims to make sense of a world addicted to speed, advocating for a more thoughtful and considered approach to the moment. As Covid-19 emerged and lockdowns began, a global slowdown unfolded with an immediacy neither of them could have predicted. Immediately, they felt the urge to record what leading minds were thinking and feeling in real time. At a Distance, a podcast of conversations focused on long-view, planetary-scale concerns, was born. Now organised as a book of 100 of these interviews, At a Distance provides a curated selection of the wisdom shared by the podcast's guests.Presented in short-form narratives that capture the best thinking in an easily digestible way, the book contextualises the surrounding political, cultural, and social climate with revealing editorial commentary. The guests--including environmentalist and journalist Bill McKibben, psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk, MoMA curator Paola Antonelli, food artist Laila Gohar, biologist Merlin Sheldrake, Buddhist monk Gelong Thubten, novelist Hari Kunzru, philosopher Kate Soper, and landscape architect Walter Hood--offer a grounding sense of context and clarity, looking at the world from multiple angles, such as public health, the climate crisis, racial inequality, and Big T ech.At once informative, intelligent, and deeply personal, At a Distance explores the dramatic changes that could be possible going forward and provides a hopeful, rationally optimistic guide toward the future.-- Source inconnue
-The book is an in-depth look at Navone's 30 plus year career -The author, Spencer Bailey, is the editor in chief of Surface magazine, a highly respected publication on design -Paola Navone has won many prestigious design awards including the Osaka International Design Award and has created collections for major brands like Crate & Barrel and Anthropologie Tham ma da - Thai for "everyday" - embodies the conceptual approach of Italian architect and designer Paola Navone's work. She takes the ordinary and presents it in a new and exciting way. Influenced by her travels all over the world, particularly to Asia and Africa, Navone scours the globe for inspiration. She has collaborated with major furniture and home accessory brands such as Crate & Barrel, Baxter, Alessi, Gervasoni, and Cappellini. Tham ma da gives an in-depth tour of Navone's most thrilling and bold interiors from hotels in Miami and Phuket, Thailand, to private residences in Italy and France - Navone's work never ceases to amaze.
A fascinating new take on the architecture of Adjaye, exploring his approach to five building materials through his projects David Adjaye is one of the most in-demand architects today, known for his thoughtful interpretation of public spaces. In order to understand him as an architect, you must look at his projects through the lens of material - a crucial consideration in his practice. Organized into five sections - Stone/Concrete, Wood, Metal, Glass, and Rammed Earth - Alchemy reimagines the traditional architect monograph by examining the importance of material in architecture, a study vital to Adjaye and his design process. In 2021, David Adjaye was awarded the RIBA Gold Medal, and he was among seven global leaders to receive a TIME100 Impact Award in 2022. The book features over 30 public, commercial, and residential projects around the world, from his 2001 Concrete Garden in London to the Amoako Boafo Gallery in Accra, Ghana, built with rammed earth and completed in 2022.
Focusing on the art, architecture, and design of memorials, this work examines significant examples from the late twentieth century to the present. It highlights how these memorials reflect cultural values, historical events, and collective memory, showcasing diverse approaches across different regions. The book offers insights into the creative processes behind memorialization and the impact of these structures on communities and individuals, emphasizing their role in honoring the past while fostering dialogue about the future.