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Cool Restaurants Paris. As the capital of a country well-known for its luscious food and demanding gourmets, Paris boasts thousands of restaurants serving delectable cuisine. One of three titles in teNeues' new series, this flexi bound guide to the coolest restaurants in Paris features over a hundred full color photos. Thirty-five of the hippest destinations are included, a selection that represents a wide variety of traditional French and ethnic cuisine served in innovatively designed settings.

Traditionally, the living room has been the domestic setting for social gatherings and the reception of guests. Over the last decades however, it has experienced many changes with respect to aesthetics and use. One example is the incorporation of movies at home and other technological systems devoted to leisure that have revolutionized the layout and forms acquired by furnishings that have always formed part of this room. In addition, the contemporary living room is also a place in which to rest, relay and enjoy personal hobbies, For this reason, one of the most common and popular trends consists of dividing the living room into two one designated to the more conventional entertainment of conversation and reading and the other devoted to offering the pleasures made possible by state-of-the–art technology.

Los fuegos que antiguamente se encendían en las cocinas tradicionales designaban el hogar desde tiempos remotos; posteriormente, ese espacio íntimo en el cual se habitaba y en donde el ser humano desarrollaba sus tareas domésticas y disfrutaba del calor del fuego fue llamado vivienda, lugar también para reunirse e iniciar conversaciones. Por ello se puede considerar la cocina como el corazón del ámbito doméstico. Los tipos de cocina han ido evolucionando con el tiempo y se han ido adaptando a las necesidades de cada época. Los diseños de cocinas actuales de un gran número de países toman como referente el modelo de cocina estadounidense, que se integra con el resto de la casa y ocupa espacios abiertos, tanto en departamentos con divisiones tradicionales del espacio como en lofts o estudios más pequeños. En este libro encontrará interesantes diseños de cocinas.

From the first cooking fires of antiquity to the modern kitchens of today, this communal space has served as a gathering place and a setting for conversation. Its warm, inviting atmosphere often makes it the heart of our domestic space. Kitchen styles have evolved over time and adapted to the needs of each period. Today, designers from around the world look to the American kitchen for inspiration, with its open-plan scheme and its integration into the living areas of traditional apartments, lofts, and studios. This gorgeously illustrated reference showcases innovative solutions to the problems of kitchen design and includes a handy reference section with information about featured manufacturers.

Minimalism Design Source covers the last years of the 1990s and the first years of the twenty-first century and looks at the origins of the term minimalism and how a phenomenon like Minimal Art which originated in the United States in the 1960s in the fields of painting and sculpture has filtered into other sectors of society.

The rapid evolution of new kinds of lifestyles in the 20th century has generated new working schemes and new ways of carrying out professional activities. These have transformed the working area into an integral part of the domestic space. Freelance professionals often opt to establish their office at hone for economic reasons, as well as for the opportunity to work within a personalized space that is both aesthetic and comfortable.