A comprehensive encyclopedia of package designs, from the simplest, minimalist envelopes to elaborate asymmetrical display structures for encasing anything from perfume to fancy chocolates. It is suitable for readers who are interested in exploring packaging possibilities.

Describes people at some of the most emotional moments of their lives. This book features pictures that portray more than thirty rituals from different parts of the globe.

The photographic recollections of actor/artist/director Dennis Hopper have set themselves decidedly apart. This book documents the likes of Tina Turner in the studio, Andy Warhol at his first West Coast show, Paul Newman on set, and Martin Luther King in the Civil Rights March from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama with equal insight and grace.

Features over 1000 photographs of icons such as Claudia Schiffer, Penelope Cruz, Natalie Portman, Kate Moss, Vanessa Paradis, Britney Spears, Eva Mendes, Lindsay Lohan, Dita von Teese, Adriana Lima, Carla Bruni, and Eva Green. This book celebrates femininity, romance and the sheer joy of living the moment.

A guide which contains details about the oldest traditional establishments to various boutiques. It also contains the address of a legendary umbrella maker. It includes details of the classic barbershop & perfumer Geo F Trumper; English fashion designer Stella McCartney's shop; and the furniture shop owned by Paul Smith.

Talks about Jean Renoir (1894-1979), like his father Auguste, a virtuoso in his field. From early films such as La Fille de l'Eau and La Chienne through later masterpieces like Rules of the Game and The Grand Illusion , Renoir forged a reputation as France's most important filmmaker.

Includes photographs by William Claxton taken for the book Jazzlife in 1960. While traveling around the United States with musicologist Joachim E Berendt to record America's original art form, Claxton met and photographed the jazz personalities in every major and minor city, capturing these musicians in their natural environment.

From Klimt to Koons and everything in between: it's all here (TASCHEN's 25th anniversary special edition) Who could possibly have forecast on New Year's Eve 1899 that, one hundred years later, painting and sculpture would be only options, not prerequisites? The term art has been defined and redefined so many times over the.

Showcases the work of 100 of the world's most progressive graphic designers, from the hard-hitting political messages of Jonathan Barnbrook to the lyrical digital compositions of Peter Saville to the iconoclastic imagery of Stefan Sagmeister.

British artist Lucian Freud is widely considered the most important figurative painter. Master portraitist and specialist in nudes, Freud uses impasto to create depth and intensity while restraining his color palate to mostly muted hues. His portraits may be physically unflattering to their subjects, but they are honest, frank, and unapologetic.

Features an amusing collection of signs from around the world. Divided into chapters by type (animals, men, stop, danger, children, toilets, and work), the signs demonstrate how different cultures portray the icons with which we are all so familiar. This title can also help you learn things that could save your life the next time you travel.

Tracks the trends of art in the world, bringing you illustrations and information about all the most important artists. This book contains entries, which include short biographies, and exhibition history and bibliographical information.

Dating back more than six thousand years, China is the world's oldest civilization and most populous nation. This book aims to bring you to places such as a house in Beijing by Chinese contemporary architect Ai Weiwei, Shigeru Ban's minimalist bamboo Furniture House, a 19th century Qing dynasty temple, and a Mongolian farmhouse.

Josep Maria Jujol (1879-1949) developed his unusual architectural style through many years of close, creative collaboration with Antoni Gaudi. Jujol's work is characterized by a high degree of sensibility to the forms of nature, an emphatically anti-geometric aesthetic, attention to workmanship and detail.

A collection of hand-illustrated shop window designs from 1938 to 1950, which reveal the mindset of a unique period in history. In addition to a selection of drawings, this book includes historical black and white photographs of actual shops built in a similar style.

Known for always pushing the envelope when it comes to showing sex and violence on screen, Paul Verhoeven has directed controversial films in several genres, including the erotic thriller (Basic Instinct), melodrama (Showgirls) and science fiction (RoboCop, Total Recall, Starship Troopers, Hollow Man).

A tragic icon of Abstract Expressionism, Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) took influences from Picasso and Mexican surrealism and developed his own way of seeing, interpreting, and expressing. Though his name inevitably conjures up images of the drip paintings for which he is most famous, this technique was only developed midway through his career.

Offers a round-up of some of the world's most exceptional hotels and retreats with photos and descriptions. This title presents a collection that provides a range of destinations to choose from.

Part of an architecture series that brings a different perspective to world architecture, highlighting architectural trends by country. This book features 15 to 20 architects - from the firmly established to the up-and-coming - with the focus on how they have contributed to architecture in Spain.

Alison Jackson has photographed the Queen of England on the toilet, George Bush and Tony Blair chatting in the sauna, Mick Jagger doing gymnastics, and Monica Lewinsky lighting Bill Clinton's cigar. Or has she? This work is selection of portraits of dead-ringers for Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, George Bush, J Lo, Eminem, among others.