New books!

...on innovators

& Fork

Tom Dixon

TS 171.4 .A49x 2007

What do an inflatable bridge, a TV for-and controlled by-pigs, a chaise lounge featuring a beating heart and breathing lungs, and a light that can bring brightness to the most inaccessible spaces have in common? They’re among the many innovative product design ideas featured in & Fork. Ten renowned industrial designers were asked to select the 100 most interesting and creative designers working in the world today. The resulting book provides a comprehensive survey of their work over the past five years.

Check out & Fork’s companion volume, Spoon TS 171 .S64x 2002.

Mosaics

West 8

NA 9207 .W48x 2008

What firm is about to revitalize the Toronto Waterfront? Rotterdam’s urban design and landscape architecture firm, West 8, led by Adriaan Geuze. Known for combining ecology, people, and weather conditions with building programme “West 8 aims to incorporate awareness of these various aspects in a playful, optimistic manner that stimulates the desire to conquer and take possession of a space.” Take a peek at what the firm has done in other parts of the world to prepare yourself for Toronto’s waterfront transformation.

Riess Wood³: Modulare Holzbausysteme

Otto Kapfinger & Ulrich Wieler (Eds.)

NA 4110 .R54x 2007

Get your wood on! Hubert Riess is an Austrian architect whose work has explored the characteristics of wood as a construction material, particularly as a modular component, throughout his 30 year career. This book documents the potential of prefabricated wood modules in projects ranging from individual residential units to larger commercial buildings through to a complete building programme covering entire city blocks.