Her name is Julia, his name is Vincent. They met almost 10 years ago, and have been creating together for 5 years. ‘Erotish’ is an exercise in style, inspired by the aesthetics of the 1980s. Nostalgic for a time when “everything seemed positive, carefree, and where aesthetics were the priority”, the photographers play with retro codes, a few clothes in satin, naked bodies on motorcycles, a subtle blurry effect… But far from producing a vulgar sexy collection, or merely copy and pasting a certain aesthetic, the duo reclaims to modernize this aesthetic. (Cyrielle Gendron for Photo fr)

Julia Stoltz is an art director, photographer and director, living and working in Paris. Together with Vincent Girardot she forms the creative duo Julia & Vincent. As an artist duo they look for the artificial in our daily life.

Published by Art Paper Editions,

design and edit: Jurgen Maelfeyt

23,5x31cm, 80 pages, ills colour / b&w, paperback

edition of 700

How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need

In this urgent, authoritative book, Bill Gates sets out a wide-ranging, practical - and accessible - plan for how the world can get to zero greenhouse gas emissions in time to avoid a climate catastrophe.

Bill Gates has spent a decade investigating the causes and effects of climate change. With the help of experts in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, political science, and finance, he has focused on what must be done in order to stop the planet's slide toward certain environmental disaster. In this book, he not only explains why we need to work toward net-zero emissions of greenhouse gases, but also details what we need to do to achieve this profoundly important goal.

He gives us a clear-eyed description of the challenges we face. Drawing on his understanding of innovation and what it takes to get new ideas into the market, he describes the areas in which technology is already helping to reduce emissions, where and how the current technology can be made to function more effectively, where breakthrough technologies are needed, and who is working on these essential innovations. Finally, he lays out a concrete, practical plan for achieving the goal of zero emissions-suggesting not only policies that governments should adopt, but what we as individuals can do to keep our government, our employers, and ourselves accountable in this crucial enterprise.

As Bill Gates makes clear, achieving zero emissions will not be simple or easy to do, but if we follow the plan he sets out here, it is a goal firmly within our reach.

A COLLECTION OF WORK DEPICTING LIFE WITHIN ISOLATION

ISOLATE ZINE - Edition02 aims to document the support of the Black Lives Matter movement, whilst celebrating not just black photographers, but the collaborative efforts of us all as we look to listen, learn, and support during this defining time in history.

ALL profits donated to Black Minds Matter UK, less the costs for the printing of the Zine, postage and packing.

Everyone involved in the project has donated their time, creativity and content for free so we could make this happen and donate to Black Minds matter UK.

54 pgs, 24 × 17 cm, Softcover, 2020,

From the editors of Courier magazine – the bimonthly print magazine for stories of working better and living smarter – comes a step-by-step guide to launching a successful new business in a challenging time.

It’s jampacked with all the practical tools, skills, advice and insight to get you prepared to set off and start something on your own. Each section covers a crucial subject area you need to know – from writing a solid business plan and raising money to developing a new product and managing a growing team.

The subject is broken down and explained in easy-to-understand language – and includes a useful case study from an entrepreneur or brand who have been there and done that.

Support Independent Type is a book about the new culture of type specimens, their impact on design and typographic culture at large. It’s a manifesto for independent type foundries showcasing their work in an effort to promote freshly designed fonts, and why we should support them. An exhibit of over 400 of today’s most adventurous typography labels and designers, showcasing their physical and digital type specimens! The carefully selected collection gives a glimpse into the adventurous shift of this creative industry.

The authors believe that “independent type design reflects culture in its ambition to build an exciting alternative to the monolithic corporate font giants. In that spirit, we put together a collection of the most trendsetting, forward-thinking and provocative type specimens produced in the last decade.”

Beloved for her gorgeous cookbooks A Kitchen in France and French Country Cooking, Mimi Thorisson, along with her lively family and smooth fox terriers in tow, immersed readers in the warmth of their convivial lives in rural France. In their newest cookbook, the Thorissons pause their lives in the idyllic French countryside to start a new adventure in Italy and satisfy their endless curiosity and passion for the magic of Italian cooking.

Old World Italian captures their journey and the culinary treasures they discovered. From Tuscany to Umbria to Naples and more, Mimi dives into Italy’s diverse regional cuisines and shares 100 recipes for authentic, classic dishes, enriched by conversations with devoted local food experts who share their timeworn techniques and stories. You'll indulge in dishes culled from across the country, such as plump agnolotti bathed in sage and butter from the north, the tomato-rich ragùs and pastas of the southwest, and the multifaceted, seafood-laden cuisine of Sicily. The mysteries of Italian food culture will unravel as you learn to execute a perfect Neapolitan-style pizza at home or make the most sublime yet elemental cacio e pepe.

Full of local color, history, and culture, plus evocative, sumptuous photography shot by Mimi’s husband, Oddur Thorisson, Old World Italian transports you to a seat at the family’s table in Italy, where you may never want to leave.

Feeding friends—and feeding yourself—is totally relaxed with Alison Roman, author of Dining In and New York Times columnist.  
 
It’s not entertaining, it’s having people over. An unexpected weeknight meal with a neighbor or a weekend dinner party with fifteen of your closest friends—either way and everywhere in between, it’s unfussy food paired with unstuffy vibes. This abundant collection of all-new recipes—heavy on the easy-to-execute vegetables and versatile grains, paying lots of close attention to crunchy, salty snacks, and with love for all the meats—is for gatherings big and small, from the weeknight to the weekend. Alison Roman will give you the food your people want (think DIY martini bar, platters of tomatoes, pots of coconut-braised chicken and chickpeas, pans of lemony turmeric tea cake) plus the tips, sass, and confidence to pull it all off. With Nothing Fancy, any night of the week is worth celebrating

Issue E 

IN THIS ISSUE:

FAMILY
Herbalist Alyson Morgan, Tweens, Sitting Pretty with Rebekah Taussig, DIY Kindness Rocks, Bedtime Fears, Kid Yoga Poses, Radical Hope Club, Temporary Monster Tattoos! … and more

FOOD
Veggie Scrap Broth, Chamomile Moon Milk, Peach + Pecan Baked Oatmeal, One Pot Dinners, Quinoa Animal Crackers, No-Bake Muesli Bars, Whole Mandarin Almond Cupcakes … and more

Where does the universe begin, where does it end? Imagining these dimensions is no easy task. However, the fortytwomagazine #5—space tries to figure that out, because the universe does not only offer place for speculations about extraterrestrial life or romantic dreams with the view into the starlit sky. Even if it feels far away, it has a direct influence on our lives.

As in every issue, they also illuminate ten different disciplines and thus ten perspectives. Among other things, the magazine deals with the problem of space debris, the role of government space agencies and the question of what it is like to live some 400 kilometers above the earth and to master everyday life in the International Space Station ISS in the most confined space. The works of the artist Protey Temen form an exciting interplay with the interesting interviews.

For this fifth issue, the fortytwo-team  has not only ventured into space in terms of content, but has also broken new ground here on Earth: fortytwomagazine #5 is now distributed by Slanted Publishers, an internationally oriented publishing house based in Germany, which is also responsible for the issue’s new design.

fortytwomagazine #5—space

Publisher: Slanted Publishers
Editor: Eliana Berger, Kurt Bille, Lara von Richthofen, Lena Kronenbürger
Release: December 2020
Design: (Slanted Publishers), Azziza El-Yabadri, Julia Kahl, Lars Harmsen
Volume: 176 pages
Format in cm (w × h × d): 16 × 24 cm
Language: English, German

Ausgezeichnet als bestes Kochbuch in der Kategorie "mediterrane Küche". (Deutscher Kochbuchpreis) „Französische Klassiker im neuen Gewand“ (Der Feinschmecker) „Mais oui!“, sagen wir zum neuen Kochbuch von Tim Raue. In seinem Werk lässt er uns hinter die Fassaden der französischen Küche blicken. Wir lassen uns nach Paris entführen und schlemmen uns durch Bistros und Brasserien. Von Steak Frites über Ratatouille, Pastete, Tarte Tartin bis hin zu den klassischen Madeleines finden wir Grundrezepte und Gerichte mit dem gewissen Twist vom Starkoch. Darüber hinaus lernen wir über die Entwicklung der klassischen Küche der Bistros und Brasserien. Tim Raue erzählt wie er zur französischen Küche kam und woher seine Inspiration stammt. Wir freuen uns auf die exklusive Reise mit dem Koch in eines unserer absoluten Lieblingsländer.

Der Architekturführer Zürich stellt 1200 Objekte mit Texten, Fotos und vielen bis anhin unveröffentlichten Plänen vor. Er spannt den Bogen von der Altstadt bis nach Schwamendingen und über die Stadtgrenzen hinaus in die Entwicklungsgebiete im Glatt- und im Limmattal. Denn längst hört die Stadt nicht mehr an ihren Grenzen auf. Und weil sie nicht allein aus Häusern, sondern auch aus Freiräumen und Infrastrukturbauten besteht, sind im Buch auch Pärke, Brücken und Plätze präsent.

Dabei reiht der Architekturführer Zürich nicht nur die bekannten und geliebten architektonischen Perlen auf, sondern zeigt auch Gebäude, die schwer verdaulich im Stadtgefüge liegen. Nichts ist ‹einfach so passiert›; jedes Bauwerk hatte eine Bauherrschaft, wurde entworfen von Architektinnen und Architekten. Auch Missratenes prägt eine Stadt und kann beispielhaft sein – und sei es nur, um daraus zu lernen.

Sieben Autoren beleuchten im Architekturführer Zürich die Epochen der Stadtgeschichte, einer macht eine Exkursion in die Agglomeration, und zwei Stadträte geben Auskunft zur Zukunft. Zwei Fotostrecken geben dem kleinteiligen Katalog einen grossen Atem.

«In einen Architekturführer gehören nicht nur Klassiker», sagt Herausgeber Werner Huber und zeigt einen sperrigen Bau, der es dennoch in den Architekturführer Zürich geschafft hat.

Architekturführer Zürich
Gebäude – Freiraum – Infrastruktur
Herausgeber: Werner Huber
Gestaltung: Antje Reineck
784 Seiten, rund 1200 Objekte, alle mit Fotos, fast alle mit Plan
Format: 15 × 24 cm

Epochentexte und Essays
- Urs Baur
- Jan Capol
- Köbi Gantenbein
- Michael Hanak
- Werner Huber
- Daniel Kurz
- Benedikt Loderer
- Rahel Marti
- Caspar Schärer
- Martin Tschanz

Im Sinne einer Archäologie der Gegenwart untersucht die Publikation die Zwischennutzungen des Labitzke-Areals in Zürich. Auf dem Gelände der ehemaligen Farbenfabrik siedelten sich während rund 25 Jahren Autowerkstätten, Migrationsvereine, Clubs, Wohngemeinschaften, eine Moschee oder sogar ein Bordell an. Es entstand ein einzigartiger Ort, der zu einem gesellschaftlichen Labor für neue Formen des Zusammenlebens wurde.

Die Autorin erzählt die Arealgeschichte vielstimmig mit einem detaillierten Faltplan, einer ‹Verdrängungskarte›, einer Interviewcollage und einer Sammlung mit Objektzeichnungen. Raffinierte Verweissysteme machen verschiedene Lektürewege möglich und verbinden Fotografie, Text, Zeichnung und Karte dieses Buch objekts elegant miteinander.

«Mit zahlreichen Fotografien, Interviewcollagen, Zeichnungen und Hintergrunddossiers lässt einen die Autorin in diesen multikulturell geprägten Ort eintauchen.»: Lokalinfo Zürich West, 28. Januar 2021.

Aprilausgabe 2021

Known for her quiet portraits of American cultural movements, Kristin Bedford’s new work, 'Cruise Night', is an intimate and unstaged exploration of Mexican American lowrider car culture in Los Angeles. From 2014 to 2019 she attended hundreds of lowrider cruise nights, car shows, quinceañeras, weddings and funerals. Bedford’s images offer a new visual narrative around the lowrider tradition and invite us to question prevalent societal stereotypes.

Located at the intersection of aesthetics and social realism, her photographs explore the nuance of cars as mobile canvases and the legendary community that creates them. With the bold language of color photography and the female vantage point, Cruise Night is an original look at a prolific American movement set against the Los Angeles cityscape.

Wohnrevue 04—21 | Licht und Schatten |

Traumhafte Licht- und Schattenspiele erwarten dich in der neuen Ausgabe der Wohnrevue. Wir porträtieren ein Ferienhaus an der belgischen Küste von @i.s.m.architecten – inmitten einer spektakulären Düne. Im Kontrast zu diesem Betonvolumen stehen zwei grüne Oasen mit lauschigen Schattenplätzen: Einerseits ein Stadtpalast auf Mallorca, in dem sich der Showroom von @livingdreams_switzerland sowie ein schickes Restaurant befinden; andererseits ein Garten mit historischem Baubestand und junger, frischer Flora am Zugerberg, der drei Villen rahmt. Beide Projekte überzeugen durch eine einzigartige Verbindung von Natur, Licht und Design.
Wir waren ausserdem zu Besuch bei Thomas Schätti, dem Mitbegründer von @schaetti_leuchten. In den historischen Räumlichkeiten seiner feudalen Bleibe haben wir die von @joergboner_productdesignentwickelten Leuchtenmodelle sorgfältig in Szene gesetzt. Und falls du weitere Inspiration für eine neue Leuchte, neue Vorhänge oder neue Gartenmöbel suchst: Auf stimmigen Seiten haben wir die aktuellsten Produkte zusammengestellt.

(Cover 📸: @luisdiazdiaz)

BuildHer

Empowering women to build & renovate their dream home

By Kribashini Hannon & Rebeka Morgan

Renovating or building your own home is one of the biggest investments (financially and emotionally) you can ever make. For years, the BuildHer Collective have helped women around the world make this a fun, rewarding and empowering experience. Led by dynamic Australian duo Kribashini Hannon and Rebeka Morgan, BuildHer have created a movement. In this book, they’re here to share their building expertise, for women of all experience levels.

Whether you’re contemplating a renovation, or are flipping your third property, this book is catered for varying levels of experience in building and construction. (Even those of us with zero experience!) Using case studies and stories from the BuildHer community, Kribashini and Rebeka show how anyone can achieve their goal and become an accomplished BuildHer.

Sixteen Journal 

A very special issue dedicated to Japanese Photography.

300 pages / 4 Glossy Dust Covers
Printed on uncoated paper

CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS

Daido Moriyama, Nobuyoshi Araki, Keizo Kitajima, Masahisa Fukase, Jack Davison, Tatsuo Suzuki, Tenmei Kanoh, Keizo Motoda, Jun Abe, Koji Onaka, Seiji Kurata, Sakiko Nomura, Joe Cruz, Bruce Gilden, Eizaveta Porodina, Roe Ethridge, Alexandra Leese, Erika Kamano and more.

Covers ship randomly for pre-orders.

Design Anthology UK – Issue 8

Issue 08 of Design Anthology UK is brimming with innovative design news; soulful homes in Milan, New York and The Netherlands; a post-mortem of Ace London;  Noe Kuremoto’s ceramics; Slovakia’s forgotten industrial built heritage; model turned jewellery designer Augustin Basso’s inaugural collection; and an essay on whether the arch is now more tired than triumphal as an architectural motif. Enjoy.

WELCOME TO SIXTYSIX ISSUE 05.

Featuring behind-the-scene studio tours and interviews with Nicole McLaughlin, Yves Béhar, Irma Boom, Dominic "The Shoe Surgeon" Ciambrone, Dario Calmese, and Paul Wraith.

Plus Jason Wu, Brooke Williamson, Eny Lee Parker, Umar Rashid, Touré, Cam Hicks, Johanna Grawunder, and more.

Crotch – Issue 5

Crotch Magazine 236 pages. (ITS A BUMPER ISSUE! Bigger then last time!)

Underwear and swimwear, on beautiful men, featuring their bodies and sexual liberation.

Warning. This magazine contains nudity.

The Monocle Book of Italy

Coming hot on the heels of the best-selling The Monocle Book of Japan, our new book turns its focus to Italy. It’s a country that feels comfortingly familiar for many, yet beyond the clichés lies a complexity and variety that’s perpetually surprising. For more than a decade, Monocle has roamed the length of the nation and The Monocle Book of Italy is the result of our dedicated reporting. Join us as we throw down our towels at the best beaches, sit front row at dazzling runway shows, call in at vineyards, gelato spots and furniture fairs, and maybe even hit a disco or two. See Italy through a whole new lens.

Features: 302 pages, hardcover
Published by: Monocle
Printed in: Italy
Book Dimensions: 30cm x 22.5cm x 2.5cm

V Magazine #129

Doja Cat graces the cover of V129—our new SS21 issue!  Along with this fantastical envisioning of the shape-shifting star—created by renowned photographer Steven Klein and artist Jason Ebeyer—is a conversation between Doja and fellow musician SZA, in which our cover star discusses what ignites her passions, her stratospheric rise to the top of pop, and her forthcoming album Planet Her.