Alex Steinweiss, Inventor of the Modern Album Cover

How did some album art become so iconic that it's inseparable from the music? Mention Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, for example, and it usually conjures images of the iconic triangle prism on the cover. (Click below images for detail.) Without Alex Steinweiss, Columbia Records' first art director in 1940, the pop culture phenomenon known as the album cover may not have seen …

Less and More: The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams

€50 width=”100″ height=”100″ /> €50 Less and More: The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams The man who taught us to “question everything generally thought to be obvious” is celebrated in Gestalten’s book “Less and More: The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams.” One of the most influential designers of all time, the book is both a retrospective and contemporary reevaluation of his work and philosophy on …

Arcadia: Cross-Country Style, Architecture and Design

by Anna Carnick The new book "Arcadia: Cross-Country Style, Architecture and Design" interprets its namesake (the remote mountain region of Greek mythology) for the modern age, surveying contemporary alpine and back-country architecture, bespoke furniture and interior design projects that take their inspiration from the beauty of their natural surroundings. Demonstrating an awesome range of possibilities for integrating of-the-moment aesthetics with breathtaking environments, the book's traditional …