ARQUITECTURA Y DISEÑO

Peter Lindbergh photographed Dior’s most exceptional muses, Marion Cotillard and Charlize Theron among them, and signed campaigns for Lady Dior and J'Adore with his inimitable style. Throughout his career, the photographer was one of the house’s closest collaborators. This final book was an original cocreation that was close to the artist’s heart―and to ours.

De Azzedine Alaa, Cristóbal Balenciaga o Coco Chanel a Alexander McQueen, Yves Saint Laurent o Vivienne Westwood, los grandes creadores de moda del último siglo, aquellos que conforman la colección permanente del Museo del Fashion Institute of Technology de Nueva York, reciben su particular homenaje en esta nueva edición de Fashion Designers A–Z. En la introducción, Valerie Steele, la directora y conservadora principal, escribe sobre el auge del museo de la moda y la aparición de la exposición de prendas como un fenómeno popular y polemico. Suzy Menkes, toda una autoridad internacional de la moda, contribuye con un prefacio, los textos de los conservadores del museo repasan la historia de cada firma y prenda incluida, y retratos dibujados por el artista Robert Nippoldt rinden homenaje a sus creadores.

“The Tower is also present to the entire world... a universal symbol of Paris... from the Midwest to Australia, there is no journey to France which isn’t made, somehow, in the Tower’s name.” ― Roland Barthes When Gustave Eiffel completed his wrought iron tower on Paris’s Champ de Mars for the World’s Fair in 1889, he laid claim to the tallest structure in the world. Though the Chrysler Building would, 41 years later, scrape an even higher sky, the Eiffel Tower lost none of its lofty wonder: originally granted just a 20-year permit, the Tower became a permanent and mesmerizing fixture on the Parisian skyline. Commanding by day, twinkling by night, it has mesmerized Francophiles and lovers, writers, artists, and dreamers from all over the world, welcoming around seven million visitors every single year. Based on an original, limited edition folio by Gustave Eiffel himself, this fresh TASCHEN edition explores the concept and construction of this remarkable building. Step by step, one latticework layer after another, Eiffel’s iconic design evolves over double-page plates, meticulous drawings, and on-site photographs, including new images and even more historical context. The result is at once a gem of vintage architecture and a unique insight into the idea behind an icon.

Inspired by her previous experience as an art dealer, Webb designs beautifully composed spaces. She believes in the power of light, and shadow, in creating atmosphere; a pale, luminous wallcovering may be balanced by the presence of antiques, or a chapel-like white bedroom may segue into a deep gray sitting room. As important is a sense of hand: the feeling of glazed earthenware, a worn oak farm table, the softness of fine linen. Webb is also motivated by the pursuit of joy and the power of beauty she makes sure these are rooms for living, for gathering with family, for refuge.