Media Room: Nobuyoshi Araki: Self Life Death by Miki&Akiko

About the book
Nobuyoshi Araki is arguably Japan's greatest living photographer, and certainly its most controversial. The more than 300 books he has published over the last four decades attest to his inexhaustible creative energy, while his work, which often challenges social taboos surrounding sec and death, has drawn critical attention both at home and abroad. This new abridged edition of Phaidon's highly acclaimed Self, Life, Death, includes the finest and most iconic images from throughout Araki's career, all presented in a beautiful, expanded format that allows the pictures room to breathe. This accessible and affordable format will bring a new audience of students and photography enthusiasts to the work of this influential photographer.

So if you are a photographer out there and you wana take your game to the next level....this book is for you!
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Media Room:ROOM 606 BOOK by ARNE JACOBSEN

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About the book
In the centre of Copenhagen, on the sixth floor of the Royal Hotel, a single room preserves a microcosm of the definitive masterwork of Danish architect and furniture designer Arne Jacobsen (1902-71). Room 606 is the last surviving interior of the SAS House: an unparalleled example of modern architecture and design, completed in 1960.
Jacobsen was one of the outstanding architects of the twentieth century, he created complete settings for daily life and dissolving the boundaries between architecture, interior and industrial design.
The SAS House represented the pinnacle of his achievements, for which Jacobsen had designed every detail, including new furniture such as the now famous Egg and Swan chairs, fabrics, fixtures and even silverware.
This book presents a unique insight into Jacobsen's work, using the 'time-capsule' Room 606 as a lens through which to examine the span of his entire career. A lost world of mid-twentieth-century form and sensation is rediscovered through hundreds of rare archival photographs, original drawings and sketches, and specially commissioned new colour photographs of Room 606. The chapters are organized thematically: each consists of three sections that together look at Room 606 as a microcosm of the SAS House, reconstruct the original building, and trace the connections between Jacobsen's masterpiece and his other works - from whole buildings to household objects.
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Media Room:It’s Been A Great Race Book

About the Book:
If you thought that the love fest between Valentino Rossi and Yamaha was over and done with, and the Japanese manufacturer had moved on to bigger and better things with Jorge Lorenzo and Ben Spies, you can forget it.

Yamaha has commissioned Gigi Soldano, one of MotoGP’s best known photographers, to put together some of his best photos in a book called “It’s been a great race” to celebrate and remember Valentino’s seven glorious years on the Yamaha M1.

This limited edition coffee table book won’t be available in bookstores and will be going only to a select few, just like Pirelli’s famous calendar.

However to allow some ‘lowly’ fans to feast their eyes on some of the photos, Soldano hosted an exhibition at the Space Lavit in Varese on March 5th. On display was 50 black and white images taken from the seven chapter book on one of MotoGP’s greatest riders and personalities.

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Media Room:The Fashion Book by Phaidon Editors

About the book
Hailed by Vogue as the fashion bible and by Elle as the ultimate fashion reference book, The Fashion Book takes a fresh look at the fashion world and the people who created it. Easy to use and filled with beautiful and memorable images, it is the perfect A-Z guide to 500 key clothes and accessory designers, photographers, models and iconic celebrities who make up the fashion industry.

In its entirety, The Fashion Book takes a fresh look at the fashion world of today and tomorrow, through the people who created and inspired it. Spanning 150 years, the entire industry is represented - from pioneering designers, including Coco Chanel and Issey Miyake, to influential photographers such as Richard Avedon and Helmut Newton and the people they photographed. This essential sourcebook cuts through the conventional classifications to create juxtapositions that make fascinating and unlikely comparisons: Elsa Schiaparelli sits opposite Claudia Schiffer while Vivienne Westwood rubs shoulders with Oscar Wilde.

Each entry is illustrated with a photograph or drawing that shows a quintessential aspect of the respective designer's work or style. An accompanying text describes where they fit into the fashion story and includes essential biographical information. In addition, a comprehensive cross-referencing system and glossary help to explain the countless collaborations and techniques used in the fashion business: a melting-pot of an industry that is forever wavering somewhere between art and commerce.

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Media Room: POP BOOK by Mark Francis

About the book
From the late 1950s to the late 1960s the word 'Pop' described any example of art, film, photography and architectural design that engaged with the new realities of mass production and the mass media. In addition to key artworks by Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Ed Ruscha, Richard Hamilton and many others, this book includes works of photography and avant-garde film, as well as what the critic Reyner Banham defined as pop architecture, ranging from Alison and Peter Smithson's House of the Future to Archigram's Walking City and Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown's Learning from Las Vegas.
Edited by an internationally recognized expert on Pop art and culture, this book surveys Pop across all artforms and gives equal coverage to its American, British and European manifestations
Survey: Renowned scholar and critic Hal Foster focuses on the Pop image as it developed over the period: Reyner Banham, The Independent Group and Pop Design; Richard Hamilton and the Tabular Image; Roy Lichtenstein and the Screened Image; Andy Warhol and the Seamy Image; Gerhard Richter and the Photogenic Image; Ed Ruscha and the Cineramic Image; Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown and the Postmodern Absorption of Pop.
Works Each image is accompanied by an extended caption. This section is chronologically sequenced:
Revolt into Style (1956–60) surveys the birth of Pop culture and its images, including the American Beat generation artists, photographers and filmmakers; Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg, the French Decollageistes, Richard Hamilton and the ‘British Pop’ of the Independent Group.
Consumer Culture (1960–63) chronicles American Pop’s explosion, from Roy Lichtenstein’s cartoon-based paintings to Claes Oldenburg's Store and Andy Warhol's Factory.
Colonization of the Mind (1963–66) looks at American Pop's reception in Europe, in the work of Gerhard Richter, Sigmar Polke and others.
Spectacular Time (1966–67) surveys late Pop developments, from Warhol's Silver Clouds to Malcolm Morley's Photorealism.
Helter Skelter (1968) documents Pop’s demise and transformation into postmodernism, in projects such as Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown’s Learning from Las Vegas.

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Media Room: FAMOUS FACE notepad

Famous Faces notepads are based on the line of successful greeting cards, this book of masquerading animals is ideal for all ages. Through the magic of make-believe a cute puppy morphs into the ultimate diva. And wait, what about the hamster who reminds you of that uncle of yours who has political ambitions? Turn the next page and there is a cat styled as the most popular girl in school! The laughs keep coming as you browse. Which is your favorite? There are so many quirky characters, you’ll find it hard to choose. One thing is certain, this whimsical collection is sure to make you smile.
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