Aperçu magistral de la photographie de studio par Stephan Vanfleteren

« Ce livre montre que Vanfleteren a intériorisé cette lumière particulière à tel point qu’il peut la faire apparaître sans l’aide de lampes ou du soleil. »

— Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer

Au cours des douze dernières années, Stephan Vanfleteren (1969) a travaillé de manière intense chez lui, dans un studio éclairé par la lumière du jour. Atelier est un recueil de ces œuvres. Qu’il travaille à la lumière ...

Innovative introduction to the iconic work of architect and designer Josef Hoffmann

The Viennese architect and ‘allround designer’ Josef Hoffmann (1870–1956) is much more than just the founder of the Wiener Werkstätte. This book offers a wide-ranging look at his oeuvre, which took shape over no less than sixty years.

The timeless beauty of Hoffmann’s creations demonstrates his importance not just as a historical figure, but as a source of inspiration for several generations.

Richly ...

This book examines the South Asian constitutional systems (India 1950, Bangladesh 1972, Pakistan 1973, Sri Lanka 1978, Bhutan 2008, Nepal 2015), adopting a comparative law and ‘contextual’ approach. Social diversity is the main feature of this geographical region, vast in dimension, also according to its demographic profile. This is why studying this area from a legal and institutional perspective is not only a crucial need for comparative law, but also a major methodological and intellec...

In recent years, Kiev and Russia have been in the news negatively almost every day. In the West, we know very little about Europe's largest border country and they view us there through rose-tinted glasses. Through a number of social issues, the author takes the reader on a quest through thisformer impressive country with a very fascinating history and culture, strongly intertwined with that of Russia. We in the West are far too complacent and have a lot to learn from Eastern Europe. The aim...

Artist Marleen Sleeuwits, known for her photography, objects and installations, takes this experimental book to propose a four-tiered representation of space: starting with two-dimensional images of space, that are then placed in a scale model, to the photos taken inside this model and, finally, to their convergence in this book. The spaces could be anything from a museum to a lobby or a passageway: locations we know as places for contemplation, for waiting or for movement. The condition of t...

The Long 1980s onderzoekt het belang van de jaren 1980 voor de kunst en maatschappij van vandaag. Het boek blikt terug op dit belangrijke decennium aan de hand van microgeschiedenissen op het gebied van kunst, cultuur en politiek, afkomstig uit heel Europa. Centraal in deze verhalen staat de veranderende relatie tussen ideologieën, overheden en hun publiek, die doorwerken in de huidige situatie binnen en buiten Europa. Kunstenaars, schrijvers en activisten reageerden verschillend op deze ver...

Do you keep encountering the same problems in daily life time and time again, and do you want to shake off a feeling you just can’t put your finger on? Do you often feel guilty and like to keep everyone on your side? Are you stuck in an unhealthy relationship or is contact with your parents difficult? How do you learn to deal with this, so you can experience more calm in your life?

Stubborn patterns in your life can often be traced back to your family system; the inseverable connection wit...

SOLAR FUTURES: How to Design a Post-Fossil World with the Sun by solar designer Marjan van Aubel explores the future of solar energy.

Solar energy needs a new narrative – one that says goodbye to old perspectives and only talks about efficiency and the payback time of blue solar panels. This publication illustrates what we need to know to transition from solar technology to solar design using everyday integrated aesthetic solutions.

This publication is divided into three parts: the first pa...