In the 1960s the French colonial regime detonated four atmospheric atomic bombs, thirteen underground nuclear bombs, and conducted other nuclear experiments in the Algerian Sahara. This secret, still-classified programme occurred during and after the Algerian War (1954–1962). Meticulously culled together from numerous sources by architectural historian Samia Henni, this publication’s wealth of materials documenting the violent history of France’s activities in the Algerian desert offers...

The growing need for a more sustainable fashion industry, in combination with technological developments in textiles and production, is causing radical alterations in contemporary fashion. Although change is just beginning, traditional processes and materials are already under enormous pressure. This book tackles relevant themes in the sustainability dialogue today. What possibilities lie within new technologies, and how do public initiatives like reuse and recycling impact progress? Finally,...

Deze publicatie is opgebouwd vanuit het statement 'Beeldende kunst wordt intenser beleefd door intergenerationeel spelen'. Hoe is deze gedachte ontstaan en hoe is ze getest? Waar vindt het idee van deze manier van kunst beleven zijn oorsprong? En waarom is het van belang om generaties samen kunst te laten beleven?

Dana Lixenberg’s ‘Polaroid 54/59/79’ is remarkable collection reflecting the American celebrity culture she encountered in the 1990s and 2000s. It takes us back to the heyday of print media, when photos were primarily analogue. The title refers to the types of peel-apart instant film Lixenberg used between 1993 and 2010, when Polaroid prints formed an essential part of her work process, serving as test and reference material for lighting and composition. She made these Polaroid tests in...

Lous Martens has five grandchildren – Jaap, Zeno, Anna, Julian, and Luca – and has begun making an animal scrapbook for each newcomer to the family. Although it is seventeen years since the first, Jaap, was born, none of the five books are finished yet. Consisting of loosely pasted pictures of animals that were clipped from newspapers and magazines about art, literature, and science, plus stamps and photographs from advertising brochures, the books are enjoyable for their small, ever-evol...

The magazine's focus is to explore images created for practical purposes, in this case, the photographs used to guide solvers of jigsaw puzzles in their endeavours. These pictures, from animals, television and sports to postcard-perfect destinations, are printed on cardboard and cut into various pieces of different shapes that must be fitted together to form the whole. Usually found on the puzzle box's exterior, they are exact duplicates of the completed game - the perfect version of the puzz...

An esteemed Dutch fashion illustrator, Piet Paris has been active in the international fashion world for more than two decades. His impressive client list includes Saks Fifth Avenue, 'Vogue', 'ELLE' and many other magazines. His style of bright colours, minimal lines, silhouetted female forms and clear-cut divisions of surface is readily recognisable. In this intimate monograph, author Hanka van der Voet traces how his technique has evolved over the years and pinpoints his influences, followi...

Het is een opvallende trend de jongste jaren: de intense aandacht voor het late en laatste werk van grote schilders. Aan the late Rafaël, Tintoretto, Rembrandt, Goya, Turner, Manet, Gauguin, Monet, Matisse en Pollock werden recent belangrijke tentoonstellingen gewijd. Er vond ook nieuw onderzoek plaats naar het werk dat deze kunstenaars aan het eind van hun leven maakten. Vaak leidt dat tot verrassende ontdekkingen en een herwaardering van het late oeuvre. Het laatste schilderij brengt nieuw...

This book offers a glimpse into all the rooms and reception areas in the Modez Hotel of fashion and design in Arnhem. By means of words and pictures it explores the ideas behind the creation of each room as well as the design process and the designing of Piet Paris's Gesamtkunstwerk as a whole. With rooms by the People of the Labyrinths, Bas Kosters, Gijs Frieling and others.