'Ema (Nude on a staircase)' pulls the reader into the mind of Ema, the young woman descending the staircase in Gerhard Richter's 1966 painting, 'Ema'. Ema is a young artist who wants to discover what her greatest form of creativity is. She embarks on a journey of awakening, a quest for mastery that brings her into dialogue with her teachers and with her great mentors, the artists Gerhard Richter, Marcel Duchamp and John Cage. Ema explores her field, finds her own voice, considers the world an...

Most of Marc Boumeester's thinking falls under affect theory, a philosophy of a new generation, which in its turn is fueled by Deleuzian scholarship. Boumeester formulates new and contemporary concepts that can be put into action in art and design education through an operational style called "intensive thinking". In the book, many interesting examples of educational programmes and works of art are accompanied by images relating to how this theoretical approach can be applied in art and desig...

Het langverwachtenieuwe boek vanMagnum-fotografeBieke DepoorterIn 2011, bij het begin van de Arabische Lente, reist Magnum-fotografe Bieke Depoorter voor het eerst naar Egypte. Ze laat haar weg bepalen door een aaneenschakeling van toevallige ontmoetingen. Elke dag gaat ze op zoek naar een plaats om te overnachten. Zo krijgt ze toegang tot wat er zich in de schaduw van de revolutie afspeelt.In tijden van onrust en achterdocht probeert ze het vertrouwen te winnen. Depoorter laat de politiek en...

A visual historical renditionHave you always wondered what the Herengracht and Keizersgracht looked like around 1750? And what they look like now? The panoramic photographs of the buildings along these canals have been placed above the drawings by Caspar Philips. These drawings were made and published around 1768. See what remains of the old grandeur and how 'innovation' can also lead to deterioration. In a short introduction, information is provided on the formation, history and growth of Am...

Leadership as a social phenomenon is not permanent and can never be acquired definitively. Leadership is what turns people into a group and what gives them a sense of direction, support and meaning. The nature of leadership is variable, depending on the context, the challenges and the people involved. The leader's clothes is a book about the true meaning of leadership, but also about the perception, the roles and responsibilities and the beliefs and motivations of the leader.

You are not a le...

Europa 2017, dansen we weer op een vulkaan? Bereiden vreemdelingenhaat, gebrek aan vertrouwen in de politiek, en economische onzekerheid ons voor op een verschrikkelijke ondergang? Misschien wel. Het zou hoop moeten bieden voor dit project, aangezien de beste kunst wordt gemaakt op de rand van wanhoop, wanneer beschavingen uiteen vallen en we afstevenen op een nieuwe wereldorde.Dit boek vertelt over de totstandkoming van The Painted Bird, een collaboratief kunstwerk door negentien kunstenaars...

This fully updated second edition is the ideal guide for biomedical engineering technicians looking to increase their understanding of the medical technology involved in patient care. It incorporates recent changes in healthcare, regulations, standards and technology, and includes new chapters on patient safety and the electronic medical record.

On a windy day, a little dog finds an umbrella in the garden. Just when the dog picks up the umbrella, it cathes the wind and pulls the dog up into the sky. This is the start of a fantastic journey around the world.A wordless picture book that tells a thousand stories.

This book develops the mathematical tools essential for students in the life sciences to describe interacting systems and predict their behavior. From predator-prey populations in an ecosystem, to hormone regulation within the body, the natural world abounds in dynamical systems that affect us profoundly. Complex feedback relations and counter-intuitive responses are common in nature; this book develops the quantitative skills needed to explore these interactions.

Differential equations are t...