Mandala's zijn prachtige cirkelvormige figuren met symmetrische elementen. Het woord mandala komt uit het Sanskriet (een oude Indiase taal) en betekent letterlijk 'magische cirkel' of 'magisch wiel'. Volgens oude oosterse wijsheid dienen ze ter inspiratie en innerlijke verrijking.

Neem een ​​kleine pauze om stress te verlichten en je creativiteit een boost te geven met een verscheidenheid aan dieren- en bloemenmandala's om in te kleuren!

Als onderdeel van kunsttherapie wordt tegenwoordig ...

The scarcity of resources, climate change, and the digitalization of everyday life are fuelling the economy of swapping, sharing, and lending—all of which are in some way linked to a culture of commoning. In this context, we understand commons as community-based processes that use, collectively manage, and organize generally accessible resources—referring to both goods and knowledge. Commons in Design explores the meaning and impact of commons—especially knowledge-based peer commons—a...

An overview of the work of illustrator and designer Milton Glaser during the 1960s and 70s

Dit boek laat stap voor stap de grondbeginselen van het perspectieftekenen

zien in begrijpelijke tekst en handgetekende illustraties, speciaal gericht op het interieurvak.

Kees van Schoten (Amsterdam, 1958) is

interieurarchitect en als docent interieurontwerpen verbonden aan de Nia-

Academie.

Vanuit zijn onderwijservaring is dit boek samengesteld, als aanvulling op het

eerder gepubliceerde Het Interieurboek.

Het Interieurboek is al vele jaren het standaardwerk voor de (beginnende) interieurar...

Incorporating both formal details and welcoming elements, a sophisticated and balanced look tailored to a sense of home, as shown through the portfolio of Foley & Cox

An invaluable introduction for designers and creatives on how to create digital interfaces for users.

Over the last few decades the term ‘bootlegging’—a practice once relegated to smugglers and copyright infringers—has become understood as a creative act. Debates about homage, appropriation, and theft that are common in the art world, are now being held in the spheres of corporate branding, social media, and the creative industry as a whole. Today, bootlegging has become fetishized as an aesthetic in and of itself, influencing everything from underground record labels to DIY T-shirts,...

A visual biography of Aino and Alvar Aalto, who designed some of the most iconic objects of the twentieth century

Aino and Alvar Aalto together founded Artek and created some of the most celebrated objects and buildings of the twentieth century. Through letters, documents, drawings, and family photographs, Alvar and Aino’s grandson tells the stories of their life together, in Finland and abroad, drawing on many of the never-before-published letters they sent to each other and to family, fri...

Stefan Sagmeister’s newest project encourages long-term thinking and reminds us that many things in the world are improving

Initially conceived in 2020 as the world entered pandemic lockdown, Stefan Sagmeister has created a book that looks at the state of the world today, illuminating, through collected data, how far we’ve come, and encouraging us to think about where we can go from here. Statistics are vividly brought to life, as numbers are transformed into graphs, inlaid into nineteent...