Manuela Roth

With a growing emphasis on green living, the design world is becoming more ecological. These groundbreaking designs appeal to the eye, the mindand the planet. And there's a dash of whimsy as well! It includes chapters on furniture, lighting, housewa res, children's goods, industrial design, office design, electronics, fashion and accessories, and transport. This latest volume in our Styleguide series showcases the successful marriage of style and sustainability in product design.

The villa stands for sumptuous home decor and upscale lifestyle. However it is more than a large urban mansion with a piece of land: The villa offers its residents an ”urban country seat“, combining the best of city and country life: impressive architecture and high quality materials, surrounded by green, yet in the midst of all the city has to offer. It esteems quiet and seclusion, without relinquishing its tie to the city. For architects involved in the planning or conversion of a mansion, reinterpreting a classical building in a contemporary context is an exciting challenge. With the aid of texts, pictures and plans this volume of the Masterpieces Series presents the works of famous architects as well as interesting works of younger newcomers.

Affordable building lots in central locations in the large cities and metropolises are rare. When there are no available gaps in the urban structure, attic conversions and extensions are an interesting and favored form of redensification. This volume explores approximately 60 attic projects, as extensions, conversions, or new construction, which utilize the previously used storage space for new use.

Hardly any other material unites such contradictory associations, stigmatized on the one hand, celebrated on the other concrete is still in the spotlight. Its almost inexhaustible potential and ever new applications and possibilities make it a most valuable building material. Especially in combination with other building ware it displays an astonishing flexibility of utilization.

Yes, I do! And now where do we go? The crowning finale of every wedding is the honeymoon, which belongs to it as much as the bouquet and the cake. Romantic accommodations in dreamy surroundings are the best setting for the hopefully perfect first days of life together. Whether chic and urban in an international metropolis, at a luxurious resort on a Caribbean beach, or on a safari through the African wilderness: this volume presents a great variety of destinations for a honeymoon. The hand-picked selection offers wonderful solutions to all newlywed's wishes whether to be on cloud nine 24/7, to plan the future, or to simply forget the stress and strain of planning a wedding...."

Optimistic, naive and romantic, but not without provocation, extravagance and glamour that is pink. Hardly any other color can polarize like it does, which is what makes it so multifaceted. The color palette ranges from subdued, restrained shades to garish, dominant nuances. For the packaging for her perfume Shocking in 1937 the designer Elsa Schiaparelli chose a pink shade called shocking pink that has since then become a classic among colors. Pink Up Your Life! is immersed in the universe of pink product designs, presenting the repertoire of famous brands as well as novel creations. Pink makes everything possible! The variety of products proves the point: much more than a color for little girls, pink can call on a global fan base from young to old, male as well as female."

With a growing emphasis on green living, the design world is becoming more ecological. These groundbreaking designs appeal to the eye, the mindand the planet. And there's a dash of whimsy as well! It includes chapters on furniture, lighting, housewa res, children's goods, industrial design, office design, electronics, fashion and accessories, and transport. This latest volume in our Styleguide series showcases the successful marriage of style and sustainability in product design.