Black Dog Publishing

Obrazová publikácia je venovaná súčasnému výtvarnému umeniu v bývalom východoeurópskom bloku. Medzi prezentovanými umelcami je aj slovenský výtvarník Stano Filko.

This title includes 101 best movies that ever made - from around the world and across a full century - ranked and critiqued on by two outspoken film experts. It includes little-known facts, behind-the-scenes information, and hundreds of photographs brings each film to life on the page. Fully updated the paperback features movies from as recently as 2011, plus a new introduction. In this fun, controversial, and fascinating book, critics Gail Kinn and Jim Piazza have ranked 101 of the greatest movies of all time, including films from every decade and genre, as well as a wide variety of cultures. Each movie from 1 to 101 is covered in detail over three pages and including full-colour photographs. It includes classics such as "Citizen Kane", "Casablanca", "The Wizard of Oz", and "The Third Man"; international films include "Rules of the Game", "The 400 Blows", and "Rashomon"; and, the paperback edition now includes all new films from the last five years such as "No Country for Old Men" and "Slumdog Millionaire". Each movie also features cast lists, plot synopses, a tribute to the movie's best scene, biographies of the director and key actors, Oscar nominations and wins, behind-the-screen anecdotes, original movie posters, and more.

Green Design: From Theory to Practice is a unique discussion of the issues surrounding sustainability, environmental responsibility and the use of natural resources becoming unavoidable. The book looks at what Green Design actually entails and how this can be implemented within today's architectural practice. This reader scrutinises the pressing questions that designers must confront today, looking at the need to comply to green accreditation systems, but also at the wider and often over-looked implications of building design. Green Design looks in-depth at the way we use buildings, distribution systems of energy, transportation, manufacturing and the food industries, and ultimately at the way we lead our lives, to evaluate and address the true meaning of Green Design and the real causes underpinning today's environmental crisis. The contributors each bring their own thoughts and questions on how to improve sustainable design, how important it is and how it can be enforced. These discussions are given a contemporary relevance through the inclusion of the work of contemporary architects, artists, writers and commentators.

"Material Matters: New Materials in Design" explores the fascinating world of materials, surveying characteristics, properties and new applications of materials in diverse fields, from sustainable resources to medicine, architectural design to aeronautical engineering and interior design to 'haute-culture' and fashion. "Material Matters" profiles the most fascinating materials developed in recent years with full page profiles and colorful illustrations, examples include Aerogel or 'frozen smoke'--used by NASA it is the lightest solid on earth at 95% air. Amongst the detailed profiles are texts that discuss the fusion between science, art and design in the creation of these substances and their importance within contemporary living, sustainability and expanding technologies. The book also includes the work of cutting edge designers Marc Newson, Ross Lovegrove, Apple, NASA, Intel, Ron Arad and household names.

"Meat London: An Insider's Guide" is an essential book for the meat-lover living in or visiting London. Divided into concise chapters covering "Restaurants & Pubs," "Street Food" and "Butchers," "Meat London" covers all budgets, tastes and levels of adventurousness, whether you are intending to eat out on the run, settle into a four-course meal or barbecue your own pig. More than your average guide book, "Meat London" also takes into consideration important attitudes--concerning the supply of meat, seasonality and provenance--in our approach to food and the establishments featured. Whether you are after a venison scotch egg, a 20-ounce steak, marinated goat, hand-made black pudding, brains or kidneys, or a fine roast, "Meat London" is a wide-ranging and informative resource for restaurants, butchers and markets specialising in meat-centric eating. The book is beautifully illustrated with colour photographs of not only the food but also the establishments the food is served in; including their often charming, unusual, retro or highly contemporary interiors. Featuring an Introduction by the food writer Thomas Blythe, "Meat London: An Insider's Guide" is the perfect book for the casual restaurant-goer, the enthusiastic home-cook, and the dedicated gastronome.

"A Guide to London's Classic Cafes and Fish & Chips Shops" provides London locals and tourists alike with an alternative culinary tour of the capital's traditional, retro and more understated food scene. Taking a detailed look at the city's classic cafes and fish & chips shops--from the food and drink served to the decor and style maintained by these particularly British eateries-- "A Guide to London's Classic Cafes and Fish & Chips Shops" touches on the cultural history of the places featured, as well as providing an up-to-date overview of London's best and most loved cafes and "chippies." With more than 50 establishments covered, "A Guide to London's Classic Cafes and Fish & Chips Shops" is an essential reference for anyone interested in the capital's traditional and 'classic' food culture.

This doodle book encourages children to doodle, color, learn, and remember the facts that are presented within the title in a fun unscholarly way. Illustrations. Consumable.

Black Metal is a genre often maligned as overtly concerned with nihilism, destructiveness and an insular obsession with Satanism and aggressive nationalism. In reality, it is a constantly evolving vehicle for musically and ideologically progressive groups and artists, one that is increasingly forward thinking despite maintaining a purity of expression that is tied to the past. The formative events that, in equal measure, shocked and fascinated the tabloids of Norway and the international Metal underground in the early 1990s have given way to pan-academic appraisal, far-reaching musical appropriation and new conceptions of regional and stylistic self-identity. "Black Metal -- Beyond the Darkness" aims to look past the much-discussed Second Wave spearheaded by groups and artists such as Mayhem, Burzum, Darkthrone and Emperor, with a new focus on a number of the form's lesser-reported international scenes; developments in the selling and distribution of Black Metal through labels, stores and distros; idiosyncratic aesthetics and inherent notions of theatricality; Black Metal's relationship with the world of Fine Art; and oral recollections of the genre's development, amongst other topics. Illustrated with previously unseen archival photography, record covers, ephemera and other diverse aesthetic documentation of the genre, "Black Metal -- Beyond the Darkness" includes newly commissioned essays by Nathan T Birk, Louis Pattison, Nick Richardson, Jerome Lefevre and Diarmuid Hester, as well as newly prefixed texts by Brandon Stosuy and Hunter Hunt-Hendrix, alongside testimonials by groups and individuals including John 'Metalion' Kristiansen, Ulver, Imperial, Trine + Kim Design Studio, Nicola Masciandaro and Jon "Thorns" Jamshid.

The works in this book, by artists, architects, sculptors, scientists, filmmakers and thinks of all descriptions, attest to the versatility and immediacy of drawing. From first thoughts to finely wrought, elaborate artworks, from the lightest sketch in pencil to bold, gallery-wall installations, the medium is shown as a primary vehicle for creativity.The recent prominence of artists such as Louise Bourgeois, Robert Smithson, Chris Ofill, Rachel Whiteread, Ellen Gallagher, and a host of others who use drawing as a means of expression, is addressed in both the works shown and essays by curators Kate Macfarlane and Katharine stout, and art writer Charles Darwent. The Drawing Book takes us on a journey through five themes - measurement, nature, the city, dreams and the body, selected and introduced by artist Tania Kovats. Each is illustrated with a diverse range of images, from the old masters - Leonardo da Vinci, Botticelli, Durer - through great Modernist pieces by Rodin, Picasso, Matisse, and others, and on to the contemporary artists who are reviving drawing today: a new and unique approach to a timeless medium.