Braun+Design Collection
English edition
Braun+Design Collection has been the holy grail for Braun enthusisast and collectors ever since it went out of print some 20 years ago.
Originally self-published by its creators Jo Klatt and Günter Staeffler in 1990 Braun+Design Collection is a comprehensive overview of Braun products for the German market from 1955–1995. With more than 1000 products listed, this book is an indispensable overview of Braun’s design history.
It is now available digitally for the first time in both German and English, with the addition of a foreword by renowned Braun expert and curator Peter Kapos.
Fixed layout ebook, 265 pages, English (49.5MB)
File Type: epub 3, compatible with iBooks on iPad and other epub readers that support interactive fixed layout epub 3 publications.
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Braun+Design Collection
German edition
Braun+Design Collection has been the holy grail for Braun enthusisast and collectors ever since it went out of print some 20 years ago.
Originally self-published by its creators Jo Klatt and Günter Staeffler in 1990 Braun+Design Collection is a comprehensive overview of Braun products for the German market from 1955–1995. With more than 1000 products listed, this book is an indispensable overview of Braun’s design history.
It is now available digitally for the first time in both German and English, with the addition of a foreword by renowned Braun expert and curator Peter Kapos.
Fixed layout ebook, 265 pages, German (49.5MB)
File Type: epub 3, compatible with iBooks on iPad and other epub readers that support interactive fixed layout epub 3 publications.
Requirements
This book requires an epub reader that supports the epub 3 format, fixed layouts and interactivity. We recommend using iBooks on the iPad or Gitden for Android tablets. Another way to view the ebook is by downloading the newest version of Readium, which is a plugin for the Chrome browser to view ebooks directly in the browser window.
Please download the free sample of the book in order to make sure the ebook will be compatible with your device and reader application.
Helvetica / Objectified / Urbanized: The Complete Interviews
Edited by Gary Hustwit
Featuring more than 100 hours of unpublished interview conversations from The Design Trilogy, (Helvetica, Objectified and Urbanized) The Complete Interviews is a collection of transcripts from all three films with a foreword and notes on each interview by director Gary Hustwit.
The book includes in-depth discussions with designers and thinkers like Paola Antonelli, Alejandro Aravena, Chris Bangle, Michael Bierut, Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, Neville Brody, Tim Brown, Amanda Burden, David Carson, Matthew Carter, Candy Chang, Yung Ho Chang, Noah Chasin, James Corner, Wim Crouwel, Ellen Dunham-Jones, Tobias Frere-Jones, Experimental Jetset, Dan Formosa, Sir Norman Foster, Naoto Fukasawa, Jan Gehl, Jonathan Hoefler, Jonathan Ive, Hella Jongerius, Bruce Katz, David Kelley, Rem Koolhaas, Rahul Mehrotra, Bill Moggridge, Marc Newson, Oscar Niemeyer, Enrique Peñalosa, Michael C. Place, Rick Poynor, Dieter Rams, Karim Rashid, Alice Rawsthorn, Stefan Sagmeister, Paula Scher, Ric Scofidio, Erik Spiekermann, Davin Stowell, Jane Fulton Suri, Massimo Vignelli, Rob Walker, Hermann Zapf, and many more... over 75 of the world's most creative and innovative people.
E-book, 736 pages (in print), English (1.3MB)
File Type: epub 3, compatible with iBooks on iPad and other epub readers that support epub 3 publications.
Requirements
This book requires an epub reader that supports the epub 3 format. We recommend using iBooks on the iPad. Another way to view the ebook is by downloading the newest version of Readium, which is a plugin for the Chrome browser to view ebooks directly in the browser window.
Please download the free sample of the book in order to make sure the ebook will be compatible with your device and reader application.
American Neon
Toon Michiels
American Neon Signs by Day and Night is the work of Photographer and Graphic Designer Toon Michiels. It was originally released in 1979 as an edition of 1000 in collaboration with the celebrated printing house Drukkerij Rosbeek and has since become extremely rare and hard to find.
During the late Seventies Toon traveled the length and breadth of America photographing neon signs, each sign captured during the day and again at night from an identical position. The result is a striking visual compendium that provides insight into the graphical landscape of the USA at that time.
This newly compiled digital edition of American Neon features a foreword by renowned photography collector, publisher and creative director Erik Kessels and also includes many images that were omitted from the original publication.
Toon Michiels was born in Boxtel in 1950 and studied at the Royal Academy of Art and Design in ’s-Hertogenbosch. He currently lives and works in Amsterdam with his 5 year old Jack Russell named Presley.
Fixed layout ebook, 30 pages, English (30MB)
File Type: epub 3, compatible with iBooks on iPad and other epub readers that support interactive fixed layout epub 3 publications.
Requirements
This book requires an epub reader that supports the epub 3 format, fixed layouts and interactivity. We recommend using iBooks on the iPad or Gitden for Android tablets. Another way to view the ebook is by downloading the newest version of Readium, which is a plugin for the Chrome browser to view ebooks directly in the browser window.
Please download the free sample of the book in order to make sure the ebook will be compatible with your device and reader application.
Tell Me Something
Edited by Jessica Edwards
In Tell Me Something, we’ve asked sixty filmmakers we admire, from veterans to up-and-comers, for one piece of advice. Then we took their picture. The resulting book is an art project, a creative manual, and an inspiration generator.
Featuring Errol Morris, Albert Maysles, Martin Scorsese, DA Pennebaker, James Marsh, Barbara Kopple, Kim Longinotto, Morgan Spurlock, Frederick Wiseman, Alex Gibney, Davis Guggenheim, and many more.
Fixed layout ebook, 69 pages, English (48MB)
File Type: epub 3, compatible with iBooks on iPad and other epub readers that support interactive fixed layout epub 3 publications.
Requirements
This book requires an epub reader that supports the epub 3 format, fixed layouts and interactivity. We recommend using iBooks on the iPad or Gitden for Android tablets. Another way to view the ebook is by downloading the newest version of Readium, which is a plugin for the Chrome browser to view ebooks directly in the browser window.
Please download the free sample of the book in order to make sure the ebook will be compatible with your device and reader application.
The Olympic City
by Jon Pack and Gary Hustwit
The Olympic City is an ongoing photography project by Jon Pack and Gary Hustwit that looks at the legacy of the Olympic Games in former host cities around the world. Hosting the Olympics has become a way for a city to show itself off on an international stage and generate tourism dollars, and cities spend millions or billions for the privilege. But after the events are over, the medals have been handed out, and the torch is extinguished, what’s next? What happens to a city after the Olympics are gone?
Originally released as an edition of 1000 printed books this digital version has been designed and enhanced specifically for mobile devices, allowing for a fully immersive and enjoyable representation of the original book. It includes the original 200 photos and a foreword by New York Times architecture critic Michael Kimmelman.
Fixed layout ebook, 205 pages, English (142MB)
File Type: epub 3, compatible with iBooks on iPad and other epub readers that support interactive fixed layout epub 3 publications.
Requirements
This book requires an epub reader that supports the epub 3 format, fixed layouts and interactivity. We recommend using iBooks on the iPad or Gitden for Android tablets. Another way to view the ebook is by downloading the newest version of Readium, which is a plugin for the Chrome browser to view ebooks directly in the browser window.
Please download the free sample of the book in order to make sure the ebook will be compatible with your device and reader application.
Versions is an independent publisher that specialises in the digital reworking of art & photography books, rare editions, esoteric journals, monographs and ephemera from the past and present.
Our aim is to select the finest visual books from the printed world and translate them into elegant and functional ebooks for mobile devices across all platforms, including iPad, Kindle, Android etc.
Our in-house team of graphic designers and programmers are able to draw on their shared experience and understanding of print and interactive design to create highly sophisticated reader experiences that remain sensitive to the original material.
Please get in touch if you wish to discuss publishing a new or existing publication. We offer a full range of services including design, development and distribution.
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