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Gutenbergs tryckteknik förändrade historien – nyheter, kultur och idéer spreds som aldrig förr. Humanisten Erasmus av Rotterdam knöt nu ihop Europa genom böcker som fick oanad betydelse. Vilken var hans hemlighet? I sina brev klottrade han självporträtt med dubbla ansikten, och hans förmåga att se två sidor rymde ett samtal bortom all fanatism. Han för […]

The 1,000-square-mile Chornobyl Exclusion Zone is, for many, a symbol of total disaster: a reminder of shattered ideals and lost lives, now a toxic, dangerous no-man’s-land. For Markiyan Kamysh, it became a site of pilgrimage. He and dozens like him call themselves ‘stalkers’: wild adventurers who sneak past border patrols to spend days getting lost […]

How do you exhibit a building, a locality, a city? Exhibit A reveals how architecture has pushed the boundaries of exhibition as a medium and how, in turn, exhibitions have shaped the discipline of architecture. Focusing on 80 landmark architecture exhibitions mounted in countries around the world between 1948 and 2000, and featuring 300 images, […]

An irreverent book of radically honest advice by renowned fashion arbiter and legendary window dresser Simon Doonan. Through his unconventional wisdom and singular storytelling, Simon Doonan is the ideal instructor to help readers find — and then flaunt — their own creative style and vision. With provocative wit, he walks us through every aspect of […]

The landmark volume celebrating the life and work of Ralph Lauren—the vision of the brand as told and presented by Lauren himself—in a smaller, more portable edition, with additional photographs updated to the present. In this visually stunning book, Lauren speaks candidly about himself and his art. In part one, we get to know the […]

Först kom Sebastian, sen kom Clara, sen kom Matilda. Sen kom kalabaliken när en pappa kände för att lätta sig hjärta och någon annans hjärta kom av sig. Den natten föddes inte bara trillingar på Lunds lasarett, utan också nog med hemligheter för en kvarts livstid. Tjugofem år senare: En ung kvinna hänger sig i […]

The definitive visual record of Aries—the boundary pushing London-based streetwear label with a cult following composed of skaters, counter-culture obsessives, and the effortless “cool girl.” Consistently turned to as a purveyor of UK cool, the clothes are marked by a bookish-meets-street sensibility, garnering it a cult-like following. The brand has always leaned into an insightful […]

Jennifer Clement bor granne med Frida Kahlo i Mexico City, i en värld av konstnärer, revolutionärer och poeter. Hon flyttar till New York och 80-talets konstscen, med Basquiat, Keith Haring och William Burroughs, på ställen som The Mudd Club och Studio 54. ”Löftet om en fest” är en berättelse om två städer och deras konstnärer, […]