The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Selected Stories

The volume describes the project to expand and boost the efficiency and quality of work of the new Twinset Headquarters, an Italian company active in the field of fashion, realized by BP Architects studio. Distinguished by an elegant design, and excellent thermal and sound insulation, the intervention displays the architects’ sensibility and ability to optimally […]

‘How could such a book speak so powerfully to our present moment? The short answer is that we, too, live in dark times’ – Washington Post Hannah Arendt’s chilling analysis of the conditions that led to the Nazi and Soviet totalitarian regimes is a warning from history about the fragility of freedom, exploring how propaganda, […]

Vi talar ofta om speluppfattning eller spelintelligens – men ingen har hittills riktigt kunnat förklara vad det är. Men nu har två svenska forskare, Torbjörn Vestberg och Predrag Petrovic vid Karolinska institutet, visat hur viktig hjärnan är för att någon ska bli framgångsrik på fotbollsplanen. En del spelares hjärnor har helt enkelt en bättre förmåga […]

The headbadge has been affixed to finer bicycles for over a century. Made of steel, brass, copper, aluminum and silver, and using elaborate techniques such as die-pressing and acid etching, manufacturers transformed these badges into works of art. The designers of these miniature marvels have clearly been inspired by a range of iconic sources; heraldic […]

Forty years on from the release of their era-defining album Remain in Light, Chris Frantz’s memoir tells the story of Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club.

The music of ‘Motown’ needs no introduction. Berry Gordy’s record label became a style unto itself, producing hit after suave, sassy and sophisticated hit, and shaped the careers of so many of the greatest musicians of all time. The label produced more US number-one hits than the Beatles, Elvis Presley, the Rolling Stones and the […]

Why did Michelangelo paint the Sistine Chapel, or Rembrandt obsess over painting his own image? What’s the secret behind the Terracotta Army, or Andy Warhol’s soup cans? Art: Explained offers straightforward and satisfying answers to 100 of these fascinating questions. If you’ve ever looked at an art masterpiece in awe, but wondered just what it […]

The classic illustrated guide to living a clutter-free life, from tidying expert and Netflix show host Marie Kondo. Marie Kondo’s first book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying, transformed the homes and lives of millions of people around the world. Spark Joy is her in-depth tidying masterclass, a line-illustrated, room-by-room guide to decluttering and organising your […]