Buchhandlung Walther König

Women Dressing Women

Exploring the enduring impact of fashions created by and for women, this book traces a historical and conceptual lineage across more than 70 female designers- from unidentified dressmakers in eigh ...

Mood of the Moment: Aghion & Chloé

As imagined by the company's founder, Gaby Aghion (1921-2014), the sophisticated, romantic, and glamorous designs of Chloé have captured the energy and aspirations of generations of women since A ...

Liebes: A Dark, A Light, A Bright

The first major publication devoted to weaver and designer Dorothy Liebes, reinstating her as one of the most influential American designers of the twentieth century.

Funk You Too! Ceramic Sculpture

"Funk You Too!" verknüpft erstmals die historische Funk-Art mit aktueller Töpferkunst, vor allem mit Blick auf den auch heute lebendigen Witz absurder Keramiken. Die Gründergeneration der Funk- ...

Designing Peace

The first book of its kind to explore through a design lens the work being done on peace around the world, on multiple scales.

Pattern and Flow: American Decorated Paper

Showcasing marbled paper, paste paper, fold-and-dye papers, and more, this book reveals a little-known arts phenomenon from its grass roots in the 1960s to artistic heights in the following decades.

Abloh: Figures of Speech

This authoritative Virgil Abloh compendium, created by the designer himself and now back in print, accompanies his acclaimed landmark 2019-23 touring exhibition and offers in-depth analysis of his ...

Kimono Style: Edo Traditions to Modern Design

Though often presented as an unchanging, traditional costume in the West, the Japanese kimono dynamically evolved from the Edo period to the modern age. This publication explores the kimono's fasc ...

In America: A Lexicon of Fashion

Articulating eight decades of American style through the emotive language of clothing - from celebrated designers that established the modern legacy of sportswear to emerging creatives shaping the ...

Bill: A Subversive Gleam

Max Bill war ein Schweizer Universalgelehrter, der die Welten von Design, Architektur, Kunst, Verlagswesen, Werbung und Politik miteinander verband. Dieser erste Teil einer umfassenden Monographie ...

Garmenting: Costume as Contemporary Art

How artists have used clothing as a sculptural medium and a tool to explore gender, performance and more, from Louise Bourgeois to Andrea Zittel.

The Ronald S. Lauder Collection

To celebrate the Neue Galerie's twentieth anniversary, this cataogue provides an exclusive glimpse into one of the finest private art collections in the world, presenting the extraordinary collect ...

Never Alone: Video Games as Interactive Design

Accompanying a collection display in Autumn 2022 and a recent acquisition of 12 video games to the collection, this publication features video games as examples of interactive design.

Reinvention & Restlessness: Fashion in the Nineties

Gut 20 Jahre sind die 90er erst her, und schon mehrere Revivals haben sie wiederbelebt. Dieser definitive Bildband, herausgegeben zu einer Ausstellung des Museums im New Yorker Fashion Institute o ...

Gifts from the Fire: American Ceramics, 1880-1950

Dior: Designer of Dreams

Published on the occasion of the retrospective staged at the Brooklyn Museum, this new title chronicles the history of the House of Dior from 1947, when Chris-tian Dior heralded the birth of a new ...

Architecture, Theater, and Fantasy

For nearly a century, members of three generations of the Bibiena family were the most highly sought theater designers in Europe. Their elaborate stage designs were used for operas, festivals, and ...

Automania

Was wäre das Museum of Modern Art in New York ohne - seine Autos? Aus den reichen Sammlungen präsentiert das handliche Buch eine Kulturgeschichte der Automanie - und folgt dabei gleichzeitig den ...

Moore: Collecting Inspiration

The first publication to examine the pioneering designer and prolific collector who led Tiffany & Co. to creative and commercial success.

Jewelry Stories

Beautiful Creatures: Jewelry Inspired by the Animal Kingdom

Creatures from the animal kingdom represented in exquisite jewelry by renowned masters Cartier, Bulgari, Tiffany & Co., JAR, Belperron, David Webb, Schlumberger, Boucheron, and many other brillian ...

About Time: Fashion & Duration

"About Time: Fashion and Duration" is published in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's founding and features a timeline of iconic fashions dating from 1870 to ...

Guimard: Art Nouveau to Modernism

A beautifully illustrated retrospective of Art Nouveau architect and designer Hector Guimard, positioning him at the forefront of the modernist movement.

De Amaral: To Weave a Rock

Die Künstlerin Olga de Amaral (geboren 1932) aus Bogotá, Kolumbien, ist eine der bekanntesten Persönlichkeiten der lateinamerikanischen Kunstszene und der internationalen Craftsbewegung. Ausgeh ...

Albers: Camino Real

The first in-depth study of a monumental wall hanging - rediscovered after many years - by renowned Bauhaus artist Anni Albers, who was influential in elevating textiles from craft to fine art.

Willi Smith: Street Couture

African-American fashion designer Willi Smith, pioneer of streetwear and visionary collaborator, finally gets his due in an exuberant celebration of his life and work.

Mitchell: I Can Make You Feel Good

Der erste Photoband zum Werk einem der derzeit gefragtesten jungen Modephotographen mit Bildern vom Start seiner Karriere bis zu aktuellen Aufnahmen.