The war in Ukraine is the largest war Europe has seen since 1945. War photographer Jan Grarup and journalist/historian Adam Holm have documented the bloody struggle of the Ukrainians, in both the hinterland and on the front lines of eastern Ukraine (Zaporizjza, Donbas and Kharkiv). Through photography and reportage, they paint a picture of a country where death reaps its harvest daily. A country in which the fear of impending nuclear war is real and where an entire generation of children and adolescents carry iodine tablets and receive schooling inside basements and bunkers.
Discover the captivating story of vermouth—the aromatic, herb-infused spirit that has quietly shaped cocktail culture for centuries. This beautifully crafted book takes you on a journey through the rich history of vermouth, from its medicinal roots in ancient Europe to its golden age in the bars of Turin and Paris.
Explore the legendary houses that defined the category—Martini & Rossi, Carpano, Dolin, Noilly Prat—and learn how their craft turned vermouth into a global icon of sophistication. With vintage labels, classic advertisements, and rare archival photos, the book pays tribute to the brands that bottled elegance and tradition.
Whether sipped solo or mixed into timeless cocktails like the Negroni, Manhattan, or Martini, vermouth is both versatile and enduring. Inside you’ll find a curated selection of recipes, from classic to contemporary, each celebrating vermouth’s complex character and understated charm.
Perfect for spirits connoisseurs, cocktail lovers, and design enthusiasts alike, this book is a deep dive into one of the most essential—and often overlooked—elements of the modern bar. Raise your glass to vermouth: storied, stylish, and forever in good taste.
Ariana Ahmad is an architect and the founder of her namesake design studio, established in 2010. The studio’s core philosophy is a full-service approach – handling every phase of a project from bare concrete to the final touches, including the selection of accessories and art. A second division of the studio functions as a construction company, allowing for complete turnkey solutions with full implementation. This integrated model ensures accountability for both the final result and the project timeline. The team’s collaborative process has been honed over many years. The studio specializes in private residential projects, ranging from apartments to standalone homes, while also taking on select commercial work.
From 2018 to 2022, Ariana Ahmad was named in Architectural Digest Russia’s TOP 100 and TOP 50 lists, and is also included in ELLE Decoration Russia’s TOP200. In 2022, Ariana joined Gold Edition lnterior+Design.
This book presents a curated journey through the refined, expressive world of Ariana Ahmad Design in sixteen projects—a studio known for creating interiors that are as emotionally resonant as they are visually striking. Each project featured here reflects a deep understanding of space, storytelling, and the intimate connection between architecture and daily life. What unites these diverse interiors is a commitment to authenticity, material richness, and a timeless aesthetic. Ariana Ahmad Design approaches each space with intuition and precision, crafting environments that feel effortlessly layered, personal, and alive. This collection invites readers to step inside a world where beauty is intentional, comfort is elevated, and every detail holds meaning.
The brain is a miracle, a universe that appeals to everyone’s imagination, and one that neuroscientists never tire of exploring. And the more detailed our knowledge of it gets, the more technology advances that enables us to visualize what goes on inside the brain, the more fascinating and intriguing it becomes. This book, created at the Belgian Leuven Brain Institute (LBI), contains breathtaking and inspiring images and vivid text to reveal the current state of international brain research. It features contributions from world-class researchers, full of facts and unique insights.
Text in English and Dutch.
Pressing Matters explains the fundamental debates in wine, from terroir, production and farming, to tasting, wine’s cultural significance and the economic value of wine. By focusing on wine through the prism of the key fights within each topic, the book presents readers with a story that includes the messiness, human fragility and disagreement about core principles that so often gets skipped at the outset of wine knowledge. The book fairly showcases all sides of the most important debates in wine today, giving the available evidence as well as commenting on what we don’t know. Aimed at those just starting on their wine journey, Pressing Matters is a lively and thoroughly researched history of all the key current wine controversies, written by an author with wine making in his blood, who knows the wine business from the inside.
– Lays out the key current wine controversies in a way that is easily accessible for the non-scientist and those new to wine literature.
– Examines the evidence from experts on both sides of each argument to allow readers to make up their own minds on current hot topics in wine.
– Goes behind the label to explain the buzz words, trends and wine speak used by the wine media.
– Helps readers see clearly today’s bigger wine picture in order to make better informed wine-buying decisions.
– Author is active within the wine scene in California and beyond, and a popular speaker at wine events.
From underdog start-up to industry leader, 40 years of strategic choices, innovative breakthroughs, and bold choices revealed. Lessons Learned of ASML traces the journey from an underdog start‑up to the dominant supplier in a volatile Tech industry. Built on interviews, internal notes and archives, it reconstructs the managerial choices—how ambitions were set, investments staged, partnerships orchestrated, technologies chosen, and setbacks absorbed—and tests them across four decades. Each chapter applies a clear analytical lens and brief reflection prompts, bringing strategy, innovation and ecosystem coordination into one readable, evidence‑driven narrative that opens theory for practice without pretending there is a universal recipe.
David Bowie was the original influencer. For five decades, his songs helped shape the landscape of popular music. But what did he listen to? Which artists, songs and albums did Bowie tune in to throughout his life?
This book, the first of its kind, reveals more than 100 artists that made it onto Bowie’s turntable.
David Bowie: Music Lover is a compelling mix of personal insight and expert commentary, jointly written by Bowie’s lifelong friend, collaborator and listening companion, Geoff MacCormack, and Jérôme Soligny, author of the seminal Rainbowman, who knew Bowie for 25 years.
From Classical to Britpop, Electronica to Delta Blues, the book explores Bowie’s eclectic playlist, redolent of the decades he lived through but also of his deep interest in all genres and eras of music. It’s a story that begins with Little Richard on Bowie’s childhood Dansette record player, and ends with Kendrick Lamar, a go-to listen during the recording of Blackstar, released just two days before he died.
An indispensable guide for Bowie fans and all Music Lovers.
Hi-Fi Horizons is the definitive visual tour of the fast growing listening bar movement. Spaces that trade thumping dance floors for velvet seats, sculpted speakers and reverent communal listening. From Tokyo’s historic jazz kissa to Dante’s Hi Fi in Miami, Zurich’s Kasheme, Honeycomb Hi Fi, Barcelona’s Curtis and Mexico City’s Café de Nadie, it gathers photographs of glowing turntables and rapt audiences. Curated and narrated by London DJ and tastemaker Killian “Don Grizz” Radtke, it traces vinyl focused sessions and intimate rooms that fuse design, cocktails and hospitality, giving people a reason to leave the house.
Perfect for readers of Dust & Grooves, Hi-Fi Horizons lists the curtain on the curators, DJs and designers redefining nightlife. No longer the preserve of “audiophiles,” these Hi-Fi havens lure diners, crate diggers and night owls alike, delivering club quality sound without the crush. Featuring 200 colour images, venue spotlights and insider commentary, it invites readers to slow down and rediscover music at its best.
The Language of Home offers a unique glimpse into the creative partnership of Will Meyer and Gray Davis, cofounders of the globally recognized architecture and design firm known for shaping award-winning residential and hospitality spaces. This curated selection of Meyer Davis’s residential projects spans city penthouses, lakeside retreats, coastal sanctuaries, a Mexican villa, and a luxury yacht—each one reflecting intimacy, elegance, and individuality. The narrative explores the art of design, the joy of collaboration, and the ways personal context shapes the work. As each project unfolds, readers are invited into the world of Meyer Davis, where bold gestures are tempered by careful refinement, revealing a rhythm inherent to the practice: layered, collaborative, and alive. Richly illustrated with photography, sketches, and material boards, The Language of Home is both a showcase of design excellence and an inside perspective into the work of two of today’s most influential voices in contemporary architecture.
Few marques command the same reverence as Ferrari — a symbol of Italian artistry, innovation, and unrelenting pursuit of excellence. Since Enzo Ferrari founded the brand in 1947, the Prancing Horse has stood not just for performance, but for a way of life defined by style, emotion, and craftsmanship. The Essence of Ferrari Unfolded celebrates this spirit in all its forms — from the sculpted curves of the 250 GTO and LaFerrari to the precision engineering that turns mechanical movement into poetry. Through breathtaking photography and insightful storytelling, the book explores the DNA of Ferrari: design, speed, sound, and the people who live for them. It delves into the creative worlds of designers, drivers, engineers, and dreamers, capturing how Ferrari continues to merge technology and beauty in perfect harmony. Beyond the racetrack, the book unfolds Ferrari’s cultural impact — from haute couture collaborations and architectural icons to its influence on film, art, and design.
The brain is a miracle, a universe that appeals to everyone’s imagination, and one that neuroscientists never tire of exploring. And the more detailed our knowledge of it gets, the more technology advances that enables us to visualize what goes on inside the brain, the more fascinating and intriguing it becomes. This book, created at the Belgian Leuven Brain Institute (LBI), contains breathtaking and inspiring images and vivid text to reveal the current state of international brain research. It features contributions from world-class researchers, full of facts and unique insights.
Invisible Lines, Immortal Beams, by Edinburgh-based artist Barry McGlashan, documents the past two years of his practice, including the celebrated solo exhibition of the same name at Frestonian Gallery from the spring of 2025. Thresholds, metaphorical and literal, are an omnipresent motif in Barry McGlashan’s evocative paintings. The featured works bring viewers to the edge of lakes, to rivers and roads, and lead to the foot of mountains. Other times the viewer is inside, looking out through windows to the landscape and sky beyond. Transcending time and geography, reality and folklore, McGlashan’s dream-like and otherworldly paintings are as haunting as they are enchanting.
This publication also features works presented by the artist and gallery at Art SG in Singapore in early 2025, as well as documentation of The Distant Ideal, McGlashan’s first presentation at Frestonian in March 2024.
Legendary. The man behind 500 Lui and Playboy covers offers his complete work. For 28 years, Jean-Pierre Bourgeois photographed the world’s most beautiful women for Lui magazine, in dream palaces on the Riviera or on the tropical beaches of the Seychelles, the Bahamas, the Philippines, and Santo Domingo. Photographs of these superb models of multiple nationalities have graced the covers and inside pages of the biggest international photography magazines. Today, prints of Jean-Pierre Bourgeois’s photos are sold at auction, in the contemporary art section, and are exhibited in Parisian and London galleries.
Text in English and French.
Iconic Car Museums invites you on a journey along the 25 most beautiful car museums in the world —from intimate private collections to vast manufacturer museums, from single-brand shrines to institutions telling the full history of the automobile. Each museum is a place that elevates cars to works of art and, in each museum, architecture is an integral part of the experience. Through striking photographs, you will discover iconic cars, visionary buildings and the stories that connect them. These museums are not just collections, they are temples in which engineering, design and emotion come together. Iconic Car Museums shows that cars have never been mere machines. Like paintings or sculptures, the most beautiful pieces capture an era and a vision, while offering a way of understanding beauty, speed and progress.
For more than 40 years, Benita VanWinkle has traveled the country photographing hometown movie theaters and drive-ins built before 1965 as part of her ongoing documentary project Please Remain Standing—a visual appeal to preserve these historic treasures. VanWinkle has recorded the astonishing range of these iconic structures, from repurposed Quonset huts to grand movie palaces. Her photographs depict magnificent Art Deco detailing and Mayan-style ornamentation, neon-lit theater marquees as well as the whimsical road signs that still entice moviegoers to once ubiquitous drive-ins. An impressive 512 full-page photographs, selected from the thousands VanWinkle has made to date, document 395 present and former movie theaters and drive-ins and conjure a time when Americans embraced the communal experience of going out to the movies—a few hours in which shared laughter and tears unite strangers. The book honors this beloved national pastime and highlights the continuing importance of movie theaters in preserving a town’s sense of community.
Porsche Rebels: Legends Reborn as Restomods presents the best of the best from the exciting world of reimagined and customized Porsches. Showcasing 28 elite brands with over 60 models, and premium photography, this timely volume reveals one of the most dynamic trends in the global automotive industry.
The restomod boom represents a cultural shift to bespoke automotive artistry. Fusing classic models with cutting-edge technology requires an almost impossible level of creativity and workmanship. The resulting builds are configured to shine as brightly on today’s roads as the original models did in their own time, frequently testing every technical limit imaginable.
As refined as the machines themselves, this definitive roll call of restomods is perfect for petrol-heads, Porsche enthusiasts and every other ilk of car lover.
Featuring the world’s most accomplished carmakers, including Singer, Tuthill, Rennsport, Gunther Werks and RWB, this superb second volume in the visually stunning Cars Reimagined series is guaranteed to fire up the hearts of motor enthusiasts everywhere.
Praise for Restomods: The New World Order of Handcrafted Cars:
“Bill Schwartz’s well-researched [book] is a fascinating who’s who of the industry, filled with 55 of the scene’s biggest movers and shakers – you’ll know your Revology from your Zero Labs in no time.” – Classic & Sports Car
“A fascinating look at the new levels of craft and technology that have emerged to cater to the world of luxury mobility.” – Wallpaper
“Curated by Bill Schwartz, it’s the kind of book that fuels big dreams and garage goals.” – Boss Hunting
This is a comprehensive essential tool to understanding and appreciating the Dome of Florence in its entirety. It is published as the result of several months of photographing all the famous structures – the interior of the Cathedral, Brunelleschi’s dome, the Baptistery – in ultra-high gigapixel photographic capture, including the frescoes inside the dome that no one but conservators have seen in centuries. More than an architectural icon for the millions of visitors to Florence every year, Santa Maria del Fiore represents the moment Europe discovered its new identity—one that valorized human ingenuity, revived classical ideals, and re-imagined the relationship between beauty, mathematics, and the divine. This publication captures that pivotal transition with unprecedented fidelity. Brunelleschi’s dome and its frescoes, the Baptistery, and the inner cathedral are showcased in fine detail.
Text in English and Italian.
As a professional traveler, journalist Luke Abrahams has ventured where only very few people have ventured before. He went gorilla trekking in Rwanda, discovered nomadic life in Mongolia, boarded the Andean Explorer Train in Peru, hiked volcanoes in Indonesia and Guatemala… The Luxury Travel Book bundles personal accounts of some of the experiences and places that will stay with the writer forever – whether it be for their exceptional luxuriousness, their exhilarating sense of adventure or their spiritual meaning. Each story is accompanied by the author’s own photographs, which capture his travels with a sense of warmth and intimacy. These personal snapshots transports readers inside the stories – as if they are there themselves.
Introducing Day Hundred, the definitive yearbook that captures the pulse of the international design scene. Curated and written by Leslie Vanhecke, founder of a premier PR agency specialized in architecture and design, this book is crafted to become the ultimate recurring reference for industry insiders and aesthetics enthusiasts alike. What’s inside?
-The Global Elite: A meticulously curated selection of 100 designers from every corner of the globe.
-The Full Spectrum: A unique dialogue between the bold energy of emerging talents and the timeless mastery of established icons.
-The Visionary Projects: An in-depth look at the most significant works released over the past year, showcasing the trends and innovations that matter.
Day Hundred is more than just a showcase. It is a celebration of creativity, a source of inspiration, and a roadmap for the future of design.
RAW is a new series documenting street graphics in cities around the world. Volume one is Tokyo. Every city leaves a visual record of itself on its own surfaces. Tokyo’s is unlike anywhere else. Stickers layered over stickers, posters that outlast their purpose, signs that become accidental compositions, marks and residue that accumulate into something nobody designed but everybody sees. RAW: Tokyo is a forensic, beautiful document of that record. Shot across the city’s most visually dense neighborhoods, it captures the tension at the heart of Tokyo’s streets: extraordinary control existing alongside extraordinary overload. Alongside the photography, five Tokyo practitioners — photographers, graffiti writers, musicians, architects, journalists, sign painters, curators, artists — write from inside this visual environment. Each the only possible choice. A foreword by a leading Japanese curator closes the volume.
The first volume in an ongoing series. Next: London.
This architecture book weaves history, restoration, and daily experience into a layered portrait of Maison Guiette, from its inception to the most recent interventions. Historical documents and correspondence between Le Corbusier and Guiette bring the original vision to life, while reflections from past and present residents highlight both the continuity and fragility of the heritage.
Furthermore, the house was meticulously restored by Ann Demeulemeester and Patrick Robyn. Their commitment to and respect for this modernist legacy played a major role in preserving the residence. Finally, Victor Robyn’s photography captures the house in its daily rhythm: light, usage, and detail as silent witnesses to life inside the home.