PlatoMagazini

Frame magazine

Launched in December 1997, Frame is an international magazine on interior design that fuses British and American journalism with the aesthetic flair of an Italian publication. First and foremost, Frame appeals to interior designers. But the magazine also has architects and product designers, as well as their clients, in its sights. The driving force behind the magazine is to help interior designers shed their ‘second-rate artist’ self-image. To make them proud of their profession. And to inspire and surprise them, time after time.

Graphic design by Koehorst in ‘t Veld / 240 pages / English / bi-monthly

Relax: Interiors for Human Wellness

In today’s fast moving world people welcome a place to relax, to feel good, to recharge. Wellness and body care are gaining importance, not only for the rich and famous. A huge number of wellness interiors have been established over the last couple of years. And some of them have been designed superbly. The hottest 32 designs are showcased in Relax. The books consists of spa’s, salons and gyms. Chapters filled with projects selected for their beauty and innovative approach. Expect work from well-known names such as Karim Rashid, Steven Holl and Jun Aoki but also interiors from promising young designers. All projects are documented in high quality photography accompanied by in-depth articles, floor plans, project details and contact information. Each chapter is concluded by one beautifully designed yet unrealized project, illustrated with rendering

Behind Bars: Design for Cafés and Bars

An appropriate follow-up to Frame Publishers’ books on clubs and restaurants is a volume devoted to bars: a publication that transcends the rather shallow literature currently available in this sector of design. With a focus on exciting, well-designed venues located in every corner of the world, Behind Bars features 48 ‘bars’ in the broadest sense of the word: from juice bar to coffee bar to cocktail bar. Each project covers eight pages: seven on the interior itself, and one dedicated to the designer. Thanks to the profusion of photographs, it’s a book that is sure to stimulate the imagination. Floor plans and extensive project information complete the picture.

Happening: Design for Events

Happening presents 29 happenings – in the broadest sense of the word. From car shows to fashion events, from exhibitions to festivals, from sparkling to robust. Instead of telling you how to organize an event, Happening focuses on the design, and shows you how the designers translated the brief into an experience. The extensive photography allows you to enjoy these innovative events to the fullest. With today’s communication overload, marketeers have to come up with new ways to get and keep people’s attention. In Happening designers explain how they translated the essence of a brand into an event, creating an experience that fascinates a global audience.

Authors: Anneke Bokern, Joeri Bruyninckx, Andrea Eschbach, Tim Groen, Cornelius Mangold, Sarah Martín Pearson, Edwin van Onna, Stephan Ott, Chris Scott and Masaaki Takahashi / Graphic design by The Stone Twins / 240 pages / 23 x 29.7 cm / Hardcover / English / ISBN 978-90-77174-22-7 / January 2007

The Other Office: Creative Workplace Design

Full of images, ideas and inspiration, this publication looks at international trends in creative workplace design. At the heart of the book are case studies of 34 pioneering design projects drawn from practices all over the world, each extensively illustrated with plans and photographs. Featured projects include ad agencies, media outfits and law firms, as well as a police station and the headquarters of a political party. An essay examines current trends in office design.

Author: Matthew Stewart / Graphic design by The Stone Twins / 240 pages / 23 x 29.7 cm / Hardcover / English / ISBN 978-90-77174-02-9 / 2004

PowerShop: New Japanese Retail Design

Nowhere in the world does the interior design of a shop influence sales as it does in Japan. Retailers spare no trouble or expense when planning and realising the design or renovation of their premises. A particularly trendsetting sector is the world of fashion. PowerShop presents the best retail designs by ten Japanese interior architects, each of whom agreed to a personal interview. Shops and showrooms created for established names like Issey Miyake, Yohji Yamamoto and Nissan share centre stage with numerous smaller, cutting-edge boutiques. Indepth reviews of more than 46 projects are complemented by full-shot and close-up photographs. And that’s just a tip of the iceberg.

Author: Carolien van Tilburg / Graphic design by Roelof Mulder / 224 pages / 23 x 29.7 cm / Hardcover / English / ISBN 978-90-806445-3-3 / 2002

Forefront: The Culture of Shop Window Design

Ten couturiers and shops were invited to participate in Forefront. Featured are more than 200 bold and lyrical window displays by the likes of Barneys, Bergdorf Goodman, Harvey Nichols, Hermès Japan, Moschino, Selfridges and Louis Vuitton. Also included are interviews with all the designers. A musthave for everyone involved in retail. Graphic designer Thomas Buxó approached Forefront as if he were putting together an imaginary newspaper. This bold example of graphic design features black-and-white and colour presentations, each of which considers the relationship between a creative world sheltered behind the display window and the world outside, on the pavement, where glass is sometimes shattered into a million pieces.

Authors: Remi Abbas, Kanae Hasegawa, David Littlefield, Sarah Martín Pearson, Shonquis Moreno, Chris Scott and Charlotte Vaudrey / Graphic design by Thomas Buxó / 216 pages / 23 x 29.7 cm / Hardcover / English / ISBN 978-90-77174-08-1 / 2005

Grand Stand: Design for Trade Fair Stands and Exhibitions

Grand Stand is the most comprehensive work devoted to the field of exhibition and stand design. Two beautifully boxed volumes offer a reference book on design and concepts (Volume 1) and design and realisation (Volume 2). Grand Stand presents the portfolios of specialists from Germany, the Netherlands and Italy, as well as from Canada and the USA. Appearing in both books are a diversity of designs, from the mega-stands that represent multinationals at international trade fairs, including car shows, to the smaller displays found at specialised fairs; and from exhibition interiors to settings created for events and brand launches.

Authors: Jörg Boner, Carly Butler, Lars Heger, Conway Lloyd Morgan, Edwin van Onna and Simone Petsch / Graphic design by Lava / 528 pages / 33 x 24 cm / Hardcover / English / ISBN 978-90-77174-03-6 / 2003

Material World: Innovative Structures and Finishes for Interiors

A veritable cornucopia of over 100 innovative materials, this book also offers architects and designers clever ideas on how to use them. Think of smart materials, for example, which react to changes in the immediate environment, and of materials that produce exceptional optical effects. Consider light but strong composites, flexible building materials and finishing materials for use in architectonic projects. A short description accompanies each item, along with information on composition, technical qualities and possible uses. An application for each material featured includes a good description, illustrations and realization-related data. A survey of manufacturers and/or suppliers, complete with details on how to contact them, makes this book an indispensable source of information for professionals.

Author: Edwin van Onna, introduction by Ed van Hinte / Graphic design by De Designpolitie / 272 pages / 23 x 29.7 cm / Hardcover / English / ISBN 978-90-806445-6-4 / 2003

Dress Code: Interior Design for Fashion Shops

Fuelled by the success of Powershop: New Japanese Retail Design, the makers of Frame have created a book devoted to the design of exclusive clothing shops and boutiques. Dress Code presents a selection of 50 exciting retail interiors from the fashionable cities across the globe. The shops, showrooms, boutiques and flagship stores are crafted by the world’s most distinctive and influential designers. Each shop featured is accompanied by an in-depth commentary, a wealth of images and, in many cases, floor plans.

Authors: Joeri Bruyninckx, Sarah Martín Pearson, Brigitte van Mechelen, Shonquis Moreno, Edwin van Onna, Chris Scott, Matthew Stewart and Masaaki Takahashi / Graphic design by Lesley Moore / 320 pages / 23 x 29.7 cm / Hardcover / English / ISBN 978-90-77174-07-4 / 2006

Material World 2: Innovative Materials for Architecture and Design

What the original volume, Material World, quickly revealed is the enormous demand among architects and designers for product information, as well as for the names and addresses of suppliers of fascinating materials and finishes for use in interior design and architecture. Material World 2 promises to satisfy this demand. The materials featured in this book are grouped into 13 sections: Air / Earth / Elastic / Extreme / Industrial / Know-How / Light / Optical / Smart / Surface / Sustainable / Temperature / Water. Along with an index and an extensive glossary, these features add up to an indispensable source of information for professionals.

Author: MatériO / Graphic design by Thomas Buxó / 400 pages / 17 x 23 cm / Softcover / English / ISBN 978-90-77174-00-5 / 2005

Night Fever: Interior Design for Bars and Clubs

The party has spread all over the world, and these interiors are the faces that define contemporary nightlife. From India to the Arctic Circle, this selection of projects represents a broad cross section of bars, lounges, nightclubs and all the chimerical combinations in between, from colossal to cosy. Discover how leading architects and interior designers approach the challenge of creating spaces that keep on dazzling and delighting their guests long after opening night. The graphic design of the 312-page thick book is based on a long night out: starting in the East – where the sun sets first – to the West.

Author: Matthew Stewart / Graphic design by ...,staat / 312 pages / 23 x 29.7 cm / Hardcover / English / ISBN 978-90-77174-04-3 / 2005

Bon Appétit: Restaurant Design

Bon Appétit presents 35 projects from around the globe: page after page of the very latest restaurant settings produced by the world’s most influential design firms – from Karim Rashid and Marcel Wanders to Stefan Zwicky and HawkinsBrown – not to mention up-andcoming creatives like Jason Caroline Design. Our recipe for restaurant magic features a provocative mix of dining environments to satisfy every taste and mood. The list of ingredients swings from a dash of fast food (McDonald’s, Milan) to a spoonful of minimalism (Nuba, Barcelona). Each project is accompanied by a profusion of photographs and an essay that describes the work and reveals the thoughts of the designers. This book will satisfy your craving for fresh inspiration. Bon appétit!

Authors: Shonquis Moreno, Anneke Bokern, Sarah Martín Pearson, Edwin van Onna, Chris Scott, Masaaki Takahashi, Carolien van Tilburg and Monica Zerboni / Graphic design by Alvin Chan / 376 pages / 18 x 26 cm / Hardcover / English / ISBN 978-90-77174-18-0 / September 2006

Materiology: The Creative Industry’s Guide to Materials and Technologies

Materiology is a book intended for all creative professionals – architects, designers, stylists, artists and the like – who rely on materials and technologies. The book is written in a style that conveys a wealth of information on materials and technologies in a language that’s easy to understand. Materiology covers everything you always wanted to know about materials but never expected to find in a single volume.

Materiology is divided into four sections:
1. Categories of materials: various types of wood, plastic, glass, metal,
etc.
2. Catalogue of materials: 150 catalogue cards that identify various
materials, from the most basic substance to the latest cutting-edge
innovation.
3. Processes: major methods of processing materials (injection moulding,
extrusion and so forth).
4. Thinking out of the box: issues of relevance to any study of materials
and technologies: everything from ecology to virtual issues

Atmosphere: The Shape of Things to Come

The atmosphere is a useful and meaningful metaphor for the artistic climate that fills our lives and responds to our sensors. Here, too, one can distinguish various layers that can be analysed and reduced to the basic components of any creative effort: form, colour and material. In this book we explore seven atmospheric layers that not only exist simultaneously but – owing to their fleeting nature – can easily merge to form new combinations, over and over again. Atmosphere delves into a renewed interest in handicrafts, into creases and crinkles as generators of form, into nature as an inexhaustible source of inspiration. Learn how designers deal with the chill perfection of computer-aided design and how they counter a period of baroque extravagance. Each chapter is lavishly illustrated with recent work by top designers, architects and artists. Here’s hoping the oxygen in Atmosphere will be pumped into future projects – including yours

Design Academy Eindhoven: House of Concepts

Design Academy Eindhoven was founded in 1947, at which time it was called (in Dutch) the Academy of Industrial Design Eindhoven. Today the school has a reputation, at home and abroad, as a highly contemporary and virtually unequalled design institute. Programmes offered cover a wide range of design-related disciplines – from product, graphic, new-media and automotive design to city planning, interior architecture and trend specialization. The position taken by students and alumni within this spectrum of creative activities is considerable. The publication, called simply DAE, casts a light – through words and pictures – on the 60-year history of the academy. In the pages of this book, the reader will find the work of nearly every important Dutch designer, most of whom have studied and/or taught at the academy. DAE also offers a philosophical and critical view of design as a whole, and of Dutch design in particular, set in an international context.

Bright: Architectural Illumination and Light Projections

This 280-page book focuses on challenging and award winning designs for architectural, cultural, commercial and environmental projects. Besides showing the glitter and glamour of a variety of nowadays ‘illuminating’ architecture, Bright attempts to capture the feeling of how light and projections can elevate a building, an office or shop, an artwork, a bridge or even a whole city centre. Bright features extended coverage of unique projects, realised by a number of top level designers and manufacturers from around the world. Bright is a book that many professionals in lighting design, outdoor advertising, event design and architecture will use as a true reference.

3deluxe: transdiciplinary approaches to design

The designer group 3deluxe – formed in 1992 in Wiesbaden by communication designers Andreas and Stephan Lauhoff as well as interior designer Nikolaus Schweiger and designer Dieter Brell – comprises today an interdisciplinary team of about 30 individuals from the fields of architecture, interior design, art, graphic design, media design and product design. On the basis of this broad spectrum of specialist knowledge, 3deluxe devises holistic design solutions that range from graphic identities via media installations to architecture and all boast a coherent aesthetics. Many photographs and renderings give a detailed overview of their work. The graphic design of this book is in the hands of 3deluxe themselves.