Arkitektur og design

The text provides scientific and technological insights on novel techniques of design and manufacturing using laser technologies. It showcases applications of laser micromachining in the biomedical industry, laser-based manufacturing processes in aerospace engineering, and the high-precision laser cutting in-home appliance sector.

LORENA LOHR: DESERT NUDES Published by Soho Revue, London Featuring texts written by Cassie Beadle and Lorena Lohr October 2024 Soho Revue is proud to publish Lorena Lohr: Desert Nudes, the first collected publication of the artist's paintings. This hardback book reproduces twenty-four oil-on-panel paintings from Lohr's ongoing 'Desert Nudes' series, a project on which the artist has now been working for more than a decade. Primarily recognised as a photographer until now, Lohr is probably best-known for her photographs of the American Southwest, a region she has explored and documented extensively through travels by train and Greyhound bus. Similarly, these journeys have influenced her work as a painter, which in the context of this series combines imagery based on the landscapes and built environment of the USA's desert states with meticulously-rendered depictions of the female form. The paintings in the series, reproduced here in full colour, can be understood as commemorations of the desert that at once pay homage to the abundance of life present in a region known as a barren wasteland. Lohr, a self-taught painter, is also impassioned by art history - and while the compositions that constitute 'Desert Nudes' combine multiple references to classic Americana in their representation of the Southwest's distinctive terrain (and in certain cases, of interiors and clothing) they also attest to her interest in the tradition of Northern Renaissance devotional painting, notably where the nudes themselves are concerned. As the gallerist and curator Cassie Beadle of Cob Gallery writes in her introductory text to the book:'Lohr observes that while Columbus arrived in the Americas in the late 15th century, around the time the Northern Renaissance was at its peak, the American desert largely remained unexplored by Europeans until centuries later. As such, Lohr brings the credence and aesthetics of the Northern Renaissance to the 'New Frontier' - a vast, wild and poetic landscape still unexploited in the time of the Northern Renaissance artists. In Lohr's works, nude figures could be understood as desert mirages, mythological goddesses or holy apparitions.' In addition to the images themselves and Beadle's introduction, Desert Nudes includes Burning Love and Hot Oil, a previously unpublished story by Lohr herself that takes its cue from online fan fiction erotica but also chimes with the imagery depicted in her paintings.

This book reflects on the methodological challenges and possibilities encountered when researching practices that have been historically defined and classified as 'craft.'

The text presents emerging real-life topics on mathematical models, machine learning, and intelligent computing in a single volume. It will serve as an ideal text for senior undergraduate, graduate students, and researchers in diverse fields domains including industrial and manufacturing engineering, computer engineering, and mathematics.

'My encounters with nature are very personal. I am inspired by watching jays gathering acorns, owls hooting and the joy of hearing nightingales.'Falling Into Autumn is the third book in a stunning seasonal quartet from beloved printmaker and illustrator Angela Harding. This series will take readers on a journey through the seasons, reflecting Angela's view as the nature around her transforms and evolves over the months. Taking in landscapes across the UK, from views from her homely studio in Rutland to the Scottish wilderness, via the low-lying marshlands of Suffolk and the windswept hills of Yorkshire, the beautiful illustrations and evocative imagery of the prose make this the perfect book for nature lovers and art lovers everywhere. Featuring many of Angela's most beloved prints, alongside Angela's observations and inspirations, Spring Unfurled, Summer's Hum, Falling into Autumn and Winter's Song are a joyful celebration of nature and wildlife across the UK at all times of year.

This book introduces and develops the novel concept of Lean Construction 4.0. The chapters provide practitioners and academics with a provocative reflection on the theoretical and practical aspects that shape the Lean Construction 4.0 concept.

Smart cities are fascinating, but they also have a dark side that little is said or written about. One issue is the possibility of generating various types of exclusion. For this reason, this book will develop principles for assessing the inclusiveness of smart cities and outlines strategies for strengthening urban resistance to exclusion.

From flowery carcasses on butcher's hooks to rigid, weathered tree trunks, Kostianovsky innovates the connotations of soft sculpture Sculptor Tamara Kostianovsky (born 1974) uses found materials including used clothing and discarded textiles to create intricate yet intense sculptural installations, ranging from wallpaper patterned with birds to spiraling tree trunks and animal carcasses. This book was published in conjunction with Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature

Shines a spotlight on a number of female artists’ contributions to the Danish art scene at the end of the nineteenth century.

An introduction to Mantegna’s monumental series of canvases that depict a magnificent procession in honour of Julius Caesar’s victories over Gaul.

An inspiring journey through a carefully curated collection of stunning designer beach holiday homes across the globe and illustrated with full-colour aspirational images.

Curated Living: Elegant Interiors and Artful Homes, the new title from Susan Redman, examines the elements interior designers weave together to redefine elegance in the contemporary home.

Rocked is a luxurious coffee table book that showcases the timeless beauty of natural stone and marble in the most prestigious interiors.

This volume focuses on the connection between ecological thought and the technological arts in Mexico to challenge assumptions that ecological thought is a domain exclusive to the arts of the Global North and reconceive it as an inventive nexus of materialist speculations into a global posthuman world.

Using five case studies of contemporary art, this book uses ideas of systems and dispersion tounderstand identity and experience in late capitalism.

This book explores stage conjuring during its "Golden Age", from 1860 to 1910.

An artist travels to Communist China to learn the secrets of Chinese ink painting Was it really reasonable to drop everything overnight and go off alone into the depths of Communist China in search of the forgotten secrets of ancient Chinese art? Fabienne Verdier never stopped to ask herself: in the early 1980s, the brilliant young Beaux-Arts student thought of nothing else but her desire to learn the art of painting and calligraphy - something that had been devastated by the Cultural Revolution. And when, a foreigner in the province of Sichuan, she found herself in an art school run by the Party, she was determined to adjust to the situation: the language and the mistrust of the Chinese, the unbearable lack of privacy, the poverty and disease and an inquisitorial administrative system. Blocking the West from her mind, Fabienne Verdier became the pupil of great artists working at the margins of society, who introduced her to the secrets and techniques of an age-old art form. This unique experience amounted to a true adventure story, leading eventually to Verdier's fascinating artistic practice that combines east Asian inspiration with contemporary painting. Passenger of Silence, an autobiographical travel journal by turns gripping and wholly moving, is an expanded English edition of the original French language text published by Albin Michel in 2005. New colour photographs supplement the already richly illustrated volume, with over 100 images alongside a newly written glossary of aesthetic terms.