A trained art restorer and selftaught photographer, Michel Comte sprung to prominence in 1979 with his first advertising commission for Karl Lagerfeld’s fashion label Chloé. One of the top names in fashion and magazine photography, his work has appeared in Vanity Fair and Vogue. His subjects from the realms of art, music and entertainment include Sharon Stone, Jeremy Irons, Demi Moore, Mike Tyson, and Carla Bruni. With a selection of Comte’s most iconic images as well as some previously unpublished photographs, this massive volume spans his entire three-decade career. Chapters cover portraits, fashion and advertising spreads, nudes, candid paparazzi shots, as well as a series of photographs taken in Comte’s favorite hotel room in the Paris Ritz! This versatile maestro has also focused his talents on documentary projects in Tibet, Afghanistan, Haiti, Cuba, and Bosnia.
The upper north regions of Thailand including Mae Hong San, Chiang Rai, Chiang Mai, Lamphun, Lampang, Prae, Payao and Uttraradit process a prominent identity that is visible in its lifestyle, hospitality, food, dress, architectural design, rich history and cultures. Any memorable trips could not be completed without a good stay at a nice accommodation to unwind after a tiring day of sightseeing. Some travelers may prefer large hotels that guarantee standard service but some find the charms of small hotels as well. With the chosen 39 hotels, small hotels in Northern Thailand has compiled the most unique small hotels, in terms of architecture, style, and service, located in the beautiful region of Thailand where mix of heritage from its neighbors – Burma, Lao, and the hill tribes – are abundantly found. The cultural trait its also reflected in the decoration and the atmosphere, making a stay at the small hotels a much more pleasantly unique experience.
This book is a celebration of the world of design and its differences and the differences design can make to the world. It showcases more than 2000 works by nearly 400 creative leaders from around the globe who have presented at agldeas International design Week throughout its 20 year history. The content represents not only the diverse areas of the creative industry but also designers from diverse nationalities. A common connecting point for them all is the contribution they have made to championing design through their inspirational presentations at agldeas. Agldeas is one of the largest and most prestigious creative events in the world, organised and presented by the Design Foundation and held annually in Melbourne Australia. This book is a tribute to the thousands of people who, over 20 years, have contributed to the development of agldeas.
With the rapid development of China's economic construction, national income increased, the rapid rise of high consumer groups, people seeking high-quality way of life greatly promoted the villa market development process. Villa's high-end residential market as a domestic product, more and more attention. Villa place as one of the types of human settlements, along with the course of human history through a long stage of development. Villa style is actually a part of cultural products, it reflects the specific area, specific times and specific ethnic group's unique characteristics. After years of De historical precipitation, Zai different countries and regions of the culture, emerged a variety of unique style and different times of the villa on the traditional foundation form another Buduan innovation, form a distinct and stable Zhubu common features and evolving with the times and the development of increasingly sophisticated. Basically, each style has its own historical development, production characteristics, it is reflected in the villa also has its corresponding external characteristics.
Được lựa chọn, phân loại theo từng phong cách kiến trúc kèm theo đó là những phân tích, bình luận và đánh giá của các nhà thiết kế hàng đầu trên thế giới. Bounded & Unbounded giới thiệu chi tiết quá trình sáng tạo, thiết kế từ ý tưởng cho đến thực tại và hơn thế nữa là cả sự hài hòa giữa kết cấu của từng khách sạn với nền văn hóa và điều kiện tự nhiên ở từng khu vực cụ thể.