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<p>Life advice from a screen legend</p><br/><br/><p>Arguably one of the most recognisable actresses of all time, this unauthorised collection of inspirational quotes demonstrates the spirit of a true style icon, and reflects on fashion, elegance, success, beauty and beyond.</p><p>-</p><p>'All little girls should be told they are pretty, even if they aren't.'</p><p>'Who said nights were for sleep?'</p><p>'I don't mind making jokes, but I don't want to look like one.'</p><p>'I am not interested in money. I just want to be wonderful.'</p>

<p>The third book about Offecct's collaborations with various designers from around the world is a personal and open-hearted conversation with Lucy Kurrein. She s been very involved in the creation of the book and offers a unique insight into the world of images and ideas that has shaped her design philosophy.</p><p>In the book, we follow design writer Max Fraser to Lucy Kurrein's studio for a personal and sincere conversation. The extensive visual material that Kurrein herself has selected reflects her personality, sources of inspiration and design process. Just as in her work, we meet a designer where care for every detail results in a natural simplicity that requires time. I am selective about the projects I take on. If I hired a team, I could take on three times as much work, but I enjoy designing everything with my own hands and allowing a slow and considered design process, she says.</p><p>Lucy Kurrein also talks about how her creativity when young was nurtured by visits to art museums, sculpture parks and galleries and why the relationship between the product and the human body is so central to her.</p><p>Lucy Kurrein began her career on an Art Foundation Diploma at the Leeds College of Art and Design. She went on to study Furniture Design at Buckinghamshire University where she graduated in 2007. After some years at Matthew Hiltons and Pearson Lloyds respectively, all British Royal Designers for Industry, she set up her own design studio in London in 2013. The same year she launched her first sofa in collaboration with SCP. In 2015 Lucy was awarded Young Furniture Designer of the Year by Homes and Gardens magazine. She is one of the most exciting new designers working in Europe today.</p>

A close friend of some of the leading wits and writers of her days (from Jean Cocteau to poet Pierre Reverdy), Coco Chanel was fierce and uncompromising in her pronouncements on fashion ('Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity'; 'Elegance is refusal'; 'Fashion changes, but style endures'), women ('A woman who doesn't wear perfume has no future'; 'Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman') and life ('The best things in life are free. The second-best are very expensive'). Much like her successor, Karl Lagerfeld, she never shied away from controversy, declaring one day of her detractors: 'I don't care what you think about me. I don't think about you at all'. Presented in a beautiful package and accessible format, The World According to Coco is the perfect gift for fans of fashion in general and Chanel in particular.

?A house is a built idea. A chair is a manufactured idea. But the model is the idea?, write the architects Mårten Claesson, Eero Koivisto and Ola Rune. In this book the models made by Claesson Koivisto Rune (CKR) are photographed and redesigned by Gabor Palotai. In Gabor Palotai?s photography, the models display visions, and as such become spectral.

Crystal Clear Recipes Glass designers' favourites The set table can be a delight - both for the eye and the palate. And a successful dinner party or a social gathering is an occasion when form and function interplay in the best way. That is why it is exciting to read about our skilful designers - the well-known and the less well-known - and their relationship to food and table decoration, both for everyday and party situations. In this book they share their thoughts regarding glass and its possibilities. Thoughts about the function of glass as either a beautiful and useful object or a piece of artistic decoration on which to rest the eye. All these designers are interested in the joy and aesthetics of the meal. This is shown clearly in Crystal Clear Recipes. They find their inspiration in many different places and in many different ways - both when working and when cooking and serving. Crystal Clear Recipes presents twelve designers who in turn offer their favourite recipes. Enjoy the beautiful photography, and be inspired by the tasteful settings. Most of all, enjoy the meal. Dinner is served!

In spring 2011 Norwegian Snøhetta was chosen as the worlds most innovative architect office by the American magazine Fast Company. The interest for architects and designers from Norway continues to grow. Exhibition projects such as 100% Norway have consolidated the countrys position as a design nation that is making great progress. In this book, Design By Nature a sequel to Norway Calling (2008) Staffan Bengtsson considers the Norwegian design worlds new and different relation to landscape and nature. Today mountains and fjords are not purely magnificent visual scenery but also part of a design process that perhaps ultimately is concerned with mans future on the planet.

Swedish Illustration 3 visar både bredden och djupet inom illustration idag och är ett måste för varje bildköpare, men är också njutbar att bläddra i för alla som är intresserade av nutida illustration. Boken innehåller texter om illustration idag och om de nominerade och vinnarna till Stora svenska illustatörspriset 2011. Swedish Illustration samlar också 123 av landets främsta illustratörer. Barnbokillustrationer, bokomslag, modeillustration, tekniska illustrationer och faktaboksillustrationer blandas med illustratörernas egna projekt. Swedish Illustration 3 is a compilation of 123 top illustrators and agencies. It covers a wide range of styles: illustration for childrens' books, book covers, fashion, science and technology and course books as well as the illustrators own projects. There is an overview of illustration today and the nominees and winner of the Swedish Illustration Award 2011 are presented. This book is a must for illustrators or anyone working with images as well as for those who are simply interested in contemporary Swedish illustration.