Vitra
The in-depth story of one of the world’s most innovative and influential design companies In the recent history of contemporary design and architecture, no company has had more influence than Vitra. From the 1950s to the present day, Vitra has worked with succeeding generations of designers – from Ray and Charles Eames to Frank Gehry and Zaha Hadid, to Ron Arad, Jasper Morrison, and Virgil Abloh. With its forward-thinking approach, Vitra has defined and shaped the way that we live and work. Written by Deyan Sudjic, Vitra: The Anatomy of a Design Company, tells the story of the three generations behind Vitra. Driven by a sense of cultural and social mission, Vitra has had a major influence on every aspect of contemporary design, from architecture to graphics, photography, product design, and the landscape. It has shaped our understanding of such major figures as Jean Prouvé and Verner Panton. It has encouraged designers at the start of their careers including Jasper Morrison and Ronan
Vita
Zones of social abandonment are emerging everywhere in Brazil's big cities--places like Vita, where the unwanted, the mentally ill, the sick, and the homeless are left to die. This haunting, unforgettable story centers on a young woman named Catar...
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Vita
The Whitbread Prize-winning biography of Vita Sackville-West. Vita Sackville-West was a vital, gifted and complex woman. A dedicated writer, she made her mark as poet, novelist, biographer, travel writer, journalist and broadcaster. She was also o...
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Vitra Campus
Since the 1980s, Vitra has enlisted some of the world's leading architects to design buildings for its campus, including Zaha Hadid, Frank Gehry, Tadao Ando, SANAA, Álvaro Siza, Nicholas Grimshaw and Herzog & de Meuron. This has resulted in a ...
Vitja: Mistaken
Vitja: Mistaken [CD]
Vita De La Mia Vita
Vita De La Mia Vita [CD]
Vita Sexualis
Karl Ulrichs's studies of sexual diversity galvanized the burgeoning field of sexual science in the nineteenth century. But in the years since, his groundbreaking activism has overshadowed his scholarly achievements. Ulrichs publicly defied Prussi...
Vita Nuova
When Marshal Guarnaccia is called upon to investigate the murder of a young woman, he is convinced that there''s more to her family than meets the eye, and wonders if the girl''s father, Paoletti, might have had something to do with her deat...
Vita Brevis
A playful and inventive work from the bestselling author of SOPHIE'S WORLD. A box of Latin manuscripts comes to light in an Argentine flea market. An apocryphal invention by some 17th or 18th century scolar, or a transcript of what it appears to b...
Vita Nuova
A selection of the author's early poems, interspersed with his own prose commentary. It tells the story of his love for Beatrice, from their first meeting at a May Day party in her father's house, through the author's sufferings, to his overwhelmi...
Vita Classica
Während alle anderen Supertramp oder ACDC hören, lauscht Steffen Möller schon als Jugendlicher den Klängen Brucknerscher Symphonien. Witzig und trotzig schildert er das Schicksal eines Außenseiters. Nicht die spottenden Klassenkameraden, nicht die...
Vita Sexualis
This classic and controversial work of Japanese literature presents a rare look at Meiji-ara Japanese sexuality.Though banned three weeks after its publication in 1909, Vita Sexualis is far more than a prurient erotic novel. The narrator, a profes...
Vita Nuova
This bilingual edition of the Vita Nuova is the first facing-page translation of this text to be available in over 50 years. Dino S. Cervigni and Edward Vasta have translated Dante's lyrics into line-by-line free verse that seeks to reproduce Dant...
Vita Nova
Efter att ha blivit lämnad när hon vaknade upp i en sjukhussäng inser hon att killen hon tidigare lämnat är hennes själsfrände och snart är de ett par igen. En dag berättar han att han fått möjlighet att flytta utomlands och att han vill ha henne ...
Vita spår
Ett tåg står stilla på Norrköpings centralstation i den kalla vinternatten. Ombord har en ung kvinna hittats död. Det visar sig att hon inte har rest ensam. Med sig hade hon en väninna som nu är spårlöst försvunnen. Vilka är kvinnorna? Vad h...