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Old Masters Memory Game collects the most famous and beloved portrait painters from the 16th and 17th centuries in one game that is fun to play, educational, and a feast for the eyes. The task, as always, is to collect two cards that make one set: in this case, two portrait paintings by the same painter. The sets are clearly recognizable by the posture of the figure, facial expression, the style of painting, and attributes like clothes andhairstyle. To help, there is always the brochure with all the paintings in pairs and a little explanation on the painters.This is a wonderful gift item for gift shops and all museums that collect the old masters. The game consists of 50 cards of 25 sets featuring world-famous portraits by the likes of Rembrandt van Rijn, Johannes Vermeer, Leonardo da Vinci, Sandro Botticello, Titian, Frans Hals, Albrecht Durer, Goya, and manyothers.

Smart Phones, Healthcare Robots, Wearable Computers and Self Driving Cars. They are arriving or already exists. We are becoming increasingly intimate with the machines that constantly count, control and watch the way we live. How can the growing world population of more than 7 billion people create a humane life for everyone? Let's find the errors and the holes in the technosphere that will give us space for free and creative thinking. What's at stake here is the remains of human agency. Let's use the brain pixels that are not taken yet. And Save the Humans!

Robot Memory Game gives an overview of the many areas robots appear in our society. All robot domains will get a description to explain the robot on the latest developments and reason they exist. The introduction faces the position of the robot in our human environment. All memory sets will contain two different examples.

When everything is destined to be designed, design disappears into the everyday. We simply do not see it anymore because it is everywhere. This is the vanishing act of design. At this moment, design registers its redundancy: our products, environments and services have been comprehensively improved. Everything has been designed to perfection and is under a permanent upgrade regime.Within such a paradigm, design is taken over by the capitalist logic of reproduction. But this does not come without conflicts, struggles and tensions. The most obvious of these, is that design is constantly being replaced. Our dispense culture prompts a yearning for longevity. The compulsion to delete brings alive a desire to retrieve objects, ideas and experiences that refuse to become obsolete. Society is growing more aware of sustainability and alert to the depletion of this world. For the ambitious designer, it is time to take the next step: designing the future with a more holistic consideration and approach. The book is a critical look at the design world with its various design disciplines and how these have developed in the past 10 years. Made in China, Designed in California, Criticised in Europe is for professional designers that care about design, the environment and how we live.

From the creator of Old Masters comes an exciting new adventure: the Landscape Memory Game!Get ready for a thrilling journey through art history! Historical landscape painters didn't just capture nature-they transformed it, pushing the boundaries of imagination with every brushstroke. Their work blurs the lines between reality and abstraction, bringing to life breathtaking vistas, emotional landscapes, and groundbreaking styles.From Van Gogh's Starry Night to Mondrian's early landscapes, and from the surreal worlds of Hieronymus Bosch to the romanticism of Caspar David Friedrich, these iconic masterpieces showcase an evolution in art that reflects the soul of each artist.Now, with the Landscape Memory Game, you'll dive into the world of 30 stunning artworks, each more exciting than the last. The challenge? Match two paintings by the same artist, and discover the rich connections between style, theme, and technique-whether it's towering mountains, tranquil vistas, or vivid colours. Every match unlocks a deeper appreciation of the old masters, making learning about art both fun and memorable.This game lets you explore art history in a whole new way. Perfect for art lovers, memory enthusiasts, and anyone looking to have fun while expanding their knowledge! Get ready to play, learn, and discover the magic of landscape painting!

Artificial intelligence is reshaping creative work at breathtaking speed. Yet much of the public conversation swings between hype and fear-celebrating technological breakthroughs on one side and predicting cultural collapse on the other. Prompt: The Book offers a different perspective: a clear, grounded guide to understanding AI as a new medium for human creativity.Written for creative professionals at every level-from students and studio teams to cultural leaders and decision-makers-the book explores how AI is already transforming art, design, architecture, media, and visual culture. Rather than focusing on economic disruption or technical mechanics, it asks a more urgent question: how can we use these tools creatively, critically, and responsibly?The book acknowledges real concerns-automation, misinformation, environmental costs, and the concentration of power in a handful of companies. But it refuses to reduce the moment to anxiety. Instead, it presents AI as a powerful expansion of creative possibility, comparable to earlier shifts such as photography, cinema, and digital media. Like those technologies, AI opens new aesthetic territories and new ways of imagining the world.Through essays, case studies, and visual examples, Prompt offers both inspiration and orientation. Readers will encounter forward-thinking work and gain a broader cultural and philosophical framework for thinking about AI beyond short-term trends. The result is not a manual or a manifesto, but a toolkit for creative resilience.

Welcome to a world where everything seems "wrong": eating meat, smoking, sitting, flying, data, campfires, flowers on the table-even your houseplant might be a climate offender. We're flooded with dos and don'ts, as if daily life must constantly be corrected by a moral authority. But what if we didn't shrink back in shame? What if we moved forward-with imagination?The NO DESIGN MANIFESTO is a call for creative freedom. At Next Nature, we don't believe in going back to nature-we believe in moving forward. A nature where humans and technology co-evolve, not under rigid rules, but through new forms of play. Design shouldn't be a moral compass-it should be a living, breathing system, alive with potential.Instead of turning design into a lecture on good behavior, we see it as a space for radical curiosity. Not statements that align neatly with policy, but experiences that invite us to feel, think, and act differently. The future doesn't need perfection-it needs connection: between nature and algorithm, bacteria and emotion, human and more-than-human.Forget the checklist. Embrace the ecosystem. Don't fear the wild edges. The new manual? We're writing it-together.