Instituto Monsa de Ediciones – förlag

In this book, I invite you to join me on a fascinating journey through the world of photographic embroidery. Together, we’ll explore everything from the most basic stitches to more advanced techniques, so you can discover all that this art form has to offer. I’ll also teach you different ways to transfer images onto fabric—an essential step for embroidering on them and bringing your own creations to life.Studio Variopinto.

Global responsibility and commitment to the environment means the pressure is on to seek environmentally friendly and sustainable solutions to combat the mounting problem of consumer waste. The importance of recyclable packaging is clearly recognised by all market sectors; either because the product itself is natural and eco-friendly or manufacturers wish to draw attention to the essence of the product, demonstrating commitment to environmental protection through company products. Green Packaging Solutions showcases some of the finest examples of packing designs that combines brand identity and innovative style with environmentally friendly and sustainable materials and production.

This book helps you discover the latest trends and innovations in interior design for small spaces. Filled with superb full-colour photography, detailed architectural plans, and insightful project descriptions, this volume showcases some the most innovative and exciting trends in interior design for small spaces - the featured projects range in size from 16m2 to 40m2. From concealed storage to the clever use of light and colour, these projects will be an invaluable source of inspiration for interior designers working with limited space.

One of two most anticipated rooms of a house (the other is the master bathroom) is the kitchen. It's the interior space where most value can be added during a sale and the space that most homeowners, whether selling or not, wish to make the heart of the home. The kitchen is not just a place where meals are created: it is a place for fuelling the body, mind, and spirit. A space reserved exclusively to functionality a few years ago is now one of the most important meeting and socializing points in the house. What was an isolated space is today a showpiece integrated into other rooms. Here are over 100 amazing and contemporary kitchen designs to suit all sizes, shapes, and ages of house.

Needle Work: Stitched Illustrations is a lavishly illustrated volume that explores the growing trend in textile-based art and illustration. The works of each featured artist are showcased with full-page illustrations, alongside a brief biography that examines their work, inspiration, and artistic vision.

Due to unprecedented population growth in cities around the world, together with the rising house prices, and lack of space, apartments now represent an indispensable form of housing. With the help of some interior design know-how you can transform apartments into unique habitable living space, combining contemporary looks with practical designs for day to day living. Interiors for Singles showcases a wide variety of design solutions, all adaptable to various typologies of accommodation - from tiny studios to spacious loft.

This superbly illustrated volume showcases some of the most innovative and environmentally-friendly packaging and product designs from around the world. Not only are these designs recyclable, many of them are made with recycled materials, and some are even biodegradable. Divided in to three sections: Boxes explores everything from recycled cardboard to reusable aluminium designs; Bottles covers all types of packaging in which glass is the main material; and the final section, Bags looks at carriers made from cardboard, cotton, recycled leather and even plastic.

Logos form an essential part of brand identity - the allow people to quickly and easily identify and connect with a brand, its products and service. But logos need to be more than just eye-catching, they also need to complement the values and ideals of the company/brand they represent. This volume brings together designers and design firms from around the world, and showcases how they have overcome the challenges of logo design to create truly outstanding works that speak to both consumers and business.

Green Social Housing explores the ideas, inspirations and factors that need to be taken into account in order to achieve new and advanced typologies of ecological and bioclimatic social housing - ones which are able to meet the needs of their occupants, are designed to be perfectly integrated in the urban and social structure of their locations, and which can evolve with the needs of their occupants and environment.Featuring full-colour photography and detailed architectural plans and drawings, along with informative texts, this is an essential resource for architects and designer looking for ideas and inspiration for their next environmentally friendly social housing project.

Flat Illustration describes minimalist design that emphasizes usability. It features clean, open space, crisp edges, bright colours and two-dimensional (flat) illustrations, and takes advantage of a simplified style illustration, where ornamental elements are viewed as unnecessary.Flat Illustration showcases works from great artists such as Dario Genuardi, Mariadiamantes, Miguel Camacho and groovisions. Also included is a brief biography of each featured designers and high resolution images of their final works.

For some time, residential architecture has not been limited simply to creating a place to live, but also to providing a quality of life for its occupants. The addition of a green space - be it a roof terrace, small atrium, an enclosed garden, or even just a window box - can have a huge impact on the feel of a building. This superbly illustrated volume brings together a selection of innovative architectural projects that feature unusual green spaces. Each project is accompanied by full-colour photography, detailed architectural plans, and a brief introduction.

At dusk, when the pace of daily life comes to a halt, Barcelona's shops lower their shutters. From this simple gesture, a spectacular outdoor art exhibition is born, filling the night with stories full of colour and imagination. Filled with stunning full-colour photography, Barcelona Urban Art takes readers on a visual journey around the city's most vibrant and exciting street art hotspots, highlighting the work of some of Europe's most creative street artists.

Barcelona is a city filled with stunning art and design. To wander its streets and not find some marvellous detail is almost impossible. With the popularity of social networks such as Instagram, Facebook, and Tumblr, sharing your images favourite is now easier than ever. Insta-Barcelona is a gorgeously illustrated book that captures the breathtaking beauty of Barcelona - showcasing not only its popular visitor spots, but also its hidden secrets, its public art, and the unique vision of the urban photographers who gladly share their images, and love for Barcelona, with the world.

Environmentally-friendly architecture has come on leaps and bounds in the last two decades - a combination of new materials, new construction techniques, and architects willing to take on the challenge, has seen stunning eco-projects come to life around the world. This superbly illustrated volume brings together a collection of environmentally-friendly projects from around the world, all of which have one thing in common - their innovative and exciting use of green space. Whether a vertical garden, an interior green space, or a garden roof, these stunning projects showcase the future of environmentally-friendly housing.

Over the last few years, illustration has become ever more popular and critically regarded as an art. Cool Illustration provides a superb showcase for the work of illustrators - both well known and up-and-coming - from all over the world, working in a range of styles. The work of each artist is accompanied by a short biography that explores the inspiration, ideas, and influences behind their work and their distinctive style

Designing a small house requires creative thinking and an ability to optimise available space for both comfort and function. Mini Apartments brings together a stunning selection of housing projects from around the world - London to Brazil, Sweden to Australia - that range in size from 14m2 to 50m2. Each project showcases the latest trends and innovation in small home design - from the use of multifunction furniture to colour schemes that create the illusion of space.

Over the last few years, the use of pallets as a building material has increased dramatically - they are now regularly used in furniture design, interior design, temporary installations and even emergency housing. Not only are pallets an easy to obtain material - they are available virtually anywhere in the world - they are also easy to handle and have a unique and expressive aesthetic. Pallet Project brings together twenty fully realised pallet-based construction projects from around the world, showcasing the unique ways in which architects and designers have utilised this versatile material. Each project is accompanied by full-colour photography, detailed architectural renders and illustrations, and a brief text which explores the inspiration behind the project, the challenges it faced, and the final construction.

This superbly illustrated volume brings together the work of some the world's best manga illustrators, showcasing their exceptional talent across a diverse range of manga styles - such as Chibi, Kodomo, Shojo, Seinen, and more. The work of each artist is accompanied by a brief biography in which they reveal their inspirations, the challenges they face when creating work, and the processes and materials they use.

This magnificently illustrated volume brings together a collection of innovative and original garden design projects from around the world. Whether they are small or large, in urban or rural environments, they all have one aim in common - to make the space they occupy more enjoyable to be in. The featured projects cover a wide range of design styles and garden elements - from roof gardens to decking to water features and more - and are all accompanied by superb full-colour photography, detailed illustrations, and a brief but detailed explanation of the inspiration behind the design and the choice of plants and design elements.

The magic of painting has been present throughout human history, serving as a faithful narrator and mirror of times past, reflecting society's dreams and concerns. With an infinite number of different techniques and styles, from the purest realism to symbolism, abstraction, and expressionism, painting has allowed artists to create works that will appeal to everyone. Each painting becomes a means of expression in and of itself, we live in a time in which we enjoy total creative freedom and are exposed to a large quantity of visual information. So much so that the multidisciplinary approach, the simplicity of lines, the blend of textures, and experimentation with styles and techniques are constant factors in the work of every artist.This magnificently illustrated book brings together the best works of artists from all over the world, showcasing an extraordinary breadth of talent and creativity.

In architectural terms, rehabilitation is all about breathing new life into an old building using modern materials and designs that both compliment and updated the existing features. This superbly illustrated volume, featuring full-colour photography and detailed architectural plans, brings together a number of "rehabilitation" projects that have successfully overcome the challenges of re-purposing old buildings for a modern setting.

In recent years, the concept of the kitchen has changed dramatically. It has gone from a place only though of for preparing meals to meeting point for family and friends, becoming one of the most important rooms in a home. This superbly illustrated volume brings together an number of projects that have successfully met the challenge of creating a kitchen that combine functionality, style, and comfort.

A multidisciplinary building is one that includes multi-purpose spaces linked together to create a dynamic area where cultural, business, and leisure activities can intermingle. Multidisciplinary buildings can be used for a wide variety of purposes - from sports centres and facilities to libraries and educational centres.Multidisciplinary Spaces brings together a collection of innovative and exciting projects from around the world - from Spain to China, Mexico to Berlin. Alongside stunning full-colour photography and detailed architectural illustrations, each featured project comes with a brief description that explores the main design elements of the building.

This superbly illustrated volume showcase some of the finest examples of unusual and unique hotel designs from around the world - including New York, Berlin, Singapore, Barcelona, Copenhagen, Brussels, and more. Each of the featured projects in Unusual & Unique Hotels is accompanied by full-colour photography, detailed architectural illustrations, and information about the project concept, the architects, and those involved in construction.

Branding & Spaces Design presents different spaces - including offices, bookshops, cafes, hairdressers, jewellery shops, fashion retail stores, tea shops, and more - that all have one thing in common, their branding and interior design have been created to showcase a global image with its own personality. Filled with superb full-colour photography and brief descriptions that explore the inspiration behind the designs, these projects showcase some the most unique and innovative branding and interior design work from around the world.

Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) is without doubt the most famous Latin-American painter of the 20th century and a fundamental figure in Mexican art. Her work has been celebrated internationally as emblematic of Mexican national and indigenous traditions, and by feminists for its uncompromising depiction of the female experience and form. This fabulously illustrated volume brings together a series of stunning portraits, each one giving readers a glimpse into the many and varied ways in which Frida Kahlo has inspired countless artists across the globe.

Filled with superb full-colour photography and detailed architectural plans and drawings Efficient Offices brings together a range of architectural projects from across Europe - including two from the CERN facilities in France - that showcase some of the latest innovations in sustainable and efficient office design.

This book is a selection of different ways to interpret a map at the illustrative level. Several artists have created maps of the worlds most beautiful places and also its main cities, including Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Rio de Janeiro, and more. They are colourful illustrations in which each artist shows us his or her own way of working with lines and geometrical shapes, some very detailed or synthesised, some using computers or watercolours, and some simply using a pen.