3deluxe: Transdisciplinary Approaches to Design Book

3deluxe is a German interdisciplinary design collective of communication, interiorand product designers and architects. This substantial book presents the group smost complex projects over the last five years, showing their skilful mastery ofinterplaying graphics, interior and architecture to create powerful spatial situationsand graphics that resonate through all of their projects.Their outstanding projects for fashion, music and sports, exhibitions and fairstands, spatial productions and architecture illustrate a sensitive intellectual balanceand sensual receptive approach. The multimedia theme world Cyberhelvetia,the interior design and corporate design for the infamous CocoonClub in Frankfurt,events and exhibitions for the 2006 FIFA World Cup as well as the corporate architecturefor the glass manufacturer Leonardo are only but a few of the multitudeof projects featured in this luxurious volume.The non-linear principle of how they meld various design disciplines is alsoreflected in the layout of the book. With cross-references of chapters andprojects, it vividly conveys 3deluxe s visual and theoretical creative approach.Essays by renowned authors complement the descriptions of projects, sparkinglively debate on current trends in design and architecture, making this expansivemonograph far more than a conventional presentation of their work.Read More