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<b>A hardcover art book chronicling the development of the dark science-fiction time-looping roguelike bullet hell adventure shooter!</b> <br/><br/>When Selene Vassos crash-lands on a mysterious alien planet while in search of a cryptic signal, shes made to face treacherous landscapes, hostile creatures, and a ceaseless time loop that returns her to the moment of her crash each time she would otherwise have died. This oversized volume collects concept art of the volatile biomes and terrifying enemies, as well as insightful commentary from the games creative team. <br/><br/>Dark Horse Books and Housemarque collaborate to present The Art of Returnal. Journey alongside Selene through a beautiful and dangerous world with art and anecdotes from the developers of the BAFTA-winning game.

<strong>A comprehensive, large-format hardcover offering unparalleled insight into the making of <em>The War of the Rohirrim</em>, and the complete creative journey from concept to finished film told by the artists and filmmakers themselves.</strong> <br/><br/>Written and compiled by Daniel Falconer, conceptual artist at the Academy Award-winning design studio, Weta Workshop, this indispensable book chronicles the stunning conception and design of the world of Middle-earth in Kenji Kaimyama's <em>The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim</em>. <br/><br/>With more than 1,000 never-before-seen sketches, drawings, character studies and environment designs, this beautiful full-colour volume follows the journey of ideas, from initial concepts through beautifully finished designs to scenes from the film itself. <br/><br/>The wealth of art is accompanied by insightful commentary from the artists and filmmakers, including director Kenji Kamiyama, producer Philippa Boyens, and the writers and producers, all of whom reveal the complete story behind the film. <br/><br/>Armed with a wealth of fascinating facts and unique imagery, <em>The Art of The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim</em> is the ultimate insider's guide to this groundbreaking addition to the <em>Lord of the Rings</em> film-making saga.

Bertil Vallien is ranked today as one of the world s foremost artists with glass as material. He has worked with glass for more than 60 years, and is represented, among other places, at the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg in Russia and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City in the United States. <br/><br/>In Atlas, we take part of Vallien s world through his thoughts, words and stories accompanied by a rich visual flow of art glass, sketches and newly taken pictures from his studio and cabin. We get a premonition of the demanding work process that results in these unique glass sculptures, which is an example of when skilled craftsmanship and artistry meet. <br/><br/>Vallien s sources of inspiration derive in everything from the story of the girl Karolina, who slept for 32 years, to the black series Desert Snow. His famous crafts have been developing from the first one in ceramics to the later ones in advanced sand casting in glass. This is a technique that he has been developing for decades, which has made it possible for him to increase the sizes of his pieces. Passage, the largest glass boat in the world, was created by Bertil Vallien. <br/><br/>Atlas is an unusual book at 400 pages, with Peer Eriksson behind the graphic design and idea. The images come, aside from Peer, from photographers that Vallien use when the pieces are photographed for catalogues and exhibitions.<br/><br/><i>This book is the only one out of all my books where I actually have written the texts myself. An idea from Peer Eriksson that both felt exciting and a little terrifying when we started talking about the approach to the book.</i> Bertil Vallien

Tuija Lindström was one of Sweden's foremost photographic artists and was highly influential in Finland as well. This is the second of two books covering her work from 1980 onwards. Many of the images in the book carry on chronologically from where the last book left off, giving an overview of her production from the start of the 1990s to the 2000s. The themes of beauty and death, life and humanity, are at the heart of the works. The artist approaches these subjects in her powerful and direct, yet tangibly sensitive style. Tuija Lindström was born in 1950 in Finland and passed away in Stockholm in 2017. Between 1992 and 2002 Tuija Lindström was Sweden's first female professor in photography at the School of Photography and Film at the University of Gothenburg. The book In The Beginning There Was Everything was published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Finnish Museum of Photography in Helsinki.

Martin Jacobson (f. 1978, Sverige) har gjort sig känd för sin teatrala motivvärld där vitt skilda visuella referenser möts i ett sökande efter motiv som för honom tycks mer funna snarare än skapade av honom själv. I sitt personliga bildarkiv, som under åren växt till tusentals bilder, söker Jacobson efter bilder som tycks laddade med kollektiva minnen och associationer. Dessa bilder sammanställs i collage som senare blir förlagor till hans målningar i vilka det bekanta tar en ny form och det obekanta likväl kan ge en känsla av att ha hittat hem. <br/><br/>Jacobson har sedan han utexaminerades från Malmö Konsthögskola 2005 haft flertalet separat- och grupputställningar både i Skandinavien och internationellt. Hans senaste projekt inkluderar monumentala scenografier som visades på Wanås Konst (2021), samt en omfattande soloutställning på Vandalorum, Värnamo (2019). Hans verk har även visats i utställningen <i>Martin Jacobson: Exkursioner</i> på Nordiska Akvarellmuseet, <i>Martin Jacobson: The Traveller s Guide to the Other Side</i> på La Conservera i Murcia, Spanien, och i utställningen <i>The Collectors</i>, curerad av Elmgreen &amp; Dragset, i den danska paviljongen på Venedigbiennalen 2009. <br/><br/><i>Målningarna i den här boken är ett urval av de senaste tio årens arbeten. För mig är det en slags karta över tio års upptäcktsfärder, irrfärder, återvändsgränder och drömresor. Om jag inte visste bättre skulle jag kanske tänka att en sån här bok till och med skulle kunna ge mig en hint om vart jag är på väg. Men det gör den inte. </i> Martin Jacobson <br/><br/>----- <br/><br/>Martin Jacobson (b. 1978, Sweden) has become well-known for his theatrical motifs where diverse, visual references intermingle in his search for an image that feels as if it was discovered rather than made by him. He collects images for a personal archive that has expanded into thousands of analogue and digital files over the years, with the aim to gather images seemingly saturated with collective memories and references. These images are then composed into collages that serve as foundations for his paintings, where the familiar takes on a new shape and the unknown can still appear familiar, even giving the feeling of having returned home. <br/><br/>Jacobson has since his graduation from Malmö Art Academy (Malmö, Sweden) in 2005 exhibited at numerous solo and group exhibitions, both in Scandinavia and internationally. Recent projects include a set design with monumentally scaled paintings, originally made for a stage show and presented at Wanås Konst in Sweden, as well as an extensive solo exhibition at Vandalorum (Värnamo, Sweden). His works have also been shown in the exhibition <i>Martin Jacobson: Excursions</i> at the Nordic Watercolour Museum, (Skärhamn, Sweden), <i>Martin Jacobson: The Traveller s Guide to the Other Side</i> at La Conservera (Murcia, Spain), and in the exhibition <i>The Collectors</i>, curated by Elmgreen &amp; Dragset in the Danish Pavilion at the 2009 Venice Biennale. <br/><br/><i>The paintings in this book are a selection of the works of the past decade. To me, they represent some kind of map of the explorations, wanderings, dead ends and dream trips of the past ten years. If I did not know better, I would probably imagine that such a book would even be able to give me a hint as to where I am headed. But it does not. </i> Martin Jacobson

This is the exciting story of Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe one of Sweden's most important 20th century silversmiths and master jewellery designer  and her life. <br/><br/>The watch with an open bracelet and a mirror dial withour numbers made the silversmith and jewellery designer Torun Bülow-Hübe world-famous. Her innovative, daring, yet elegantly restrained jewellery has captivated people across the world. <br/><br/>Torun's jewellery was a great success in 1950s and 1960s Paris. The Parisian cafes were the place for that era's celebrated intellectuals Sartre, Picasso, Bardot, Ingrid Bergman  Torun met them all, while writers and jazz musicians became her friends, and all the artistic and creative world wanted her creations. Newspapers and magazines competed for the chance to photograph the stunning silversmith wearing her own jewellery. <br/><br/>In 1967 Torun entered into partnership with Georg Jensen Silver, and her jewellery became accessible and known all over the world a collaboration now spanning more than 50 years. <br/><br/>Torun's jewellery remains timelessly modern. But who was she? Here, in intimate conversation with her friend and confidant, author Ann Westin, she reveals her life story and the driving forces behind her lifelong creative work. <br/><br/><b>Ann Westin</b> is and art historian and well-known former gallery owner and has been at the centre of the Swedish art world and Stockholm art scene for over 50 years. She served as a member of the Board of Friends of Nationalmuseum in Stockholm 2013 2021 and is currently member of the board of a number of art and music institutions. She has been an admirer of Torun's work since the late 1950s and a close friend of the artist since the 1990s. <br/><br/>She is the author of several articles and forewords in Swedish publications. She regularly organises specifically themed trips to Europe for art and architecture enthusiasts.

"Best in show" (Print Magazine European Design Award 2007) Odysseus har även vunnit det prestigfulla priset Red Dot Design Award 2007 Odysseus är inbunden och har hård pärm i sammet försedd med guldsnitt och guldfoliering. Av bokens 544 sidor utgörs 500 av illustrationer.