The things we surround ourselves with in our daily lives are a shadow of who we are. The house we live in, the carpet under our feet, the color of the wallpaper, souvenirs and knick knacks in the closet contain residues of memories and sentiments.

'What speaks to us' is a publication about the oeuvre of visual artist Arjan van Helmond, which offers a broad overview of his work from the past 12 years. The book is a moment of looking back, reflection, collecting and connecting.

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'As Above, So Below' documents the work made by Amsterdam-based artist, Ruchama Noorda over a twenty-year period and explores the esoteric system of belief that links her practice to the early 20th century Lebensreformers, the European avant-garde, and today's no growth environmentalist movement.

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the artist's installations, drawings, video's, sculptures, and performances with written commentary by the artist and by California-based art and cultural...

The theme of the Prix de Rome Architecture 2022 is Healing Sites. At a time when labour inequality and climate issues have resulted in a demand for change, this edition of the Prix de Rome Architecture calls to rethink and redesign spatial practices. Architecture has been complicit in establishing the ecocidal legacies of capitalism, colonialism, and imperialism. How can architects, urbanists, and landscape architects reflect upon and rearticulate their working methods in order to undo these ...

Bob Custers is architect and founder of VOCUS Architects. In The Joy of Daily Drawing. Bob Custers, he shows a unique and complete development in drawing of 50 years, in which the growth from child to adult architect can be seen. The result is a book of more than 600 pages that contains a wealth of images, texts and insights. The book shows the value of drawing as a means of reflection, introspection and research, but above all contains an inspiring message for young designers and architectur...

RAABJERG by Danish artist Rune Peitersen (1971) explores the changing landscape of northern Jutland (DK) from the last Ice Age until today.

During the 16th-19th centuries, climate change and human extraction of natural resources led to violent sand drift, which transformed the once fertile landscape into a barren wasteland. Different governments – from kings to elected parliaments – enacted laws to try to reverse it. After 200 years, they ‘succeeded’ and started reintroducing plants i...

What does the Earth sound like? In 'Stations: Listening to the Deep Earth', musician Stuart Hyatt teams up with PRINTtEXT to invite poets, composers, and scientists to answer this question. What begins as a grand science experiment quickly transforms into a lyrical duet with the enchanted ground beneath us.

Hyatt and Enrique Ramirez begin the text with examinations of a whole-Earth sensorium. The text then branches out in three directions—Invocation, Reverie, and Rhapsody—before reconverg...

SOLAR FUTURES: How to Design a Post-Fossil World with the Sun by solar designer Marjan van Aubel explores the future of solar energy.

Solar energy needs a new narrative – one that says goodbye to old perspectives and only talks about efficiency and the payback time of blue solar panels. This publication illustrates what we need to know to transition from solar technology to solar design using everyday integrated aesthetic solutions.

This publication is divided into three parts: the first pa...