TASCHEN
TASCHEN, founded in a small comic-book shop in 1980, is an international art publisher specializing in books on art, architecture, design, fashion, film, travel, and the odd sexy book thrown in for good measure. Since the TASCHEN adventure began more than 30 years ago, the goal has always been to make the greatest books in the world (and indeed, Wallpaper* magazine has called ours “the most exquisite books on the planet”).
Whatever the subject and whatever the price—from $10 to $10,000—TASCHEN strives to produce, design, and package each of our books beautifully and uniquely. Starting in 2003, we began opening branded stores in our favorite cities around the world, which carry the full range of TASCHEN’s publications. From our game-changing “Basic Art” series to the forthcoming Marc Newson Art Edition (in an edition of only 100 worldwide, featuring leather marquetry on the cover and a Micarta slipcase, signed by Marc Newson), TASCHEN is one of the only companies on the planet that can truly say it has something for everyone.
Featured Books
Recently Published
March 1, 2013
From the Publisher. From Azzedine Alaïa, Cristóbal Balenciaga, and Coco Chanel, to Alexander McQueen, Yves Saint Laurent, and Vivienne Westwood, a century’s worth of fashion greats from the permanent collection of The... More
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A Designers & Books Notable Design Book of 2013
February 15, 2013
From the Publisher. The annual D&AD Awards honor outstanding creativity, originality, technical excellence, and innovation in design and advertising. Every year, thousands of entrants submit a host of crazy, beautiful, thought-provoking... More
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Selected Backlist
2011
From the Publisher. Alex Steinweiss invented the album cover as we know it, and created a new graphic art form. In 1940, as Columbia Records’ young new art director, he pitched an idea: Why not replace the standard plain brown wrapper... More
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2011
From the Publisher. If you’ve ever wondered what goes through architects’ minds when they design buildings, you’ll be happy to know that there’s no shortage of brilliant reading material to satisfy your curiosity.... More
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2012
From the Publisher. One of the hottest areas of contemporary design is landscape architecture. No matter what the architectural style of the moment, the green areas around houses, stadiums or corporate headquarters have taken on a... More
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2012
From the Publisher. Architecture Now! 8 reviews new and exciting projects completed and under construction in the whole world. No style, no building type is ignored, making this volume a true compendium of what anybody interested... More
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2011
From the Publisher. Photographer Frédéric Chaubin reveals 90 buildings sited in fourteen former Soviet Republics which express what he considers to be the fourth age of Soviet architecture. His poetic pictures reveal an... More
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2011
From the Publisher. Here comes the 2011 edition of the highly coveted annual from D&AD featuring the year’s best creative work. The D&AD awards panel judges over 20,000 works from design studios, advertising agencies, branding... More
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2011
From the Publisher. Made in cooperation with the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives in Taliesin, Arizona, this collection leaves no stone unturned in examining and paying tribute to Wright's life and work. From his early Prairie Houses (typified... More
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A Designers & Books Notable Design Book
2012
From the Publisher. Launched by Neville Brody and Jon Wozencroft in 1991, FUSE was the ground-breaking publication that took design and typography into radically new and unforeseen spaces. The major influence of its... More
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2011
From the Publisher. The Illustration Now! series continues to bring you groundbreaking work by the world’s most exciting illustrators. A fascinating mix of established master draftsmen and neophytes, working in a wide range... More
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A Designers & Books Notable Design Book
2012
From the Publisher. Our everyday lives are filled with a massive flow of information that we must interpret in order to understand the world we live in. Considering this complex variety of data floating around us, sometimes the best—... More
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2009
From the Publisher. The buildings burned in our memories, which to us represent the spirit of fifties and sixties architectural design, were those whose pictures were widely published in magazines and books; but what about those that got... More
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2011
From the Publisher. Looking back as far as man's first efforts to communicate with visual signs and drawings, Letter Fountain is a completely unique typeface handbook: in addition to examining the form and anatomy of every... More
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A Designers & Books Notable Design Book
2011
From the Publisher. Menu Design is an omnibus showcasing the best examples of this graphic art. With nearly 800 examples, illustrated in vibrant color, this deluxe volume not only showcases this extraordinary collection... More
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2012
From the Publisher. Gleaned from thousands of images, this companion set of books offers the best of American print advertising in the age of the “Big Idea.” At the height of American consumerism magazines were flooded with... More
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2010
From the Publisher. Originally from Vienna, Richard Neutra came to America early in his career, settling in California. His influence on postwar architecture is undisputed, the sunny climate and rich landscape being particularly suited to... More
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A Designers & Books Notable Design Book
2011
From the Publisher. Between 2005 and 2011, architect Rem Koolhaas and curator Hans Ulrich Obrist interviewed the surviving members of Metabolism—the first non-western avant-garde, launched in Tokyo in 1960, in the midst of Japan... More
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2011
From the Publisher. Since 2000, the Serpentine Gallery in London’s Kensington Gardens has called on some of the world’s top architects to design summer pavilions – temporary structures that are erected next to the Gallery... More
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2012
From the Publisher. The idea of climbing a tree for shelter, or just to see the earth from another perspective, is surely as old as humanity. Tree houses are chronicled in ancient civilizations and their lore crosses through the history of... More
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2009
From the Publisher. This exuberant selection of typographic fonts and styles traces the modern evolution of the printed letter, reproducing pages from exquisitely designed catalogs showing type specimens in roman, italic, bold, semi-bold,... More
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2009
From the Publisher. A manifesto of architecture as seen by the Copenhagen-based group BIG, headed by Bjarke Ingels, told in comic book form. More
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