Garden glory: The finest fruits and vegetables of 19th-century illustrationOriginally published between 1850 and 1895, Album Vilmorin: Les Plantes potagères (The Vegetable Garden) brought garden glory
The legend of a music label75 years of Capitol RecordsFrom the Beatles to Beck, Sinatra to Sam Smith, a parade of era-defining artists have passed through the doors of the Capitol Records Tower, one o
From the Man of Steel to Batman and Wonder Woman: the super hero is born In June of 1938, Action Comics debuted with a new kind of comic book character on its cover: a costumed man with two identities
In a world where products are out as soon as they're in, where communicating without wires doesn't come without strings, and even our accessories need accessories, we need simple tools. A book that
Snapping fabulous: Experience a world of glamour through Testino’s lensMario Testino’s boundless talent with a camera must be maddening for other photographers working in a highly competitive field, b
The anatomy of letters: Everything you could ever want to know about printing letters and numbers Looking back as far as man’s first efforts to communicate with visual signs and drawings, Letter Fou
Creative living. Interiors that define how the smart set wants to live—NOW A successful home is the perfect synthesis of personality and zeitgeist; it is a living work of art, a cultural arti
Famous ManuscriptsThe fascinating world of medieval miniature painting and illumination From The Book of Kells to Boccaccio’s Decameron, from the Vienna Genesis to Dante’s Divine Comedy: to open Codic
Poetic nightscapes: Darren Almond's nocturnal nature series In Full Moon, the conceptual meets the poetic: British artist Darren Almond catches natural archetypes and silent landscapes in nigh
War horseplay. Male bonding in the buff Every harrowing day for a serviceman during World War II was potentially his last. To help bolster troops against the horrors of combat, commanders enc
The Most Dramatic ReleaseVolume one of LaChapelle’s final project, 10 years in the making TASCHEN is proud to announce Lost + Found, Part I and Good News, Part II, the long-awaited, latest and final p
Sound artAn unprecedented collection of artists’ record covers from the 1950s to todaySince the dawn of modernism, visual and music production have had a particularly intimate relationship. From Henri
Master Of Form: Fusion of architecture, art and engineering Santiago Calatrava is a renowned architect, structural engineer and artist. Recent projects such as the Athens 2004 Olympic sports complex
Mark Ryden’s carnival of curiosities: Fuzzy bunnies, big-eyed girls, meat, magic, and mysteryBlending themes of pop culture with techniques reminiscent of the old masters, Mark Ryden has created a sin
It’s Raining Men: Two volumes and two decades of top physique modelsIn 1945 Bob Mizer began taking photographs of strapping young men on Muscle Beach in Venice, California. In December of that year he
Female warriors: When America's pop-sport met staged pornographyGet up close, personal, and sweatywith some of the most famous wrestlers of the 60s and 70s, as well as with the sport's feisty sub-phen
Folk tales and exquisite illustration: Rediscovering Kay Nielsen’s most ambitious publicationStep into a world of star-crossed lovers, magical winds, mischievous trolls and some of the most exquisite
The Boy King’s Journey through the Underworld Tutankhamun’s royal voyage into paradise, as told by ancient Egyptian treasuresBuried in the 14th century BCE but unearthed by Howard Carter in 1922, the
Rebel. Rebel.The eye of the Bowie stormIn 1972, David Bowie released his groundbreaking album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. With it landed Bowie’s Stardust alter-ego:
