As usual, you will find our BookShop (fair shop) to the Light + Building fair in the entrance of the hall 4.1
There you find a big choice in technical literature around the subject Light and Architecture. You can buy the books directly on site. We also send your book purchase to your home address.
Here our Lighting Design Books:

Das Jahrbuch Leuchten zeigt eine wichtige Auswahl von interessanten Designern und ihren Entwürfen. Es gibt einen exklusiven Überblick über Deckenleuchten, Hängeleuchten, Stehleuchten, Tischleuchten, Wandleuchten, Außenbeleuchtung und interessante Leuchtobjekte. Das Interview mit Tobias Grau stellt die Visionen und Entwicklung des Hamburger Designers vor – hoch spannend und exklusiv.

224 Seiten/pages, Sprache/language: deutsch / english, 39,95 Euro

To the end of the year we would like to give you a preview on which fairs you will find our BookShop in 2010:

Heimtextil, Frankfurt, 13.1.-16.1.2010
imm cologne, Köln, 19.1.-24.1.2010
Christmasworld, Frankfurt, 29.1.-2.2.2010
Paperworld, Frankfurt, 30.1.-2.2.2010
Ambiente, Frankfurt, 12.2.-16.2.2010
Light+Building, Frankfurt, 11.4.-16.4.2010
Tendence, Frankfurt, 27.8.-31.8.2010
spoga+gafa, Köln, 5.9.-7.9.2010
Orgatec, Köln, 26.10.-30.10.2010

As usual, we will assemble an international book assortment on the topical trend subjects of the fair events and are very glad about your visit.

Ed. by / Hrsg. von Helmut M. Bien, Markus Helle

• The first professional guide for the international lighting design scene – appears every two years
• Roundabout 100 current projects for urban spaces, buildings, shopfitters and night life
• Almanac with industry-related information about designers, manufacturers, fairs, exhibitions, awards

Light is a 21st century building material. New technologies that precisely control light and are economical into the bargain are opening up unimagined design potential.
The urbanisation of the world, ecological challenges and worlds of work
which stretch across time zones demand an architecture of light. Architects, designers and artists become the directors of light: they see buildings and spaces as three-dimensional media which tell stories. The dream of an immaterial, ethereal architecture is receiving fresh sustenance. The book presents the players who are marking out current international trends with their light concepts: for office buildings, in urban planning as well as for cultural buildings and urban night life.

The authors are Helmut M. Bien, curator of the Luminale – Biennale of lighting culture and Markus Helle, editor in chief of the journal “Highlight”.

Be published in October 2009, presented at the International Book Fair Frankfurt
248 Seiten/pages, Sprache/language: english, 49,90 Euro

Michael Faraday genügt die Welt nicht, in die er 1791 geboren wird. Dem Sohn eines einfachen Schmieds fehlt es an allem, vor allem an Nahrung für seine unstillbare Neugier. Statt zur Schule zu gehen, muss er Zeitungen austragen – und lernt durch sie die Welt kennen. Seiner Herkunft zum Trotz bringt er es bald zum Laborhelfer der Londoner Royal Institution. Zwei Phänomene halten die wissenschaftliche Welt in Atem: die Elektrizität und der Magnetismus. Wie hängen sie zusammen? Heimlich erforscht Faraday, wie aus Bewegung Strom wird und wie aus Strom Bewegung. Ein Ausflug ans Meer bringt ihn auf die Idee, im Licht nach einer Wellenstruktur zu suchen. Erst Albert Einstein entdeckt Rätsel in Faradays Harmonien. Über den Abstand eines Jahrhunderts hinweg berühren sich die Gedanken zweier Wissenschaftler.

352 Seiten/pages, Sprache/language: deutsch, 19,95 Euro

between culture and technology

What are the intrinsic qualities of light, and how are the techniques and design approaches implemented in architecture? How are abstract lighting concepts conveyed, and how far is our perception of light rooted in the biological and cultural history of human evolution? This book endeavours to identify terms and standards which relate to qualities in architectural lighting. It uses this identification to promote communication and aid dialogue between designers and engineers, building owners and planners, professionals and laymen.
The 21 chapters are arranged in three sections covering the actual qualities of light, the relationship between light and space and, finally, the dimension of light as it relates to culture. In each of the chapters, paired terms explore the respective design dimension of light. Using texts, photos, computer graphics and drawings, the team of authors investigates each pair of terms - beginning with the original cultural and historical context, moving onto didactic material on perception, lighting design and lighting technology and concluding with case studies in virtual architectural situations.

268 Seiten/pages, Sprachen/languages: deutsch, english, spanisch, italian, french, 39,- Euro

Lighting technology is one of the most fertile areas of design, involving technical issues, energy, shape and form, and even psychology, and covers both light sources and/or illuminated spaces. The object of this book therefore is to bring together projects that exemplify the complexity of the relationship between artificial lighting and architecture. This rappor has witnessed some extraordinary technical developments in the past few years, even influencing the very ideas of architecture and space, sometimes with spectacular results and frequently introducing conceptual innovation.

200 Seiten/pages, Sprache/language: italian/english, 95,- Euro

Finally! The book appears this month and can be ordered here. Author Matthias Hank Häusler has written this basis book on a very hot subject. The preface comes from curator Mirjam Struppek. The book offers the overview about the different kinds of media facades, technology and future development. More than 30 examples are introduced by Urban Screen, realities:united, under it also a Luminale project.

248 Seiten/pages, Sprache/language: english, 49,90 Euro

Ingo Maurer has been illuminating lives since 1966, when he designed his first light fixture for an installation at the Herman Miller showroom in Munich. His creation was entitled Bulb and featured a light bulb within a light bulb. The design was so successful that Maurer had to produce more to match the demand. Since then, his fascination with lighting, his pursuit of simplicity of form, and his talents as a graphic designer and typographer have brought him to the forefront of his field. His work has been exhibited in countless museums and it has brightened urban bridges, artistic exhibitions, retail and commercial spaces as well as numerous private homes. Arranged thematically, this dazzling retrospective brings together an extensive and representative selection of Maurer’s lamps and lighting systems. Contributions by design experts, including Issey Miyake and Paola Antonelli, round out this portrait of a creative mind who continues to push the boundaries of lighting design.

288 Seiten/pages, Sprache/language: deutsch/english, 59,- Euro

Efficient, economic and ecological lighting design is an integral component of a successful new building as well as an important beginning point in the refurbishment of old buildings. Both authors, known by practise and apprenticeship, collected for decades experience in the area, in technical as well as in perception-psychological regard. Bartenbach light lab disposes of innovative solution competence suited for practise which finds now entrance in this manual. The practical people who are interested in light technology and perception psychology had to investigate up to now in the literature from both specialisations. With this work both authors close this gap and offer basis knowledge for architects, light planners, designers as well as the subject related occupations like set designer, traffic planner, doctors and psychologist.

256 Seiten/pages, Sprache/language: deutsch, 59,95 Euro