The beauty book (GENERAL NON-FICTION) - Tapa dura

"A groundbreaking mission to find out what beauty is, how we perceive it, and the many ways it impacts our lives... [A] striking publication... Will stand as a lasting manifesto for their ambitious project."-New Design "With an elegant slipcase, innovative graphics and page after page of stunning imagery, this is a book you can judge by its cover."-Bookpage "A case study in beautiful design... [with] lively writing and unexpected narrative turns."-AIGA - Eye on Design "Sagmeister and Walsh re-establish the definition of the word beauty and separate it from the negative connotations that have been misapplied to beautiful things; they trace not just the origins of beauty, but the evolution of its place in our world, from pre-civilization to today."-AIGA Eye on Design "A book that is equal parts history, analysis, and visual splendor."-Artsy "The book [...] is able to go into greater historical and anecdotal detail, while travelling even more widely in its provocative "Beauty Archive" section... A stylishly entertaining project."-Crafts "Let the world howl till it's blue in the face. Stefan Sagmeister and Jessica Walsh have created quite a beaute with Beauty. In an era when humanity's old truths have been challenged by irony and kitsch, when cynicism has nearly rendered beauty obsolete, it's reassuring to find shameless devotees to classic ideals... Adorned in glorious trappings... Sagmeister and Walsh prove tangibly, convincingly, that beauty lies deeper than blemish-free skin. Beauty's testimonies are uncontested; its devotees zealous."-PopMatters

The publication of this book coincides with the launch of a companion exhibition, which opens at the Museum of Applied Arts (MAK) in Vienna in October 2018 and will travel on to other museums This book follows the success of Sagmeister's previous publications, including Made You Look and Things I Have Learned in My Life So Far.The message Sagmeister and Walsh put forth in this book - that beautiful design improves people's lives and that beauty can be created for everyone, everywhere - is both practical and universal. With this manifesto in mind, the authors provide a strategy for further action and urge others to join their initiative. The message of this book will resonate for years to come