Richard Noble Books

The story of the world's first supersonic car and the entangled human emotions behind this great engineering achievement. It is the tale of Richard Noble's obsession with speed, from his early days with the crude self-built Thrust 1 jet car to the Thrust SSC - the fastest car in the world.

The last decade has witnessed a noticeable return to utopia and utopian thinking in contemporary art. This volume convenes artists, academics and curators to discuss different ways of thinking and performing utopia. Divided into two sections, "Utopia Revisited" and "Utopian Positions," it considers both artists exploring the theme as subject matter and artists actively aspiring towards utopian ideals.

From the beginning of time, man has been endlessly searching for faster ways to travel. Since the invention of the wheel, lcarus' first attempt at flight, the domestication of wild horses and mariners' discovery of how to harness the wind in their sails, we have tried to emulate other, more speedy, elements of nature. With the permanent effects of the Industrial Revolution, the 20th century has been a time phenomenal change: early typewriters have become brilliant computers, the first horseless carriages have made way for Indy cars, spoked iron and wood wheels have been transformed into state-of-the-art pneumatic rubber tyres and wooden dinghies have turned into fibreglass powerboats. Speed and Power documents all the world's greatest mechanical achievements of the lsat 100 years, in just one volume. From NASCAR heroes to the Japanese Bullet Train; motorcycle Grand Prix to water speed records; solar-powered cars to Formula 1 mean machines - every record holder is featured with their top speed and full list of achievements. Experts in each subject relate the story of motorised speed in its various categories, accompanied by full-colour photographs and fascinating anecdotes. Speed and Power is the definitive guide to the world's fastest and most exciting machines of the 20th century. A head rush of information for enthusiasts and beginners alike.

This is a tribute to those who wished to test the ambition and achievement of those who wished to test the boundaries of automotive refinement.

Rachel Whiteread formt negative Räume in positive Formen um, gestaltet Reliefs aus architektonischen Elementen und verwandelt auf diese Art und Weise die umgebende Architektur in Kunstwerke. Das Buch enthält eine reiche Auswahl an Illustrationen aus den vier Werkgruppen Treppen, Räume, Böden, Tü-ren, die im Kunsthaus Bregenz gezeigt werden, sowie vier Essays von international bekann-ten Autoren. Whitereads Engagement mit der Museumsarchitektur Peter Zumthors – in ihren Installationen klar zu erkennen – wird mit hervorragenden Fotografien von Nic Tenwiggenhorn belegt, und Walter Nikkels Grafikdesign betont Strenge und Minimalismus ihrer