In 2019, the Vitra Design Museum will publish the Atlas of Furniture Design, the definitive, encyclopedic overview of the history of modern furniture design. Featuring over 1700 objects by more than 500 designers and 121 manufacturers, it includes approximately 2800 images ranging from detailed object photographs to historical images documenting interiors, patents, brochures, and related works of art and architecture. The basis for the Atlas of Furniture Design is the collection held by the Vitra Design Museum, one of the largest of its kind with more than 7000 works. The book presents selected pieces by the most important designers of the last 230 years and documents key periods in design history, including early nineteenth-century industrial furniture in bentwood and metal, Art Nouveau and Secessionist pieces and works by protagonists of classical modernism and postwar design, as well as postmodern and contemporary pieces. The Atlas of Furniture Design employed a team of more than 70 experts and features over 550 detailed texts about key objects. In-depth essays provide sociocultural and design-historical context to four historical epochs of furniture design and the pieces highlighted here, enriched by a detailed annex containing designer biographies, glossaries, and elaborate information graphics. The Atlas of Furniture Design is an indispensable resource for collectors, scholars and experts, as well as a beautifully designed object that speaks to design enthusiasts.

Built and designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe 1928-1930, the Tugendhat House in Brno / Czech Republic is one of the most significant buildings of European modernism. In 2001, UNESCO added the house to the List of World Cultural Heritage Sites. In this third, updated edition, the authors give personal and historic insights relating to the house; also documenting aspects pertaining to art history and conservation-science studies. The comprehensive description and in-depth discussion of the materials used is a special feature in this field of research. The appeal of this monograph lies in the publication of photographs from the family archive which, for the first time, show the house in its lived-in condition. The experimental artistic color photographs by Fritz Tugendhat are among the pioneering achievements of amateur photography.

The ongoing "Allgemeines Kunstlerlexikon is the most extensive, up-to-date and authoritative art history reference work on artists. Each volume profiles approximately 7,000 artists from all time periods and across the globe.

The ongoing "Allgemeines Kunstlerlexikon is the most extensive, up-to-date and authoritative art history reference work on artists. Each volume profiles approximately 7,000 artists from all time periods and across the globe.

The third supplementary volume (starting withBeranek) will contain approx. 1,400 additional biographies of artists. More than 100 sources, mostly regional artist encyclopedias, and current publications were used, furthermore information from the AKL editorial archive itself. Especially for the contemporary artists intensive online research was accomplished.

Das Haus Tugendhat im tschechischen Brunn wurde 1928 1930 von Mies van der Rohe geplant und gebaut. 2001 von der UNESCO zum Weltkulturerbe erklart, gilt der Bau als einer der Hohepunkte seines Schaffens. Aufbauend auf der Monografie von 1998 beschreiben die Autoren die private, historische, kunsthistorische, architekturtheoretische und restaurierungswissenschaftliche Dimension des Hauses. Die Neuauflage bietet bisher unveroffentlichtes Bildmaterial aus dem Besitz der Familie sowie eine CD zur konservierungswissenschaftlichen Untersuchung.