ALEX TROCHUT: MORE IS MORE. Just 30 years old, Trochut is one of the most renowned Spanish designers working today. The typography and illustrations showcased in this book reveal his most intimate, personal and professional work, with entire series of sketches that show the transformations his ideas undergo in the design process. 288 pages, HB, Index, 9788492643868, $75

BLESS: IN DISGUISE MONO.KULTUR #28 Fashion label Bless, founded in 1996 by Desiree Heiss and Ines Kaag, talks with mono.kultur about the similarities between fashion and furniture, the importance of food, and their determination to improve our world. 44 pages, PB, mono.kultur, $14



GOTIK & PUNK: MANGA MASTER CLASS A modern drawing manual of Japanese gothic and punk manga suitable for all and useful for anyone who wants to improve their digital illustration and colouring skills. 112 pages, PB, Monsa, 9788415223238, $30

KAWAII: MANGA MASTER CLASS A modern drawing manual of Japanese Miffy inspired kawaii manga suitable for all and useful for anyone who wants to improve their digital illustration and colouring skills. 112 pages, PB, Monsa, 9788415223245, $30



NOT A TOY: FASHIONING RADICAL CHARACTERS The first book on the growing influence of character design in fashion and art. The vast, colourful compilation highlights an international scene of established designers (Miyake, Van Beirendonck, Margiela) as well as upcoming designers such as Gareth Pugh, Shin Murayama and many others. 352 pages, HB, Pictoplasma, 9783942245029, $75

STATIC! DESIGNING FOR ENERGY AWARENESS Explores design as a basis for increasing awareness of energy consumption with a series of conceptual designs that express the poetics and politics of everyday electricity consumption. 124 pages, PB, Arvinius Forlag, 9789185689347, $60