books

Fresh duvets, operas, thinking about anything. When I cook and everyone likes it. When I get wet and I don't care anymore. When I pet a random dog, say something without words and fall asleep outside, without a tent. How much do we really need to be happy? What can be a source of joy in our everyday life? This book captures (immaterial) joys, small pleasures and strong experiences. The Ministry of Small Pleasures is the first book in the Sweet Things series by Büro Milk.

Calm down is the first joint work of Šimon Ondruš Pisár and Zita Pisárová. It is a combination of Šimpe's ideas and Zita's drawings. Šimon had been collecting ideas for more than ten years, but they only grew into their final form with the drawings quite naturally during the evenings in the spring of 2023. Together, Zita and Šimon create not only art, but also family and relationships. By combining their lives with ease, this unique book was created, full of interesting ideas and an endless number of figures.

"7 stories, 54 railway stations, 151 large-format color photographs. In his latest book, photographer Peter Korček captures the colourful but disappearing world of old railway stations in Slovakia.

Architecturally unique buildings decorated with monumental art are disappearing under the onslaught of visual smog, cheap renovations and growing families of indoor plants. Just like the stations, which are often a kind of collage of opposites, seven different authors, each with their own style, will guide you through our country from west to east. Tamara Šimončíková Heribanová, Andrej Dorsian Kiszling, Katarína Barošová, Marek Adamov, Tomáš Vizingr, Agda Bavi Pain and Michal Hvorecký will join you in the wagons with their stories for a moment. Enjoy!

"You are a tiny lake, you are shaped like an egg. At a depth of thirty meters, not far from your deepest point, there lives an orange fish. Right at the bottom and no one can catch it."

Picturebook Lake is a poetic and subtle work of art in which deep and intimate images are combined with minimalistic text. At first glance, the simple story deceives the body; in fact, it is a universal philosophical reflection on how we cope with change or loss. Paintings with distinctive handwriting guide the reader through a dreamland with a unique atmosphere in which one can get lost, but also find himself. The Lake is a book that is not enough just to read. It's worth keeping it close at hand and reaching for it whenever we don't understand each other.

The book Bratislava Modern Fountains maps the city's fountains built between 1960 and 1990. In addition to the iconic ones such as the Družba fountain or the Vejárová fountain, the publication presents dozens of small abandoned fountains that are mostly unknown or known only to residents of housing estates. Architecture theorist Martin Zaiček, graphic artist Katarína Knežníková and photographer Andrea Kalinová in a creative tandem interpret and record the current state and quality of Bratislava's fountains. Through the author's manuscript, they reveal the poetics and the "other" side of well-known and lesser-known works.

C20 is a series of book pocket guides that take you through the architecture of the 20th century. The publication serves as a unique tourist guide for the increasingly popular travel to see modern architecture. Thanks to its attractive and accessible format, it increases awareness of the architectural qualities of the last century and strengthens interest in lesser-known buildings as well. C20 guides were created by the civil association Archimera and the artistic group Abandoned (re)creation. The C20 guide for the capital Bratislava is divided into two parts, each of which contains 50 buildings that should not remain unknown to its residents nor visitors. This part, Functional city, focuses more on buildings in the wider center of Bratislava.

C20 is a series of book pocket guides that take you through the architecture of the 20th century. The publication serves as a unique tourist guide for the increasingly popular travel to see modern architecture. Thanks to its attractive and accessible format, it increases awareness of the architectural qualities of the last century and strengthens interest in lesser-known buildings as well. C20 guides were created by the civil association Archimera and the artistic group Abandoned (re)creation. The C20 guide for the capital Bratislava is divided into two parts, each of which contains 50 buildings that should not remain unknown to its residents nor visitors. This part, Modern centre, focuses more on buildings in the city centre of Bratislava.