Jennifer Hawkins Opie Książki

Just a few years ago, Markus Persson was a bored IT-developer in Stockholm. In the evenings, he toiled away on a labour of love: a game with a tiny but dedicated online following. It was called Minecraft and Markus released it to the world in early 2009. The game itself looks deceptively simple. It resembles a digital version of Lego – bricks stacked on top of each other, giving players a world where they build whatever structures their mind can conjure. A breath of fresh air compared to the industry giants’ shooter games. In the space of a few years, Minecraft has become one of the most astonishing success stories of the internet age, attracting millions of players and proving how a single great idea can topple empires in the digital, post- industrial world. This is the story of the man behind the game. Here Markus opens up for the first time about his life. About his old Lego-filled desk at school, the first computer his father brought home one day and also about growing up in a family marked by drug abuse and conflict. But above all it is the story of the fine line between seeming misfit and creative madman, and the birth of a tech visionary.

The V&A Museum's international collection of contemporary glass includes work by some of the most important names in this dynamic art form. The wide range of the collection demonstrates the versatility of this popular medium. Superb photography, much of it newly commissioned, is accompanied by career profiles of the 60 international artists featured, including Dale Chihuly and William Morris from the USA, Tessa Clegg and David Reekie from the UK, Bernard Dejonghe from France, Klaus Moje from Australia, Ann Robinson from New Zealand and Yoshihiko Takahashi from Japan. The illustrations of artworks from 1990 onwards are illuminated by the artists' statements or contemporary critical comment. These are further contextualized by the introductory essay which summarizes the history of contemporary glass art and addresses frequently asked questions and misapprehensions about an art form that is often the subject of passionate debate.For the serious collector and researcher the book also includes a complete list of artists and their work held in the V&A's leading collection.