Summer readings: Suggestions from the Vibia team

Summer, when the frenzied rhythm of everyday life begins to slow down and time at last seems to stand still, is the moment many choose to catch up on reading. The opportunity to read those books that have piled up over the year has finally arrived, whether you’re at home or away. Chosen by members of the Vibia team, this year’s proposals include interesting titles devoted to architecture, art and design to guarantee you spend these days in the best of companies.

Marga Pérez
Product Marketing Manager

Marga Pérez, Product Marketing Manager at Vibia, has chosen three very different though complementary reads.

Neuroarquitectura. Aprendiendo a través del espacio by Ana Mombiedro, an architect who has specialised in neuroscience, suggests we become aware of the importance of space for its inhabitants and learn to recognise how our bodies respond to stimuli.

The Interior Design Handbook by Frida Ramstedt, founder of Trendenser.se, is an easy, pleasant reading that provides ‘invaluable clues as to how we can organize our houses to make them more homey for us to live in rather than for others to look at.’

‘is a guide to resources and strategies for implementing storytelling techniques in product and service design, and user experience.’

Design Is Storytelling by graphic designer Ellen Lupton, her third proposal, ‘is a guide to resources and strategies for implementing storytelling techniques in product and service design, and user experience.’

Rodrigo Barcena
Concept Manager

Rodrigo Bárcena from Prototyping proposes The Japanese Garden by Sophie Walker, a very complete study of garden design in the Japanese context, that includes short essays relevant to many other fields, ‘with rigorous texts that are pleasant to read, a beautiful edition and exquisite photographs’.

‘with rigorous texts that are pleasant to read, a beautiful edition and exquisite photographs’.

Hilary Nelson
Midwest/Southeast Regional Manager (Vibia Inc.)

Studio Gang: Architecture by Studio Gang is recommended by Sales Manager Hilary Nelson. Discussing architectural works, urban design and landscaping, this book offers an opportunity to delve into the work of Jeannie Gang, founder of ‘an architecture and urban design practice headquartered in Chicago, with offices in New York, San Francisco and Paris’.

… this book offers an opportunity to delve into the work of Jeannie Gang, founder of ‘an architecture and urban design practice headquartered in Chicago, with offices in New York, San Francisco and Paris’.

Nico Barboza
Growth Marketing Manager

Nico Barboza, our Growth Marketing Manager, immerses himself in the universe of art with What Are You Looking At? The Surprising, Shocking, and Sometimes Strange Story of 150 Years of Modern Art by journalist Will Gompertz, a specialist in modern art. ‘This pleasant and captivating book offers a complete and easy-to-read summary of the artistic movements of the past hundred and fifty years, from pre-Impressionism to Postmodernism, shedding light on the key aspects of each movement and highlighting their contribution to the world of art.’

‘This pleasant and captivating book offers a complete and easy-to-read summary of the artistic movements of the past hundred and fifty years…’