This Is How We Live: Visualizing Space, Story & Imagination Through Illustration

"This Is Where We Live" is a curated visual journey through the minds of today’s most imaginative illustrators--artists who use cutaways and spatial drawing to explore how we live, move, build, and dream. From complex cities and imaginary buildings to everyday rituals and fantastical systems, this book celebrates visual storytelling that helps us make sense of the spaces around us--and the ones inside our heads.

Edited by Antonis Antoniou, whose previous books with gestalten have become cult favorites, this new collection bridges illustration, architecture, and storytelling in a way that’s at once technical, artistic, and deeply human.

Antonis Antoniou is a designer, curator, and author known for his innovative exploration of visual storytelling and spatial representation. His books A Map of the World and Mind the Map, have shaped contemporary thinking on how illustration can visualize complex ideas and reimagine our understanding of space and place.