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100 Contemporary Houses
Philip Jodidio Designing private residences has its own very special challenges and nuances for the architect. The scale may be more modest than public projects, the technical fittings less complex than an industrial site, but the preferences, requirements and vision of particular personalities viac

100 Contemporary Wood Buildings
Philip Jodidio Not so very long ago, some might have considered wood a material of the past, long since replaced by more modern components such as concrete and steel. The truth is radically different. Bolstered by new manufacturing techniques and ecological benefits, wood has seen a fabulous re viac

100 Ideas that Changed Design
Charlotte Fiell   Peter Fiell This inspiring book chronicles the most influential ideas that have shaped industrial and product design. Written by two experts on modern design, it provides both a concise history of the subject, and offers a fascinating resource to dip into for the general reader. From the or viac

100 Midcentury Chairs: And Their Stories
Lucy Ryder Richardson A stylish and informative guide to the best of Midcentury Modern chair design. These are the top 100 most interesting, most controversial, or simply most beautiful chairs from the period spanning 1930–1970, according to expert curator and chair addict Lucy Ryder Richardson. Get t viac

1000 Vases
Pier Paolo Pitacco A vase is never merely a container. As Georges Braque once said, "the vase gives form to emptiness": ever since the earliest human civilizations, this object has had a purpose that is greater than its function and it perennially seeks experimentation in shape and expression. viac

17th-Century Men's Dress Patterns: 1600-1630
Susan North   Jenny Tiramani Published in collaboration with the V&A, this book presents full step-by-step instructions for the making of 17th-century men’s clothes and accessories in a technically accurate, visually exciting and easy-to-follow format. The garments featured are all historical pieces from the viac

19th-Century Fashion in Detail
Lucy Johnston Part of the V&A’s bestselling ‘Fashion in Detail’ series, this revised edition showcases the opulence and variety of 19th-century fashion, shown in exquisite colour photography and with line drawings of the complete garments From Liberty & Co. dresses to Indian-inspired printe viac

A Book on Books
Author unknown From scrolls and sheets of papyrus to elaborate and expensive codices to the mass press-printed volumes as we know them today, books have come a long way since writing was first developed. Although digital technology has impacted how we consume information over the last few decad viac

A Modern Way to Live
Matt Gibberd In this lavishly illustrated book, Matt tells the stories of these remarkable living spaces and their equally remarkable owners, and demonstrates how the five principles can be applied to your own space in ways both large and small. Revolutionary in its simplicity, and full of el viac

Ache for You
J. T. Geissinger In this fairy tale with a sexy twist, she’s a penniless San Francisco seamstress. He’s the king of Italian couture. Who’s got designs on whom? Boutique owner Kimber DiSanto has seen better days. She’s been dumped at the altar by Prince Charmless, her business went up in flames viac

Africa Rising: Fashion, Lifestyle and Design from Africa
Design Indaba The African artistic spirit extends far beyond the canvas and studio; a new wave of African creatives is on the rise and making a name for itself in design, fashion, photography, and architecture across Africa and abroad. While the colors, patterns, and crafts are profoundly viac

Alchemy & Creative Collaboration
Alan Faena Raised in the restrictive regimes of 1960s Argentina, Alan Faena came of age when the country opened up to the West and Alan transformed himself into the icon of this new spirit, first as the founder of a popular Argentine fashion company, then as the hotelier of the highly sough viac

Alexander McQueen: Unseen
Robert Farier Robert Fairer – US Vogue’s exclusive backstage photographer for over a decade – opens up his archive for the first time, revealing stunning photographs that were, until now, one of fashion’s best-kept secrets Tracing McQueen’s entire career from the 1990s to his final collecti viac

Aperture 238: House & Home
Michael Famighetti How do homes serve as emblems of a moment, markers of the past, or articulations of future possibilities? The Spring 2020 issue of Aperture considers the meanings and forms of a home, and the relationships between architecture, design, and the domestic realm. From interviews w viac

Arcade Game Typography: The Art of Pixel Type
Toshi Omagari   Kiyonori Muroga The first book of its kind – a definitive and beautifully designed survey of 70s, 80s and early 90s arcade video game pixel typography Arcade Game Typography presents readers with a fascinating new world of typography – the pixel typeface. Video game designers of the 70s, 80s viac

Architecture Now! Vol. 10
Philip Jodidio From Frank O. Gehry’s shining Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris to Zaha Hadid’s curving Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku, take a global tour through the architectural practice emerging today, and defining tomorrow. The best-selling series of Architecture Now! celebrates its tenth edi viac

Arita / Table of Contents: Studies in Japanese Porcelain
Anniina Koivu The art of Japanese porcelain manufacturing began in Arita in 1616. Now, on its 400th anniversary, Arita / Table of Contents charts the unique collaboration between 16 contemporary designers and 10 traditional Japanese potteries as they work to produce 16 highly original, innovat viac

Arsho Baghsarian
Helene Verin One of the most important shoe designers of the mid- to late-twentieth century, Arsho Baghsarian spent more than four decades working behind the scenes for prestigious companies with men's names on the label, including Christian Dior, Andrew Geller, I. Miller, and Stuart Weitzman viac

Art Nouveau Ornamentation
Christian Stoll At the height of the Art Nouveau movement and into the early days of Art Deco, Christian Stoll Studios was a leading and prolific source of graphic design. The Leipzig-based firm, which produced beautiful stock books for all forms of design applications, was active chiefly from 1 viac

Art Nouveau: München, Wien, Praha
Thomas Hauffe Between 1890 and the beginning of the First World War, a new international style developed in architecture and design. Following the example of the English Arts and Crafts movement, the representatives of Art Nouveau turned against the eclectic excesses of historicism and opposed viac

Ascher: The Mad Silkman
Konstantina Hlaváčková Ascher - although the name and the brand are entirely unknown in the Czech Republic, in Western Europe they have been synonymous with fine textile design for more than seventy years. This book traces the story of Zika Ascher and his wife Lida, whose personal and professional live viac

Australia Modern
Hannah Lewi   Philip Goad The definitive book on modernism in Australia from 1925 to 1975 From the Sydney Opera House and the National Gallery of Victoria to sought-after homes across the country, the pervasive presence of modernism is inescapable in Australia. Led by the likes of Robin Boyd, Harry Sei viac

Balenciaga
Demna Gvasalia This first book from artistic director Demna Gvasalia offers an exclusive look into Balenciaga's Winter 18 ready-to-wear show, from fittings to the runway and beyond. Founded in 1917, Balenciaga has distinguished itself for designs of daring innovation, technical artistry, and viac

Bauhaus Goes West
Alan Powers Bauhaus Goes West is a story of cultural exchange – between the Bauhaus émigrés in the years following the school’s closure in 1933 and the countries to which they moved, focusing in particular on Britain. Taking as its starting point the cultural connections between the UK and G viac

Bedtime
Celia Forner   Gianluca Longo Sleep beautifully: be inspired by hundreds of the most stylish, iconic, and simply fabulous beds and bedrooms ever designed. In our bedrooms, we take leave of our daily woes. Far from the bustle of the kitchen, the sociability of the living room or the indulgence of the dining viac

Best of British
Horst Friedrichs Featuring hundreds of photographs, this lavishly illustrated guide to some of the most distinguished British brands takes a fascinating, behind-the-scenes look at their enduring success. Classic style and British manufacturing are both experiencing a boom in demand driven by a de viac

Bio Design: Nature • Science • Creativity
William Myers   Paola Antonelli The first book to address the thrilling new developments in the field of biological design Bioluminescent algae, symbiotic aquariums, self-healing concrete, clavicle wind instruments and structures made from living trees – biology applied outside the lab has never been so intr viac

Biomimetics for Designers: Applying Nature's Processes & Materials in the Real World
Veronika Kapsali The first visual resource on the rising field of biomimetics targeted at design professionals and students, showing concrete examples of nature’s most fascinating processes and their applications in the real world This timely overview is the perfect introduction for designers viac

Blooms
Author unknown A glorious survey of work by more than 70 contemporary floral designers who are extending the boundaries of their art Blooms celebrates the explosive impact that floral designers from the last decade have had on a previously underappreciated art form. This stunning book is viac

BRANDLife: Concept Stores & Pop-ups
Collective of Authors Concept stores are about discovery and experience. In a world of options, these stores pull together products from different lines and brands, odds and ends, to weave a story or cultivate a way of living that inspires. To keep it fresh and interesting, regular updates and narrati viac

Bubbletecture
Sharon Francis Although inflatable objects have been around for more than 200 years, architects, artists, and designers keep rediscovering this deceptively simple - often playful, and occasionally bizarre - technology. Bubbletecture brings together inflatables in every conceivable size, shap viac

Cabins
Damon Hayes Couture Almost everyone has indulged in the irresistible notion of carving out a romantic rural refuge in a typically rustic setting, beside a beach or meadow, in the mountains, or other pristine environments. This book brings together the infinite number of possibilities of beautiful an viac

Calatrava
Philip Jodidio Santiago Calatrava is renowned around the world as an architect, structural engineer, sculptor, and artist. From the Athens 2004 Olympic sports complex to the World Trade Center Transportation Hub in Manhattan, he exhibits a remarkable aesthetic and engineering prowess with a sim viac

Calvin Klein
Calvin Klein This book is published with three unique covers. Customers will receive one of the covers at random when they purchase the book. This magnificent survey is the first and only book that Klein has written and compiled himself and is illustrated with era-defining photographs by viac

Can We Save The Planet?
Matthew Taylor   Alice Bell The Big Idea shortlisted for series design in the British Design and Production Awards The effects of global warming are being felt around the world through climate change, and images of our rivers and oceans choking with plastic have provoked an instinctive horrified reaction viac

Chanel: The Enigma
Isabelle Fiemeyer Coco Chanel continues to beguile more than two decades after her death; her life and work are a source of enduring fascination. Chanel expert Isabelle Fiemeyer unveils the mysteries that have surrounded the private and public figure by piecing together new research with accounts viac

Christian Dior
Alexandra Palmer Arguably the most famous fashion designer of the twentieth century, Christian Dior created feminine fashions that were desired, worn, and emulated by women around the world. This lavishly illustrated volume explores the brilliance behind Dior’s dramatic creations, which revived t viac

Colour is Home
Charlotte Coote Interior designer Charlotte Coote mixes colour, fabric, textiles and originality in this bold guide to creating classic interiors. In this gorgeously inspirational and effortlessly practical book, Charlotte Coote guides readers through the process of designing a space, from cr viac

Colourful
Iris Apfel In the summer of 2023, as Iris Apfel welcomed her 102nd birthday, she put pen to paper to write this very special project: what Iris called her legacy book. Comprising of over 200 personal photos and adorned with beautiful, unseen fabric patterns from her Old World Weaver’s co viac

Continuous Discovery Habits
Teresa Torres How do you know that you are making a product or service that your customers want? How do you ensure that you are improving it over time? How do you guarantee that your team is creating value for your customers in a way that creates value for your business? In this book, you'l viac

Costume and Fashion (World of Art)
Amy de la Haye   James Laver   Andrew Tucker A concise account of the history of fashion and costume from prehistoric times through to today. From the momentus invention of the needle some 40,000 years ago to the development of blue denim, from Neolithic weavers to the biggest names in the fashion industry today – this clas viac

Couture Prairie and flea market finds
Rachel Ashwell Think Marie Antoinette in jeans and a cowboy hat – that is Rachel Ashwell's prairie style. Rachel Ashwell Couture Prairie takes her signature pastels, ruffles and whimsical prettiness right to the heart of cowboy country. This is a journey in pictures and words, following Rach viac

Cut and Fold Paper Textures: Techniques for Surface Design
Paul Jackson This book will show you inspirational ways in which paper can be used to create textured and relief surfaces. These techniques are mostly intuitive and easy to make, requiring no origami or paper engineering knowledge. There are 12 different techniques: Twisting narrow st viac

Cut That Out: Contemporary Collage in Graphic Design
DR.ME The very best in contemporary collage by 50 of the world’s leading creative studios and graphic designers Copiously illustrated throughout, and featuring a quick-fire Q&A with each of the artists, Cut That Out is a rich seam of inspiration to be mined by all students and graph viac

Data Cities
Davina Jackson Data Cities explains how rocket science and electronic technologies are transforming how we live and understand architecture, as networks of semiconductors, satellites, scanners, and sensors convert light into unprecedented formats and contents of information. This book surveys viac

Decorate Happy
Anthony Baratta Anthony Baratta's rooms are happy. Whether they are found in the country or the city, these maximalist rooms are designed to make you smile. In his first solo book, Anthony Baratta, whose work has graced more than fifty magazine covers and been celebrated in the Cooper-Hewitt, sh viac

Design for the Real World
Victor Papanek Design for the Real World has been translated into over twenty languages since it first appeared in 1971; it has become the world’s most widely read book on design and is an essential text in many design and architectural schools. This edition offers a blueprint for survival in t viac

Design History Handbook
Domitilla Dardi The history of design, from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, covering art, fashion, furniture, motor vehicles - among many other areas This book, dedicated to the history of design from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, is committed to drawing guidelines for t viac

Design in Asia
Aric Chen   Suzy Annetta An overview of the top 100 leading young designers working across Asia This is an overview of the top 100 leading young designers working across Asia, selected by the co-founders of one of Asia’s foremost interior-design magazines, Design Anthology, based in Hong Kong. Featuring viac

Design: The Whole Story
Elizabeth Wilhide An essential visual guide to the sophisticated attempts of manufacturers to woo us with high functionality, good looks – and that indefinable feeling of the future From the cars we drive and the products we buy to the graphics that surround us, we are all consumers of design. viac