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by Bill Gardner (Author)Written by the founder of LogoLounge.com, this comprehensive handbook speaks to the magic of design and provides a glimpse into the designer's creed. Logo Creed puts designers directly in touch with strong mentors who speak candidly about the processes that lead to successful designs. Designers including David Airey, Bill Gardner, Von Gitschka, Paul Howalt, Jerry Kuyper, Brian Miller, Miles Newlyn, Sherwin Schwartzrock, Felix Sockwell, plus many more share their sketch...

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Smashed: The Art of the Sticker Combo: Featuring the Art of the DC Street Sticker Expo Volume 1 - Paperback

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by Iwillnot Iwillnot (Author)Smashed: The Art of the Sticker Combo is a street art photography book that shows how trading street art stickers by mail has grown into a gallery exhibition that reached three million people in 2016. Over the last 5 years the DC Street Sticker EXPO has evolved into Washington DC's largest group show. The EXPO has hundreds of sticker artists participating for each installation making up the hundreds of thousands of stickers that cover the gallery. This book follow...

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Collectively Speaking: My Passionate Pursuit of Miniatures Volume 2 - Paperback

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by Kaye Browning (Author)Kaye Browning continues her passionate pursuit of miniatures with the second volume ofCollectively Speaking, her personal account of collecting fine-scale miniatures over the past40 years. Whether it's history, art, architecture, interior design or simply a fascination withsmall, everyone will be captivated by the tiny rooms, functional tools, toys, art objects, re-creations of rare furniture and scale replicas of some of the world's finest historicalstructures. No on...

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by Bill Gardner (Author), Sarah Whitman (Author)This 11th edition of the bestselling LogoLounge book series features the leading edge of identity design created by highly accomplished and noteworthy up-and-coming designers from around the world. Carefully curated by an expert panel made up of some of the most revered names in the industry, this volume offers up endless opportunity for insight and delight.Discover 2,500 amazingly crafted logosorganized into unique visual categories for easy re...

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My Art, My People: Assyrian Art Book Volume 1 - Hardcover

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by Paul Batou (Author)My Art, My people The first Assyrian art book published by a native Assyrian artist; My Art, My People is a collection of paintings spanning the last 25 years. My journey began while living under oppression in Iraq. The long five years I served in the army during the Iraq-Iran war, the departure from my homeland to the west, and the struggle we endured building a new life in the United States. My work is a reflection of my people, the sanctions against Iraq, the invasion...

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Inuit Modern: The Samuel and Esther Sarick Collection - Paperback

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by Gerald McMaster (Editor)A broad-ranging retrospective on the transformation of Inuit art in the twentieth century, Inuit Modern features more than 175 works by seventy-five Inuit artists from one of the world's most comprehensive privately held collections of Inuit art: the Samuel and Esther Sarick Collection. In response to new thinking about the North, Inuit ModernFive leading experts on Inuit art have contributed essays and Ingo Hessel, the co-curator, introduces each full-colour plate ...

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Defiant Spirits: The Modernist Revolution of the Group of Seven - Paperback

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by Ross King (Author)Author BiographyRoss King is the author of three previous best-selling art history books, including "Brunelleschi's Dome," which won the 2001 Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Adult Nonfiction and "The Judgment of Paris," winner of the Governor General's Award for Non-Fiction in Canada. He lives in England, near Oxford. Number of Pages: 492 Dimensions: 1.5 x 9 x 6 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: October 11, 2011 Award: Hilary Weston Prize for Nonfiction (2010) A...

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by Jean Claude Roy (Author)This book is the journey, and in a sense the journal of an artist who has conducted a forty-five-year love affair with Newfoundland since he first set foot there in 1966. Travelling to every inhabited corner of the island, he has recorded his personal vision: painted almost entirely on-site, each image is the story of one day in his life, and one day in the life of a community. Number of Pages: 480 Dimensions: 1.7 x 11.4 x 12.3 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: ...

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Art Smart: The Intelligent Guide to Investing in the Canadian Art Market - Paperback

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by Alan D. Bryce (Author)Art Smart is a comprehensive guide to the Canadian art market for both novice and experienced collectors. It is full of advice that can give anyone the tools to determine the value of a piece of art and to not be intimidated by the often mystifying world of art. This informative and helpful volume covers the inner workings of the art market, from dealer trade secrets to expert strategies on buying and selling through auction houses and online. Art Smart gives the read...

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by Kc Adams (Author), Katherena Vermette (Foreword by), Cathy Mattes (Other)Tired of reading negative and disparaging remarks directed at Indigenous people of Winnipeg in the press and social media, artist KC Adams created a photo series that presented another perspective. Called "Perception Photo Series," it confronted common stereotypes of First Nation, Inuit and Métis people to illustrate a more contemporary truthful story. First appearing on billboards, in storefronts, in bus shelters, an...

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The Group of Seven and Tom Thomson - Hardcover

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by David P. Silcox (Author) A compact edition of an award-winning best-seller -- more affordable than the celebrated original, but otherwise identical. At a critical time in Canada's history, the Group of Seven revolutionized the country's appreciation of itself by celebrating Canada as a wild and beautiful land. These paintings of the wilderness evoke the same response in viewers today as they did when first exhibited. The Group of Seven and Tom Thomson includes many never -- before reprod...

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The Illuminated Life of Maud Lewis - Paperback

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by Bob Brooks (Photographer), Lance Woolaver (Author)Maud Lewis (1903-1970) was recognized and revered in her own lifetime. She offered her endearing images to the passing world through her roadside sign, "Paintings for Sale," and was rewarded by the enthusiastic response she received from both the community and tourists as well as from art collectors. The Illuminated Life of Maud Lewis is an invitation to share once again with the world the perceptions of this celebrated Nova Scotia folk art...

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by Deanne Fitzpatrick (Author)A much needed source book for anyone wanting to know the history and the craft of rug hooking. Includes illustrations of techniques and materials and methods. This book is a tribute to those who kept the craft alive over the years.Author BiographyDeanne Fitzpatrick is renowned worldwide for her stunning rugs and patterns. Her work is in the permanent collections of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia and the Canadian Museum of Civilization, and she is the author of Ea...

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Native American Clothing: An Illustrated History - Hardcover

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by Theodore Brasser (Author) More than five centuries of native peoples' artistry. Native Americans crafted beautiful clothing out of skins, pigment, quills and sinew. The collection of photographs in this outstanding reference celebrates this decorative genius. Many of the 300 photographs from more than 60 leading museums and private collections have never been published previously. The book describes the clothing in fascinating detail, from moccasins and tunics to sashes, bags and ceremon...

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Transmission Arts: Artists and Airwaves - Paperback

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by Galen Joseph-Hunter (Editor), Penny Duff (Editor), Maria Papadomanolaki (Editor)Features 150 artists notable for their sonic, visual, and live works, spanning early radio experiments of the 1880s up to the present. The volume is organized in sections dealing with performance, composition, installation, broadcast, public works, and interactive networks projects. Includes 150 illustrations.Author BiographyArtists featured include Walter Benjamin, John Cage, Allan Kaprow, Maryanne Amacher, Ra...

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The Woodcut Artist's Handbook: Techniques and Tools for Relief Printmaking - Paperback

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by George A. Walker (Author), Barry Moser (Foreword by)Praise for the first edition: An indispensable guide for those who make art out of the contrast between light and dark. And, it's a sheer pleasure for everyone else, thanks to its many wonderful illustrations. -- Artsforum Walker's instruction is so clear and well organized that this handbook is perfect for the beginner. -- American Artist The history of woodcuts goes back more than a thousand years. Working carefully and with great p...

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The Group of Seven and Tom Thomson - Paperback

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by David P. Silcox (Author) Silcox [is] a wonderfully lucid stylist . . . this definitive volume presents 400 supreme color reproductions . . . covering the entire spectrum of the proficient and prolific group's magnificent output . . . every painting is vibrantly, radiantly, and gloriously alive: a veritable hymn to life. -- Booklist At a critical time in Canada's history, the Group of Seven revolutionized the country's appreciation of itself by celebrating Canada as a wild and beautiful l...

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Rock Art: A Vision of a Vanishing Cultural Landscape - Paperback

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by Jonathan Bailey (Author)Memories are the invisible threads connecting us with our past. From the moment a child is born to the reflections of deep history carved on canyon walls, memories describe the aspects of our lives that otherwise defy explanation-an intangible whisper of awareness written on the lips of time. The history of the American Southwest is vividly painted and pecked with memories, with stories, and with narratives of people and place, odysseys carved into tortuous landscap...

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Army of Lovers: A Community History of Will Munro - Paperback

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by Sarah Liss (Author)Will was pretty much the perfect role model. -- Beth Ditto, The Gossip In the spring of 2010, Toronto lost one of its most important queer civic heroes when local artist, DJ, activist, impresario, promoter, party-thrower, caf operator, community-builder and lover Will Munro died of brain cancer at the unfathomably young age of 35. Famed for his subversive, irreverent visual art, which co-opted rock 'n' roll imagery and raunchy gay iconography, and his legendary Vazaleen...

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In Love with Art: Françoise Mouly's Adventures in Comics with Art Spiegelman - Paperback

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by Jeet Heer (Author)Jeet Heer more thoroughly and widely understands comics history and the perplexing binomial life of the cartoonist better than anyone who's not one. As well-versed in literature as he is in comics, he always gets at the peculiar, poetical texture of his subject not only by what he writes, but how he writes it--clearly, mellifluously, and beautifully. Our humble discipline is singularly lucky to have him telling its story.--Chris WareIn a partnership spanning four decades,...

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by Stephen Collis (Author), Jordan Scott (Author)Poets Stephen Collis and Jordan Scott left copies of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species to decay in five distinct ecosystems in British Columbia. A year later, they photographed what remained, reading poetry into nature's rewriting process and documenting the gorgeous detritus in Decomp, a long poem in prose and color photographs.Darwin is an eye amidst graphed genera seeing the web it is woven thereof. A matted scrap of printed materia...

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by Martin Vaughn-James (Author)First published in 1975, The Cage was a graphic novel before there was a name for the genre. Considered an early masterpiece of the genre, the Canadian cult comic has been out of print for decades. The new edition includes an introduction by Canadian comics master and Lemony Snicket collaborator Seth (Palookaville; It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken).Cryptic and disturbing, like Dave Gibbons (Watchmen) illustrating a film by Ozu, The Cage spurns narrative for...

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Curationism: How Curating Took Over the Art World and Everything Else - Paperback

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by David Balzer (Author)Now that we 'curate' even lunch, what happens to the role of the connoisseur in contemporary culture? 'Curate' is now a buzzword, applied to everything from music festivals to artisanal cheese. Inside the art world, the curator reigns supreme, acting as the face of high-profile group shows and biennials in a way that can eclipse and assimilate the contributions of individual artists. Curatorial-studies programs continue to grow, and the business world is adopting curat...

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The Uncanny: Experiments in Cyborg Culture - Paperback

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by Bruce Grenville (Editor)The Uncanny: Experiments in Cyborg Culture is a dazzling and provocative examination of the cyborg--the concept of man-as-machine--in popular culture. The title is from a 1919 essay by Sigmund Freud (and included in the book), which deals with the sensation of uncanniness as being strange and familiar at the same time.The idea of the cyborg has been in existence for decades, and is one of the most persistent cultural images of the past century. The cyborg is a cyphe...

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Haircuts by Children, and Other Evidence for a New Social Contract - Paperback

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by Darren O'Donnell (Author)We live in an adultitarian state, where the rules are based on very adult priorities and understandings of reality. Young people are disenfranchised and powerless; they understand they're subject to an authoritarian regime, whether they buy into it or not. But their unique perspectives also offer incredible potential for engagement and innovation.Cultural planner and performance director Darren O'Donnell has been collaborating with children for years through his th...

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Lust Unearthed: Vintage Gay Graphics from the Dubek Collection - Hardcover

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by Thomas Waugh (Author)On the heels of his bestselling and award-winning book Out/Lines: Underground Gay Graphics From Before Stonewall, Thomas Waugh offers more historic and erotically charged drawings, depicting aspects of gay male sexuality that were once hidden from public view. The more than 200, never-before-published images in Lust Unearthed are from the private collection of Ambrose DuBek, a Hollywood costume and set designer (his work included George Cukor's 1939 film The Women) who...

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Bad Girls of Fashion: Style Rebels from Cleopatra to Lady Gaga - Paperback

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by Jennifer Croll (Author), Ada Buchholc (Illustrator)The title says it all: Bad Girls of Fashion explores the lives of ten famous women who have used clothing to make a statement, change perceptions, break rules, attract power, or express their individuality. Included are Cleopatra, Marie Antoinette, Coco Chanel, Marlene Dietrich, Madonna, and Lady Gaga. Sidebar subjects include: Elizabeth I, Marilyn Monroe, Rihanna, and Vivienne Westwood. Photos illuminate the text, while edgy, vividly colo...

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Bill Reid and the Haida Canoe - Paperback

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by Martine J. Reid (Editor)Northwest Coast peoples were maritime engineers who mastered the art of building dugout canoes from gigantic red cedars, using only tools made from bone, stone, and wood. Ubiquitous, these elegant craft were used for everyday and ceremonial purposes, for fishing, hunting and trading, for feasting and potlatching, and in warfare--they were the keys that unlocked the treasure chest of the North Pacific.Bill Reid and the Haida Canoe tells the story of the Northwest Can...

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A Modern Life: Art and Design in British Columbia 1945-60 - Paperback

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by Ian Thom (Editor), Alan Elder (Editor)In 1949, the forest magnate H.R. MacMillan opened an exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery entitled "Design for Living," a show that brought together design and artistic communities to create four imaginary postwar households. It also heralded an unprecedented level of cooperation between industry, artists and craftspeople--a relationship that seemed to hold great promise for the development of art, furniture and craft.The celebration of the cooperat...

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by Rita McBride (Editor), David Gray (Editor)The fourth and final book in the infamous Ways series of novels as conceptual art--a project by visual artist Rita McBride in collaboration with the Whitney Museum, Printed Matter, Inc., and Arsenal Pulp Press. These books reimagine literary genres by pulling together some of the world's leading artists, writers, and cultural thinkers to write "chapters" of a novel, all of which are set in the visual art world; by doing so, they create a beguiling ...

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Storyteller: The Art of Roy Henry Vickers - Hardcover

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by Roy Henry Vickers (Author)Roy Henry Vickers is known around the world for his unique artistic style marked by clean lines, vivid colours and natural themes drawn from the rugged beauty of the west coast of British Columbia. Influenced by his Tsimshian, Haida, Heiltsuk and British heritage, Vickers unites the stylized forms of his aboriginal ancestry with the realism of European art, creating vibrant images that speak to a universal spirit. His limited edition prints can be found in homes, ...

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by Cary Fagan (Author)When the narrator of this sneakily clever book decides he will try to draw even though he believes he isn't very good at it, a world of silly possibilities opens for him. By the end of the story, he has vanquished a dragon, been given a medal, published a book, and seen his artwork on display in a real museum--and all because he refused to be held back by his own perceived limitations. The narrator of I Wish I Could Draw shares a name with creator Cary Fagan and has the ...