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by Emma Baxter-Wright (Author)Little Book of Schiaparelli chronicles the work of one of history's most influential and eccentric couturiers. Endowed with a strikingly imaginative and experimental approach to fashion, Elsa Schiaparelli cultivated a combination of the witty and the surreal, the cutting edge and the elegant, from her garments and jewellery to her collaborations with Salvador Dalí, Jean Cocteau and Alberto Giacometti. Exquisitely illustrated and expertly written, the book follows...

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by Fiell (Author)Designed to be a companion to our classic title 1000 Chairs, this edition contains an awesome selection of over 1000 lights. Presented chronologically by decade are the 20th century's most interesting electric lights, from Tiffany's beautiful leaded-glass shades to completely outrageous designs from the late 1960s and 1970s to the latest high-tech LED lamps. All major styles are represented here--Arts & Crafts, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Modern Movement, De Stijl, Postwar, Po...

The Walt Disney Film Archives. the Animated Movies 1921-1968. 45th Ed. - Hardcover

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by Daniel Kothenschulte (Author)One of the most creative minds of the 20th century, Walt Disney built a unique and unrivaled imaginative universe. Like scarcely any other classics of cinema, his astonishing collection of animated cartoons revolutionized storytelling on screen and enchant to this day across geographies and generations. This expansively illustrated publication on Disney animation gathers hundreds of images as well as essays by Disney experts, taking us to the beating heart of t...

Designing with Type, 5th Edition: The Essential Guide to Typography - Paperback

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by James Craig (Author), Irene Korol Scala (Author)The classic Designing with Type has been completely redesigned, with an updated format and full color throughout. New information and new images make this perennial best-seller an even more valuable tool for anyone interested in learning about typography. The fifth edition has been integrated with a convenient website, www.designingwithtype.com, where students and teachers can examine hundreds of design solutions and explore a world of typogr...

Interiors for a Life in Good Taste - Hardcover

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by Caroline Gidiere (Author), Isabel Parra (Photographer)A fresh perspective on classic American interior design and practical advice on living well in our modern world, in this much-anticipated work from a rising decorator. Gidiere's design aesthetic is a modern take on traditional interiors, using contemporary and antique furniture with backdrops of joyful color and pattern to create spaces that are both new and classical--florals, botanical prints, rush baskets, tailored stripes, well-stoc...

Devils, Demons, and Witchcraft: 244 Illustrations for Artists and Craftspeople - Paperback

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by Ernst And Johanna Lehner (Author)"Throughout history, artists have grappled with the problem of depicting clearly and forcefully the principles of evil and suffering in human existence." With this view, the Lehners have collected 244 representations, symbols, and manuscript pages of devils and death from Egyptian times to 1931. Reproductions from Dürer, Holbein, Cranach, Rembrandt, and many other lesser-known or unknown artists illustrate the fascinating history. The fifteenth, sixteenth, ...

Emigre Fonts: Type Specimens 1986-2024 - Paperback

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by Rudy VanderLans (Editor), Stephen Coles (Foreword by), Jeffery Keedy (Introduction by)A 1,500-page compendium containing nearly five decades of remarkable print ephemera from a trailblazing digital type foundryEmigre is a graphic design and digital type foundry based in Berkeley, California. Founded in 1985 by the husband-and-wife team Rudy VanderLans and Zuzana Licko, it was one of the first independent digital type foundries to explore the new design possibilities offered by the MacIntos...

Graphic Fest 2: Spot-On Identities for Festivals & Fairs - Paperback

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by Viction (Author)As the world slowly opens up after years of the pandemic, previously cancelled or postponed festivals and fairs are springing back to life with a new wave of creativity and energy. In this new environment, organizers and designers are tasked with enhancing an event's overall experience and atmosphere as never before. Following its bestselling predecessor, GRAPHIC FEST 2 continues its legacy with a brand-new selection of visual identities that appeal to the right audiences w...

100 Interiors Around the World - Hardcover

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by Taschen (Editor)Making stops in North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia, this edition rounds up some of today's most exceptional and inspiring interiors across six continents. From rustic minimalism to urbane eclecticism, the selection celebrates a global spectrum of styles, united by authenticity, a love of detail, and a zest for individual expression that will never go out of fashion. Includes interiors in Argentina, Brazil, China, Cuba, Denmark, France, Germany, Gre...

Enchanting Embroidery Designs: Whimsical Animal and Plant Motifs to Stitch - Paperback

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by Miw Morita (Author)Enchanting Embroidery Designs invites you to create your own world using bright thread colors and imaginative stitches. Full of motifs that are both simple and playful, from zany crocodiles, and cuddly cats to big-eared bats and stealthy ravens. This book invites you to be creative with its whimsical designs and step-by-step instructions--whether you use these projects as visible mending techniques or simply to add interest to a piece. The sweet scenes and cute character...

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by D&ad (Editor)In 1995, the D&AD published a book on the art of writing for advertising. The then best-selling book remains an important reference work today--a bible for creative directors. D&AD and TASCHEN have joined forces to bring you an updated and redesigned edition of the publication. Regarded as the most challenging field in advertising, copywriting is usually left to the most talented professionals--often agency leaders or owners themselves. The book features a work sel...

An Introduction to Whitework Embroidery with Colour: 10 Stunning Projects with Reusable Iron-On Transfers - Paperback

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by Trish Burr (Author)Discover a colorful, contemporary approach to traditional whitework with best-selling embroidery expert Trish Burr. Fresh and uplifting, Trish Burr's use of color brings a joyful lease of life to her stunning whitework designs. Complete with a comprehensive guide to getting started, and arranged in order of difficulty, this inspiring book contains 10 complete, brand-new projects, each with clear step-by-step instructions, an iron-on transfer, a full-size template and sum...

Manuals: Design and Identity Guidelines - Hardcover

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by Massimo Vignelli (Foreword by)In today's landscape, designers rely on digital templates to implement brand identities--fast, accurate, and easily updatable, these digital manuals are now obligatory. But we have lost something in the transition to digital style guides, and the great printed standards manuals from the predigital era deserve a better fate than to be junked. This comprehensive study of corporate design manuals from the golden era of identity design makes a compelling case for ...

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by Anne Varichon (Author), Kate Deimling (Translator)A beautifully illustrated history of the many inventive, poetic, and alluring ways in which color swatches have been selected and staged The need to categorize and communicate color has mobilized practitioners and scholars for centuries. Color Charts describes the many different methods and ingenious devices developed since the fifteenth century by doctors, naturalists, dyers, and painters to catalog fragments of colors. With the advent of ...

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by Hilary Davidson (Author)Hilary Davidson delves into the clothing of one of the world's great authors, providing unique and intimate insight into her everyday life and material world What did Jane Austen wear? Acclaimed dress historian and Austen expert Hilary Davidson reveals, for the first time, the wardrobe of one of the world's most celebrated authors. Despite her acknowledged brilliance on the page, Jane Austen has all too often been accused of dowdiness in her appearance. Drawing on...

Vintage Lined Notebook Greetings from Tennessee - Paperback

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by Found Image Press (Producer)Introducing the Vintage Notebook: Greetings from Tennessee, a delightful companion for all your writing endeavors. Featuring 150 lined pages, immerse yourself in the charm of a classic vintage travel postcard illustration adorning its cover. With its full-color decorative vintage art and versatile functionality, this notebook is an ideal companion for journaling, planning trips, tackling writing projects, organizing to-do lists, or simply capturing thoughts on a...

Vintage Lined Notebook Greetings from Nashville, Tennessee - Paperback

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by Found Image Press (Producer)Introducing the Vintage Notebook: Greetings from Nashville, Tennessee, a delightful companion for all your writing endeavors. Featuring 150 lined pages, immerse yourself in the charm of a classic vintage travel postcard illustration adorning its cover. With its full-color decorative vintage art and versatile functionality, this notebook is an ideal companion for journaling, planning trips, tackling writing projects, organizing to-do lists, or simply capturing th...

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by Christopher Laverty (Author)A beautiful compendium of famous fashion designers, their gorgeous creations and the film stars that wore them. Fashion designers have been involved in movies since the early days of cinema. The result is some of the most eye-catching and influential costumes ever committed to film, from Ralph Lauren's trend-setting masculine style for Diane Keaton in Annie Hall to Audrey Hepburn's little black Givenchy dress in Breakfast at Tiffany's. Fashion in Film celebrates...

Writing and Research for Graphic Designers: A Designer's Manual to Strategic Communication and Presentation - Paperback

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by Steven Heller (Author)Designed specifically for the graphic designers out there, this is the perfect jumping off point for the best ways properly write for clients, other designers, and those new to design.Author BiographySteven Heller wears many hats (in addition to the New York Yankees): For 33 years he was an art director at the New York Times, originally on the OpEd Page and for almost 30 of those years with the New York Times Book Review. Currently, he is co-chair of the MFA Designer ...

Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction - Paperback

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by Grady Hendrix (Author)From the New York Times best-selling author of The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires comes a nostalgic and unflinchingly funny celebration of the horror fiction boom of the 1970s and '80s. Take a tour through the horror paperback novels of two iconic decades . . . if you dare. Page through dozens and dozens of amazing book covers featuring well-dressed skeletons, evil dolls, and knife-wielding killer crabs! Read shocking plot summaries that invoke devil ...

Phenomena: An Infographic Guide to Almost Everything - Hardcover

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by Camille Juzeau (Author), The Shelf Company (Designed by), ?tienne Klein (Foreword by)Astronomy, botany, the climate . . . From the wonder of fireflies to the mysteries of the Big Bang, from magnificent maps of animal migrations to the anatomy of snowflakes, Phenomena's superbly rendered infographics and concise texts will help anyone with a curious mind and a thirst for knowledge grasp a broad range of scientific, historical, and cultural concepts.This highly original encyclopedia covers 1...

Denim: The Fabric That Built America, 1935-1944 - Hardcover

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by Graham Marsh (Editor), Tony Nourmand (Editor)The legacy of denim in America, as seen through early FSA photographs of "blue collar" workersThere is perhaps no other fabric so inextricably associated with a country as is denim with the United States of America. First popularized by Levi's iconic jean designs in the mid-1800s, denim quickly became the material of choice for working-class Americans, spurring an influx of other brands making workwear with the durable and ubiquitous fabric--fro...

The Development of the American Windsor Chairs - Paperback

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by Carl W. Drepperd (Author)A Windsor chair is a chair built with a solid wooden seat into which the chair-back and legs are round-tenoned, or pushed into drilled holes. This is in contrast to standard chairs, where the back legs and the uprights of the back are continuous. Contained within this book is a fascinating account of the development of the American Windsor chair. Containing a wealth of interesting information on its history, evolution, construction, and popularity, along with a ver...

Chloe: The Complete Collections - Hardcover

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by Lou Stoppard (Author), Suzy Menkes (Preface by)The brilliance of the house of Chloé is on full view in this panorama of catwalk photography, celebrating the brand's seventy years of collections by leading designers including founder Gaby Aghion, Karl Lagerfeld, Phoebe Philo, and Stella McCartney This in-depth publication celebrates the glamor and sophistication of the house of Chloé. The book's chapters follow the development of the collections themselves, beginning with those created by ...

Actionable Gamification: Beyond Points, Badges, and Leaderboards - Hardcover

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by Yu-Kai Chou (Author)The new era of Gamification and Human-Focused Design optimizes for motivation and engagement over traditional Function-Focused Design. Within the industry, studies on game mechanics and behavioral psychology have become proliferate. However, few people understand how to merge the two fields into experience designs that reliably increases business metrics and generates a return on investment. Gamification Pioneer Yu-kai Chou takes reader on a journey to learn his twelve ...

Opshopulence: How to Make Thrift Store Look Like Couture and Save the Planet - Hardcover

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by Faye de Lanty (Author)True style is never about how much you spendA simple shift in perception will bring you more wardrobe abundance and life wisdom that you could ever possibly imagine.Opshopulence is a mindset created by preloved chic pioneer Faye De Lanty and when you embody it you'll: -- look and feel a million bucks -- save money and reduce style stress -- transcend age, shape, size, gender and status -- transform your personal style and life -- support charity -- empower and connect...

Danger in the Path of Chic: Violence in Fashion Between the Wars - Paperback

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by Lucy Moyse Ferreira (Author), Rebecca Arnold (Editor)During the interwar years, a proliferation of violence encroached upon the glossy, idealistic world of fashion: from the curiously common appearance of dismembered heads in fashion illustration, to seemingly torturous techniques and devices advertised by beauty imagery, even extending to garments designed to look assaulted and destroyed. Danger in the Path of Chic brings this disturbing imagery to light for the first time, proposing new ...

The Museum of Scent: Exploring the Curious and Wondrous World of Fragrance - Hardcover

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by Mandy Aftel (Author), Clarissa Pinkola Est駸 Rey駸 (Foreword by) "This work . . . is a true original--a rarest of rare legacy volume. This book was created by a beautiful elder who is a polymath: meaning, a highly unique person of multiple modern and old ways of knowing. . . . Mandy Aftel's dons and talents are now resting in your hands in this magical tome that, I deeply sense and hope, will bless you time and again." --From the foreword by Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Est駸 Rey駸, author of Women W...

20th-Century Fashion. 100 Years of Apparel Ads - Hardcover

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by Alison A. Nieder (Author), Jim Heimann (Editor)The 20th century saw fashion evolve from an exclusive Parisian salon business catering for the wealthy elite into a global industry employing millions, with new trends whisked into stores before the last model has even left the catwalk. Along the way, the signature silhouettes of each era evolved beyond recognition. For women, House of Worth crinolines gave way to Vionnet's bias-cut gowns, Dior's New Look to Quant's Chelsea Look, Halston's whi...

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by David Gluckman (Author) Number of Pages: 298 Dimensions: 0.69 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: August 22, 2024

Off-Grid Living 101: Ultimate Guide to Sustainable Homesteading: DIY projects, Energy-Independent Systems of Water, Wind and Solar to Unlock a Life of - Paperback

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by Willow Smart (Author)A life of freedom and independence with off-grid living, even if you've never built a DIY project before!Do you yearn for the self-sufficient lifestyle, confident in your ability to thrive independently from the grid?Inspired by sustainable practices but overwhelmed about where to start your off-grid journey with minimal cost and effort?Off-Grid Living 101 provides a blueprint for transforming curiosity into empowerment as you learn about sustainable homesteading and p...