Design

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Report copyright infringementby Alison James (Author)Founded in Florence, Italy, as a luggage brand and equestrian outfitter in 1921, Gucci has evolved into one of the world's most celebrated fashion houses - synonymous with classic design, elegance, luxury and quality. Casa de Gucci beloved by the great, the good and the uber glamorous - boasts an instantly recognisable signature style all of its own. This book, beautifully illustrated with images of some of the world's iconic fashion items...

Isabel López-Quesada: Town & Country: Explore the Second Design Book from Acclaimed Spanish Designer Isabel López-Quesada

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Report copyright infringementby Isabel López-Quesada (Author), Miguel Flores-Vianna (Photographer)Discover the artistry of one of Europe's most celebrated interior designers in this stunning second volume from Isabel López-Quesada.Showcasing a wide variety of her acclaimed design projects, this superb, extended monograph is divided into two sections, Town and Country, displaying spectacular residences located on three islands across the Mediterranean Sea, the Caribbean, and more.Combining per...

How Communication Design Works: Principles, Inspirations & Challenges

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Report copyright infringementby Ulysses Voelker (Author), Michael Schmitz (Designed by)Reflections and practical action for the rapidly evolving discipline of visual communication. Communication design is undergoing radical changes: an overabundant flood of information, fake news, bots, AI, social media, crude graphic tools on the Internet as well as the speed of processes and increasing pressure to be efficient, coupled with increased competition in the design sector and sometimes precarious...

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Report copyright infringementby Nicholas Van Hoogstraten (Author)Fans of the theatre will be thrilled to discover the original posters for hundreds of Broadway's biggest and most beloved hits, including My Fair Lady, The Fantasticks, Hello, Dolly!, Fiddler on the Roof, Death of a Salesman, A Raisin in the Sun, and A Streetcar Named Desire--plus rare and striking designs that tried in vain to sell some of the era's epic flops. In addition to being an important resource, this book is a fun read...

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Report copyright infringementby Angelik Vizcarrondo-Laboy (Author), Kellie Riggs (Author), Mina Warchavchik Hugerth (Editor)The design gallery's latest triennial celebration of US-made objects that straddle art, design and craftR & Company's landmark triennial exhibition and accompanying publication, Objects: USA, returns in 2024, featuring 55 makers from across the United States whose works blur the traditionally understood boundaries of art, design and craft. The exhibition's curators a...

Sense of Style: Artists & Creatives at Home

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Report copyright infringementby Wim Pauwels (Editor)A beautifully presented volume with 18 new portraits of the homes and workplaces of artists, designers, architects and other creatives from all over the world This new book is the long-awaited successor to Rendez-Vous and Visite Privee. Sense of Style showcases artists and creatives who continuously fascinate us - not only because of their creative work, but also because of the inspiring home in which they live and work. The journey begins i...

Island Dreaming: Amanda Lindroth Design--The Latest Projects by the Undisputed Master of Tropical Interior Design, Amanda Lindroth

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Report copyright infringementby Amanda Lindroth (Author), Dylan Chandler (Photographer), Carlisle Burch (Illustrator)The undisputed master of tropical interior design, Amanda Lindroth, shares her airy, relaxed, indoor-outdoor aesthetic in this gorgeous volume. Island Dreaming features 20 recent projects from Amanda LIndroth, each more enticing than the next. Lindroth brings her signature style of boldly colored fabrics, rattan and cane seating, canopied beds, and straw matting to homes rangi...

Grand Designs at 25: Game-Changing Designs from the Iconic Series

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Report copyright infringementby Kevin McCloud (Author)Grand Designs at 25 is the ultimate celebration of the greatest TV series on modern architecture and design in Britain. Featuring Kevin McCloud's selection of the most game-changing constructions from the past 25 years, the book explores some of the most iconic - and challenging - builds ever seen on TV. From eco-builds to luxurious constructions, Grand Designs has undeniably impacted the world of architecture and design. Showcasing the mo...

Spatialization Takes Command: Metaverse Urbanism: Notes on the Future of the Internet, Urbanism, and Life as We Live It

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Report copyright infringementby Firas Safieddine (Author), Reine El Ariss (Editor)By weaving together a range of topics, the book takes readers on a journey through the evolution of the Internet, and its next generation--The Spatial Internet--and explores the current technosphere and terminology necessary to comprehend the metaverse. The author creatively delves into unique social, cultural, technological, economic, and emerging urban phenomena, providing a comprehensive guide to designing an...

An Artist's Journey: A Celebration of Colour, Creativity, Curiosities, Travel and Design

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Report copyright infringementby Tinystories (Author)Unique inspiration for creatives and treasure hunters: be inspired by Tiny's curious and open view of the world and create your unique interior design. In An Artist's Journey, artist Tiny de Vries takes you around the world in search of inspiration. She starts close to home in her Utrecht studio in the Netherlands, where she shows you how to use found treasures to personalize your interior. The book is a visual journey through her world, fea...

The Virtues of Underwear: Modesty, Flamboyance and Filth

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Report copyright infringementby Nina Edwards (Author)Laced with illustrations of undergarments both prosaic and exotic, a global exposé of the hidden meaning of knickers, lingerie, and everything in between. This book unravels the intimate narratives woven into the fabric of our most personal garments. From the first loincloths to the intricate layers of shapewear, the narrative explores the concealed world of underwear as a silent communicator of individual desire and societal affiliation. ...

Relationality: An Emergent Politics of Life Beyond the Human

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Report copyright infringementby Arturo Escobar (Author), Clive Dilnot (Editor), Michal Osterweil (Author)This important new book argues that at the root of the contemporary crisis of climate, energy, food, inequality, and meaning is a certain core presupposition that structures the ways in which we live, think, act and design: the assumption of dualism, or the fundamental separateness of things. The authors contend that the key to constructing livable worlds lies in the cultivation of ways of...

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Report copyright infringementby Jessie Cutts (Author)A practical and inspirational guide to creating beautiful bespoke quilts without the constraints of strict rules or patterns. In Free-Form Quilts and Patchwork, internationally renowned Jessie Cutts of Cutts& Sons shows quilting doesn't need to be daunting or require meticulousmeasurements or lots of planning. Instead, you can design and make up yourwork as you go along, being playful with colour and allowing mistakes to take yourprojec...

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Report copyright infringementby Shaoqiang Wang (Editor), Anton Jiahao Tan (Editor)In the information explosion age, where thereis a shift from staticprinted information to digital media, designs that can convey informationfaster, more convincingly and, thanks to mobile phones, ubiquitously, are likely to gain the public's favor.As a result, graphicdesigners are increasingly including animation in their work to enhance theirstorytelling, making it more functional on the one hand and livelier o...

Writing Is Not Magic, It's Design: The Designer's Guide to Writing and Supercharging Creativity

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Report copyright infringementby João Batalheiro Ferreira (Author)Designers are visual thinkers: they are used to sketches, not drafts, and rely on visuals instead of words. As a result, writing is a strange skill for a designer, leading to blank-page anxiety and procrastination. But no more! This book helps designers overcome the challenge of communicating with words. It introduces a writing method that fits how designers think, guiding them in clarifying thoughts, breaking down complex ideas...

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Report copyright infringementby Claudia Hellmann (Author), Nina Kozel (Author), Hajo Duchting (Author)Now available in a new edition, this book offers a stunning visual history of 100 years of design. Designers have shaped our modern age, whether it's the chair we're sitting in, the computer we're reading on, or the house we're living in. Design is everywhere, and this volume profiles fifty of the most influential figures over the past one hundred years. From the first bentwood chairs by Thon...

A5/07: Rolf Muller: Stories, Systems, Marks

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Report copyright infringementby Jens Müller (Editor)Designer Rolf Müller's first monograph, known for his work on the 1972 Munich Olympic GamesThis book is the first monograph dedicated to the designer Rolf Müller who is known above all for his design of the visual identity of the Munich Olympic Games in 1972. Shortly after graduating from the famous Ulm School of Design, his former professor Otl Aicher entrusted him with this work, which set new standards in international design. In parallel...

New Earrings: 500 + Contemporary Jewellery Designs

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Report copyright infringementby Nicolás Estrada (Editor)Part of awell-known book series on contemporary art jewelry by jeweler Nicolás Estrada, this completely new edition of New Earrings (not a single piece from the2013 edition has been included) highlights the work of some of the mostexciting and innovative international jewelry artists working today. The morethan 550 pieces featured by 198 jewelers from all over the world break awayfrom the traditional notion of jewelry making to stake out...

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Report copyright infringementby Cheryl D. Holmes-Miller (Author), Crystal Williams (Foreword by)Celebrated designer, writer, activist, and educator Cheryl D. Holmes-Miller's memoir of a life in advocacy and her journey to answer the question "Where are the Black designers?" Cheryl D. Holmes-Miller is one of the design field's most respected figures. She is legendary for her decades of scholarship and activism and is known as a touchstone and conscience for the design profession. This long-awa...

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Report copyright infringementby Todd Oldham (Author), Kiera Coffee (Author)As seen in Interior Design Magazine, New York Magazine, and Elle DecorationA comprehensive monograph exploring Alexander Girard's vivid and dynamic design career Alexander Girard was a leading figure in mid-century American design, bringing sensational color and pattern to the modernist aesthetic. Organized by discipline, this stunning monograph covers Girard's prolific and groundbreaking output across textiles, furn...

The Handbag Book: 400 Designer Bags That Changed Fashion

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Report copyright infringementby Sophie Gachet (Author), Ines de la Fressange (Foreword by)A luxe and definitive guide to 400 luxury handbags from the world's leading fashion designers and couture houses The Handbag Book is a look back at 400 of the most famous handbags designed by the greatest names in fashion. With stunning spreads, photographs of the handbags, and introductory text for each style, it is the authority on this important emblem of high-end fashion. In addition, this coffee t...

The Driving Machine: A Design History of the Car

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Report copyright infringementby Witold Rybczynski (Author)In this lively and entertaining work, Witold Rybczynski--hailed as "one of the best writers on design working today" by Publishers Weekly--tells the story of the most distinctive cars in history and the artists, engineers, dreamers, and gearheads who created them. Delving into more than 170 years of ingenuity in design, technology, and engineering, he takes us from Carl Benz's three-wheel motorcar in 1855 to the present-day shift to el...

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Report copyright infringementby Sandu Publishing (Editor)Drawing inspiration from the past is fertile ground for designers, who often update classic iconography to create modern designs that evoke the charm of previous decades while staying true to a client's needs. These creatives blend the look and feel of vintage logos with retro clip art and period colors to respond to market trends and communicate a brands mission. With reverence and skill, the designers included in this volume have prod...

War with Myself: Essays on Design, Culture & Violence

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Report copyright infringementby Ian Lynam (Author)A wide-ranging collection of essays spanning design, decolonization and historyHot on the heels of his books The Impossibility of Silence and The Failed Painter, designer, writer and teacher Ian Lynam's latest body of work is an urgent and impassioned examination of the contemporary condition. War with Myself is a wide-ranging collection of essays spanning design, authenticity, empire, decolonization and history.Originally hailing from New Yor...

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Report copyright infringementby Honojiro Towoji (Artist)The long-awaited second volume of collected artworks by Honojiro Towoji, the popular illustrator who draws one-of-a-kind fantasy worlds, is now available!Following the extremely popular and long-selling art book Honojiro Towoji Illustration Works, which has been reprinted both in Japan and internationally, and the Honojiro Towoji Shikinomemorie Poster Book, this is the second volume of collected artworks by the popular illustrator Honoji...

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Report copyright infringementby Sarah Archer (Author), Joshua McHugh (Photographer), Colin Fanning (Author)Widely celebrated as the father of the Studio Furniture Movement, Wharton Esherick is one of the most important furniture designers of the twentieth century. Presenting his preserved hillside house and studio, this book showcases seven decades of innovative woodwork and sculpture, embodying his influence on American art and design. Wharton Esherick (1887-1970) stands as a pivotal figure ...

What People Wore When: A Complete Illustrated History of Costume from Ancient Times to the Nineteenth Century for Every Level of Society

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Report copyright infringementby Melissa Leventon (Author)What People Wore When combines the studies of two classic nineteenth-century illustrators Auguste Racinet and Friedrich Hottenroth for the first time. Their works are presented first by chronology and then by subject, so that illustrators, historians, and students alike can choose to follow the path of fashion through the centuries, or study in detail the contrasting styles of individual clothing and accessories. Silhouettes reveal the ...

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Report copyright infringementby Terry Newman (Author)A must-have photographic guide to the iconic style moves of BTS, this book celebrates the Bangtan Boys' biggest fashion mic drops. Worldwide heart-throbs BTS exploded onto the internet in 2010 with their infectious tunes and youthful looks. As cheeky as the Beatles and as stylish as Rihanna, these electric, rapping, K-pop crooners have brought a fresh dose of Korean culture to the Western World, along with a series of awesome outfits. From ...

Assembling Tomorrow: A Guide to Designing a Thriving Future from the Stanford D.School

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Report copyright infringementby Scott Doorley (Author), Carissa Carter (Author), Stanford D School (Author)A powerful guide to why even the most well-intentioned innovations go haywire, and the surprising ways we can change course to create a more positive future, by two celebrated experts working at the intersection of design, technology, and learning at Stanford University's acclaimed d.school. "This brilliant book offers a new approach to all creative work that will expand your understandi...

The Craft Beer Sticker Book: 300 Peelable Stickers from Craft Breweries Around the World

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Report copyright infringementby Stickerbomb (Author)The latest in the super-successful Stickerbomb line of urban art sticker books. This new book of fully peelable stickers, brings together the best in today's craft label brewing design and illustration from around the world. The latest in the super-successful Stickerbomb line of urban art sticker books. This book, of fully peelable stickers, brings together the best in today's craft label brewing design and illustration from around the world...

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Report copyright infringementby Brigitte Koyama-Richard (Author)As contemporary as this graphic art form may appear to readers outside of Japan, manga has deep roots in Japanese culture, drawing on centuries-old artistic traditions. Traces can be found in seventh-century temple paintings, folding screens decorated with comic characters, and painted medieval emakimono scrolls. The more familiar manga comics of today echo similar themes, both light-hearted and serious, and draw on narrative for...

Hayden Williams: The Fashion Activity Book

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Report copyright infringementby Hayden Williams (Author)Over 80 artworks for coloring and designing clothes, from the world renowned fashion illustrator Hayden Williams. "Williams has captured some of the most iconic fashions with his pencil... Not only does he capture the looks, he calls the trends as well." - Bustle "With one look at his Instagram, you can instantly tell that Hayden is insanely talented." - Buzzfeed The first book from cult fashion illustrator Hayden Williams. Color your...