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Fashion Palettes: Color Inspiration, Meaning and Mood

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Report copyright infringementby Lauren Wager (Author), Sophia Ahmad (Author)The book delves on colour palettes for fashion: the meaning of colour, where its name comes, the fabrics on which particular colours look best and the best colour combinations.Color consultant and curator Lauren Wager, author of the best-selling Palette Perfect volumes, and colorist, designer, and trend forecaster Sophia Naureen Ahmad team up in this practical and inspirational compendium that shows us how colors can ...

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Report copyright infringementby Carl J. D'Silva (Author)Growing up, almost every kid dreams of finding buried treasure. That dream slowly fades with age as they realize that Blackbeard never visited their backyard. For some, the search for treasure continues in their adult lives in other ways. Metal detectors and shovels may be replaced with online searches and library visits, but the thrill of the hunt is still alive, ever driving the quest forward.Lost Danish Treasure tells the tale of two ...

Growing Up in Alphabet City: The Unexpected Letterform Art of Michael Doret

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Report copyright infringementby Michael Doret (Author), Norman Hathaway (Editor), Nick Sherman (Foreword by)A visual autobiography from the lettering legend behind iconic artwork for Kiss, Disney, the Knicks and many moreIn this vivid and humorous monograph-meets-memoir, Los Angeles-based lettering supremo Michael Doret shares his top-secret tricks for making mere words into iconic words-as-images for clients such as Disney, Pixar, Time, Kiss, the Knicks and more. With more than 700 images, A...

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Report copyright infringementby Betty Soldi (Author)A joyful exploration of modern calligraphy, with exercises and ideas to help you get creative with ink. Modern calligraphy has taken social media by storm and inspired thousands of people to put pen to paper and get involved with ink. For years, handwriting has been in danger of becoming lost to keyboards and smartphones, with few of us picking up a pen to do much more than scrawl a shopping list or take hasty notes in meetings so, for prof...

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Report copyright infringementby Deborah Chandler (Author)The vibrant character of Guatemala is most visible in its handwoven textiles, which are still in everyday use and readily available in native markets all over the country. A Textile Traveler's Guide to Guatemala is an excellent resource for discovering artisans, markets, shops, and those storied regional textile traditions. Geared to independent-minded travelers, this guide presents the safest and most accessible methods of travel, wher...

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Report copyright infringementby Phaidon Editors (Author) As seen in Fast Company, Dwell, and Wallpaper*Discover 500 of the world's greatest graphic designs in one big, bold, and brilliant volumeThis deep dive into graphic design history presents the work of more than 400 designers across 33 countries and 5 continents, with work dating back to the 14th century.Reimagined from the Phaidon best-seller Graphic: 500 Designs that Matter, the book's dizzying array of designs range from the Gutenberg...

Reverse Coloring Book: Drawing Nature with Inverse Colouring. You Draw the Lines on Beautiful Watercolour Backgrounds

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Report copyright infringementby Cécile Baude-Tagnard (Author)A captivating book that takes you on a journey through the world of reverse colouring that will unleash your creativity and allow your imagination to soar. The book has the colors, you draw the lines.Immerse yourself in hours of fun and creativity with the mesmerizing world of reverse colouring. This unique artistic activity combines the meditative qualities of colouring, the cognitive stimulation of puzzles, and the freedom to expr...

Not Your Gran's Sewing Book: Easy Alterations for the Perfect Fit at Any Size

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Report copyright infringementby Allie Luecke (Author)Make Badass Clothes That Actually Fit It's finally here: The holy grail for creating clothes that celebrate your body and let all your curves and swerves sing! In this guide to easy alterations, flip-thrift guru Allie Luecke shares all the top tips to have your clothes fitting like a glove. Perfect for beginners, Allie's book has got you covered with easy-to-follow guides and fantastic projects including: - Starting Strong: Learn how to hem...

Iris Apfel: Colorful: A Treasure Trove of Inspiration, Influences, and Ideas

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Report copyright infringementby Iris Apfel (Author)Fashion icon Iris Apfel shares her philosophy for living, unique perspective on design, and the key moments that shaped her life, along with 300 photographs from her personal collection in a beautifully produced legacy book, featuring a bespoke ribbon marker, edges sprayed with a vibrant pink ink, and a debossed, high-gloss cover. With more than 300 personal photos and adorned with beautiful, unseen fabric patterns from Iris's Old World Weav...

Songs for Modern Japan: Popular Music and Graphic Design, 1900 to 1950

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Report copyright infringementby Kendall Brown (Text by (Art/Photo Books)), Anne Nishimura Morse (Text by (Art/Photo Books)), Hiromu Nagahara (Text by (Art/Photo Books))A delightful primer on early-to-mid-20th-century Japan's fruitful fusion of music and design, as materialized in sheet music Winner of Third Place in Exhibition Catalogues from the New England Museum Association 2025 Publication Awards. Japanese society underwent a whirlwind of change during the first half of the 20th century, ...

Dear Data: A Friendship in 52 Weeks of Postcards

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Report copyright infringementby Giorgia Lupi (Author), Stefanie Posavec (Author), Maria Popova (Introduction by)Equal parts mail art, data visualization, and affectionate correspondence, Dear Data celebrates "the infinitesimal, incomplete, imperfect, yet exquisitely human details of life," in the words of Maria Popova (Brain Pickings), who introduces this charming and graphically powerful book. For one year, Giorgia Lupi, an Italian living in New York, and Stefanie Posavec, an American in Lon...

Publish Your Photography Book: Third Edition

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Report copyright infringementby Mary Virginia Swanson (Editor), Darius D. Himes (Editor)An expanded edition of the essential guide to making a photobook, packed with interviews and contributions from artists, publishers, designers, packagers, editors and other industry expertsThe first book to demystify the process of producing and publishing a book of photographs, Publish Your Photography Book was first released in 2011 and subsequently sold out two editions. This highly anticipated third ed...

Learn to Draw Manga: A Fun and Easy How-To Draw Guide for All Ages

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Report copyright infringementby Kritzelpixel (Author)Bring out the artist in you with Learn to Draw Manga, an easy step-by-step guide to creating manga art. Do you have a fascination for manga or anime? Have you been excited to draw your favorite characters but unsure how to conjure them on the page? Welcome to the creative universe of Learn to Draw Manga, where you'll learn to turn your doodles into masterpieces in no time. Best-selling author of Learn to Draw in 5 Weeks, Isabel B. Zimmerm...

The Art of El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera

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Report copyright infringementby Chris McDonnell (Author), Viacomcbs/Nickelodeon (Illustrator), Silvia Perea Labayen (Translator)The Art of El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera takes fans behind the scenes of the hit Nickelodeon animated series. Presented bilingually in both English and Spanish, the book celebrates the series' Mexican roots and explores how the creators drew from their own lives in Mexico and the United States to inspire their sprawling superhero metropolis. Created by Jo...

To Hold Your Heart in Your Teeth, Women's Work: The Visual Language of the Romanian Blouse

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Report copyright infringementby Simona Bortis-Schultz (Author)A lovingly designed and scrupulously researched social history of the traditional Romanian blouseMade by generations of women, the folk garment of the Romanian blouse secured its language despite eons of fierce changes. Author Simona Bortis-Schultz creates a cultural-historical biography of the blouse, from Neolithic beginnings in northeastern Romania and western Ukraine, through the period of folk revival, the Communist era and th...

Sketch Your Amazing Style: A Body-Positive Guided Sketchbook for Drawing Dream Wardrobes

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Report copyright infringementby Justine Lecouffe (Author), Chloe Takahashi (Author)Graphic designer Justine Lecouffe and fashion illustrator Chloe Takahashi present an interactive guided sketchbook for all who love fashion and want to design and sketch their own unique and stylish outfits. Sketch Your Amazing Style has a modern sensibility that includes body positive and racially diverse fashion croquis (figure templates) readers can use to start their own fashion doodles and drawings. With ...

Charles J. Connick: America's Visionary Stained Glass Artist

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Report copyright infringementby Peter Cormack (Author)The first comprehensive account of Charles J. Connick, America's most innovative and influential stained glass artist working in the first half of the twentieth century When Charles J. Connick (1875-1945) began his stained glass career in Pittsburgh in the 1890s, America's fascination with the newly invented "opalescent" windows of Tiffany and La Farge meant that the original traditions of the art form were almost forgotten. Connick made ...

Golden Secrets of Lettering: Letter Design from First Sketch to Final Artwork

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Report copyright infringementby Martina Flor (Author)The Golden Secrets of Lettering is a comprehensive, beautifully illustrated guide to hand lettering. With easy-to-understand instructions and guidelines, plenty of inspirational examples, and hundreds of hand sketches and illustrations, Martina Flor shows readers how to transform their initial lettering concepts and handdrawn sketches into a well-shaped, exquisite piece of digital lettering that can be sold and published. Readers learn how ...

Panton: Environments, Colors, Systems, Patterns

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Report copyright infringementby Verner Panton (Text by (Art/Photo Books)), Ida Engholm (Text by (Art/Photo Books)), Anders Michelsen (Text by (Art/Photo Books))A visual romp through the career of the iconic '60s Danish designer, known for his groovy, vibrant furniture and lightingVerner Panton (1926-98) was Danish design's enfant terrible during the mid-20th century. While his colleagues prioritized natural materials and manual craftsmanship, Panton experimented with colored plastic, fibergla...

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Report copyright infringementby Sonnet Stanfill (Editor), Lydia Caston (Editor)This lavishly illustrated book explores the origins and legacy of one of fashion's greatest innovators"Elsa Schiaparelli was more than a dressmaker; she was an image maker." --Daniel RoseberryElsa Schiaparelli sent shockwaves through the fashion establishment with her witty, ingenious, and artful designs. Lauded by Cristóbal Balenciaga as the "only real artist in couture," she infused her collections with Surrealis...

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Report copyright infringementby Skittledog (Compiled by)With hundreds of sticky curiosities ready to beautify your junk journal or collage, this book is the perfect companion to The Ransom Note Sticker Book. This cute little sticker book is packed with extraordinary images that can be used for scrapbooks, journals, collaging, and many other creative pursuits. The stickers are all vintage illustrations.There are 40 spreads of stickers, over 800 altogether, presented in categories and intersper...

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Report copyright infringementby Jesse Stay (Author)The essential guide to the popular, beginner-friendly graphic design platform Canva For Dummies is a beautiful full-color reference, covering everything you need to create dazzling visual materials in Canva Free and Pro versions. Discover all tools, templates, and features at the ready, plus utilize expert tips and tricks to improve your design and visual communication skills. Start with basic functionalities and graphic design principles, an...

Making and Breaking the Grid, Third Edition: A Graphic Design Layout Workshop

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Report copyright infringementby Timothy Samara (Author)Take your design work to the next level with Making and Breaking the Grid: A Graphic Design Layout Workshop (Third Edition), the essential easy-to-use guide for designers working in every medium. With over 150,000 copies in print, this new edition makes a classic text relevant to a new generation of designers. Updates include: A cross-cultural inclusive re-envisioning of design history related to the grid, including alternative appro...

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Report copyright infringementby Adrian Shaughnessy (Author)Across 448 pages, Herb Lubalin: American Graphic Designer features hundreds of examples of Lubalin's work (many never before published) and previously unseen photographs of him at work and play.Divided into sections on his work in advertising, typography, and editorial, the book features an extensive biographical text by Adrian Shaughnessy that includes interviews with George Lois, Seymour Chwast, Alan Peckolick, Carl Fischer, Steven ...

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Report copyright infringementby Carolina Amell (Author), Gala Mora (Author)With this beautiful book you will literally bring the summery hippy-chic 'Ibiza' atmosphere into your home. With the most beautiful interiors and stunning photography - where you can imagine yourself in the azure bays - Architectural Digest journalist Gala Mora offers you a unique look into the Mediterranean-inspired homes of top designers and creative minds. The interiors breathe sun, sea and beach. Enjoy beautiful de...

Denim Branded: Jeanswear's Evolving Design Details

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Report copyright infringementby Nick Williams (Author), Jenny Corpuz (With)Most take for granted that a pair of jeans is not considered complete without patches, rivets, buttons, and other trims. The existence of such design elements is not questioned because they are seen as the standard. Nick Williams's book is exclusively dedicated to denim branding and deconstructs every element that goes into branding a pair of jeans. These elements are a jeans' identity, its source code, a marker from w...

Kenneth Grange: Designing the Modern World

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Report copyright infringementby Lucy Johnston (Author), Jonathan Ive (Foreword by)This is the definitive celebration of the work, life, and times of Sir Kenneth Grange (born 1929), one of the most innovative and revered industrial designers of the modern period and an enduring influence on today's younger creators, including Sir Jonathan Ive.For decades, Kenneth's iconic products--including the InterCity 125 train for British Rail, the TX1 London black taxi, domestic appliances for Kenwood, l...

Floribunda Year: A Flower Coloring Companion

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Report copyright infringementby Leila Duly (Illustrator)Leila Duly's captivating coloring book is a celebration of a year of flowers and floral displays. Month by month, follow the progress of the seasons with intricate illustrations of flowers, birds, butterflies and other insects and small creatures to color in, or indulge in a wonderful seasonal arrangement of blooms. From peonies and alliums swaying together in spring through late summer's dahlias and chrysanthemums to winter berries. Thi...

Cuban Mid-Century Design: A Modernist Regime

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Report copyright infringementby Abel González Fernandez (Author), Laura Mott (Author), Andrew Satake Blauvelt (Author)The first book, accompanying a traveling exhibition, dedicated to Cuban mid-century design anchored by an under-acknowledged collection of graphic design, prototypes, and furniture, much of which has never been exhibited outside the island or published. Primarily focused on the post-revolutionary era of Cuba from the late 1950s through the 1970s, this volume brings together a ...

City of Dreams: Los Angeles Interiors: Inspiring Homes of Architects, Designers, and Artists

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Report copyright infringementby Annie Kelly (Author), Tim Street-Porter (Photographer)The longtime Angeleno and celebrated photographer Tim Street-Porter offers this sweeping survey of the best of both historic and contemporary Los Angeles houses that have tremendous resonance for interior design today. Los Angeles's Street-Porter has been chronicling this metropolis's architecture and interiors for over twenty-five years. This stunning collection of inspiring homes begins with a look back, w...

The Design of Books: An Explainer for Authors, Editors, Agents, and Other Curious Readers

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Report copyright infringementby Debbie Berne (Author)Seasoned designer Debbie Berne presents an accessible introduction to book design for authors, editors, and other book people. Design is central to the appeal, messaging, and usefulness of books, but to most readers, it's mysterious or even invisible. Through interiors as well as covers, designers provide structure and information that shape the meaning and experience of books. In The Design of Books, Debbie Berne shines a light on the con...

Universal Principles of Typography: 100 Key Concepts for Choosing and Using Type

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Report copyright infringementby Elliot Jay Stocks (Author), Ellen Lupton (Foreword by)Explore 100 key concepts, theories, and guidelines that are critical for choosing and using type. We communicate with text every single day, but what does it mean to really understand type--to use it with clear intent and purpose? The art and science of typography combines subtle tweaks to line lengths with harmonious combinations of weights and styles; considered typeface pairings with a robust set of alter...