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From Coastal to Contemporary, Maximal to Mediterranean, Tailored to Textured, this inspirational lookbook guides beginners and enthusiasts alike through the most timeless interior design styles of the last century. Learn...

This unparalleled and wide-ranging book surveys the history of applied arts and industrial design from the eighteenth century to the present day, exploring the dynamic relationship between design and manufacturing,...

This colourful and informative publication has been released in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name, beginning at the National Gallery of Victoria in September 1998. It surveys the...

Rarely seen outside royal collections and historic houses, European hardstone carving using stones such as amethyst, jasper and lapis lazuli, is a rich and intricate artform. Stunning decorative and vivid...

Rarely seen outside royal collections and historic houses, European hardstone carving using stones such as amethyst, jasper and lapis lazuli, is a rich and intricate artform. Stunning decorative and vivid...

Throughout history, patterns have come in countless permutations of motif, colour-way and scale. Yet what all have in common is the regularity of repetition, that insistent rhythm that animates a...

Defining Moniek Vanden Berghe as nothing but a 'floral artist' would undermine her multifacted talent. Trained as a sculptor, painter, ceramicist and graphic designer, Moniek found her true passion in...

"Objects are what matter. Only they carry the evidences that throughout the centuries something really happened among human beings." - Levi Strauss A Life of Things presents the eccentric world...

The Japanese philosopher and aesthete's definitive, hugely influential exposition of his philosophy of folkcrafts, setting out the hallmarks of Japanese design as we know it today - anonymity, quality, simplicity...

Revolutionary essays on design, aesthetics and materialism - from one of the great masters of modern architecture 'But art has nothing to do with forgery, with lies. The paths of...

This design history of Southwestern Indian bracelets examines their start in 1868 up through 1970, and the post-1980 legacy that honors those first 100 years. More than 360 color photos...

This book features the largest collection of Mr. T memorabilia in the world, including over 150 homemade soft sculpture dolls collected and documented over the past 25 years. The dolls...

More than 220 color photos, together with descriptions of over fifty dollmakers' richly varied works and techniques, make up this fascinating overview of the state of the dollmaking art right...

This book aims to preserve and bring forward for wider appreciation the outstanding works of art that many engraved titlepages and frontispieces represent. Over the time period covered by the...

The text includes concise bibliographical details of the artists and a listing of the main publications and collections where their works are to be found. This publication is an essential...

A magnificently produced catalog of the major exhibition at the Museum of East Asian Art, Bath, England. Illustrating 354 Chinese jades from the collection of Brian McElney, the Peony Collection...

Art Nouveau developed in very different forms between the 1880s and the First World War, starting in Western Europe. Organic lines and plant forms, building in iron, glass and concrete,...

A Study of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia UniversityKingdom of Beauty shows that the discovery of mingei (folk art) by Japanese intellectuals in the 1920s and 1930s was central...

As one of the few decorative arts about which little has been written, japanning is today fraught with misunderstandings. And yet, in its heyday, the japanning industry attracted important commissions...

Author: Hanna G. DiedrichsFormat: Paperback, 210mm x 297mm, 700g, 160 pagesPublished: Hirmer Verlag, Germany, 2022The artist Kubra Khademi (b. 1989) lives in Paris and focuses in her work on her...

Author: William AbranowiczFormat: Hardback, 235mm x 305mm, 1960g, 272 pagesPublished: Vendome Press, United States, 2023A celebrated photographer focuses his lens on distinctive period and contemporary residences amid the natural beauty...

Author: Desmond Shawe-TaylorFormat: Hardback, 203mm x 254mm, 860g, 44 pagesPublished: Royal Collection Trust, United Kingdom, 2020In this beautifully designed art book, Surveyor of The Queen's Pictures, Desmond Shawe-Taylor, examines 65...

Author: Joanna NormanFormat: Hardback, 222mm x 279mm, 1179g, 203 pagesPublished: V & A Publishing, United Kingdom, 2012This important book forms part of the Handmade in Britain partnership between the V&A...

Author: Olivier DuponFormat: Hardback, 195mm x 250mm, 1380g, 320 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2011This book captures the new mood - a return to a preference for the...

Author: Tom BuchananFormat: Hardback, 168mm x 240mm, 1210g, 336 pagesPublished: Eight Books, United Kingdom, 2022"A fascinating journey into a labyrinthine world, this is an inclusive, in-depth compendium of artists imaginations...

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Author: Patrick FreyFormat: Hardback, 240mm x 310mm, 2660g, 400 pagesPublished: Editions Flammarion, France, 2023Pierre Frey, the leading French producer of furniture textiles and wallcoverings, seamlessly combines artisanal craftsmanship with modernity.Enchanting...

Author: William AbranowiczFormat: Hardback, 235mm x 305mm, 1960g, 272 pagesPublished: Vendome Press, United States, 2023A celebrated photographer focuses his lens on distinctive period and contemporary residences amid the natural beauty...

Author: Stephanie Stokes Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 For her second Rizzoli book, well-known interior designer, consummate hostess, and world traveler Stephanie Stokes presents inspiring tables set with irresistible...