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Yves Saint Laurent is one of the world's most famous designers, who's haute couture collections have deeply marked society and revolutionised the image of women. All About Yves documents the...

The artwork displayed on gift and shopping bags has never been more exciting! This contemporary peek at more than 550 shopping bags in over 280 vibrant colour photographs is perfect...

Symbols play an integral role in almost all branding programmes. This book explores the visual language of symbols according to their most basic element: form. Over 1,300 symbols from all...

With every passing year, the strength of takeaway food packaging design becomes stronger, particularly with the increased popularity and ease of ordering food online as well as eating on the...

Information visualisation is committed to create those in an intuitive way to convey the means and methods of abstract information. The form of expression and the visualisation of interactive technology...

Bursting with beautiful ideas for bringing a signature mid-century look into your own space, as well as practical advice on what will work where, this is an essential guide for...

William Morris - poet, designer, campaigner, hero of the Arts & Crafts movement - was a giant of the Victorian age, and his beautiful creations and provocative philosophies are still...

Influential ceramics company People Will Always Need Plates bring you notecards depicting four stunning Brutalist architectural gems. These outstanding graphic illustrations of London buildings with their clean lines and bold...

It opens with an A-Z of a range of significant fonts, chosen to represent the typographic spectrum. As well as looking at each font's historical context and design ethos, a...

At an early age, BillyBoy* chose two mentors: Bugs Bunny and Elsa Schiaparelli. From Bugs Bunny, he learned the basics of how to behave in society and how to manage...

This chronological study traces the evolution of graphic form its varying economic, social, political, technical, and artistic contexts from Antiquity through the Middle Ages and up through the age of...

This is the complete visual history of one of the worlds greatest family of typefaces, Sans Serif. It is an essential sourcebook for designers everywhere, with lavishly illustrated examples of...

The designer Gere Kavanaugh is an irrepressible force of nature who epitomized the craft and folk vibe of the '60s and '70s California design scene and remains a larger-than-life personality...

A comprehensive sourcebook of over 500 patterns across six design styles, a must-have for anyone involved in textiles and the decorative arts. Delicate florals, bold stripes, geometric prints and sumptuous...

This fully revised edition of 'Graphic Design School' improves upon previous editions by providing a more fully developed introduction to the study of graphic design, firmly locating it within the...

The titles in our best-selling Design Brief series are highly praised by graphic design students, educators, and professionals worldwide as invaluable resources. Each beautifully designed, affordable volume offers a concise...

Though his life was relatively short, Christian Ernest Dior's seismic influence on the fashion world ensures his name lives on as one of the most successful and celebrated designers of...

When Danish artists from the 1880's onwards started working with all kinds of artistic media and materials, this became the making of Danish art. It laid down the foundations for...

'Good fashion is evolution, not revolution.' - Pierre BalmainOne of the original big Parisian couture houses, alongside the likes of Dior and Chanel, Pierre Balmain reigned supreme over the 1950s...

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"A feast for the eyes...100 Ideas is an entertaining, often insightful read." - Geoff Hart, STC Technical Communication Journal"The scope is broad but intelligently refined, connecting all aspects of graphic...

Symbols play an integral role in almost all branding programmes. This book explores the visual language of symbols according to their most basic element: form. Over 1,300 symbols from all...

The classic elegant English typeface, still widely used as a book text more than 250 years since its creation. Baskerville is a transitional design, poised between the first metal types...

The elegance of the Little Black Dress. The simplicity of the Breton shirt. The luxury of the fragrance. These signatures exemplify the image of Chanel. Bringing to life the story...

An original account of the life and work of legendary designer Jan Tschichold and his role in the movement in Weimar Germany to create modern graphic design Richly illustrated with...

Through the selection of eleven master designers, Jerry Kelly illustrates a wide range of styles: from classically inspired design and historical revival, to novel and modern layouts. Throughout the twentieth...

From the labyrinthine paths and serene squares of the Gothic Quarter to the stunning art nouveau architecture of the Eixample, Barcelona is a place of irresistible charm. Throughout this beloved...

The explosive new book from Britain's leading investigative biographer, Tom Bower As one of the most famous and influential couples in the world, David and Victoria Beckham have attained iconic...

"As visually arresting as it is informative."-The Boston Globe"Du Bois's bold colors and geometric shapes were decades ahead of modernist graphic design in America."-Fast Company's Co.DesignW.E.B. Du Bois's Data Portraits...

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Author: Andrew KrivineFormat: Hardback, 222mm x 282mm, 2000g, 336 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, 2021Reversing into the Future: New Wave Graphics 1977-1990 is a unique and fascinating book of graphic...

Author: Gary HustwitFormat: Paperback, 127mm x 229mm, 300g, 140 pagesPublished: Plexi Productions, United States, 2022The New York Subway Map Debate documents a pivotal event in design history: the 1978 debate...

Format: Paperback, 160mm x 220mm, 400g, 160 pagesPublished: Victionary, Hong Kong, 2019Materials have the power to affect human experiences and emotions by helping us build intimate connections with inanimate objects...

Author: Ute HelmboldFormat: Hardback, 155mm x 225mm, 1060g, 640 pagesPublished: Niggli Verlag, Switzerland, 2023How pictures can be used to tell a story, how are they made, and how the head...

Author: VictionaryFormat: Paperback, 135mm x 185mm, 480g, 256 pagesPublished: Viction Workshop Ltd, Hong Kong, 2020The best-selling PALETTE colour-themed series remains one of the most successful and sought-after references for designers...

Author: Marc DaCostaFormat: Hardback, 203mm x 279mm, 1540g, 276 pagesPublished: Standards Manual, United States, 2022Communications between amateur radio (AKA ham radio) operators and citizen band stations have been crowding the...

This monograph shows how the oloid, a timelessly beautiful geometric body, serves today more than ever as a source of inspiration and functional component in the visual arts and design,...

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Author: Steven HellerFormat: Paperback, 172mm x 245mm, 1190g, 352 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2017Low-cost and mass-producible, stencil type is the world's most universally used style, seen on...

Author: Cynthia E. SmithFormat: Paperback, 220mm x 300mm, 1100g, 240 pagesPublished: Cooper-Hewitt Museum, United Kingdom, 2022Designing Peace asks, how might we collectively put our creative forces together to envision a...

Author: Simon Garfield Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 144 The classic elegant English typeface, still widely used as a book text more than 250 years since its creation. Baskerville is...

Author: David LawrenceFormat: Paperback, 226mm x 255mm, 1054g, 176 pagesPublished: Laurence King Publishing, United Kingdom, 2013The London Transport bar and circle - also known as the bulls-eye or roundel -...

Author: Stefan Sagmeister Format: Other book format Number of Pages: 264 Stefan Sagmeister's newest project encourages long-term thinking and reminds us that many things in the world are improving. Initially...

Author: Simon Garfield Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 144 One of the most beautiful handcrafted typefaces in the world, Albertus is also one of the most enduring. The face of...

Author: Michael Arndt Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 160 An entertaining, informative, and elegantly designed guide that makes understanding punctuation marks and symbols simple and fun. A rollicking linguistic ride...

Author: JoAnn Bortles Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 Best-selling custom-painting author JoAnn Bortles presents a wealth of knowledge and photography showing you how to tackle all types of paint...

Author: Andrew Krivine Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 Reversing into the Future: New Wave Graphics 1977-1990 is a unique and fascinating book of graphic design history curated from Andrew...

Author: Carles Broto Format: Hardback Number of Pages: Architecture and design of home extensions. This book is a collection of 32 extension projects carried out on country houses and urban...