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A Colorful Life: Gere Kavanaugh, Designer
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...
500 Patterns
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...
The Bird King: An Artist's Sketchbook
Award-winning artist Shaun Tan brings his story-making to life in this beautiful sketchbook, now with brand new content.A treasure trove of sketchbook pages, jottings, doodles and drawings from life reveal...
Graphic Design School: A Foundation Course for Graphic Designers
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...
Little Book of Bottega Veneta: The story of the iconic fashion house
Synonymous with fine craftsmanship and understated elegance, the House of Bottega Veneta is the go-to brand for those who love effortless chic.Since 1966, Bottega Veneta has stood out from the...
How We Might Live: At Home with Jane and William Morris
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...
Graphic Design Theory: Readings from the Field
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...
Art of Protest: What a Revolution Looks Like
023 WINNER OF THE BOLOGNA RAGAZZI AWARD!2022 WINNER OF THE BRITISH BOOK DESIGN & PRODUCTION AWARDS IN THE CHILDREN'S TRADE 9 TO 16 CATEGORY!"Start making. Start being the change you...
PALETTE mini 07: Monotone: New single-colour graphics
Since it was first released, the original PALETTE series has been an instrumental source of colour-themed references for designers around the world. 8 editions later, in keeping with the demands...
The Little Guide to Christian Dior: Style to Live By
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...
The Joining of the Arts: Danish Art and Design 1880-1910
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...
Little Book of Balmain: The story of the iconic fashion house
'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...
Little Book of Burberry: The Story of the Iconic Fashion House
From their heritage trenches and ubiquitous check to experimental red carpet looks, the House of Burberry is known worldwide for its covetable designs.Sophisticated, simple, and quintessentially British, Burberry is beloved...
Little Book of Burberry: The Story of the Iconic Fashion House
From their heritage trenches and ubiquitous check to experimental red carpet looks, the House of Burberry is known worldwide for its covetable designs.Sophisticated, simple, and quintessentially British, Burberry is beloved...
Us and Them: The Authorised Story of Hipgnosis: The visionary artists
'Hugely entertaining history' - MojoBetween the late '60s and early '80s, design house Hipgnosis created some of the most iconic and ubiquitous album artwork of all time. Their original lifespan...
Fashion Icon: The Power and Influence of Graphic Design
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The Little Guide to Christian Dior: Style to Live By
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...
100 Ideas that Changed Graphic Design
"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...
Symbol: The Reference Guide to Abstract and Figurative Trademarks
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...
Baskerville: The Biography of a Typeface (The ABC of Fonts)
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...
Chanel in 55 Objects: The Iconic Designer Through Her Finest Creations
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...
Jan Tschichold and the New Typography: Graphic Design Between [...]
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...
The Art of the Book in the Twentieth Century
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...
Grafica de les Rambles: The Signs of Barcelona
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 House of Beckham: Money, Sex and Power
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...
W. E. B. Du Bois's Data Portraits: Visualizing Black America
"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...
Typographics: v.5: Graphic Fusion
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Reversing Into The Future: New Wave Graphics 1977-1990
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...
The New York Subway Map Debate: At Cooper Union April 20, 7:30 pm
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...
Material Matters 03: Stone: Creative interpretations of common materials
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...
The Narrative Power of Illustrations and Drawings - Mind the Gap
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...
Palette Mini Series 03: Gold & Silver
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...
QSL? (Do You Confirm Receipt of My Transmission?): A Visual Language of Two-way Radio Communication
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...
Oloid: Form of the Future
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,...
World War I in Post-Cards
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Stencil Type
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...
Designing Peace: Building a Better Future Now
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...
Baskerville: The Biography of a Typeface (The ABC of Fonts)
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...
Now is Better
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...
Albertus: The Biography of a Typeface (The ABC of Fonts)
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...
Snails and Monkey Tails
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...
How to Design and Apply Automotive and Motorcycle Paint and Graphics: Flames, Pinstripes, Airbrushing, Lettering, Troubleshooting & More
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...
Reversing Into The Future: New Wave Graphics 1977-1990
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...
Smart Home Extensions
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...
Pollock Confidential: A Graphic Novel
Author: Onofrio Catacchio Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 112 New York, 1948: The art world is ablaze with the pioneering brilliance of Jackson Pollock's 'action painting'. Despite this seismic creative...