Art and Design

Author: Amandas Ong Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 Artless presents some of the most compelling images created by contemporary artists and illustrators using the simplest of tools, such as...

Author: Sam Booth Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 192 This comprehensive, practical guide explores how contemporary furniture is used within interior design to define a space, create division...

Author: Charlotte Fiell Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 This is the first definitive book on contemporary Chinese furniture, introducing the work of leading designers and design studios, including Chen...

Author: John J. Curley Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 In this readable and highly original book, John J. Curley presents the first synthetic account of global art during the...

Author: Peter Fiell Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 Trained at the Royal College of Art in London where he was a contemporary of David Mellor, Robert Welch was one...

Author: Charlotte Fiell Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 176 Samuel Chan is a multi-award-winning British designer and maker who crafts exquisitely made wooden furniture that uniquely synthesizes Eastern aesthetics with...

Author: Francesca Sterlacci Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 352 Draping is the art of manipulating fabric directly on the dress form. It is the most creative way for...

Author: Giles Deacon Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 196 Giles Deacon, Solve Sundsbo and Katie Grand explore their finest collaborations in this inspiring and unique book, illustrated with stunning photography...

Author: Dr Neil MacGregor Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 512 The panoramic new history of belief from the celebrated author of A History of the World in 100 Objects. No...

Author: Chronicle Books Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 108 This beautiful gift book features gorgeous patterns from top indie artists and designers, including Julia Rothman, Jill Bliss, Junzo Terada, Rifle...

Author: Professor Jonathan Jones (Washington State University USA) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 354 From one of Britain's most respected and acclaimed art historians, art critic of "The""Guardian"--the galvanizing story...

Author: Henry Jeffreys Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 Whether you hanker after a small, stylish bar cart for a tiny urban apartment or are planning a bespoke entertainment space...

Author: Jackie De Burca Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 176 Salvador Dali at Home explores the influence of Catalan culture and tradition, Dali's home life and the places he lived,...

Author: Onno Blom Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 278 Rembrandt's life has always been an enigma. How did a miller's son from a provincial Dutch town become the greatest artist...

Author: Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: Answers many questions about art by looking at 50 key works from Western art. Each entry can be digested in just 30...

Author: Edmund de Waal Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 A haunting sequence of imagined letters to the Count de Camondo -- the owner of a Parisian palace filled with...

Author: Italo Calvino Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 112 When the last fire goes out, time too will be finished Taken from his Collection of Sand, these marvelous...

Author: David Long Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 64 Discover 100 of the world's most remarkable artefacts, most stunning artworks and most intriguing ruins in this beautifully illustrated book about...

Author: Francesc Zamora Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 480 This gorgeous full-color guide in the popular design series showcases 150 apartments that demonstrate the range and imagination of some of...

Author: Gary Carrion-Murayari Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 280 In 2018, the New Museum in New York presents its fourth Triennial, the museum's signature survey of emerging artists from around...

Author: Rebecca Arnold Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 160 The 50 key modes, garments, and designers, each explained in half a minute! Even if you' re not a...

Author: Cliff Kuang Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 416 A fascinating look at the secrets of user experience and how brilliant design changes everything, by Robert Fabricant, one...

Author: Roland Barthes Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 160 An inquiry into a very modern art form - photography. Barthes personal investigation into the meaning of photographs is...

Author: Tania Fares Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 280 New York, London, Milan, Paris ... and now, Los Angeles. Thanks to its unique blend of cultural influences and artistic industry,...

Author: Andy Warhol & Pat Hackett Format:Paperback Number of Pages: A cultural storm swept through the 1960s - Pop Art, Bob Dylan, psychedelia, underground movies - and at its centre...

Author: Bruno Munari Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 224 Bruno Munari was among the most inspirational designers of all time, described by Picasso as 'the new Leonardo'. Munari...

Author: John Berger Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 240 John Berger's writings on photography are some of the most original of the twentieth century. This selection contains many...

Author: Roberto Calasso Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 New to Penguin Modern Classics- a captivating exploration of the work of one of Italy's most influential - and...

Author: Haruki Murakami Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 A brilliant new collection of short stories from the unique mind of the internationally bestselling author of Men Without Women and...

Author: Betty Edwards Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 176 From the author of the world's most popular drawing instruction manual Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, this new...

Author: Orry-Kelly Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 Orry-Kelly created magic on screen, from Casablanca and The Maltese Falcon to Some Like It Hot. He won three Oscars for costume...

Author: Nila Aye Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 24 In Sticker Stories: Fairy Tale Adventures kids will get to create their own fairy tale adventures in scenes they...

Author: Editors of Chartwell Books Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 For thousands of years, cities built by humans have reflected their beliefs, their power, their needs, and their desires....

Author: Alice Wietzel Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 32 Georgia O'Keeffe is known as the Mother of American Modernism, discover why in this first story book about Georgia O'Keeffe. From...

Author: Vitruvius Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 496 The writings of the architect and engineer Vitruvius (c. 90-c. 20 BC) provide a fascinating picture of how the Romans...

Author: Adolf Loos Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 352 Revolutionary essays on design, aesthetics and materialism - from one of the great masters of modern architecture 'But art...

Author: Hans Holbein Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 208 This edition of The Dance of Death reproduces a complete set from the British Museum, with many details highlighted...

Author: Simon Murray Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 The 20th century marked a turning point in spectacle design. Eyewear, which had previously been classed as purely functional, was transformed...

Author: Soetsu Yanagi Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 352 The Japanese philosopher and aesthete's definitive, hugely influential exposition of his philosophy of folkcrafts, setting out the hallmarks of...

Author: Susan Sontag Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 224 Susan Sontag's groundbreaking critique of photography asks forceful questions about the moral and aesthetic issues surrounding this art form....

Author: John Berger Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 176 Based on the BBC television series, John Berger's Ways of Seeing is a unique look at the way we...

Author: Filippo Tommaso Marinetti Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 256 Part manifesto, part artistic joke, Fillippo Marinetti's Futurist Cookbook is a provocative work about art disguised as an...

Author: Jessica Morgan Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 272 The World Goes Pop explores the contemporaneous engagements with a spirit of pop throughout the globe, concentrating not only...

Author: Wendy Wick Reaves Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 160 Ballyhoo! looks at the poster as a form of popular portraiture. These celebrity likenesses are dramatic--and often enormous--but...

Author: Caroline Bruzelius Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 Friars transformed the relationship of the church to laymen by taking religion outside to public and domestic spaces. Mendicant commitment to...

Author: Dolly Faibyshev Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 132 Best In Show is a collection of photographs of well-groomed and award-winning dogs by New York City-based photographer Dolly Faibyshev. Dolly's...

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Author: JR Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 160 JR is a groundbreaking figure in contemporary art. His oversize black-and-white portraits adorn walls, pavements, and rooftops from the suburbs of Paris...