Art and Design

As you walk down the street in cities and towns across Australia from Perth to Benalla, Toowoomba to Melbourne, you might stumble across a seven-storey-high painting of a woman's face...

The extraordinary true story of a young medical officer's time in the trenches of the First World War from 1914-15, as seen through through the lens of his camera. Written...

Manet, Monet, Pissarro, Cezanne, Renoir, Degas, Sisley, Berth Morisot and Mary Cassatt. Their cintemporaries branded them as lunatics but today this is a roll-call of great artists, whose paintings evoke...

In the first comprehensive study of Jewish identity and its meaning for the history of art, eleven influential scholars illuminate the formative role of Jews as subjects of art historical...

Bringing the world of Titanic and her sisters back to life as never before through the captivating original artwork of talented artists. Immerse yourself in another era in this stunning...

This is an expertly designed and packaged title on a somewhat controversial topic- that of graffiti. The photographs are from all over Australia from Alice Springs to Perth, Melbourne, Sydney...

He was the most notorious and misunderstood American artist of his time, and also the most influential. To this day James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) is one of the most...

Is a tower block, your unmade bed, your lavatory basin, or the bicycle chained to the gate next door a work of art? Why should a novel have a beginning,...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER "The stories in this book make for a fascinating and remarkably complete pantheon of just about every common despair and every joy related to game development." - Rami...

Another addition to Thames & Hudson's successful Architecture/Design series, this new book focuses on the Australian designer Marc Newson. Newson represents the generation of designers after Philippe Starck who show...

A heartrending and beautiful trilingual book that gives voice to the children of war-torn Ukraine, interspersed with moving works of art. What is it like to be a child living...

"Aida Rodriguez is part of the next wave of talented comedic storytellers that I dreamt about when I was trying to break down barriers in the industry. Besides being a...

This lively, colourful, and wide-ranging exploration of the evolution of the painted nail places a fascinating aspect of cultural history at your fingertips. The manicure as we know it has...

The Stones of Venice has been described as the greatest guidebook ever written. Read by all who went there and thousands who did not, it opened Victorian eyes to the...

Exploring the life and works of the great artist, World's Greatest Art: Da Vinci considers the achievements of Italy's most well-known and influential artist. The book follows his artistic development,...

Historically, marbled paper has been used for decor projects from book-binding to wallpaper and everything in between. This Florentine collection is a mesmerising design, 4 images packaged in a beautiful...

In the turbulent global context following the fall of the Russian Empire and the October Revolution, Georgia declared its independence in 1918. Between then and the beginning of Soviet rule...

"Helmut Schmid is one of the finest typographers worldwide." Designculture The Austrian typographer and graphic designer Helmut Schmid (1942 2018) was acknowledged globally as a master of his craft. Schmid...

Simon Moretti is known for his enigmatic exhibition works, presenting displays that engage with questions of agency, temporality, automatism, desire and masculinity. Incorporating appropriated images and archives as well as...

From rock art to Australian modernism, from bark paintings to the Heidelberg School, The Cambridge Companion to Australian Art provides a wide-ranging overview of the movements, themes and media found...

Cezanne is the exemplary artist-creator of the modern age. Revered and misunderstood by his peers, lauded by later generations as the 'father of modern art', he has long been a...

Shoes are a hot topic and are regularly discussed in various magazines and books. However, only few have access to the absolute top designers and initial founders of contemporary shoe...

In 1917 Pablo Picasso travelled to Rome and Naples with Jean Cocteau and Igor Stravinskij. During this trip, for the first time, he could admire directly Hellenistic and Roman sculpture,...

Life in the Folds makes use of an encrypted alphabet as a typographical and visual resource in approaching the project created by Carlos Amorales for the Mexican pavilion of the...

What happens when modern-day penchants align with artisanal tradition? Revival. Any dark-chocolate enthusiast will know that its enjoyment is akin to that of fine wine, consumed with contemplation and appreciation...

A biography of the artist Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec. Spanning only 37 years, his life was cut short by alcoholism, and yet he produced an abundance of artistic work,...

Titian (c. 1488-1576) was recognised very early on as the leading painter of his generation in Venice. Starting in the studio of the aged Giovanni Bellini, Titian, with his contemporary...

Marking the 20th anniversary of the company's founding, this comprehensive monograph is the first book on Thom Browne. With a celebrity clientele including Cardi B, Michelle Obama, LeBron James, and...

Stefan Sagmeister's newest project encourages long-term thinking and reminds us that many things in the world are improving. Initially conceived in 2020 as the world entered pandemic lockdown, Stefan Sagmeister...

The essential survey showcasing the work of more than 300 modern and contemporary artists born or based in Latin America Latin American artists have gained increasing international prominence as the...

No other design company has worked with as many significant brands as Turner Duckworth, the company behind the visual identities of Amazon, McDonald's, Coca-Cola, and even Metallica. Published on the...

An illustrated reader featuring a collection of essays from trailblazing curator and writer Helen Molesworth - the first book of her collected writings Over the past three decades, Helen Molesworth's...

An inspiring collection of quotes from The Talks, a much-loved online magazine featuring candid interviews with visionaries. Over the last decade, The Talks has conducted more than 500 interviews with...

Diamonds tell stories that are captivating and timeless. On the one hand, they are just stones, pieces of pure carbon with optical properties that make them glitter and sparkle like...

Part of a new series of beautiful gift art books, Van Gogh Masterpieces of Art features all of the best-known works of one of the most famous artists in the...

An in-depth exploration of digital art, featuring artworks and interviews from 21 leading artists working with AR, VR, generative art, glitch art, data-driven art, and more. Art is rooted in...

In this collection of works by more than 25 contemporary ice artists, discover a fascinating art medium defined by its ephemeral nature. Merging creativity and engineering, today's ice artist can...

Of all the giants of twentieth-century art, Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) was the most prolific writer. Here, available for the first time in paperback, are all of Kandinsky's writings on art,...

The art of the Venetian Renaissance, with its chromatic richness, its emphasis on light and landscape, is quite distinct from that of Florence and Rome. This book considers what contributed...

For many armchair travelers the Outer Hebrides of Scotland epitomize the beauty and remoteness of island life. And the most dramatic of all the Hebrides is Harris, where the legendary...

Through his intense vision Van Gogh was able to create paintings that speak directly to us all, and today this disturbed and rejected misfit is the most universally loved of...

Why are these specific artworks the subject of this first monograph? Produced in 2018, the sumptuous paintings, aa is the Kulata Tjuta Kupi Kupi installation, are collaborative artworks. They are...

The book features mind-blowing examples of optical illusions used in graphic design and architecture. The projects shown in this book create extraordinary effects that make us doubt and fall for...

*** REDUCED TO $49.99 WHILST STOCKS LAST *** 'Nomad Two Worlds' traces the remarkable creative journey of internationally renowned Australian photographer Russell James through his fine art project, 'Nomad Two...