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Design Museum Book of Twentieth Century Design: Pocket Edition
The book titled Design Museum Book of Twentieth Century Design: Pocket Edition by the author Catherine McDermott. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this...
Architecture For Culture: Rethinking Museums
Architects have been reformulating the experience of the museum and art itself, transforming the museum's definition: The Louvre Abu Dhabi as a replica of a museum-city, inspired by Paris; the...
Thematic Museums
$45.00 AUD
This book displays various thematic museums' features in space design. From the use of materials to their cultural and regional embodiment, the book analyses the cultural and historical connotations of...
Wedgwood: Craft & Design (Victoria and Albert Museum)
Author: Catrin JonesFormat: Hardback, 170mm x 190mm, 420g, 144 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2023A beautifully designed gift book devoted to the work of the renowned ceramics firm...
Transform! Design and the Future of Energy
This publication accompanies the exhibition "Transform! Design and the Future of Energy" at the Vitra Design Museum. Energy is the central driving force of our society; Energy is political; Energy...
Piranesi as Designer
Justly renowned as one of the finest printmakers of the eighteenth century, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) is best known for his etched views of Rome and its antiquities, as well...
Contemporary Art Underground: MTA Arts & Design New York
Contemporary Art Underground presents more than 100 permanent projects completed between 2015 and 2023 by MTA Arts & Design. This ground-breaking program of site-specific projects by a broad spectrum of...
A Dictionary of Modern Design
From Jacobsen to Tupperware, this fascinating new dictionary of Modern Design covers the period from the mid-nineteenth century to the end of the twentieth. Over 2,000 entries on names and...
The International Style: Exhibition 15 at the Museum of Modern Art
The book titled The International Style: Exhibition 15 at the Museum of Modern Art by the author Terence Riley. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information...
The Art Deco Style: Great Designers & Collectors
This grand opus assembles the people and the pieces at the heart of the Art Deco movement at each stage of its enduring appeal. The History of the Art Deco...
Jean-Michel Wilmotte: Product Design
Author: Anne BonyFormat: Hardback, 240mm x 310mm, 3500g, 560 pagesPublished: Editions Skira Paris, France, 2023Jean-Michel Wilmotte's unique adventure took off in the mid-1970s and continues today, with undisputed relevance. The...
Feeding Desire
Eating is a social ritual. From dinner dates to everyday suppers, casual picnics to lavish feasts, dining brings people together for far more than satisfying the needs of the body....
Terence: The Man Who Invented Design
Author: Roger Mavity Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 'Bayley, the author of books on style, design and taste, tells the Habitat story with his customary polycultural panache . ....
Lace: P.Lace.S - Looking Through Antwerp Lace
Lace has been a luxury item, sought after by royalty and the aristocracy, since the early 1600s. Fashion has traditionally driven lace production, and in the 17th and 18th centuries...
Design Monograph: Gehry
Author: Naomi StungoFormat: Hardback, 128mm x 186mm, 300g, 112 pagesPublished: Headline Publishing Group, United Kingdom, 2023A design monograph series on the most remarkable architects, designers, brands and design movements of...
Bags
An impeccably researched and beautifully produced concise history of bags through the ages, with examples drawn from the Victoria and Albert Museum's remarkable collection. From the hand-stitched embroidered purses of...
Andras Szanto: Imagining the Future Museum: 21 Dialogues with
Following on the widely-read The Future of the Museum: 28 Dialogues , which explored how museums are changing through conversations with today's generation of museum directors, New York-based author and...
Owen Jones and the V&A: Ornament for a Modern Age
Owen Jones (1809-1874), a prolific architect, designer, illustrator and printer, was recognised during his lifetime as one of the most influential contemporary figures in art and design theory. This insightful...
The Surreal Visions of Hernan Diaz Alonso/HDA-X
Hernan Diaz Alonso is one of the most influential and innovative architects working today. Director of one of the leading architecture schools in the USA, his visionary schemes span all...
Robert Adam
$40.00 AUD
Author: Alistair RowanBinding: HardbackPublished: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly volume presents a meticulous catalog of the architectural drawings by Robert Adam housed...
Vision: Art, Architecture and the National Gallery of Australia
A beautifully illustrated celebration of one of the nation's most remarkable buildings - Australia's National Gallery. The story of the conception of the National Gallery of Australia building - its...
Asian Design Destinations
Luxury resorts on stilts, a bar that looks like a UFO on the streets of Bangkok, and an underground museum. What do these places have in common? They are establishing...
The Art Lover's Guide to Paris
AUSTRALIAN AUTHOR There's no doubt that Paris is brimming with some of the world's best art. But on a trip to the City of Light, it's easy to be overwhelmed...
Leonardo da Vinci's Robots
Let yourself be transported into the fascinating world of Leonardo da Vinci's robots through pop-up reconstructions, annotations, sketches and drawings by the artist. Discover some of his futuristic mechanical wonders:...
National Museum of Australia
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...
Curatorial Cooking: The Design Practice of Platform21
From 2006 - 2009, the design think tank Platform21 inspired new ways of thinking about design, and new ways of interacting with the design objects around us. The group was...
The Guggenheim Collection
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Author: Thomas M. (Introduction) MesserBinding: PaperbackPublished: Guggenheim MUSEUM, 1972Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThe Guggenheim Collection presents a magnificent overview of one...
Tables In The Victoria And Albert Museum
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Author: John F. HaywardBinding: PaperbackPublished: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image, some foxing on FEPThis scholarly work presents...
New Fashion Boutique Design: Dress up!
New Fashion Boutique Design gathers examples of exclusive boutiques and stores and introduces the latest trends in shop design. New Fashion Boutique Design is a practical and inspirational illustrated volume...
MUSEO JUMEX: 10 Anos
This volume celebrates the 10th anniversary of Museo Jumex, Mexico City's most important contemporary art museum, and its unique collection. Located in the vibrant Polanco neighborhood of Mexico City, Museo...
Decorative Arts: From The Collections Of The National Gallery Of Victoria
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA treasure trove for connoisseurs and scholars alike, Decorative Arts from the Collections of the National Gallery of...
The Imperial Museums of Meiji Japan: Architecture and the Art of the
It was not until Japan's opening to the West during the Meiji period (1868-1912) that terms for "art" (bijutsu) and "art museum" (bijutsukan) were coined. The Imperial Museums of Meiji...
Creating the British Galleries at the V&A: A Study in Museology
$50.00 AUD
The creation of the British Galleries 1500-1900 at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, was the largest gallery project for 50 years at the world's most important museum of design...
Musings on Fashion and Style: Museo de la Moda
Author: Jorge Yarur Bascunan Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 International fashion icon Kate Moss and the premier South American fashion museum Museo de la Moda meet in this undeniably...
Capturing Nature: Early Scientific Photography at the Australian Museum 1857-1893
Author: Vanessa Finney Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 192 Trade Illustration Selection in the 2020 AUPresses Book, Jacket, and Journal Show SHORTLISTED for Australian Book Design Awards 2020...
The Little(r) Museums of Paris: An Illustrated Guide to the City's
A visit to Paris can often seen like a highlight reel -- the Louvre, the Musee d'Orsay, the Eiffel Tower. But Paris isn't only about the big attractions; in fact,...
Loco Motion: The World's Oldest Steam Locomotives
The definitive reference book revealing the very oldest examples of steam locomotives all over the world. The steam locomotive is a machine that has inspired imagination, innovation and invention from...
Gianni Arnaudo (Bilingual edition): Anti-design
An extensive monograph on this architect and designer's oeuvre Gianni Arnaudo is an architect and designer with a powerful creative drive. After graduating from the Polytechnic of Turin in 1971,...
National Museum of Qatar
This volume is published on the occasion of the opening of the National Museum of Qatar in the state's capital, Doha. It explores and celebrates architect Jean Nouvel's innovative design...
The National Air And Space Museum
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Author: C.D.B. BryanBinding: HardbackPublished: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive volume chronicles the vast collection and historical significance of one of the...
Vermeer - The Rijksmuseum's major exhibition catalogue
PUBLISHED TO ACCOMPANY THE ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME EXHIBITION AT THE RIJKSMUSEUM, AMSTERDAM, THIS IS THE FIRST MAJOR STUDY ON VERMEER'S LIFE AND WORK FOR MANY YEARS. ---------- 'Proust was once so excited...