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American Menswear: From the Civil War to the Twenty-First CenturyIf clothes make the man, who makes the clothes--and the trends they inspire? Fashion historian Daniel Delis Hill takes readers on a fascinatingly detailed tour of America's changing sartorial landscape, tracing menswear from the tailors and "slop shops" of the early nineteenth century to...
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Modern Swedish Design: Three Founding TextsCrucial generative writings exposing the intellectual background of modern Swedish designAlthough modern Swedish design has exercised an extraordinary influence on international architecture and interior furnishings since the early twentieth century, some of the crucial generative writings on the subject have not been widely translated,...
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The Lindisfarne Gospels: Society, Spirituality and the Scribe [With CDROM]The eighth-century Latin Gospelbook known as the Lindisfarne Gospels, with its tenth-century gloss (the earliest surviving translation of the Gospels into the English language), is one of the great landmarks of human cultural achievement. Like all such icons, or important archaeological sites, it repays...
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How to Start a Home-Based Fashion Design BusinessThis book will be a priceless resource for those considering adventuring into the fashion industry, yet not knowing how or where to start. Comprised of detailed information, How to Start a Home-based Fashion Design Business will be a guide for the aspiring designer to...
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The Printing Press as an Agent of ChangeOriginally published in two volumes in 1980, The Printing Press as an Agent of Change is now issued in a paperback edition containing both volumes. The work is a full-scale historical treatment of the advent of printing and its importance as an agent of...
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Yves Saint LaurentYves Saint Laurent is a name synonymous with style, elegance, and high fashion. When he came on the scene at Dior and then started his own line, he quickly changed the way people regarded haute couture and the world of fashion itself. He revolutionized...
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Fantastic Ornament: 110 Designs and MotifsSwirling with gargoyles, devils, dragons, griffins, and other images that haunt both dreams and nightmares, this otherworldly assortment features more than 100 decorations from a rare nineteenth-century volume. Decorations include: Cartouches in the style of Louis XIII; stone balustrades; arabesques; roof cornices; Renaissance-era drawing-room...
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Ancient Greek, Roman & Byzantine CostumeThis scrupulously researched and abundantly illustrated book includes 315 drawings based on renderings by artists of the period to achieve utmost accuracy and authenticity.Included are elaborate examples of Aegean costume, Doric and Ionic styles of dress for women, Greek and Roman armor, graceful and...
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Abstract Design and How to Create ItStudents, designers, and craftspeople who want to create their own abstract patterns and designs will find this profusely illustrated guide one of the best books available on the subject. After an introductory chapter dealing with the geometric basis of design, the author goes on...
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Gods and Kings: The Rise and Fall of Alexander McQueen and John GallianoThe New York Times-bestselling author of Deluxe and Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fasion and the Future of Clothes chronicles the making and unmaking of two of the greatest fashion designers of our time In the mid-1990s, John Galliano and Alexander McQueen exploded onto...
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Layer: Benjamin HubertThe first monograph from LAYER, one of the world's most sought-after design studios, and its founder Benjamin Hubert, providing a candid and insightful account of how to make it in the highly competitive design industrySince launching in 2015, London-based design studio LAYER has grown...
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Whole Systems Design: Inquiries in the Knowing FieldWhole Systems Design: Inquiries in the Knowing Field is an open invitation and an inspiration for Innovators, System Designers, Leaders, Change Agents, and Constellators-anyone who wishes to live and work from a whole systems perspective. It is for people new to working with complex...
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In Comfort and StyleThe Los Angeles celebrity-home interior designer's first book reveals how to achieve laid-back luxury through her casual-yet-elegant decorating style, which mixes tailored, lived-in pieces with an airy, inviting spirit. Beloved by celebrities from Patrick Dempsey to Ellen Pompeo to Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake,...
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Graphis Journal 372Graphis JournalTake a deep dive into the minds of some of today's renowned designers, photographers, art directors, and more inside the Graphis Journal A quarterly print and digital magazine we hope inspires your creativity -- The Journal is filled with thought-provoking, intimate, meaningful interviews...
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Tapio Wirkkala at VeniniThe latest installment in Skira's superb glass series explores the Finnish designer's work for Venini This substantial overview explores Finnish designer and sculptor Tapio Wirkkala (1915-85) and his output for the famous Murano glass company Venini. Creator of the Finlandia vodka bottle and designer...
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The Art of Wallpaper: Morris & Co. in Context- Collects the majority of William Morris's wallpaper designs in one volume- Accompanies an exhibition at Edinburgh's Dovecot Studios- Beautifully designed, lavishly illustrated, with text by leading authority Mary Schoeser- Short video for the title hereThis extensively illustrated volume focuses on William Morris (1834-1896),...
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Design in the Age of ChangeHow design can change the world. Change is the only constant. In 2020 the world experienced a global pandemic, social inequalities, climate change, racial injustices, riots and unrests, and rapid advances of new technologies. Although many fear change, it is the job of designers...
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House LondonWhat's so unique about the houses of London? With row upon row of brick terraces, how do the capital's most stylish people make their homes stand out? And how do those living in conversions amplify their craft to design interiors that are truly distinctive?...
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Fashion Designers A-ZFrom Azzedine Alaïa and Coco Chanel to Alexander McQueen and Yves Saint Laurent, celebrate a century's worth of fashion greats. This accessibly priced and updated edition features photographs of approximately 500 garments selected from the permanent collection of the Museum at the Fashion Institute...
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The Art of Ruth E. Carter: Costuming Black History and the Afrofuture, from Do the Right Thing to Black PantherThe definitive, deluxe art book from costume design legend Ruth E. Carter. Ruth E. Carter is a living legend of costume design. For three decades, she has shaped the story of the Black experience on screen--from the '80s streetwear of Do the Right Thing...
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