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Discover captivating design and art books, featuring design textbooks and insights into book cover design.
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Avant Garde Fashions Paper DollsJust as haute couture inspires ready-to-wear apparel, today's avant garde styles develop into tomorrow's everyday fashions. This collection features two dolls and 22 ahead-of-their-time costumes, from dramatic and influential creations by longtime industry giants such as Dior, Chanel, and Saint Laurent to extravagant ensembles...
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Computers & Typesetting, Volume a: The TexbookHere, is the definitive guide to the use of TeX, written by the system's creator, Donald E. Knuth. TeX represents the state of the art in computer typesetting. It is particularly valuable where the document, article, or book to be produced contains a lot...
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Serizawa: Master of Japanese Textile DesignDesignated a Living National Treasure in 1956, Serizawa Keisuke (1895-1984) was one of the greatest artists of 20th-century Japan. This is the first book in English to trace Serizawa's artistic biography in detail using the finest examples of his work from leading Japanese collections....
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The Art of KnittingComprehensive in scope and elegant in presentation, this classic Victorian-era volume was the first complete how-to guide to knitting. Originally published by Butterick, the company that later produced Vogue Knitting, it constitutes a fantastic historical document as well as an easy-to-follow guide for knitters...
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Chinese ClothingChinese clothing has undergone continuous transformations throughout history, providing a reflection of the culture in place at any given time. A wealth of archaeological findings coupled with ancient mythology, poetry and songs enable us to see the development of distinctive Chinese fashions through the...
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Nature by Design: The Practice of Biophilic DesignBiophilia is the theory that people possess an inherent affinity for nature, which developed during the long course of human evolution. In recent years, studies have revealed that this inclination continues to be a vital component to human health and wellbeing. Given the pace...
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3200 Old-Time Cuts and OrnamentsAn ideal sourcebook for artists and designers, this collection comprises a cornucopia of appealing royalty-free designs, illustrations, and embellishments, brought together from a rare catalog published by a note French typography foundry at the turn of the last century. More than 100 of the...
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Big Book of SilhouettesAn ancient art form dating back to cave paintings in the Paleolithic age, silhouettes were extremely popular during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, when they served as an inexpensive form of portraiture, capturing the essence of the subject with a minimum of detail.Now today's...
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The Styles of OrnamentThere is no larger collection of ornament in print anywhere today. This more than 600 page volume contains 3765 different illustrations on 400 full page plates Indispensable for artists, designers, illustrators, architects, craftsmen, students, and anyone else searching for distinctive, authentic design, individual illustrations...
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Traditional Japanese Stencil DesignsThe demand by artists and craftspeople for visually exciting designs has created renewed interest in traditional Japanese motifs which are ideal for modern decorative and graphic needs.This comprehensive archive presents 276 exquisite Japanese stencil designs, inspired by natural themes and developed to ideographic perfection...
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305 Authentic Art Nouveau Jewelry DesignsThe Art Nouveau movement that flourished at the turn of the 20th century had profound influence on the decorative arts, including jewelry. The style's sweeping, rhythmic curves and use of stylized floral and animal forms lent themselves well to adaptations in precious stones and...
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Official Symbol of the American Revolution Bicentennial: Guidelines for Authorized Usage: Official Graphics Standards ManualThe 1976 American Revolution Bicentennial symbol was the logo for America's 200th birthday party and a precursor to the NASA logo that Bruce Blackburn at Chermayeff & Geismar would design in 1974. This edition is a perfect facsimile of the original, wrapped in a...
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Creative Haven Steampunk Designs Coloring BookOver 30 detailed drawings depict men and women in Victorian regalia adorned with goggles, gears, antique clocks, and other artifacts of the steam-powered era. Evocative backgrounds feature moody mashups of butterflies, flowers, and stars with locomotives, hot-air balloons, Victrolas, and other machinery. Pages are...
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The Story of the Face: The Magazine That Changed CultureLaunched by NME editor and Smash Hits creator Nick Logan in 1980, The Face became an icon of "style culture," the benchmark for the latest trends in art, design, fashion, photography, film, and music being defined by a thriving youth culture. The Story of...
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The Illustrated Dust Jacket, 1920-1970In the modern era, the "beautiful book," an art object in its own right, has become the key to the ongoing attraction of print publishing as physical books continue to distinguish themselves from the screen.Author Martin Salisbury traces the evolution of the book jacket...
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From Ornament to Object: Genealogies of Architectural ModernismIn the late 19th century, a centuries-old preference for highly ornamented architecture gave way to a budding Modernism of clean lines and unadorned surfaces. At the same moment, everyday objects--cups, saucers, chairs, and tables--began to receive critical attention. Alina Payne addresses this shift, arguing...
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Indigo: The Color That Changed the WorldGloriously pieced together, much like the fine garments it portrays, this colorful book takes the reader on an international tour of indigo-colored textiles, presenting a huge swathe of remarkable clothing, people, and fabric. Catherine Legrand has spent more than twenty years traveling and researching...
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Traditional African DesignsAfrican art, with its striking and imaginative themes, has had a tremendous influence on contemporary art and design. The motifs in this rich collection of traditional African designs reflect the vigor and spirit of this dynamic and expressive art form.Stylized lions, birds, fish, alligators,...
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Uniforms: Why We Are What We WearAccording to the renowned social critic and historian Paul Fussell, we are what we wear, and it doesn't look good. Uniforms parses the hidden meanings of our apparel -- from brass buttons to blue jeans, badges to feather flourishes -- revealing what our clothing...
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BreuerThe most comprehensive book on architect and designer Marcel Breuer (1902-1981)The most comprehensive book on architect and designer Marcel Breuer (1902-1981), looking in detail at all the houses, furniture, and public buildings he designed In Europe and the United States-from his beginning at the...
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