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Early Advertising Alphabets, Initials and Typographic OrnamentsSelected from archives of rare publications, the letters and ornaments in this volume represent the best of five centuries of typographic art and design. Included are 60 handsome alphabets, many examples of decorative initials, and a dazzling assortment of scrolls, flourishes, ornaments, ribbons, cartouches,...
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Baroque Ornament and DesignsBaroque art and architecture -- extravagant in concept, exuberant in spirit, elaborate in detail -- flourished in seventeenth-century Europe, and through the ages has continued to stir us with its vitality and dynamism and its mood of barely suppressed passion. In the architecture of...
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Arabic Geometrical Pattern and DesignBy forbidding the representation of the human figure, the Mohammedan religion helped push Islamic art along a path much different from that of traditional European art. European abounds with perspective renderings of figures and landscapes, while Islamic translates artistic impulse into elaborate geometric patterns...
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Designs and Patterns from Historic OrnamentThis well-known book was prepared a century ago by two British architects, and its reputation has grown steadily since. The Audsleys' rendering of designs from a wide variety of sources are national traditions, and their excellent sense of space and proportion and their straightforward...
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The Lost Art of Dress: The Women Who Once Made America Stylish"A tribute to a time when style -- and maybe even life -- felt more straightforward, and however arbitrary, there were definitive answers." -- Sadie Stein, Paris Review As a glance down any street in America quickly reveals, American women have forgotten how to...
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Color Index XL: More Than 1,100 New Palettes with Cmyk and Rgb Formulas for Designers and ArtistsThis updated, expanded, and oversized inspirational resource presents 1,100 color palettes, with light, bright, dark, and muted varieties for each one, making it the most expansive palette selection tool available. Color Index XL provides aspiring designers, artists, and creative individuals working with color with...
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The Chair: Rethinking Culture, Body, and DesignPerhaps no other object of our daily environment has had the enduring cultural significance of the ever-present chair, unconsciously yet forcefully shaping the physical and social dimensions of our lives. With over ninety illustrations, this book traces the history of the chair as we...
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Factory Man: How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local - And Helped Save an American TownThe instant New York Times bestseller about one man's battle to save hundreds of jobs by demonstrating the greatness of American business. The Bassett Furniture Company was once the world's biggest wood furniture manufacturer. Run by the same powerful Virginia family for generations, it...
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1001 Humorous Illustrations for Public Speaking: Fresh, Timely, and Compelling Illustrations for Preachers, Teachers, and SpeakersYou have something important to say. Are you sure your audience is listening? Clocks start ticking in the minds of your listeners the minute you begin your presentation. These clocks measure the amount of time you have to interest them before their attention wanders...
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Vasemania: Neoclassical Form and Ornament in Europe: Selections from the Metropolitan Museum of ArtWhen the ancient sites of Herculaneum and Pompeii were excavated in the eighteenth century, the objects found there renewed artistic interest in classicism. Neoclassical style and imagery permeated paintings, sculpture, furniture, and decorative arts of the period, and a central element of design in...
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Design Unbound: Designing for Emergence in a White Water World, Volume 1: Designing for EmergenceTools for navigating today's hyper-connected, rapidly changing, and radically contingent white water world.Design Unbound presents a new tool set for having agency in the twenty-first century, in what the authors characterize as a white water world--rapidly changing, hyperconnected, and radically contingent. These are the...
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Helvetica and the New York City Subway System: The True (Maybe) StoryHow New York City subways signage evolved from a "visual mess" to a uniform system with Helvetica triumphant.For years, the signs in the New York City subway system were a bewildering hodge-podge of lettering styles, sizes, shapes, materials, colors, and messages. The original mosaics...
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Patternmaking for Fashion Design (with DVD) [With DVD ROM]Renowned for its comprehensive coverage, exceptional illustrations, and clear instructions, Patternmaking for Fashion Design offers detailed yet easy-to-understand explanations of the essence of patternmaking. Hinging on a recurring theme that all designs are based on one or more of the three major patternmaking and...
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Guitar: The Shape of Sound (100 Iconic Designs)The 100 most iconic guitars from around the globe, from early modern beginnings to cutting-edge electric modelsThe guitar is the iconic instrument at the heart of all popular music. From Delta blues on acoustics to electric rock & roll, and all that came in...
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Building a Strong Personal Brand: Merging Technology with PsychologyLearning how to write your CV or Resume with an authentic, technologically-minded, and psychological approach, optimize and transform your online career profile, enrich your interviews, & assess the market effectively. Join me on a journey of self-discovery, a place where you can learn how...
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Ken ScottKnown as the gardener of fashion, Ken Scott designed large-scale flowers that blossomed on fabrics and whole outfits and have recently been rediscovered in Gucci's Epilogue collection. The American fashion designer Ken Scott was a masterful creator of fabrics, mapping out flowers with romanticism...
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Surviving the Creative Space: Teamwork Techniques for DesignersAs a designer you may collaborate with in-house teams, be hired by international clients, work freelance or be the sole creative in a company. Whatever form of creative team you find yourself in, this book covers all aspects of how to work effectively with...
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Fortuny: Time, Space, LightUncovers the extraordinary breadth of designer Mariano Fortuny, including and beyond his fashion output, alongside the personal and political catalysts that inspired him Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo (1871-1949) was a polymath who experimented in a variety of media including electric lighting, stage design, photography,...
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Greek and Roman SculptureGreek and Roman Sculpture: An Image Archive for Artists and Designers by Vault Editions is a brilliantly curated pictorial archive highlighting the incredibly detailed work of ancient Greek and Roman sculptors and the faithful depictions by 17th and 18th-century engravers. This book features an...
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Vogue Fashion Coloring Book★ The Most Fun You'll Have Giving Someone A Gift ★ Fashion, Style, Class... the fabulous 50s were a time of excitement and beauty. Now you can bring this beauty to life with the colors of your dreams. This coloring book for adult is...
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