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Introduction to Modern Design: Its History from the Eighteenth Century to the PresentWith some 280 colour illustrations, Introduction to Modern Design takes us on a visual survey of design from the Industrial Revolution of the eighteenth century to the Maker Movement of today. It offers a new understanding of the birth of modern design in the...
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Galliano: Spectacular FashionGalliano: Spectacular Fashion is the first detailed guide to the work of one of fashion's greatest talents. Though the designer's otherwise glittering career has been punctured by years out of the limelight, his catalogue of work remains astonishing. Written by internationally renowned fashion expert...
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Critical Fashion Practice: From Westwood to Van BeirendonckThere is a new form of design practice within the contemporary fashion industry which is active in complex forms of social commentary and critique. While fashion in the modernist era has shown signs of criticism and subversion, these were either in the form of...
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McQueen: Or Lee and BeautyYou look otherworldly. Like all my girls. This will make you a queen. Like years ago and people wore clothes like weapons, like weapons against poor people, because even is you were hungry how could you raise your fist against what looked like a...
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Craft EconomiesCraft Economies provides a wide-ranging exploration of contemporary craft production, situating practices of amateur and professional making within a wider creative economy. Contributors address a diverse range of practices, sites and forms of making in a wide range of regional and national contexts, from...
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The Fundamentals of IllustrationThe Fundamentals of Illustration is a comprehensive and practical introduction to the field for illustration for graphic arts students, as well as for those who commission illustration. Now on its third edition, this title covers all areas of illustration; from what illustrators do, through...
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Visual Communication Design: An Introduction to Design Concepts in Everyday ExperienceWhere do design principles come from? Are they abstract "rules" established by professionals or do they have roots in human experience? And if we encounter these visual phenomena in our everyday lives, how do designers use them to attract our attention, orient our behavior,...
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Leather WorkThis vintage book contains a detailed guide to leather working. Profusely illustrated and written in simple, plain language, this volume is highly recommended for those with little previous experience. Although old, "Leather Work" contains a wealth of information that will be useful to the...
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Amateur Craft: History and TheoryAmateur Craft provides an illuminating and historically-grounded account of amateur craft in the modern era, from 19th century Sunday painters and amateur carpenters to present day railway modellers and yarnbombers. Stephen Knott's fascinating study explores the curious and unexpected attributes of things made outside...
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Design Management: Managing Design Strategy, Process and ImplementationAll designers will feel that creativity and innovation are at the heart of their designs. But for a design to have an effective and lasting impact it needs to work within certain structures, or have those structures created suitably around it. No matter how...
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The Architecture of David LynchFrom the Red Room in Twin Peaks to Club Silencio in Mulholland Drive, the work of David Lynch contains some of the most remarkable spaces in contemporary culture. Richard Martin's compelling study is the first sustained critical assessment of the role architecture and design...
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Fading Ads of DetroitDetroit Free Press journalist Robert Allen sifts through these advertising fossils, exposing the gripping stories connected to the Motor City's historic rises, falls and eccentricities.Across Detroit, fleeting symbols of the past hide in plain sight, behind weeds and under veneers of paint. Demolishing a...
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Illustrators Annual 2019A highlight of the time-honored gathering of children's publishers in Bologna, Italy, the Illustrators Annual is juried every year from the finest art at the show. Celebrating debut and storied talent from around the world--talent poised to engage a whole new generation of book...
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SketchtravelSketchtravel is an artistic journey unlike any other. No editorial project has ever before brought together as many visual artists around a common object. Passed between 72 artists over 5 years and across over 35,000 miles, the Sketchtravel sketchbook showcases the creativity of artists...
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Killer Fashion: Poisonous Petticoats, Strangulating Scarves, and Other Deadly Garments Throughout HistoryA beautifully illustrated book about deadly fashion--real historical stories of strangulation by scarves, neckbreaking high heels, and riot-causing top hats--from the author of the popular histories Get Well Soon and It Ended Badly Isadora Duncan was RedPut on a scarf; popped off her headFashion...
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A Collection of Vintage Crochet Patterns for the Making of Place MatsThis book contains a lovely collection of vintage crochet patterns for the making of place mats. With different styles to suit all tastes, there is a pattern for every home. Perfect for dinner parties and impressing guests, this book ensures your dining room table...
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An Introduction to French Furniture of the 17th and 18th Century - Including Chapters on Louis Quatorze, Louis Quinze and the RegencyThis text contains a detailed introduction to French furniture, popular in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. A fascinating treatise, detailing some of the most beautiful and ornate furniture ever produced, this antique book will be of considerable value to collectors of furniture literature and...
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The History and Technique of Gold Tooling - A Classic Article on the History and Methods of BookbindingThis book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience. Carefully selecting the best articles from our collection we have compiled a series of historical and informative...
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A Book of Vintage Designs and Instructions for Making Outdoor Furniture and Other Garden ItemsThis interesting collection of outdoor furniture is ideal for the hands-on gardener, with vintage designs and patterns for bird tables, a novel garden barrow, folding chairs and a tea wagon, all made from wood.Author: Various AuthorsPublisher: Research PressPublished: 01/05/2012Pages: 26Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.10lbsSize: 8.50h...
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100 Beautiful Pieces of Furniture You Can BuildThis book contains a collection of detailed, step-by-step guides to making one hundred beautiful pieces of home furniture. Comprising a wealth of diagrams and photographs, this guide is perfect for DIY enthusiasts of any level and is sure to be of great interest to...
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