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Surf Craft: Design and the Culture of Board RidingThe evolution of the surfboard, from traditional Hawaiian folk designs to masterpieces of mathematical engineering to mass-produced fiberglass. Surfboards were once made of wood and shaped by hand, objects of both cultural and recreational significance. Today most surfboards are mass-produced with fiberglass and a...
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Objects of DesireA personal celebration of the hunt for, and the joy of living with, favorite collections and things What is it in our homes that we truly value and why? What would you take when you leave in fear of fire? Our home is an...
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A-Z of Record Shop Bags: 1940s to 1990sFeaturing over 550 graphically arresting record-shop bags, plus informative, humorous histories of the stores and their famous staff, this book reveals a previously undocumented side of British popular cultureThis exhaustive collection of record-store bags provides a unique perspective on record shopping in the UK...
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More Is More: Designing Bigger, Bolder, BrighterMinimalist design has grown into a popular and timeless aesthetic due to its emphasis on uncluttered spaces and the exclusion of unnecessary elements, making it the perfect anecdote to the chaos of modern life. However, although it works across a variety of mediums --...
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Interiors: The Greatest Rooms of the Century (Green Edition)The ultimate celebration of the glorious world of global interior designThe ultimate global celebration of residential interior design and decorating - featuring 400 rooms organized by designer from A- Z, this book goes beyond decorators, designers, and architects to highlight exquisite interiors designed by...
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Living Well by Design: Melissa PenfoldFrom an international authority on design, how to create a home that engages your senses and reflects your personality Melissa Penfold, Australia's foremost authority on style and design, regularly attracts a worldwide audience of more than 1.8 million to her website, newsletter, and Instagram...
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Watercolor & Hand Lettering: Step-By-Step Techniques for Modern Illustrated CalligraphyLearn how to combine watercolor illustrations with hand lettering to create beautiful art and gifts. Self-taught artist Tanje P ltl shares the tips, tricks and know-how she's learned on her creative journey so that you can fast-track your skills. Discover the materials you'll need...
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Soviet Space Graphics: Cosmic Visions from the USSRA wonderful, whimsical journey through the pioneering space-race graphics of the former Soviet UnionThis otherworldly collection of Soviet space-race graphics takes readers on a cosmic adventure through Cold War-era Russia. Created against a backdrop of geopolitical uncertainty, the extraordinary images featured, taken from the...
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Yang Liu. Man Meets WomanIt's time for a reality check with the opposite sex. As part of her best-selling pictogram series, leading designer Yang Liu distills the experiences, challenges, and many perspectives facing men and women, from age-old clichés to current debates, from boardroom politics to bedroom antics.Author:...
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The Dress: 100 Iconic Moments in FashionThis collection of dresses from the inimitable Megan Hess celebrates fashion's finest moments and takes the reader on a decadent romp through fashion history... from the haute to the hot. From the elegant, such as Audrey Hepburn's simple black shift or Princess Di's never-ending...
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The Longing for Less: Living with MinimalismMore than just a story of an abiding cultural preoccupation, The Longing For Less peels back the commodified husk of minimalism to reveal something surprising and thoroughly alive. -Jenny Odell, author of How to Do Nothing Thoughtful and absorbing . . . A superb...
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Bruno Munari: Square, Circle, TriangleIn the early 1960s Italian design legend Bruno Munari published his visual case studies on shapes: Circle, Square, and, a decade later, Triangle. Using examples from ancient Greece and Egypt, as well as works by Buckminster Fuller, Le Corbusier, and Alvar Aalto, Munari invests...
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The Unknown Craftsman: A Japanese Insight Into Beautycraftsman working in a set tradition for a lifetime? What is the value of handwork? Why should even the roughly lacquered rice bowl of a Japanese farmer be thought beautiful? The late Soetsu Yanagi was the first to fully explore the traditional Japanese appreciation...
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Shibori: The Inventive Art of Japanese Shaped Resist DyeingPotential for creating designs in textiles can be seen even in the physical properties of cloth. The simple fact that cloth tightly compressed into wrinkles or folds resists the penetration of dye is an opportunity--an opportunity to let the pliancy of textiles speak in...
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Natural Elegance: Luxurious Mountain LivingThe refined rustic style of WRJ, the preeminent interior design firm in the Mountain West Natural Elegance showcases the award-winning interiors of WRJ Design, headquartered in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and led by Rush Jenkins and Klaus Baer. The firm's homes are set against the...
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Chanel and Her World: Friends, Fashion, and FameThe best-selling, most abundantly illustrated biography available of fashion icon Coco Chanel, written by her close friend and chosen official biographer. Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel (1883-1971) is a fashion icon unlike any other, arguably the most influential designer of the 20th century, whose creations remain...
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Identity: Chermayeff & Geismar & HavivThe NBC peacock, the PBS faces, the red Mobil O, the Smithsonian sun: Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv created some of America's best-known logosSeminal New York design firm Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv, founded by Tom Geismar and Ivan Chermayeff, has designed countless brand...
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18th Century Fashion in DetailThis beautifully illustrated book reveals sharp pleats, high collars, gleaming pastes, colorful beads, elaborate buttons, and intricate lacework that make up some of the garments in the Victoria and Albert Museum's extensive fashion collection. With an authoritative text, exquisite color photography of garment details,...
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Aran KnittingThe definitive guide to designing and knitting in the Irish Aran tradition, this highly sought after book returns to print after a decade's absence in a revised and expanded version. The author of many knitting classics, Alice Starmore is internationally renowned as a knitwear...
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The Draper Touch: The High Life and High Style of Dorothy Draper- A must have for those fascinated with the history of the interior design business as well as the history of New York City, where Draper lived and designed some of her most famous projects such as the Carlyle Hotel- Features personal and archival...
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