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Book SynopsisQueen of the night, Darwin''s comet, lady''s slipper, little dragon, black chimaera - the otherworldly names of orchid species are as beautiful as these sought-after flowers themselves. From flamboyant and colourful to strange and understated, and from alpine meadows to cloud forests, the orchid''s variety and range is unparallelled - and has made it an object of obsession to plant collectors for centuries. With over 250 stunning botanical illustrations and fascinating documents from the archives at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, The Orchid explores 40 different varieties of this evocative and elusive flower.

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Book SynopsisThis is a book that shows how to see structures as being integral to architecture. It engages a subject that is both about understanding the mechanical aspects of structure as well as being able to relate this to the space, form, and conceptual design ideas that are inherent to the art of building.Analyzing the structural principles behind many of the best-known works of architecture from past and present alike, this book places the subject within a contemporary context. The subject matter is approached in a qualitative and discursive manner, illustrated by many photographs and structural behavior diagrams. Accessible mathematical equations and worked-out examples are also included so as to deepen a fundamental understanding of the topic.This new, color editionâs format has been thoroughly revised and its content updated and expanded throughout. It is perfect as either an introductory structures course text or as a designerâs sourcebook for inspiration, for here two esTrade Review"The profession of the master-builders split into the independent disciplines of architecture and structural engineering in the 19th century. In order to pursue a holistic approach, architects need an understanding of the structural basis of architecture. For this purpose, there is no better reading imaginable than this book. This is not only true for students, but also for practitioners who want to understand how buildings function structurally. Moreover, I would recommend this book to engineers, who seek to understand the reasoning and motivation of architects in order to find structural solutions for their intentions." - Manfred Grohmann, Founder and principal of Bollinger+Grohmann Ingenieure; Professor for Structural Design, Faculty of Architecture, University of Kassel"The Structural Basis of Architecture, 3rd edition, is a comprehensive account of the many trickeries architects employ to defeat "nature". Since structure is our ultimate tool, the more extended our understanding of it the better chances to make a seamless transition of loads, either live or dead, into the ground." - Mauricio Pezo & Sofia von Ellrichshausen, founding partners of Pezo von Ellrichshausen"What a delightful book! The Structural Basis of Architecture has been widely recognized as a classic that exposes how structures make Architecture. In this revisited third edition, new contemporary case studies, colored illustrations and an original chapter on structural systems sharpen and further reinforce any reader’s learning experience. Every student in architecture should study this book." - Sigrid Adriaenssens, Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton UniversityReview of the 2nd edition"The Structural Basis of Architecture uses a myriad of historical and contemporary case studies to provide a concise and thorough explanation of the relationship between engineering and architecture. This book is an indispensable source for anyone interested in the logic of structures and their role not just in supporting but in imagining architecture." - Mohsen Mostafavi, Dean, and Alexander and Victoria Wiley Professor of Design, Harvard University Graduate School of DesignTable of ContentsPreface 1. Structuring Space 2. Introducing Structural Systems 3. Loads 4. Statics 5. Materials 6. The Hanger and the Tie 7. The Beam and the Slab 8. The Column and the Wall 9. The Truss and the Space Frame 10. The Frame and the Shear Wall 11. The Cable and the Membrane 12. The Arch and the Vault 13. The Dome and the Shell Endnotes Illustration Credits Bibliography Index (by project name) Index (by subject)

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Book SynopsisBuildings Across Time brilliantly explores the essential attributes of architecture by uniquely combining both a detailed survey of Western architecture, including Pre-Columbian America, and an introduction to architecture from the Middle East, India, Russia, China, and Japan. Authors have searched out the stories these buildings have to tell, considered the intentions of the people who built them, and examined the lives of those who used them. The text contains extensive descriptive narrative leavened with focused critical analysis, which both allows the book to stand alone and invites lecturers to impose their studied interpretations on the material without the danger of undue ambiguity or conflict. In a world that grows smaller by the day, it presents a global perspective, and in a discipline that concerns built objects that are often beautiful as well as functional, it is copiously illustrated, intelligently designed, and consistently usable.Table of ContentsPREFACE INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1 THE BEGINNINGS OF ARCHITECTURE CHAPTER 2 THE GREEK WORLDCHAPTER 3 THE ARCHITECTURE OF ANCIENT INDIA AND SOUTHEAST ASIA CHAPTER 4 THE TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE OF CHINA AND JAPANCHAPTER 5 THE ROMAN WORLDCHAPTER 6 EARLY CHRISTIAN AND BYZANTINE ARCHITECTURECHAPTER 7 ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE CHAPTER 8 EARLY MEDIEVAL AND ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURECHAPTER 9 GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE CHAPTER 10 INDIGENOUS ARCHITECTURE IN THE AMERICAS AND AFRICA CHAPTER 11 RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE CHAPTER 12 BAROQUE ARCHITECTURE CHAPTER 13 NEO-CLASSICISM, ROMANTICISM, AND THE ROCOCO CHAPTER 14 ECLECTICISM, INDUSTRIALIZATION, AND NEWNESS CHAPTER 15 THE TWENTIETH CENTURY AND MODERNISM CHAPTER 16 MODERNISMS IN THE MID- AND LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY AND BEYOND GLOSSARY BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX

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Book SynopsisSherry Freyermuth Saunders has worked in a variety of individual and team roles as a graphic designer, including at Discovery Creative where she worked on projects for clients such as Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, Science Channel and TLC. She has received local, regional and national awards for her design work. Alongside her freelance work, she is also currently the assistant professor of at Clark University, USA.Table of ContentsPreface Chapter 1: Surviving the Creative Space The birth of the Creative Strategy Bottom Line and the Importance of Collaboration Case study: Van Leeuwen Ice Cream: How a fresh design increased sales Creative Teams Definitions What Makes an Effective Creative Team Becoming an Effective Team Member How to Prepare Yourself for Teamwork Exercise 1: Mapping a Value System for Your Creative Career Chapter 2: Agency Teams Creative Agencies Come in All Shapes and Sizes Defining Creative Agencies Studio Marketing Agency Account vs. Creative: An Interview with Brooke Harmon and Veda Nagpurka from OH Partners Branding Agency Advertising Agency Case study: CitiBike: Collaborating on a Multifaceted Campaign Consultancy Production Company Motion Graphics Studio Animation Studio State of the Agency World Exercise 2: Interview Outside Your Scope Chapter 3: In-House Teams The Value of In-House Creative Teams In-House/Agency Collaboration Case study: Inside Out Awards: Celebrating In-House Creative Work Working In-House Towards a Common Goal Different Kinds of In-House Work Collaboration In-House – Across Teams Collaboration In-House – Within Teams Interview with Devin O’Bryan from IBM Design Creative Workflows Starting Out In-House Interview with Thomas Harris and Gwendolyn Mumford from AIG Insurance Challenges and Opportunities Working In-House Exercise 3: Understanding an In-House Brand Chapter 4: Freelance Teams Freelance Creative ‘Teams’ Different Ways to Freelance Building Connections Freelance Workflows Case study: Jameson Whiskey: Collaborating as a Freelance Illustrator The Art Director/Copywriter Freelance Team Interview: Advice from Kristen Curtis and Aldo Arias of Only Child Freelance Collectives The Freelancer and Client Team Freelancers Need Coaching Too From Freelancer to Entrepreneur The Freelance Life Exercise 4: Examining Your Work Habits Chapter 5: Community as an Extension of Creative Team Community as Creative Team Nurture Existing Creative Community Grow Creative Community Case study: Make a Mark: Building Community by Giving Back Embrace Mentorship Quality Connection Interview with Co-author of Being Boss, Kathleen Shannon Community Lasts a Career Exercise 5: Finding a Creative Mentor Conclusion Acknowledgements Ancillary Material Recommended Reading

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Book Synopsis**Shortlisted for the 2021 British Book Design and Production Awards for the Best Jacket / Cover Design**For years illustration has lacked a strong critical history in which to frame it, with academics and media alike assessing it as part of design rather than a discipline in its own right. Illustration Research Methods addresses this void and adds to a fast-emerging discipline, establishing a lexicon that is specific to discussing contemporary illustration practice and research.The chapters are broken down into the various roles that exist within the industry and which illustration research can draw from, such as ''Reporting'' and ''Education''. In doing so, users are able to explore a diverse range of disciplines that are rich in critical theory and can map these existing research methodologies to their own study and practice.Supported by a wealth of case studies from international educators, student projects sit alongside those of world-renowTrade ReviewA treasure chest of ideas, insights, new terminology and eye-opening case studies ... It will make a vital contribution to the discipline's discourse. * Rick Poynor, University of Reading, UK *I've been waiting for a book that illustrates how valuable illustration is to art, culture, politics, science – well, society as a whole ... An essential volume. * Steven Heller, School of Visual Arts, NY, USA *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Illustration research Definitions Illustration as process Identity Language and terminology The principles of illustration practice Shifting roles - an expanded practice Can illustration ever be authorless? A social practice Research into, through and for illustration - a framework for categorising methods Rigour in illustration Originality in illustration 2. Authorship Tell me a story Narrative components Narrative inquiries - different ways of thinking of narrative research The autoethnographic illustrator Adaption and interpretation Picture visual research Illustrative writing 3. Reporting Illustrator as reporter This is research How to Drawing from life Sketchbooks Listening Observation A multisensory lifeworld Walking Me you and everyone else Is this real Reporting the news 4. Crafting Illustration and craft, a happy marriage? ‘I already know what I’m going to do’ The meaning in the mark Tools of the trade The meaning of material The stuff of life Illustration as object, 3d, physical and virtual form The illustrated object or the object illustration? Collected Fabricated Immaterial technologies 5. Activism Am I political? Power play An informed practice The visual identity of protest Detournement The illustrators joke Who do you think I am? The meme Future visions Illustration as event Models of behaviour ‘How can I help you?’ 6. Education What is your philosophy? What is an education space? Signature pedagogies Shop talk Learning through illustration Residency as method Documents of experience Illustration-based research Data visualisation The language of reliability Interactive illustration 7. Illustration futures Appendix Proposals Working with others Interviews Reflective practice Positioning Who benefits? Legacy Informed consent Illustration research

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Book SynopsisCo-published in Association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, LondonThis book is a timely and engaging introduction to the way that artists working in all media think about craft. Workmanship is key to today''s visual arts, when high production values'' are becoming increasingly commonplace. Yet craft''s centrality to contemporary art has received little serious attention from critics and historians. Dispensing with clichéd arguments that craft is art, Adamson persuasively makes a case for defining craft in a more nuanced fashion. The interesting thing about craft, he argues, is that it is perceived to be ''inferior'' to art. The book consists of an overview of various aspects of this second-class identity - supplementarity, sensuality, skill, the pastoral, and the amateur. It also provides historical case studies analysing craft''s role in a variety of disciplines, including architecture, design, contemporary art, and the crafts themselves. Thinking Through CraftTrade Review'At a time when technical skill has been widely dismissed or outsourced in the production of art, Glenn Adamson crucially adds an entire spectrum of hand-crafted objects to the creative history of the post-war era. And at a time when theoretical frameworks have stagnated, these objects, in his hands, bring with them a fresh and sophisticated set of interpretive perspectives.' * Thomas Crow, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University *'Adamson asks provocative questions about the marginalization of craft within the discourse of modernism. Best of all, he writes with a lucidity, energy and engagement that takes the reader with him all the way.' * Pennina Barnett, Goldsmiths College, University of London *'A highly original contribution, Thinking through Craft is both thoughtful and exacting about crafted objects and the lessons provided by the artists' time, labor and material inventiveness.' * Modern Painters *'A pathbreaking book" * Elissa Auther, University of Colorado *Throughout Thinking Through Craft, Adamson offers such provocative readings of both fine art and craft history that are likely to instigate radical new ways of thinking about each. * Maria Elena Buszek, for Surface Design *This book is ... full of thoughtful and pertinent analysis and achieves an impressive theoretical take on the role of studio craft within the history of modern art. * The Journal of William Morris Studies *A thoughtful, exciting and well-written book that touches on so many interesting ideas concerning craft. * Museum Anthropology Review *[R]ecommended to both art and design theorists and anyone else anxious to engage in theorizing about craft. -- Andrea Peach, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UKTable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: Supplemental "Homage to Brancusi" Wearable Sculptures: Modern Jewelry and the Problem of Autonomy Reframing the Pattern and Decoration Movement Props Chapter 2: Sensual Ceramic Presence: Peter Voulkos The Essence of Clay: Yagi Kazuo The Materialization of the Art Object, 1966-72 Breath Chapter 3. Skilled Learning by Doing: Teaching Modern Craft Thinking in Situations: Josef Albers Learning Architecture: Charles Jencks and Kenneth Frampton Chapter 4: Pastoral Regions Apart Two Versions of Pastoral North, South, East, West Chapter 5: Amateur "The World's Most Fascinating Hobby": Robert Arneson Feminism and the Politics of Amateurism Abject Craft: Mike Kelley and Tracey Emin Conclusion

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Book SynopsisZero Waste Fashion Design combines practical examples, flat patterns and more than 20 exercises to help you incorporate this sustainable technique into your portfolio. There are also beautifully illustrated interviews with innovative designers, including Richard Lindgvist, Mary Beth Bentaha and Daniel Desanto to show how sustainable practice continues to evolve within industry.Industry pioneers, Timo Rissanen and Holly McQuillan, offer flexible strategies and easy-to-master zero waste techniques to help you develop your own cutting-edge fashion designs. This updated edition includes new content on integrating 3D design into a zero waste process, additional coverage of the historical context of zero waste around the world, and expands on the related technique of subtraction cutting to make this the ultimate practical guide to sustainable fashion design.Table of ContentsPreface 1. Zero Waste Fashion Design from History to Now Zero Waste over Time Modern Zero Waste Fashion Design Interview with Lela Jacobs Zero Waste Fashion Design in Research Interview with Maja Stabel Short Cuts 2. Pattern Cutting as a Fashion Design Tool Fashion Design and Pattern Cutting Creative Pattern Cutting Interview with Winifred Aldrich Interview with Rickard Lindqvist Creative Pattern Cutters From Around the World Patterns in Design Ideation Short Cuts 3. Zero Waste Fashion Design: The Basics Criteria for Zero Waste Fashion Design The Design Ideation Toolbox Zero Waste Design Methods Square Cut Garments Tailored Garments Draped Garments Hybrid Practices Zero Waste Design Systems Adapting an Existing Design for Zero Waste Risky Design Practice Designing with the Fabric Width Short Cuts 4. Zero Waste Fashion Design and CAD Marker Making As Design Activity Interview with Julia Banks (Formerly Lumsden) Transforming Zero Waste Design Practice Digital Design Process before 3D Tools The Usefulness of 3D Software for Zero Waste Fashion Design Practice Digital 3D Design Workflow for Zero Waste Design Practice. The Future of Zero Waste Design in a Time of Automation Digital 2D/3D Design Note about the Differences between Tools Digital Tools in Fashion Design Education Case Study: Zero Waste Workshops Digital Tools in the Fashion Industry Case Study: High Price Outdoor Brand: Developing a Digital Prototype of Low Waste Design Using an Existing 2D Pattern Grading and CAD Combining Digital Technologies Digital Tools in Fashion Research Case Study: Zero + One: Developing a Digitized Analogue Drape Design Case Study: Using 3D Software to Develop Zero Waste Whole Garment Weaving Design Workflows Zero Waste Tutorial for 3D Digital Tools Making a Make/Use Coat in 3D Software Things to Consider Interview With Mylène L'Orguilloux – Milan AV-JC Short Cuts 5. Manufacturing Zero-Waste Garments Fashion Design and Fashion Manufacturing Interview with Mary Beth McDermott Sizing Zero Waste Garments Pathway 1: One-Size-Fits-Most Pathway 2: Conventional Grading Pathway 3: Designing Each Size Pathway 4: Mixing Multiple Sizes in a Marker Pathway 5: Using a Different Fabric Width for Each Size Pathway 6: A Hybrid Method Fabric in Manufacturing Zero Waste Garments Cutting Fabric Fabric Selvages Fabric Flaws Short Cuts 6. Zero Waste Fashion Design: Getting Started On Inspiration Interview with Kia Koski Documenting and Reflecting On Design On Sharing Conversation with Yeohlee Teng Zero Waste Fashion Design in Transitions Glossary References Index Acknowledgements Credits

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Book SynopsisRepeating patterns can soothe or energize us, bringing joy and harmony to everyday life. Repeat Printed Pattern for Interiors explores the power repeat patterns hold over us and what goes into creating original, effective printed designs. Beginning with the history of patterns in interior design, Kate Farley uncovers lessons from the work of Owen Jones, William Morris, Collier Campbell and Josef Frank.There are also interviews with some of the best contemporary pattern designers working today: Angie Lewin, Deborah Bowness, Eley Kishimoto, Emma J. Shipley, Galbraith & Paul, Neisha Crosland, Orla Kiely OBE, Sarah Campbell and Timorous Beasties. Each interview covers the designer''s practice and ethos and includes a deconstruction of one design, with discussion of initial sketches, details of design development, manufacturing insights and images of final products.Covering hand-drawn techniques through to digital manipulation, you'll also be guided through the implications of visualTrade ReviewExtremely well researched… The designer interviews are excellent. -- Shirley Mclauchlan, Edinburgh University, UKThis book offers so much across its 232 pages - insights into the author’s creative process and design inspirations which reveal an inspirational eye for pattern and colour. The case studies of designers working across the past 50 years in the interior textile industry detail the recipes for their success and emphasise the need for budding designers to develop their own aesthetic and authentic vision. The rest of the book offers design context and some history alongside tools and tips on how to develop your design ideas - giving you the visual and verbal language to develop and articulate your design ideas. A valuable publication for anyone with an interest in pattern. - Amanda Briggs-Goode, Nottingham Trent University, UKTable of ContentsAbout the Author Introduction 1. Patterns in History Baroque Bold Neoclassical formality Trading with pattern (Chintz & Paisley) Arts and Crafts and the Aesthetic agenda 1860s–1890s Art Nouveau and the Decorative style 1890–1930s ARTISAN APPROACH 1900 – 1930s Modern mode 1920s–1940s Post-war 1945–1960s Upbeat Escapism and Calm retreats late 1960s–1980s Post-modern magic and digital design 1980–2020 2. The Basics – making patterns Introduction Pattern language and process Choosing the look, making motifs Repeat and rhythm Colour in design Digital design: an introduction Printing: traditionally or digitally? Application and context 3. Design Process: Interviews Emma J. Shipley Angie Lewin Orla Kiely OBE Sarah Campbell Neisha Crosland Timorous Beasties Galbraith and Paul Deborah Bowness Eley Kishimoto Conclusion

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Book SynopsisRethinking Fashion Globalization is a timely call to rewrite the fashion system and push back against Eurocentric dominance within fashion histories by presenting new models, approaches and understandings of fashion from critical thinkers at the forefront of decolonial fashion discourse.This edited collection draws together original, diverse, and richly reflective critiques of the fashion system from both established and emerging fashion scholars, researchers and creative practitioners. Chapters straddle current calls for decolonization and inclusion, as well as reflections on de-westernization, post-colonialism, sustainability, transnationalism, national identities, social activism, global fashion narratives, diversity, and more. The volume is divided into three key themes, ''Disruptions in Time and Space'', ''Nationalism and Transnationalism'' and ''Global Design Practices''. These themes re-map fashion's origins, practices and futures, to present alternatives for reclaiming aTrade ReviewThis timely, vital book showcases the plurality of fashion systems, cultures and industries, across time and space. -- Alice Payne, Associate Professor of Fashion at Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, AustraliaLeads the way in responding to the current surge of transdisciplinary interest across universities all over the world in key issues of decolonization, post-colonialism, national identity, social activism, global fashion narratives and diverse voices. Chapters are brimming with fresh, in-depth and meticulous research examining these issues through the vehicle of clothing, dress, fashion, textiles, and their media presence. The book’s many images enable the reader to make full sense of the texts. -- Prof Emerita Lou Taylor, University of Brighton, UKTable of ContentsForeword - Angela Jansen (Chair of the Research Collective for Decolonizing Fashion) 1. Introduction: Decolonial Critiques of Fashion Globalization and De-Globalization (co-authored by the editors) Section I: Disruptions in Time and Space Introduction – Sarah Cheang (Royal College of Art, UK) 2. Kimono Migrating Across Borders: A Preliminary Study into the Discovery of Waso Culture Outside of Japan - Yoko Takagi (Bunka Gakuen University, Japan) & Saskia Thoelen (Bunka Gakuen University, Japan) 3. East Asian Global Connections and Fashion Histories - Sarah Cheang (Royal College of Art, UK) and Elizabeth Kramer (University of Northumbria, UK) 4. Surinamese Kotomisi: Multiple Identities of Fashion - Daan van Dartel (National Museum of World Cultures, the Netherlands) 5. Coats and Trousers: Redrawing the Map to Rescript the Narrative - Abby Lillethun (Montclair State University, USA) and Linda Welters (University of Rhode Island, USA) Section II: Nationalism and Transnationalism Introduction – Erica de Greef (independent fashion curator, Cape Town, South Africa) 6. #OWNYOURCULTURE – Decolonising Fashion Through Traditional Jewelry - Chepkemboi J Mang’ira (OwnYourCulture, Nairobi) 7. Kawaii Fashion Discourse in the 21st Century: Transnationalising Actors - Kyoko Koma (Meiji University, Japan) 8. Melancholia at the Margins: Place and History in the Fashion of Aotearoa New Zealand - Harriette Richards (Western Sydney University, Australia) 9. Negotiating Identities: The Fashion of Nyonyas in Early Twentieth Century Singapore – Courtney R. Fu (National University of Singapore) Section III: Global Design Practices Introduction – Yoko Takagi (Bunka Gakuen University, Japan) 10. Creative Collaborations between Consumers and Fashion Designers: The Role of Fashion Posters in Urban and Rural Ghana. Malika Kraamer (University of Leicester, UK) & Osuanyi Quaicoo Essel (University of Education Winneba, Ghana 11. State of Fashion: Searching for the New Luxury. Imagination, Sustainability, Embodied Practice, Craft Revival, New Narratives - Jose Teunissen (University of the Arts London, UK) 12. Making the Ordinary Fashionable: New Sartorial Languages from Russia and China - Hazel Clark (Parsons School of Design, USA) and Alla Eizenberg (Parsons School of Design, USA) 13. Body Mapping: Cross Cultural Influences in the Studio - Jenny Hughes (University of the Creative Arts Rochester, UK)

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Book SynopsisThis much anticipated second edition of The Principles and Processes of Interactive Design is aimed at new designers and creatives from across the design and media disciplines who want to learn the fundamentals of designing for user experience and user interface (UX/UI) projects.The blurring of boundaries between disciplines is leading to a new breed of hybrid designers and creative practitioners who are fusing different discipline perspectives, principles and processes to support their new practices.It is these shared principles and processes that this book explores, including: - The fundamentals of design research and UX development - Classic visual design topics such as colour, image, layout and typography - Essential media-specific topics such as working with data, interactivity, motion and sound - Important guidance on how to present your workFor this new editions there are brand new chapters on Motion and Sound (including storyboarding, sonic interaction and Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Research for interaction 2 Design development 3 Colour and image 4 Layout and typography 5 Data 6 Interactivity 7 Motion and sound 8 Interactive formats 9 Presenting your ideas Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThe White Rabbit is late for the Duchess. The Cheshire Cat won't stop grinning. And the Hatter is, well, mad. In the middle of it all is Alice, a young girl with a vivid imagination and a family life that's less than perfect.In this new adaptation by renowned playwright and Sheffield native, Laura Wade, you can follow Alice as she escapes her bedroom to find adventure in a topsy-turvy world. Based on Lewis Carroll's classic tale, Wade's adaptation breathes fresh life into a much-loved story about rabbit holes, pocket watches and talking caterpillars.Trade ReviewFabulous fun, as Laura Wade grabs hold of Lewis Carroll's classic and runs with it. Furiously inventive and wonderfully designed. Lyndsey Turner's production is as mad as a bag of trifle * Sunday Times Culture Magazine *In Laura Wade's engaging new version of Lewis Carrol's Alice in Wonderland a classic is given a wonderfully ingenious twist. -- Lynne Walker * The Independent *Laura Wade grabs hold of Lewis Carrol's classic and runs in this furiously inventive adaptation -- David Jays * Sunday Times *

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Book SynopsisFrom rumps and stays to muffs and handkerchiefs, underwear and accessories were critical components of the 18th-century woman's wardrobe. They not only created her shape, but expressed her character, sociability, fashionability, and even political allegiances. These so-called ephemeral flights of fashion were not peripheral and supplementary, but highly charged artefacts, acting as cultural currency in contemporary society. The Modern Venus highlights the significance of these elements of a woman's wardrobe in 1770s and 1780s Britain and the Atlantic World, and shows how they played their part in transforming fashionable dress when this was expanding to new heights and volumes. Dissecting the female silhouette into regions of the body and types of dress and shifting away from a broad-sweeping stylistic evolution, this book explores these potent players within the woman's armoury. Marrying material, archival and visual approaches to dress history, and drawing on a rich range of sTrade ReviewMeticulously researched and methodologically innovative, The Modern Venus reveals how underwear and accessories shaped not just women's bodies, but their engagement with the world. This sumptuous book is a must read for anyone interested in 18th-century material, literary and visual culture. * Jennie Batchelor, University of York, UK *A seriously interesting fashion history book on late 18th-century underwear and accessories, based on first-rate research. Great images, highly readable and intelligently planned and written. * Lou Taylor, University of Brighton, UK *Table of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction: Fashioning the Modern Venus 1. Head First: Brimmed Hats and Calashes on the Tides of Fashion 2. ‘Let Us Examine Their Tails’: The Material and Satirical Lifecycles of Cork Rumps and Bums 3. By Hand: Silk and Fur Muffs 4. Tight Lacing: The Motifs and Materiality of Stays Conclusion: ‘The Fickle Goddess’ Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA Cultural History of Color in the Medieval Age covers the period 500 to 1400. The medieval age saw an extraordinary burst of color - from illuminated manuscripts and polychrome sculpture to architecture and interiors, and from enamelled and jewelled metalwork to colored glass and the exquisite decoration of artefacts. Color was used to denote affiliation in heraldry and social status in medieval clothes. Color names were created in various languages and their resonance explored in poems, romances, epics, and plays. And, whilst medieval philosophers began to explain the rainbow, theologians and artists developed a color symbolism for both virtues and vices. Color shapes an individual's experience of the world and also how society gives particular spaces, objects, and moments meaning. The 6 volume set of the Cultural History of Color examines how color has been created, traded, used, and interpreted over the last 5000 years. The themes covered in each volume are

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Although Birmingham’s history goes back beyond the Middle Ages, there are only a few fragments of medieval Birmingham left, some of which have been moved from their original site as the city expanded. The city expanded rapidly in the industrial age and although Birmingham has many properties from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, it was radically transformed by the bombing raids of the Second World War and the subsequent rejuvenation by city planners. Some 1960s and 1970s buildings like the Rotunda have become icons of the city, but in recent years much of the mid-twentieth-century building, often in concrete brutalist style, has in turn been replaced by new structures like Beetham Tower and Birmingham Library. As England’s second city, Birmingham was a major centre of manufacture, and many of the buildings still stand today. It was also the home of a significant art and architecture movement, the Arts and Crafts movement, which has left its mark on the architectural legacy of Birmingham. Birmingham in 50 Buildings explores the history of this fascinating West Midlands metropolis through a selection of its most interesting buildings and structures, showing the changes that have taken place over the years. It uncovers the earliest churches and dwellings in the city, unique pieces of industrial architecture, the amazing heritage of Victorian religious and municipal structures, art deco cinemas, modernist high-rise blocks and iconic shopping centres. This book will appeal to all those who live in Birmingham or have an interest in the city.

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Book SynopsisExplore a selection of stunning photographs documenting the variety of Britain's railways from the air.Trade Review'The reproduction throughout is excellent, and the complete absence of white space lets the pictures dominate – just as they should. It really is a stunning compilation that should provide plenty of inspiration to anyone with an interest in drone photography or for someone just getting started.' -- Railways Illustrated Magazine, February 2024'For the quality of the imagery alone, this book is worth adding to your collection.' -- Rail Express Magazine, January 2024

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Book SynopsisSuperman and manga unite! Put a new spin on iconic Metropolis Super Heroes and Super-Villains, and learn how to draw them as dynamic manga characters. Easy-to-follow steps start with simple lines and progress to fully coloured figures that practically leap off the page. Along the way, discover interesting Japanese comics facts and tips for punching up your artwork. Packed full of stunning illustrations, this guide will inspire creativity and help artists of all levels reimagine the Man of Steel, Supergirl, Lex Luthor, Darkseid and more as manga-style masterpieces!

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Book SynopsisA memoir of searching for home amid Britain’s housing crisis from an exciting new voice in non-fiction Trade Review‘I believe that Kieran Yates was born to write, but crucially, to write this vital piece of work. I tore through the pages . . . A book I’ll read over and over again’ -- Candice Carty-Williams, author of 'Queenie''A beautiful exposition of home and what it means. Yates infuses such gentle care and humanity into the exploration of race, the failings of society and government … Stunning' -- Bolu Babalola, author of 'Love in Colour'‘I read this in two sittings . . . it’s so incisive it’s hard to put down’ -- Pandora Sykes'Wholly transportive and informative. With every home visited, you will leave feeling like a welcomed guest, a deeply concerned neighbour or probably both' -- Clara Amfo'A moving and urgent exposé of the housing crisis' -- Laura Bates, founder of the Everyday Sexism Project'Intimate and fascinating. Both a memoir and a social commentary of Britain' -- Annie Macmanus'Warm and funny. A powerful call to action against bad landlords, gentrification and class inequality in Britain' -- Symeon Brown, author of 'Get Rich or Lie Trying'Vital. Everyone should read it -- Vicky Spratt, author of 'Tenants'‘Skilfully combines memoir, case studies and histories of design with harrowing facts and figures. There’s a sense of humour, too, but deep down a rage that reverberates throughout. Illuminating, thoughtfully written and damning' * Observer *‘A powerful, personal and intricate tour of our housing system … exposing who it works for and who it doesn’t’ -- Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP‘Yates writes with clarity, warmth and passion and leaves the reader wanting to march on Whitehall immediately’ -- Nikesh Shukla‘This book is so special. Kieran writes with warmth and joy . . . manages to have taught me ten million things while also making me fall in love with Kieran and her family - weaving together activism with storytelling in the most gorgeous way’ -- Ione Gamble, author of 'Poor Little Sick Girls'‘Skewers the housing crisis with clear-sighted fury. [Her] warmth and intimacy breathes new life into the horror show statistics. Yates manages the unthinkable: she makes the housing crisis funny, or at least as funny as it can get’ * i *‘So relatable . . . injects a glorious dose of love and joy and hope. This is what is so special about All The Houses I’ve Ever Lived In: the side notes of kindness and community, told with beauty, folded between the pages’ * Big Issue *‘Yates is best when observing detail: the gold-coloured plastic tissue boxes beloved of diasporan Indian households; the houseplants favoured by her fellow millennials; the “anonymous boys in Calvin Klein boxers” in her house-share kitchen . . . symbols of belonging in a disjointed life’ * New Statesman *'This book needs to be pressed into a lot of hands’ -- Joel Golby * UnHerd *'A clarion call for housing justice and a damning indictment of the policy failures of successive governments. But it is also an invitation to consider more imaginative questions about how we should organise not only our housing, but our lives' * Prospect *‘Seething with rage. It is also immensely readable, and at times even funny – something I wouldn’t have thought possible’ * Spectator *'Both a beautifully written, moving memoir and a stufy in how the housing crisis makes and often breaks us' -- Peter Apps, prizewinning author of 'Show Me the Bodies: How We Let Grenfell Happen'

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Book Synopsis''Almost hypnotically perfect prose'' Kate Sawyer''A thoughtful, tender and delicate consideration of life''s choices'' Huma Qureshi ''Ashby handles her material lightly and atmospherically'' Rowan Hisayo BuchananWhen Cathy and Noah first got together neither saw children in their future. Eight years later, they''re happily married - and Cathy isn''t so sure. With Noah''s patience for his wife''s ambivalence waning, her widowed mother in a world of her own and her best friend yearning for a second baby, Cathy feels increasingly adrift.Escaping into her work in the conservation studios of the National Gallery, she chips away at the layers of overpaint on a canvas from the collection. Will the discovery of an unexpected truth help her find the clarity she craves?This absorbing second novel from the author of WET PAINT - about confronting expectations and learning to cope with the nagging, complex questions that shape a lif

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Book SynopsisTom May is an award-winning journalist and editor specialising in design, creativity and technology. Across a career spanning more than two decades, Tom has been editor of Professional Photography magazine, associate editor at Creative Bloq, and deputy editor at net magazine.Today, he is a regular contributor to Creative Bloq, Creative Boom, Digital Camera World, T3.com, Tom's Guide and Tech Radar. He is author of the book Great TED Talks: Creativity.

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Book SynopsisIn this stylishly packaged, full-colour book, aspiring comic book artists will find everything they need to know to create their own comic books, from creating characters, to animating them and designing a gripping cover. Whatever their ability, I Can Comics will teach readers the key tenets of making a successful comic book by following its step-by-step drawing projects.Includes:• How to use basic tools and materials• How to identify and draw different comic book styles• Techniques to draw faces, expressions, basic anatomy• How to create dynamic moving scenes• Making a coherent story and compelling charactersPractice grids are supplied to help artists recreate the examples and will give them the techniques and confidence to build their own stories and make a strong narrative.ABOUT THE SERIES: I Can Draw teaches a variety of specialist drawing styles, aimed at beginners or those wishing to hon

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Book SynopsisThe classic elegant English typeface, still widely used as a book text more than 250 years since its creation. Baskerville is a transitional design, poised between the first metal types and modern styles, notable for its combination of fat and thin strokes. When it was first used there was genuine concern that it would damage readers'' eyes.John Baskerville was a maverick lacquer maker and printer in Birmingham, a flamboyant dresser, an important figure in the Enlightenment. Though it earned him little money, he was obsessive about both his typeface and its appearance on the page, a perfectionism culminating in his magnificent Bible. The story encompasses one of the first powerful women of the printing world, his wife Sarah Baskerville, and the many typefaces the Baskervilles inspired. And it examines why John Baskerville''s body was dug up and buried many times before it was finally allowed to rest in peace.

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Book SynopsisA tangible approach to building the intangible skill of creativity, offering a simple new theory about how to have original and valuable ideas.

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Book SynopsisOne of the most iconic characters in children's booksJoin the world's most famous travelling reporter in his exciting adventures as he braves an ancient Incan curse in the two-part story The Seven Crystal Balls and Prisoners of the Sun, and investigates espionage in the Middle East in Land of Black Gold.The fifth of eight volumes containing Hergé's best loved adventure stories, with two thrilling mysteries:The Seven Crystal BallsThe world''s most famous travelling reporter is faced with an ancient Incan curse, which is causing its victims to fall into a life-threatening coma. The tomb of Rascar Capac has been unearthed! But one by one, the finders fall into a terrifying coma. Can this be the curse of the Inca gods? Tintin must somehow fathom out the meaning behind his only clue: the shattered crystal ball lying beside each of the victims Prisoners of the SunWhen Professor Calculus is kidnapped, Tintin and a desperate Captain Haddock set off to Peru on a rescue mission, braving runaway Trade ReviewTintin shows young readers that the world in all its complexity is theirs to bestride. (The Wall Street Journal) I became enthralled with the way Hergé told his stories. Grand, epic, global adventures about a young reporter who goes all around the world looking for stories to tell. (Steven Spielberg, 'The Adventures of Spielberg: An Interview', The New York Times, 2011) Top 100 Children’s Book – Time Out (2022) Terrific world-straddling adventures. (Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Ten Essential Children’s Books, Books for Keeps, 2020) The Red Sea Sharks was named one of Young Bond author Charlie Higson’s favourite books in The Daily Express: “Tintin was a huge inspiration being a young person in an adult world.” (2015) Explorers of the Moon was named one of comedian Milton Jones’ favourite books in The Daily Express (2018) Explorers of the Moon was named one of screenwriter and best-selling crime novelist Peter May’s favourite books in The Daily Express: “A childhood favourite…it encouraged me to create my own cartoon series.” (2016) The Calculus Affair was named one of author and foreign correspondent Christian Jennings’ favourite books in The Week (2017)

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Book SynopsisClaude Monet's water lily paintings are among the most iconic and beloved works of art of the past century. Yet these entrancing images were created at a time of terrible private turmoil and sadness for the artist. The dramatic history behind these paintings is little known; Ross King's Mad Enchantment tells the full story for the first time and, in the process, presents a compelling and original portrait of one of our most popular and cherished artists.By the outbreak of war in 1914, Monet, then in his mid-seventies, was one of the world's most famous and successful painters, with a large house in the country, a fleet of automobiles and a colossal reputation. However, he had virtually given up painting following the death of his wife Alice in 1911 and the onset of blindness a year later. Nonetheless, it was during this period of sorrow, ill health and creative uncertainty that as the guns roared on the Western Front he began the most demanding and innovative paTrade ReviewAn altogether enchanting tale. -- Dava Sobel, author of Longitude, on Brunelleschi's Dome[King] consummately meshes biography with art history as he turns the creation of one resounding masterpiece into a portal on the artist’s life … Writing with a historical novelist’s attunement to the interplay of peace, temperament, and society, King brings readers to Giverny … King sumptuously describes the pleasures of Giverny … Never before has the full drama and significance of Monet’s magnificent Water Lilies been conveyed with such knowledge and perception, empathy and wonder’ * Booklist *Writing with a historical novelist’s attunement to the interplay of place, temperament, and society, King brings readers to Giverny [and] sumptuously describes [its] pleasures … Never before has the full drama and significance of Monet’s magnificent Water Lilies been conveyed with such knowledge and perception, empathy and wonder * Booklist *[King] turns his mind, heart, and eyes to Claude Monet … King is ever the brilliant docent murmuring the right, telling details and critical backstories in our ear as we move through space and time. He ultimately brings the man and his work into perfect focus while increasing his audience’s interest in both all the more … This work is essential. * Library Journal *Vivid … King elegantly reveals the soul of a great artist, the last Impressionist standing at the end of one of history’s most remarkable art movements * Kirkus *King is a skilled guide to Monet’s bastardy. This book, like his earlier ones, is as much about the artist’s times as his work * The Times *The closing decades of an artist’s life do not generally make the biographer’s heart beat faster, but Claude Monet is one of a handful of painters who bucks the pattern of an irrelevant old age. … A fine, fluent book … A careful unpicking of cherished art-historical narratives -- Katheryn Hughes * Guardian *Ross King has a track record when it comes to turning such art stories into gripping narratives … His method is expansive, including personal, political, social and cultural context in a way that would horrify some art purists. Never mind, it works. This latest, perfectly engrossing book is, at one level, simply the story of how the late lilies – hundreds of yards of them on a series of gigantic canvases – came to be painted. At another level, however, it is the story of art and its meanings amid the carnage of the twentieth century * Sunday Times *A homage to how the genius of Monet’s extraordinary eye came finally to be realised … King has a skill for turning over unlikely narrative stones -- Lucy Lethbridge * Literary Review *Ross King’s Monet might not be an easy man to like, but King is also very good with the wider picture, and the fascination of this lively and entertaining book lies as much in its portrait of first-world-war France as it does in its depiction of Giverny … But it is in the period detail and character portraits that Mad Enchantment really comes to life -- Honor Clerk * Spectator *Lyrical and dynamic * Catholic Herald *Ross King lyrically explores the personal paradise that Monet constructed at Giverny … King’s title sounds overexcited, but he justifies it -- Books of the Year * Observer *‘Engrossing history … This scholarly story of Monet’s greatest project is told with tremendous humour and is filled with fascinating insights’ * History Today *[A] fine account of the making of Monet’s final masterpiece -- Paperback Must Reads * Daily Mail *

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Book SynopsisA new edition of John Berger and Jean Mohr's classic investigation into the nature of photography and what makes it so different from other art forms''One of the world's most influential art critics Berger sees clearly with fresh surprise yet profound understanding'' Washington TimesIn one of the most eloquent accounts of photography ever devised, the writer John Berger and the photographer Jean Mohr set out to understand the fundamental nature of photography and how it makes its impact. Asking a range of questions What is a photograph? What do photographs mean? How can they be used? they give their answers in terms of a photograph as a meeting place where the interests of the photographer, the photographed, the viewer and those who are using the photography are often contradictory'. From these beginnings they develop a theory of photography that has at its centre the form's essential ambiguity, arguing that photography is totally unlike a film and has noTrade ReviewOne of the world’s most influential art critics … Berger sees clearly with fresh surprise yet profound understanding * Washington Times *A wonderful artist and thinker * Susan Sontag *Polemical, meditative, radical, always original, Berger’s essays are extremely wide-ranging * Geoff Dyer *One of the most influential intellectuals of our time * Sean O'Hagan *

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Book SynopsisPete Nelson is back with more inspiring treehouses from around the world and a practical guide to designing and building them.Trade Review“With its stunning photos of fanciful houses, Nelson’s book will appeal to anyone who ever read Peter Pan or The Swiss Family Robinson. . . . To browse through Nelson’s book is to fantasize about life in midair.” * The Washington Post Book World *

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Book Synopsis Graphic designer Justine Lecouffe and fashion illustrator Chloe Takahashi present an interactive guided sketchbook for all who love fashion and want to design and sketch their own unique and stylish outfits.Sketch Your Amazing Style has a modern sensibility that includes body positive and racially diverse fashion croquis (figure templates) readers can use to start their own fashion doodles and drawings. With more than fifty drawing prompts and challenges, the professional illustrator authors offer dynamic inspiration from both the world of fashion and street style looks. Guided spaces for sketching accompany the drawing exercises—and there is flexibility to swap in a template that better suits the reader’s body. With a style diary section to keep track of outfits readers have worn (or wish to wear), Sketch Your Amazing Style is suited to all skill levels, with easy-to-follow tutorials on figure drawing, hair and

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Book SynopsisMaximalist style authority Dani Dazey shares her bold design advice for creating colorful interiors and playful patterns in your home More is more!The Maximalist by Dani Dazey is an interior design book for true maximalists who love to celebrate all things color, pattern, and texture. With her signature seventies flair, quirky custom furniture, unique graphic designs, and bright color palettes, Dazey is the perfect person to show you how to bring happiness and personality into your decorating.The Maximalist includes 11 of Dazey’s design projects, from the iconic Trixie Motel—created by beloved drag queen Trixie Mattel—to the idyllic Dazey Desert House at the foot of the San Jacinto mountains, to a crazy and colorful maximalist mansion. By showing you how to find balance in creative expression, establish an atmosphere, mix in patterns (hint: you can never have enough wallpaper), and choose the right f

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Book SynopsisMark Hadjipateras's remarkable range of works, including monotypes, prints, drawings, paintings, sculpture, photosculpture, and numerous installations throughout the yearsMark Hadjipateras, Homeward presents the richly varied, fifty-year-long career of an international artist who has a deep understanding of our common roots in nature and the universal human need for belonging. His work explores nature as our shared home in a transhistorical exploration of prehistoric, modern, and futuristic habitats and their inhabitants. Mark Hadjipateras revisits major 20th -century movements such as surrealism, modernism, minimalism, and pop art, honoring them through his own distinct style to produce new, thought-provoking interpretations. Rendered in a remarkable range of media such as paintings, sculptures, assemblages, and site-specific installations, his forms harmoniously blend opposite qualities: movement with static form, weightlessness with volume, abstraction with figuration.

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Book SynopsisThe Photographs offers readers an inside look at National Geographic and a sharp-eyed view of the world. The book showcases the skill and imagination of such notable Geographic photographers as David Doubilet, William Albert Allard, Sam Abell, Jim Stanfield, Jodi Cobb, Jim Brandenburg, David Alan Harvey, and many more. They share their techniques, as well as personal and colorful anecdotes about individual images and their adventures in the field—sometimes humorous, sometimes terrifying, always vividly compelling. Author Leah Bendavid-Val writes about the photographers’ achievements from technical, journalistic, and artistic perspectives.

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Book SynopsisA fascinating pictorial history of Scottish lighthouses.

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Book SynopsisExplores the rich and fascinating history of Nottingham through an examination of some of its greatest architectural treasures.

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Book SynopsisFilled with beautiful typographic art celebrating each month and inspiring literary quotes, this classic 12-month wall calendar provides bibliophiles a place to track everything from everyday tasks to key events. It also lists major and national holidays, and the birthdays of some of the world's most beloved authors.

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Book SynopsisWhen you've got the itch to snuggle with a soft loaf of freshly baked bread, when you wish upon a star for a sentient beige throw pillow with legs, the world answers you with corgis! Regal, smart, loyal, and surprisingly athletic, the corgis in this bookspread out over 90 photoswill answer the call for a canine cuddle of any and every kind.

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