Art & Photography Books
Loft Publications Landscape Design Sketches
Book SynopsisLandskap Design was created just over 20 years ago in Bergen, Norway, by Professor of Architecture Arne Saelen, and is now a leading practitioner of landscape architecture and a unique inspiration for urban landscape artists world-wide. This is Loft’s second book, about the work of architect Arne Saelen, focusing on the sketches, plans and details of his most relevant works, showing us their design process and exploring the sources, the influences and the reasoning behind the projects of one of today's most recognised landscape architects.
£31.96
Skira New York: 1962-1964
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£39.20
Tuttle Publishing Enchanting Embroidery Designs: Whimsical Animal
Book SynopsisEnchanting Embroidery Designs invites you to create your own world using bright thread colors and imaginative stitches.Full of motifs that are both simple and playful, from zany crocodiles, and cuddly cats to big-eared bats and stealthy ravens. This book invites you to be creative with its whimsical designs and step-by-step instructions—whether you use these projects as visible mending techniques or simply to add interest to a piece. The sweet scenes and cute characters are full of life and texture, making them at home on your favorite clothing, home accessories or wall hangings.The unusual and versatile designs in this book include: Cheery flowers on a broach Pretty pine trees on hanging ornaments A colorful curly sheep Fluffy and stormy clouds Bushy-tailed foxes Moss on stone and microorganisms in Petri dishes And more! Simple how-tos take you through every recommended stitch, while a section on combining colors will inspire you to try mixing and matching to create something new. There's also a section on turning your stitchery into embellishments you can use, wear and share. Put your imagination and hands to work with the help of this inspiring embroidery book.Trade Review"…[Morita] combines poetry and instruction in this gracious embroidery guide…Her diagrams and instructions are tidy, with helpful arrows and outlines. [She] set out to make designs 'that are fun to do,' and any crafter who picks this up will agree she hit the mark." --Publishers Weekly
£11.69
Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic The Mining Towns of the Bohemian Ore Mountains
Book SynopsisA history of the lost art of the Bohemian Ore Mountains. The development of mining towns in the Ore Mountain region of Bohemia during the thirteenth to the sixteenth century was driven by the Saxon nobility who brought with them the culture of their homeland. The art and architecture of the Ore Mountains, financed by wealthy miners and local nobility, therefore followed a different path than Prague yet rivaled its importance and grandeur.The Mining Towns of the Bohemian Ore Mountains introduces the most important mining centers and historical monuments, exploring what made the late Gothic and early Renaissance periods in northwest Bohemia so distinct from the rest of the kingdom. It also examines the specific cultural space that formed, where locals viewed the Bohemian-Saxon border as an abstract political concept that had little to do with day-to-day reality. The authors trace the monuments and works of art until the second half of the twentieth century when many of them tragically vanished because of lignite mining.Table of ContentsIntroduction /13Ore mining in the Ore Mountains and the establishment of mining towns /17The mining profession and mining law /33Medical care, hospitals, and social solidarity /43Mining guilds and their representation /46Coin minting and medal making /50The patron saints and piety of miners /54The mining towns after Luther’s theses, and confessionalisation in the Ore Mountains /61Between the Gothic and the Renaissance: In search of the ‘Saxon Renaissance’ /69The Saxon Renaissance in architecture /72The urbanism and architecture of mining towns in the Ore Mountains /84Faith and piety in mining towns in the context of religious monuments /119Remembering Prísenice /168The mining towns of Slavkov Forest /174Review of sources, literature and internet sources /186
£26.60
Skira Japan Arts and Life: The Montgomery Collection
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£32.00
La Fabrica Joel Meyerowitz Europa 19661967
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£40.40
Tuttle Publishing Sketching Women: Learn to Draw Lifelike Female
Book SynopsisIn Sketching Women, three professional studio artists (Kozo Ueda, PhD, Takahiro Okada, PhD and Minoru Hirota, PhD) join forces to show you how to sketch the female figure through 55 step-by-step drawing lessons.Each instructor walks you through their philosophy for croquis sketching. Croquis sketches are quickly-rendered drawings that capture the essentials of a subject's form and pose with relatively few expressive lines.There are four levels of sketching described in the book: 1-minute croquis: very rapid gesture drawings that capture only the artist's impressions of the form, and where the pencil stays in contact with the paper for practically the entire session 2-minute croquis: another quick sketch, but with more attention paid to the character and rhythm of the lines and how they help to express the essence of the form 5-minute croquis: a more finished drawing where added tonal variations suggest volume and anatomical details 10-minute croquis: more of a finished drawing than true croquis, the longer session allows the luxury of adding fine details such as the facial expression, the character of the hands and clothing texture Learn to sketch the following: Individual body parts (including faces) and their bone structure and muscles Standing and sitting poses Nudes and clothed figures Light and dark tonal variations Dynamic poses Color drawings You'll quickly hone your sketching skills with this life-drawing classroom-in-a-book. The expert advice and observations, dozens of poses to study, as well as easy-to-understand notes and tips make it easy to understand how the skeleton, muscles and posture all come together to express the uniquely female form.
£15.29
Skira Villa Margon: The Renaissance in Trento
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£32.00
Tuttle Publishing Hiroshige's Japan: On the Trail of the Great
Book Synopsis"Presented alongside Hiroshige's prints, with descriptions and context, Delord's work offers an absorbing contemplation of Japan's past and present via one legendary travel route, and shows how thoroughly upended our surroundings have been in what was, in wider perspective, only a short time." — The New York TimesJourney along the famed Tokaido Road—an ancient thoroughfare with a modern twist.The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido is the best-known work of the great 19th century Japanese woodblock artist Utagawa Hiroshige. The series of 53 masterful woodblock prints depicts stops along the ancient Tokaido Road—which, from the eleventh to the nineteenth century, was the main thoroughfare between Tokyo and Kyoto.Though the road itself is now submerged under Japan's twenty-first-century urban landscape, French artist Philippe Delord set out to see if he could find the original locations, with just a moped, sketchbook, watercolors and a book of Hiroshige's prints.Hiroshige's Japan allows readers to make the journey alongside Delord, venturing from Tokyo and Mount Fuji to mountain passes and rugged coastlines. Inside are all 53 original scenery prints made by Hiroshige, alongside their modern-day equivalent by Delord. A lively commentary about his experiences as he tries to locate each of the 53 scenes (without speaking Japanese!) offers readers an insightful, and often humorous, look into both modern and historical Japan.Part travelogue, part work of art, this book is sure to delight armchair travelers, history buffs, art enthusiasts and Japanophiles alike!Trade Review"Delord's genius is in isolating details of mundane experience that reveal basic truths of a place captured at a moment in time. Between Tokyo's towers and Kyoto's tourist sites, we get glimpses of Japan's great industrial power, anonymous highway culture, wayside shrines, restaurants, and, most importantly, the subtle rhythms of life." --Prof. Kendall Brown, author of Quiet Beauty: The Japanese Gardens of North America"Presented alongside Hiroshige's prints, with descriptions and context, Delord's work offers an absorbing contemplation of Japan's past and present via one legendary travel route, and shows how thoroughly upended our surroundings have been in what was, in wider perspective, only a short time." -- The New York Times
£21.24
Tuttle Publishing The Ultimate Guide to Drawing Manga Action
Book SynopsisBring your own anthropomorphic fantasy characters to life!Furries fuse human and animal characteristics to create unique and fantastical hybrid forms. This book contains everything you need to start drawing furries for the printed page, for the screen, or for cosplay characters. Follow the lead of 14 professional Japanese artists as they show you how to create scores of unique human-animal hybrid characters. In the hands of these expert teachers, you'll learn to draw: Fierce reptilian fighters and beastmen Cute chibi versions of your favorite pet animals Furries seen from every possible angle and perspective Realistic poses with believable motions performing dynamic actions Characters based on cats, dogs, wolves, foxes, goats, birds, whales, sharks, horses, crocodiles, dragons—and many more! Create furries for every situation and scenario and learn how to develop compelling and complex characters for the stories you want to tell. Let your imagination run wild as your anthropomorphic creations come to life, spring into action, and leap off the page!
£13.49
Skira FontanaArte (Bilingual edition): House of Glass
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£27.20
Tuttle Publishing Photography in Japan 1853-1912: Second Edition
Book SynopsisThe must-have classic work on early Japanese photography!"Writer Bennett crafted this beautiful and educational book from a collection of 350 old and rare images captured by Western photographers. This book offers a glimpse of life in Japan during one of its most dramatic periods in history." —Shutterbug Magazine"The extensive collection of valuable photographs in this book and its text might be described as a visual record of our native land during that period, a record that has been lost to us since so many early photographs left Japan." —Message announcing Photography in Japan: 1853-1912 as the Winner of the 2007 International Award of the Photographic Society of JapanThis book presents a fascinating visual record of Japan and Japanese culture during its metamorphosis from a feudal society to a modern industrial nation—at a time when the art of photography was still in its infancy. The 350 rare images in this book, most of them published here for the first time, chronicle the introduction of photography in Japan and the history of early Japanese photography. These images are vital in helping us to understand the dramatic changes occurring in Japanese society during this critical period.Taken between 1853 and 1912 by talented Japanese and foreign photographers, these photographs document the history of photography in Japan in a comprehensive and systematic way, with extensive information about the photographers as well as the people and subjects illustrated. The images, whether sensational or everyday, intimate or panoramic, document a nation on the brink of abandoning its traditional ways and entering the modern age.Trade Review"Writer Bennett crafted this beautiful and educational book from a collection of 350 old and rare images captured by Western photographers. This book offers a glimpse of life in Japan during one of its most dramatic periods in history." --Shutterbug Magazine"…a true picture of photography in Japan, with all of its warts and formats shown in their ebb and flow during the first 60 years after the country came out of its centuries of sleep, and into the modern world…Readers who have a love for old photography in general, and stereo views specifically, will not be disappointed by this new portrait of old Japan." --Rob Oechsle, Stereo World Magazine"Impressive overview of the history of Japanese photography between 1853 and 1912…Bennett has been collecting and researching the pioneering years of Japanese photography for 25 years…Essential publication for everyone interested in early Japanese photography." --Society for Japanese Arts Newsletter
£27.99
Skira On the move: Reframing Nomadic Pastoralism
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£28.00
Tuttle Publishing Manga & Anime Digital Illustration Guide: A
Book SynopsisThe complete guide to amazing digital illustration techniques!Are you an animator, an illustrator, a designer? Or an artist working in multiple digital fields at once? If so, this is the book for you! Manga & Anime Digital Illustration Guide takes you inside the studios of 12 professional Japanese artists and animators. In this book, you will learn the techniques used by the pros to draw and design characters for a variety of commercial and creative platforms. Follow the step-by-step lessons to learn how to create amazing characters and illustrations, and forge your own pathway in the world of creative careersLearn the pro techniques for a wide variety of modern applications, such as: Smartphone apps, anime films and video games Posters, covers, advertisements and special effects Fan art and fantasy fiction illustrations Illustrated books, manga and graphic novels Pull up a chair for this collection of private tutorials and let the experts show you how they work. Learn the tips and techniques that lead to unforgettable illustrations!
£15.29
Tuttle Publishing How to Draw Animals: A Visual Reference Guide to
Book SynopsisA one-of-a-kind visual reference with sketch studies for 100 different animals.Loaded with hundreds of tips and examples, this sourcebook contains sample sketches of a hundred different animal species—including mammals, amphibians, birds, reptiles and fish. In addition to notes, sidebars and anatomical diagrams, there are step-by-step drawing exercises, watercolor painting tutorials and an artist's gallery containing the author's own artworks that will surprise and inspire you to further develop your own drawing skills.This unique reference work includes creatures from all branches of the animal kingdom: Land Mammals including cats, dogs, monkeys, bears and horses Amphibians & Reptiles including komodo dragons, lizards and crocodiles Marine Mammals including dolphins and whales Birds including eagles, owls, cranes, parrots and penguins And dozens of others! Author Sadao Naito is a leading wildlife illustrator who has won numerous awards for his detailed and expressive animal drawings and paintings. He is a member of the World Wildlife Fund, the Wild Bird Society of Japan and the international Society of Animal Artists.
£15.29
Skira Yokai: The Ancient Prints of Japanese Monsters
Book SynopsisPaolo Linetti has been director of the Museo d'Arte Orientale Mazzocchi Collection since September 2017. He was responsible for the museum activities of the Museo Diocesano di Brescia from 2006 to 2018, organizing exhibitions, events, conferences and concerts. He has contributed to exhibitions and workshops with Cartier, Lucca Comics. In 2019 he curated the exhibition Hokusai, Hiroshige, Utamaro. Masterpieces of Japanese art and he is the author of one of the introductory texts in the catalogue (Skira, 2019).
£32.30
Tuttle Publishing The Art and Life of Fukuda Kodojin: Japan's Great
Book SynopsisThe most comprehensive publication of Kodojin – beautiful and mysterious – a collection of more than 100 paintings with the English translations of his inscribed Chinese poems. The Art and Life of Fukuda Kodojin is the first publication in English to offer an in-depth examination of Kodojin's life, painting, and poetry. This fully illustrated publication draws from institutions and private collections worldwide, and is the result of fifteen years of extensive research into almost eight hundred works of inscribed poetry, literati landscapes, brush paintings and calligraphy. A beautiful and contemplative look into the world of Kodojin, this coveted edition accompanies a special exhibition held at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Fukuda Kodojin (1865-1944) was a multifaceted artist, recognised for his poetry, painting and calligraphy, and is one of a handful of artists who continued the tradition of Japanese literati painting (nanga) into the twentieth century. Kodojin's painting style is characterized by bizarrely shaped mountain forms rendered in vivid color or monochromatic ink, often with a solitary scholar enjoying the expansive beauty of nature and bits of inscribed poetry. Creating over 700 works in his lifetime, he also made simple paintings of plants and flowers in his dramatic brushwork, and distinctive literati landscapes. Kodojin literally means "Old Taoist" which seems to reflect the path he chose of resilience of an old tradition facing new conditions and new challenges, and is theme felt throughout his art. There is both beauty and mystery in his life and work, and his landscapes can be rich in costly green and blue pigments, detailed layers of ink shading and strokes, or purely abstract. Unique, mysterious and distinctively expressive, The Art and Life of Fukuda Kodojin offers an unprecedented walk through the Old Taoist's mind, sure to both surprise and enlighten the curious reader, scholar, or literati enthusiast.
£27.99
Tuttle Publishing Colored Pencil Drawings Doodles
Book SynopsisEnter a world of endless creativity and whimsy with this must-have guide to creating charming and decorative drawings!
£13.49
Skira A Picture of Poetry: The Artist's Books of Dia
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£44.00
Tuttle Publishing Visionary Landscapes
Book SynopsisDiscover the transformative artistry of five leading landscape architects in North America as they redefine the beauty and serenity of Japanese-style gardens. Japanese gardens are found throughout the world todaytheir unique forms now considered a universal art form. This stunning Japanese gardening book examines the work of five leading landscape architects in North America who are exploring the extraordinary power of Japanese-style garden design to create an immersive experience promoting personal and social well-being. Master garden designers Hoichi Kurisu, Takeo Uesugi, David Slawson, Shin Abe and Marc Keane have each interpreted the style and meaning of the Japanese garden in unique ways in their innovative designs for private, commercial and public spaces. Several recent Japanese-style gardens by each designer are featured in this book with detailed descriptions and sumptuous color photos: Hoichi Kurisutransformative spaces for spiritual and physical equilibrium. Takeo Ues
£7.59
Tuttle Publishing 100 Tokyo Sights
Book SynopsisTokyo lives up to its reputation as a modern metropolis and, as this book shows, it is also one of the most exciting and diverse places on the planet. Focusing on Tokyo and its surrounding areas, photojournalist Stephen Mansfield brings this buzzing place to life within these pages. He presents all the well-established sights along with many new ones that are not discovered yet. This book will provide inspiration for every travelerwhether your interests are J-culture, fashion, food, traditional crafts, gardens or nature trails (or all of the above!). This visual guide is the perfect introduction for anyone planning a trip to Tokyo, reminiscing about time spent there or those hoping to go in the future.
£6.99
Skira Lorenzo Puglisi (Bilingual edition)
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£24.00
Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic Nationalism and Cosmopolitanism in Avant-Garde
Book SynopsisAn examination of the cultural and artistic consequences of post-WWI nationalism in Europe. World War I was a seismic event in Europe whose most concrete ramifications were the sweeping changes made to maps of the continent after 1918. A number of new, independent states were established in the wake of the Armistice, and these tectonic developments found varied expression in the arts, transforming the image of the continent both cartographically and artistically. This new edited collection focuses primarily on how modernism and the avant-garde responded to these geographic changes in Central and Eastern Europe, the Baltic States, and Scandinavia. The contributors explore the clashes between the national, the transnational, and the cosmopolitan as they played out in diverse artistic genres. In many countries across Europe, the struggle for national independence—which in many cases began in the nineteenth century and culminated only after World War I—had important cultural and artistic consequences, which are only beginning to be understood. This book—copublished with Artefactum—provides a crucial new lens to rethink the methodological tools used to understand the complexity and the multiplicity of avant-garde forms in twentieth-century Europe, encouraging scholars to reconstruct global cultural history without tired nationalistic approaches. Table of ContentsLIDIA GLUCHOWSKA, VOJTECH LAHODA, AND TOMÁŠ WINTER – Preface 6LIDIA GLUCHOWSKA – Introduction: “The War to End all Wars”: Nationalism and Cosmopolitanism in the Avant-Garde and Modernist Studies on Visual Culture and Literature 12LIDIA GLUCHOWSKA –International Expressionism as the style of WW1: Its adaptions and Evaluations 54NINA GURIANOVA - The Russian Avant-Garde and The Great War: Visions and Utopias 88OKSANA DUDKO – Ukrainian Legions of the WW1 and Their Artistic Documentation 110ÉVA FORGÁCS – War as Psychological, Social and Intellectual Experience: The Concept of “National Art” and the First World War in Hungary. Lajos Fülep and the Dynamics of National and International 142VENDULA HNÍDKOVÁ – Respect and Triumph: Intentions and Meanings of Czech Architecture before and after WWI 156VOJTECH LAHODA – Transnational or National Cubism? Vincenc Kramár on Cubism 170NAOMI HUME – Cut-and-Paste in Exile and War: Otto Gutfreund’s Parisian Collages 188LIDIA GLUCHOWSKA – The Great World and the ‘New Art’ in Poland. Between the Patriotic Ethos, the Nationalisation of the Modernism and the International Attempts in Aesthetics 210MICHAL WENDERSKI – Uncanonical Impulses to the Canon: Polish and Belgian Contributions to International Constructivism 244HARRI VEIVO – Cosmopolitanism, Nationalism, and the Reconfigurations of the Map of Europe in the Discourse of Modernity in Finland in the 1920s 262BENEDIKT HJARTARSON – Abstract Constructivism and the Case of Finnur Jónsson UniversalLanguage — National Idiom? 286GINTA GERHARDEUPENIECE – Art and the New Latvian State (1918–1920): Modernism — between Cosmopolitan Inspirations and a Substantive National Factor 314TORBEN JELSBAK and DORTHE AAGESEN – The Aesthetics of Neutrality: The Impacts of World War I on Danish Art and Culture 336ANNIKA GUNNARSON – Cosmonational: Neither National nor Cosmopolitan — But a Tinge of Avant-Garde Modernism 364IRINA GENOVA – Modernism and the National Idea — Reflections of World War I: The Case of Bulgaria 382ERWIN KESSLER – War as inverter in Romanian Art between 1912 and 1924 408PETAR PRELOG – In Pursuit of National Identity: Croatian Modern Art before and after the Great War 434EMILIO QUINTANA PAREJA – Don Quixote in the Trenches: The Birth of Avant-Garde Poetry in Spanish Language between Civilization and Barbarism 456BELA TSIPURIA – Georgian Modernism, National Expectations and WWI 476LIDIA GLUCHOWSKA – The Yiddish Artistic Networks around the Great War 496STEVEN MANSBACH – Closing Remarks and General Reflections 534
£64.80
Zupagrafika The Tenants
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£18.89
Skira Force of Nature The Art of Kate Malone
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£37.50
Promopress Design for Screen: Graphic Design Solutions for
Book SynopsisA good screen layout addresses the relationship between fonts, colours, form and graphics for visual effects, and the balance between the flow of information and users' experience. The over one-hundred projects included explore how to produce functional and elegant websites and mobile applications, from the point of view of graphic designers.
£31.99
Promopress Art of Cutting: Traditional and New Techniques
Book SynopsisTrimming, piercing, slicing, snipping: just a few of the many words that relate to the idea of cutting. In this volume Jean-Charles Trebbi explores the traditional techniques of paper cutting, before examining current manifestations of this art form, including the contemporary materials and technologies it uses and the types of artistic expression it offers. The Art of Cutting is a collection of artworks that have been created using a variety of cutting techniques. The author explores traditional techniques that are still very much alive worldwide, and he analyses the current aspects of the art of cutting, in which different materials and technologies lead to new forms of artistic expression. This book presents a selection of artists who revisit and work with traditional techniques, as well as those who adopt contemporary approaches. From paper to ceramics, food design and architecture, The Art of Cutting offers a stunning and diverse universe that is waiting to be discovered. AUTHOR: Born in Paris, Charles Trebbi is an urban architect, designer, artist and writer. A Renaissance man who specialises in the infinite possibilities of folding, cutting and assembling using paper, cardboard, textiles and even wood and metal, he creates his own art books, which are often inspired often by urban spaces and architecture, and produces completely original structures with pop-up and cutting techniques.
£999.99
Skira Scripts and Calligraphy: Path to the Soul
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£34.40
Promopress New Necklaces: 400 Designs in Contemporary
Book SynopsisNew Necklaces is the third book curated by jeweler and author Nicolas Estrada. A very special selection of impressive pieces by more than 180 artists from all over the world, this book showcases the current trends in contemporary jewelry and how boundaries in concept, materials and techniques are being pushed by jewelry designers today. From those that look back to classic forms and materials to the most daring, experimental and surprising ideas, each of the 500 necklaces included in this book has something that makes it unique and relates strongly to today’s social, cultural and artistic reality. With prefaces by German jeweler Julia Wild and Leo Caballero, owner of the Barcelona gallery Klimt 02, specialized in contemporary jewelers.
£19.79
Promopress Structural Packaging: GOLD
Book SynopsisGreat package design has magic qualities. It grabs our attention with its genuine materials, shapes and colours and, even if we are sturdy enough to resist temptation, the brand - and the product - will be imprinted in our memory. Beautiful packaging is the promise of a great delivery and also, in itself, a bonus present. But really beautiful things are also functional. The best packaging design will be always connected with the product, conveying the character of what it contains. Conceived by the creative minds behind the renowned studio Garrofé in Barcelona, the more than 140 designs displayed in Structural Packaging GOLD reveal the incredible possibilities that this particular discipline may offer.
£27.99
Skira Editore Zhang Ruyi
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£24.00
Promopress Fashion Illustration And Design: Accesories
Book SynopsisThe third book from this series on illustration and design focuses on the most popular accessories: shoes, handbags, hats, belts, gloves and glasses. Brilliantly illustrated by Manuela Brambatti, a key member of the Gianni Versace fashion house for nearly thirty years, and co-authored by the designer Fabio Menconi, the book guides readers through the fashion world’s most iconic accessories, and it features practical information and technical advice on how to draw them to achieve a desired result. From creating a basic drawing to using colour, the way in which techniques are presented seeks to encourage readers to try out what they have learned. The publication provides detailed information on how to capture different materials, surfaces and decora- tions—for example, skin, natural fibres, wool and prints—and it includes sections that provide tips on where to look for inspiration. It also offers examples of transformations in designs and reviews the historical development of accessories. In short, this is a comprehensive, structured and systematic volume that will serve professionals, students and anyone who wants to venture into designing and illustrating fashion accessories.
£21.24
Promopress Designing a Fashion Collection: 16 Tutorials
Book SynopsisCreating a capsule collection – a fashion collection based on one single design concept – is a process that requires much thought and organization, with different steps to be considered. Firstly, it is necessary to find a concept: one single theme that structures the designs of that collection and from which the creations are developed. The next step is to design a moodboard, an inspirational collage formed by images, text and samples of materials prior to the design of the collection, which then leads to the initial sketches using the illustration technique of one’s choosing. Through these 16 tutorials the reader will learn the necessary elements that any process should have when designing a collection and how it should be presented in a portfolio. The techniques used in the book range from watercolour to collage, as well as digital tools. This is a book from which aspiring fashion designers will be able to draw the inspiration and skills needed to launch their own collection.
£21.24
Skira The Gate of Gates
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£16.20
Promopress Figure Drawing for Men's Fashion
Book SynopsisThis completely redesigned and updated long-selling manual offers a comprehensive guide to acquiring and perfecting the skills needed to produce realistic and precise fashion drawings that accurately reflect a designer’s creative vision. It covers all aspects related to male human figure drawings, male fashion figurines, colouring styles and techniques, as well the design and representation of fabrics. It also includes technical details and examples of different types of clothing and accessories. The best-selling authors, Elizabetta Drudi and Tiziana Paci, have decades of experience in the fashion industry and have created an invaluable resource for designers and illustrators.
£23.99
Skira In the Heart of the Red Sea
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£17.00
Hoaki Visual Merchandising and Display: Best Practices
Book SynopsisThis comprehensive textbook constitutes an essential tool for students and professionals who want to work in the field of visual merchandising in retail, a discipline which combines the principles of marketing, creativity and design. It covers all aspects of the profession, from window display to in-store areas, and all kinds of stores, from small outlets, pop-up shops and concept stores, to shopping malls, flagship shops and department stores. Aspects such as lighting, colour, interior architecture and different display styles, by means of classic approaches as well as the most avant-garde developments are widely referenced and explained in this publication, through many examples from around the world. This reference guide will help fashion related merchandising and design students and visual merchandisers to plan the best strategies to get the consumer’s attention. It includes basic sales psychology aspects and describes the different job opportunities there are for visual merchandisers.
£23.99
Hoaki Optimum Type: Custom Typography Design and
Book SynopsisThis book features examples of different types of custom-designed lettering - from digital typefaces to printed matter and handwriting - and their practical applications. When we read, our brain is decoding a series of abstract symbols and synthesising the results into complex ideas. Really, then, we see before we read. We recognise the character of a word before we ascertain its meaning. A tailor-made creative type takes advantage of this effect to visualise a specific brand, deliver its image and message and make it stand out among the crowd. To create an optimum type, a designer must understand the brand's philosophy, communicate with the client, feel with his empathy, and achieve a perfect solution with his professional skills. This publication features over a hundred custom types created by designers and agencies within diverse cultural contexts. Readers of this book will learn lessons from these creatives' work processes and be inspired to design types that satisfy their clients and wow their viewers. AUTHOR: Wang Shaoqiang is a professor at the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts (China) and Doctoral Supervisor at the College of Arts and Humanities of the Macau University of Science and Technology. He is a prolific editor whose titles focus on design, art and life. He is also the editor of Design 360 magazine and Asia-Pacific Design yearbook. He has been invited to lecture at numerous universities, design academies and organisations, and he has been a jury member for China's most prestigious design and illustration awards. SELLING POINTS: . The book completes our series of previously published typography books. Together, this volume, Typography Now and Typography for Screen offer a comprehensive understanding of typography. . Cutting-edge typography and examples of how it is applied. . Wang Shaoqiang is a prolific and renowned editor with a solid background in design and architecture books and a large base of followers. 680 colour illustrations
£31.99
Skira Venini: Light 1921-1985
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£48.00
Hoaki Sustainable Architecture: Contemporary
Book SynopsisIn the architecture world, sustainability has evolved from an optional feature into an urgent necessity. Now in paperback, this publication presents 25 building projects from around the world that range from a nursery to an office skyscraper, from a medical centre to an artist’s residence, public buildings and private homes. Sustainability no longer refers just to the economy, resources, recyclable materials, renewable energy and eco-friendliness; its definition now extends to informed design at every turn, leveraging the characteristics of the location, local history and local traditions, fostering short supply chains and assessing the long-term impact that new constructions will have. In doing so, this book illustrates environmentally-friendly construction projects and the current social and economic impact of this industry, considering not only the health of our planet but also the impact of architecture on people and the way we live. Featuring large-scale high-quality photographs and images of construction details plus drawings, sections, sketches and exploded isometrics, this volume includes a meticulous selection of contemporary buildings by innovative international architecture firms. Included projects: Brazil: STUDIO MK27, Private House Casa Na Mata - In Harmony With Nature (Guarujá, Brazil). Chile: CAZÚ ZEGERS ARQUITECTURA, Tierra Patagonia Hotel (Torres Del Paine, Chile). China: AMATEUR ARCHITECTURE, Guesthouse Wa Shan (Hangzhou, China); TAO (Trace Architecture Office), Rockview Teahouse (Weihai, China) and Split Courtyard House (Beijing, China). France: LIPSKY + ROLLET ARCHITECTES, Student Residence Maison De L’inde (Paris, France). Germany: MBA/S, Villa H36 - Private House (Stuttgart, Germany). India: VIR.MUELLER ARCHITECTS, Ahmedabad University’s Institute Of Engineering And Technology (Ahmedabad, India). Italy: ENZO EUSEBI+PARTNERS. Opificio Salpi (Preci, Italy); MCA - MARIO CUCINELLA ARCHITECTS, Municipal Nursery School (Reggio Emilia, Italy). Mexico: TALLER DE ARQUITECTURA X, Office Skyscraper Torre 41 - A Blend Of Nature and Structure (Mexico City, Mexico). Netherlands /USA MECANOO ARCHITECTEN SASAKI ASSOCIATES, Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building - Facility Complex (Boston, USA); Portugal: MENOS É MAIS ARQUITECTOS ASSOCIADOS JOÃO MENDES RIBEIRO ARQUITECTO, Arquipélago Center for The Contemporary Arts (São Miguel, Portugal). USA: MASS DESIGN GROUP, Cholera Treatment Centre (Port-Au-Prince, Haiti) and Ludwig Pavilion Tuberculosis Hospital (Port-Au-Prince, Haiti); MICHAEL MALTZAN ARCHITECTURE, Star Apartments - Social Housing Complex (Los Angeles, USA); OLSON KUNDIG ARCHITECTS, Pieso Poagen House - Rooted in the Wilderness (Spokane, USA); TOSHIKO MORI ARCHITECT, Thread - Artist Residency and Cultural Center (Sinthian, Senegal); WEISS- MANFREDI, Visitor Reception Building (East Hanover, USA) and Kent State Center for Architecture & Environmental Design (Kent, USA); WHY, Pomona College (Claremont, USA).
£23.99
Hoaki Exploring Black and White: Drawing and Painting
Book SynopsisNow in paperback, this visually detailed book by renowned illustrator Victor Escandell is devoted exclusively to the infinite creative possibilities of drawing and painting in black and white. Traditional and modern materials, techniques and applications (Indian ink, pencil, pen, bamboo, water-soluble graphite, coloured pencils, gouache, different types of felt-tip pens for various supports, grattage, etc.) are described clearly so that beginners and advanced artists alike can experiment with what they have learned and explore their creativity. Each chapter covers a specific technique and contains useful information such as the methods and materials used, illustrated examples and interesting anecdotes about the origin of each technique, tricks of the trade, many variations and references to other classic and contemporary authors. Each technique is demonstrated in additional detail by a short film the reader can access via QR code.
£16.19
Hoaki Eat & Go 2: Branding and Design for Cafés,
Book SynopsisIn today’s information-saturated world, food and drink establishments need not only to offer high-quality products, but also good communication ideas, a unique visual identity and graphic design that stands out from the rest. For these companies, unique branding starts with basic elements such as a logo, slogan, font, and colour scheme, and is finally reflected in the product, packaging and related design. This book focuses on graphic design, showing how the unique visual identity of the food industry can help companies attract consumers and achieve success, providing inspiration for graphic and shop designers and entrepreneurs in this area of business. It includes case studies comprising cafés, restaurants, bars, dessert shops and bakeries.
£31.99
Hoaki Beyond Fashion: Inside the Fashion Business
Book SynopsisThis thoroughly-illustrated volume covers all elements of the fashion business beyond clothing, from the commercial to psychological and sociological aspects of the industry. Beyond Fashion provides a behind-the-scenes peek into the world of fashion, a universe that is as fascinating and creative as it is inextricably linked to commercial, psychological and social canons. Branding, marketing, retailing, merchandising and business identity, style, the eternal pursuit of beauty, and the search for personal expression are the fundamental aspects of an industry which has evolved to become one of the most sophisticated, influential and dynamic sectors in the world. The implications are not just economic: what we wear conveys who we are. Clothes and accessories are the bearers of complex psychological and social meanings, they are aesthetic products, means of self-definition and objects of desire. Complementary to the evolution of fashion itself, hand-in-hand with changes in taste throughout history, the practice of shopping has undergone epic transformations, becoming a daily activity, an integral part of everyday life. So, which elements are involved in the creation of this 'desire'? What are the ingredients of fashion alchemy? This book reveals these and many more secrets of the fashion business. AUTHOR: Ilaria Caielli has a degree in history and art criticism, and in communication and the culture of fashion. An expert who is incredibly passionate about fashion, Caielli regularly collaborates with several publications, including Il Corriere della Sera and Vanity Fair Italia. She develops editorial content for major Italian fashion brands. In the last 10 years she has lived in China, the United Arab Emirates, the Seychelles, and Cyprus. She is the author of the book UAE 101. Stories and Cultural Learning (a short guide about online shopping), for which she won the Future Stars prize from the Arabian Business and Online Shopping Awards. SELLING POINTS: . Thoroughly illustrated, this book covers the aspects of the fashion business beyond clothing: branding, marketing, retailing, merchandising and business identity, as well as psychological, social, media-related and ethical aspects . A must-have for all those studying or working in the fashion industry: from retailers to fashion designers and marketing and advertising professionals . Pictures and illustrations fill the pages of this book, from catwalks to corporate images, works of art, advertising, and stores 250 colour photographs
£19.54
Skira Utamaro, Hokusai Hiroshige: Geisha, Samurai and
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£28.00
Hoaki Collage Meets Design: Cut and Paste in Graphic
Book SynopsisThis book presents a selection of contemporary graphic design studios, collage artists and artists from other disciplines in whose work design and collage intersect in the most diverse and witty ways. It features projects in which different languages and techniques mix, dialogue with each other, complement each other, sometimes dilute each other and question their respective limits. Through this showcase of design projects and art pieces, and through conversations with their authors, we learn about their unique approaches to the creative process, reflect on ways of understanding their work and investigate the special relationship that design and collage have today.
£27.99
Hoaki Graphic Designers on Creative Processes
Book SynopsisIdeas are not born alone. They come from a process to a large extent organized and rational but sometimes unconscious and magical. In this book we can enjoy and learn from the creative processes of great graphic designers and creative voices around the world. Here we can find impulsive design versus more cerebral design; radical and avant-garde design alongside poetic, childish, commercial, intellectual, subversive and socially oriented design. 26 designers from 15 countries show us their workspaces, their personal notebooks and their creative processes. They teach us the keys to understand what is behind those magnificent works that inspire, thrill, impact or invite us to action. In this book the creative process itself is inspiration, a unique guide to creativity with storytelling and lessons on how to live your best creative life. The book features the work and creative processes of Ralph Bauer (Netherlands/Peru), Susana Blasco (Spain), Tomasz Boguslawski (Poland), Sarah Boris (London), Chelsea Cardinal (USA), Ryan Carl (USA), Andre Da Loba (Portugal), Isidro Ferrer (Spain), Veronica Fuerte (Spain), Rick Griffith (USA), Sebastian Kubica (Poland), Anette Lenz (France), Jiani Lu (Canada), Alejandro Magallanes (Mexico), Veronica Majluf (Peru), Fanette Mellier (France), Claudia Mestre (Portugal), Milimbo (Spain), Akinori Oishi (Japan), Alvaro Pecci (Spain), Stefan Sagmeister (USA), Teresa Sdralevich (Belgium), Akiko Sekimoto (Japan), Leonardo Sonnoli (Italy), Cihan Tamti (Germany), Jessica Walsh (USA).
£21.24
Skira Jewad Selim
£105.00
RM Verlag SL Sol Negro / Black Sun: Women in Photography
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£27.00
