Art & Photography Books

Book SynopsisNew title in the Flame Tree Sketch Book collection, this luxurious sketch book features beautiful art, high-quality production and the thick paper stock makes it ideal for sketching and drawing.A FLAME TREE SKETCH BOOK. Beautiful and luxurious, the sketch books combine high-quality production with magnificent art. Perfect as a gift, the thick paper stock makes them ideal for sketching and drawing. Features a wide range of well-known and modern artists, with new artworks published throughout the year.BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED. The highly crafted covers are printed on foil paper, embossed then foil stamped, complemented by the luxury binding and bookmark ribbons. The covers are created by our artists and designers who spend many hours transforming original artwork into gorgeous 3d masterpieces that feel good in the hand, and look wonderful on a desk or table.THE ARTIST. The Royal School of Needlework is known worldwide for exceptional technical tuition in the art of hand embroidery; the conservation and restoration of historic embroidered textiles and prestigious embroidery commissions, created in its Embroidery Studio at Hampton Court Palace. The large Wall of Wool in vibrant rainbow colours is invaluable to the expert studio embroiderers who can use it to match the textiles they are restoring or conserving perfectly.THE FINAL WORD. As William Morris said, Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.

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Book SynopsisA new title in the Flame Tree Slimline Journal collection, combining beautiful art with high-quality production, and featuring lined pages, a pocket at the back and two ribbon bookmarks. Perfect as a gift, or an essential personal choice for writers, notetakers, travellers, students, and poets.A FLAME TREE NOTEBOOK. Beautiful and luxurious, the Slimline Journals combine high-quality production with magnificent art. Perfect as a gift, and an essential personal choice for writers, notetakers, travellers, students, poets and diarists. Features a wide range of well-known and modern artists, with new artworks published throughout the year. BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED. The highly crafted covers are printed on foil paper, embossed then foil stamped, complemented by the luxury binding and rose red end-papers. The covers are created by our artists and designers who spend many hours transforming original artwork into gorgeous 3d masterpieces that feel good in the hand, and look wonderful on a desk or table.PRACTICAL, EASY TO USE. Flame Tree Notebooks come with practical features too: a pocket at the back for scraps and receipts; two ribbon markers to help keep track of more than just a to-do list and robust ivory text paper, printed with lines.THE ARTIST. Lucy Innes Williams is a painter and illustrator with an artistic interest in highly ornate textiles, patterns, and the decorative arts of the early-mid twentieth century. She uses a combination of gouache, watercolour and printmaking. THE FINAL WORD. As William Morris said, Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.

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Book SynopsisA beautiful, luxurious Flame Tree Notebook. Combining high-quality production with magnificent fine art, the crafted covers are printed on foil, embossed then foil stamped. And they're powerfully practical: a pocket at the back for receipts and scraps, two bookmark ribbons and a magnetic side flap. Art by Aimee Stewart.

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Book SynopsisA beautiful, luxurious Flame Tree Notebook. Combining high-quality production with magnificent fine art, the crafted covers are printed on foil, embossed then foil stamped. And they're powerfully practical: a pocket at the back for receipts and scraps, two bookmark ribbons and a magnetic side flap. Art by Art of Drag.

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Book SynopsisA gorgeous pack of 10 foiled bookmarks, printed on both sides, with a silky ribbon and featuring popular artwork, making it the perfect gift for all art and book lovers!Keep the page in your book with this gorgeous pack of 10 foiled bookmarks, printed on both sides, with a silky ribbon and featuring Aimee Stewart''s Treasure Hunt Bookshelves.Aimee Stewart is a self-taught artist, photographer, and writer. Having started her adventure with digital media in 1999 as a website designer, she has since become an expert in the digital manipulation of images. She describes herself as a champion of daydreams; she loses thoughts of reality and becomes immersed in fantasy creations.

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Book SynopsisA captivating photographic portrait of twenty-five gardens by the UKs foremost creative talents, including world-renowned artists, musicians, actors, writers, producers and designers.

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Book SynopsisThe first monograph dedicated to acclaimed American industrial designer, Todd Bracher, this book showcases his collaborations with leading international brands such as Georg Jensen, Cappellini, Fritz Hansen, Herman Miller, Issey Miyake, and 3M

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Book SynopsisThis richly illustrated book focuses on the extraordinary international networks resulting from the diaspora of more than 200,000 refugees who left France in the late 17th century to join communities already in exile spread far and wide. First-generation Huguenot refugees included hundreds of trained artists, designers, and craftsmen. Beyond the French borders, they raised the quality of design and workshop practice, passing on skills to their apprentices; sons, godsons, cousins, and to successive generations, who continued to dominate output in the luxury trades. Although silver and silks are the best-known fields with which Huguenot settlers are associated, their significant contribution to architecture, ceramics, design, clock and watchmaking, engraving, furniture, woodwork, sculpture, portraiture, and art education provides fascinating insight into the motivation and resolve of this highly skilled diaspora. Thanks to a sophisticated network of Huguenot merchants, retailers, and bankers who financed their production, their wares reached a global market.Trade Review'...in-depth, scholarly and lavish...' Jacqueline Riding, The Art Newspaper, Number 345, May 2022 -- '...lavishly illustrated...as well as being the first comprehensive survey of Huguenot achievements, the book is an essential guide to the French Protestant community of London.' Sophie Rhodes, Burlington Magazine, 164, August 2022 --'...this ambitions text, both a genealogy of the crafts and s stylistic analysis of the fine arts, architecture and engineering, will inspire both art historians and historians.' Philippa Woodcock, Huguenot Society Journal 2022Table of ContentsAuthor's Preface -- Introduction -- Maps -- 1. The Huguenot Diaspora -- 2. The Reception of Huguenot Artists, Craftsmen and Designers in the British Isles -- 3. The Huguenots as Educators -- 4. Decorative Painters -- 5. Huguenot Architects and Engineers -- 6. Huguenot Metalsmiths -- 7. Carvers, Gilders, Cabinetmakers and Upholsterers -- 8. Huguenot Sculptors in France and Beyond -- 9. The Taste for Porcelain and Ceramic Manufacture in Britain and Ireland -- 10. Huguenot Goldsmiths and Silversmiths in the British Isles 1550-1780 -- 11. Huguenot Watchmakers and Jewellers: The Manufacture and International Market for Luxury Goods -- 12. Printmakers and Sellers: Designs, Ornament and Reproductive Prints -- 13. Huguenots and Portraiture: Allegiance, Identity, Loyalty and Memory -- Acknowledgements -- Timeline -- Notes & References -- Bibliography -- Photographic Credits -- Index

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Book SynopsisMaurice Broomfield (1916-2010) was a humanist photographer of the heroic and sublime - and sometimes surreal - qualities of industry and manufacture. His work spans the rise of post war industrial Britain in the 1950s to its slow decline into the early 1980s. Through his perfectionism, skill and sheer delight in the possibilities of photography, he produced an invaluable record of Britain's manufacturing past that is packed with artistry and high drama. 'My father always wanted to be called Maurice not Dad, so Maurice it is...' Industrial Sublime is introduced by Maurice's son, filmmaker Nick Broomfield, who this year released the documentary My Father and Me, which explores his relationship with Maurice. V&A curator Martin Barnes discusses the life and work of Maurice, whom he came to know well as he worked to transfer his archive from his Hampshire home to the Museum. He also analyses in more detail a selection of the most important images, many of which are accompanied by memories related by Maurice as he revisited his work. Together they form a monument not just to the might of British manufacturing, but to the dedication, skill and experience of those who worked in it.Table of ContentsForeword, Nick Broomfield -- Drama and Light: A Life in Industry, Martin Barnes -- Plates -- Industries in Focus, Martin Barnes -- Archive

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Book Synopsis'David Esterly's handsome book on Gibbons has been republished by the V&A with sumptuous pictures' Laura Freeman, The Times, 14th August 2021 Reissued to mark 300 years since the death of Grinling Gibbons (1648-1721), this study views the work of the greatest of decorative woodcarvers from the perspective of a fellow carver, the late David Esterly. Grinling Gibbons is famous for giving wood "the loose and airy lightness of flowers." His flamboyant cascades of lifelike blossoms, fruits, foliage, birds and fish dominate English interiors of the late seventeenth century. They are among the glories of Windsor Castle, Hampton Court Palace, and St. Paul's Cathedral, as well as Badminton, Burghley, Petworth, and other great country houses. A contemporary of Christopher Wren and of the diarists Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn, Gibbons was part of the colourful world of Restoration England. His discovery by Evelyn in a tumble-down cottage near the River Thames was followed by a presentation to King Charles II, who rejected his early sculptural work. Gibbons responded by inventing his spectacular style of decorative carving. He was then rediscovered, reintroduced to the king, and launched into a triumphant career. After setting Gibbons in historical context, David Esterly's ground-breaking approach allows us to understand the process by which these exuberant carvings were created and how their forms reflect the organization of Gibbon's workshop. Esterly, a professional woodcarver who restored some of Gibbons' most important carvings, shares his unique knowledge of the layering process by which Gibbons built up such masterpieces as the Cosimo panel or the elaborate overmantels at Hampton Court Palace. Specially commissioned photographs show these carvings in a disassembled state, revealing the secrets of their construction. Esterly also discusses Gibbons' formidable carving techniques, and his tools, workshop practice, materials, and finishing are described in detail. This generously illustrated volume will have a special appeal for carvers as well as for those interested in seventeenth-century interiors and the decorative arts.Trade Review'David Esterly's handsome book on Gibbons has been republished by the V&A with sumptuous pictures' Laura Freeman, The Times, 14th August 2021Table of ContentsPreface -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I Origins -- 1. 'In an Obscure Place... by Meere Accident' -- 2. The Years before Deptford -- 3. A New Discovers, a New Style -- Part II The Forms of Gibbons' Carving -- 4. The Carved Surround: 1675-1682, 1683-1686, 1687-1711 -- 5. The Trophy -- 6. Embellishment -- Part III Gibbons' Techniques -- 7. Form Follows Workshop -- 8. Making a Gibbons Carving -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chronology of Grinling Gibbons' Life -- Select Bibliography -- Index

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Book SynopsisNaomi Campbell is a phenomenon. Still very much at the top of her game after nearly four decades in the fashion industry, news of her trailblazing work, both on and off the catwalk, continues to hit the front pages as she pushes the boundaries of the fashion world. Inspiring, creative, energetic and most definitely iconic, Campbell stands apart as a unique force. Opening with a specially commissioned interview by Tim Blanks, this book showcases more than 20 of the most eloquent ensembles from across her career, personally selected and discussed by Campbell herself. It also explores the different facets of her success - from her work as a model, a muse and brand builder, to life beyond the catwalk as a cultural leader with her unerring support of emerging designers. With spectacular looks from Azzedine Alaïa, Gianni Versace, Chanel, Alexander McQueen and Kenneth Ize - to name but a few - this is an exclusive look into the world of one of fashion's most

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Book SynopsisThe first monograph on the work of celebrated and influential Kenyan-American artist Wangechi Mutu Wangechi Mutu's remarkable body of work touches on such issues as sexuality, ecology, politics, and the rhythms and chaos that govern the world. Her paintings, sculptures, and collages, often enriched with culturally-charged materials including tea, synthetic hair, Kenyan soil, feathers, and sand, interweave fact with fiction, generating a unique form of myth-making that sets her apart from classical history or popular culture. This is the first book to document her evolution and explore her impact.

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Book SynopsisThe most comprehensive monograph to date on the British artist and writer loved for his witty book-cover-inspired canvases, now updated with forty of his latest works Harland Miller's creativity as both artist and writer culminates in his iconic paintings of battered book covers with cleverly invented titles. Initially appropriating the classic Penguin paperback before devising his own unique designs, Miller combines aspects of pop art, abstraction, and figurative painting to create highly coveted artworks that have won him a cult following. This monograph covers nearly twenty years of his paintings, and features specially commissioned essays by eminent art writers exploring different aspects of his practice and has been updated with forty of his latest works. Trade ReviewPraise for the first edition: ‘Harland Miller is one of the leading figurative artists today.’ – Flux Magazine ‘This book delves into Miller’s creative process. It traces his artistic influences, locating his work within the context of abstract expressionism and modern design. It also includes photographs and personal items from Miller’s archive.’ –The Arts Society magazine ‘Drawing influence from Ed Ruscha, Mark Rothko, Anselm Kiefer, and Robert Rauschenberg, Miller pointedly combines text and images to comment on the frequent disconnect between representation and reality.’ – Artsy ‘A painter whose works are loved, and coveted, by many, including some very famous fans.’ – Telegraph 'Featuring essays from arts writers Michael Bracewell and Martin Herbert, and curator Catherine Ince, this book delves into Miller's creative process. It traces his artistic influences, locating his work within the context of abstract expressionism and modern design. It also includes photographs and personal items from Miller's archive.'—The Arts Society magazine'Harland Miller's playful paintings are the subject of a new monograph... The monograph [is] a splashy testament to Miller's staying power... Miller is a consummate and sincere storyteller... The exhibition in Asia enables Miller once more to meditate on the interplay between textural forms and the materiality of paint.'—Financial Times

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Book SynopsisAn illustrated examination of Donald Rodney?s seminal digital media work Autoicon (1997?2000).Donald Rodney''s Autoicon, a work originally produced as both a website and CD-ROM, was conceived by the artist in the mid-1990s but not completed until two years after his death in 1998. Referencing Jeremy Bentham?s infamous nineteenth-century "Auto-Icon," the work proposes an extension of the personhood and presence of Rodney, while critically challenging dominant conceptions of the self, the body, and historicity. Grounded in a partial collection of medical documents that constitute biomedicine?s attempts to comprehensively "know" and maintain Rodney?s body during his lifelong experience of sickle-cell aneamia, Autoicon pursues the artist?s address, from the mid-1980s onward, of the British social and institutional body?s cellular composition through racialized, biopolitical power.Autoicon consists of a Java-based AI and neural network that engages the user in text-based "chat," and provides responses by drawing from a dense body of "data points" related to Rodney and his work, including documentation of artworks, medical records, interviews, images, notes, and video. Pulling both from this internal archive and the external archive of the Internet, a "montage machine" composes constantly mutating images according to a rule-based system established around Rodney?s working process.In this One Work edition, curator Richard Birkett traces the distinct contemporary presence of Autoicon, and the ideas and relations that emerged around its conception before and after Rodney?s death, particularly linking the work to the artist?s seminal 1997 exhibition 9 Night in Eldorado. Birkett addresses Autoicon as both an index of entangled social and material relations around Rodney?a form of dispersed memory?and a vector of critical creative production that continues to resonate with contemporary artistic practices and radical thought. While attuned to late twentieth century discourse around the body?s dissolution into the "virtual" and the technological potential for extending consciousness, in its content and structure Autoicon locates these discourses of the human and posthuman in relation to the durable productive forces of post-Enlightenment racialization and ableism. The workings of the mind that Autoicon presents are intrinsically tied to Rodney?s wider use in his work of bodily matter, and genealogically bound to a Black history of displacement, dispossession, and resistance experienced physiologically, socially, and familially by the artist. Autoicon offers up a counter-manifestation of the subject as formed and multiplied through temporal disjuncture, affectability and acts of preservation, care, and collectivity.

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Book SynopsisThe arrival of photography changed the course of painting forever. In this publication, the dynamic relationship between the two mediums is explored through some of the most iconic artworks of recent times. From the expressive paintings of Pablo Picasso and Paula Rego to striking photographs by Hiroshi Sugimoto and Jeff Wall, we see how these art forms have responded to and shaped each other in ways both small and large. We also discover how the boundaries between painting and photography have been blurred to create new and exciting modes of expression, such as Pauline Boty’s pop paintings, Andy Warhol’s silkscreen prints, the photorealist works of Gerhard Richter, or Andreas Gursky’s large-scale panoramic photographs. Featuring contributions from the artists featured as well as a series of spotlight essays by some of today's most exciting writers, Capturing the Moment provides a fresh and engaging overview of the relationship between the brush and the lens, and the way in which artists have turned to painting and photography to capture moments in time.

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Book SynopsisMount Fuji has long been a centerpiece of Japanese cultural imagination, and nothing captures this with more virtuosity than the landmark woodblock print series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849). The renowned printmaker documents 19th-century Japan with exceptional artistry and adoration, celebrating its countryside, cities, people, and serene natural beauty. Produced at the peak of Hokusai’s artistic ambition, the series is a quintessential work of ukiyo-e that earned the artist world-wide recognition as a leading master of his craft. The prints illustrate Hokusai’s own obsession with Mount Fuji as well as the flourishing domestic tourism of the late Edo period. Just as the mountain was a cherished view for travelers heading to the capital Edo (now Tokyo) along the Tōkaidō road, Mount Fuji is the infallible backdrop to each of the series’ unique scenes. Hokusai captures the distinctive landscape and provincial charm of each setting with a vivid palette and exquisite detail. Including the iconic Under the Great Wave off Kanagawa (also The Great Wave), this widely celebrated series is a treasure of international art history. Among only a few complete reprints of the series, this XXL edition pays homage to Hokusai’s striking colors and compositions with unprecedented care and magnitude. Bound in the Japanese tradition with uncut paper, Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji presents the original 36 plates plus the additional 10 later added by the artist. The perfect companion piece to TASCHEN’s One Hundred Views of Edo and The Sixty-Nine Stations along the Kisokaidō, this publication paints an enchanting picture of pre-industrial Japan and is itself a stunning monument to the art of woodblock printing.Trade Review“Shares the late great’s fascination with the dormant volcano through his original series of 36 prints.” * mymodernmet.com *“A visually stunning reproduction of the great Japanese printmaker’s most famous series.” * The Times *“The year’s most beautiful art volume celebrates Hokusai’s big wave, snow-capped peak, tourists on the bridge, not just as beloved images but for the exquisite craft of woodblock printing. An object of luxurious, tactile delight — Japanese traditional binding, uncut paper, silken box with wooden closures — enhanced by insightful commentary.” * The Financial Times *“From the age of five, I have had a mania for sketching the form of things.” * Hokusai *“ [Thirty-Six views of Mount Fuji] will enable you to get closer to Hokusai’s beauty and genius.” * creativeboom.com *

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Book SynopsisA leading figure in the world of networked culture explores the artists and events that defined the mass medium of our time Since 1989, the year the World Wide Web was born, the art world has grappled with the rise of networked culture. This unprecedented survey of the artists and innovators in this area from 1989 to today is interwoven with the personal narrative of one of the leading voices on the digital world. In this book, Omar Kholeif, whose prolific career parallels the growth of the internet, tells the story of this mass medium and how it has fostered new possibilities for artists, both analog and digital. The book showcases work spanning a range of media from legendary artists including Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Nam June Paik, Heather Phillipson, and Wu Tsang. Tracing the key artists and innovators from the emergence of browser-based art to the dawn of NFTs, this is a tale for the present and the future.Trade Review ‘A deep dive into the moments that have defined art within the digital age.’ – HYPEBEAST‘Omar Kholeif’s INTERNET_ART explores how our cyberreality has shaped creative consumption since the 1960s. Alienation from the self, in Kholeif’s telling, is art’s new crisis. I await [their] sequel 20 years hence.’ – New York Times‘Not a conventional survey in any sense, [Internet_Art] zips between Roy Ascott’s computer-based art of the early ’80s and the recent NFT craze of the past two years, stopping at various points in between to consider works [by] many other giants of the trajectory.’ – ARTnews‘[Internet_Art] tells the story of digital culture as never before told ... Dr. Kholeif successfully manages to spotlight the underrepresented voices in digital culture, particularly those who documented it [since] 1989.’ – Hypebae ‘Informative and fast-moving … Kholeif’s takes on how art can change (and be changed by) technology are shrewd. Art historians and those interested in contemporary art will find much to gain.’ – Publishers Weekly‘An accessible and enjoyable experience … Kholeif is your personal guide on a fast-paced voyage through time and cyberspace. The content in Internet_Art is thorough, comprehensive and up-to-the-minute. No stone is left unturned.’ – Aesthetica‘This will be an enlightening, intellectual ride through how the most important technological development of our time fuelled and finessed art around the world. For others, it will be a David Foster Wallace doom scroll, navel-gazing at its own anxiety spiral.‘ – New York Journal of Books'Kholeif makes a compelling case for paying special attention to artists’ voices as this great debate [about the internet] unfolds.' – Los Angeles Review of Books‘Compulsively readable and relatable. Internet_Art is a remarkable feat—a field guide and a meta-exhibition catalogue of human history. It is a rightfully gilded portrait of our less-than-gilded era.’ – Prof. Bruce Jenkins, Professor of Film, Video, New Media, and Animation at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and co-author, Andy Warhol Film Catalogue Raisonne‘In Internet_Art , Omar Kholeif expertly traces the history of art in the networked age. Revealing new insights throughout, the author examines the work of those who contextualize and proliferate art—the individuals who far too often are overlooked.’ – Jay Mollica, Director of Digital Engagement, Perez Art Museum, Miami ‘Part memoir, part social history, this book is akin to a piece of travel writing through the internet, meeting a host of artists who challenge and make visible what the internet is, or could be. The World Wide Web is a territory we all surf, but have not experienced with the specificity or breadth of Omar Kholeif’s very personal account. There are caleidoscopic jewels all over this.’ – Khalid Abdalla, actor, activist and filmmaker‘More than a history of internet art, Kholeif has woven a vivid autobiographical tapestry. In the patterns and cultural shifts of the past three decades, they find the beauty and bravery that marked this era of experimentation.’ – Prof. Kate Crawford, author of Atlas of AI‘Outstandingly charming and insightful.’ – Prof. Roy Ascot, Artist; Founding President of the Planetary Collegium, Emeritus Professor of Technoetic Arts Plymouth University, and the De Tao Master of Technoetic Arts at the DeTao Masters Academy, Shanghai‘Kholeif has authored a memoir that seeks to challenge perceptions of representation as much as a field guide to the world of all things digital.’ – Osman Yousefzada, Artist and author of The Go-Between ‘There's no way A.I. could have written this book. It took Kholeif's genuine intelligence and their broad knowledge of recent history to make sense of something that most often feels unstructured and random.’ – Douglas Coupland, Author of Generation X, JPod, and Bit Rot‘Omar Kholeif's innovative act of storytelling brings a subterranean history of artists' endeavors to light, revealing the basis for and pointing towards the future of the most relevant themes in contemporary culture. An absolutely essential guide.’ – Trevor Paglen, Artist, author, and MacArthur "Genius" Fellow‘An essential guide and companion to what will undoubtedly be our century's most transformative journey. A gifted writer and cultural commentator, Kholeif's personal odyssey gives form and insight to the contours of a cultural landscape whose further shores have yet to be defined.’ – Neville Wakefield, Writer, Curator; Artistic Director, Desert X‘Not a standard compendium ... but an altogether odder, more intimate affair … Kholeif is adept and entertaining at showing internet art not as a school of art but work of any type characterised by its ‘knowing awareness of the networked nature of our collective culture (be that cat memes or revolutions, fake news or Twitter mobs.’ – Oliver Basciano, Art Quarterly

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Book SynopsisA stunning visual biography of the life of Walter Gropius, founder of the Bauhaus, and one of the world's most influential architects This illustrated biography tells the story of Gropius's life, beginning with his shattering experiences in World War One, his turbulent marriage to the notorious Alma Mahler, the establishment of the Bauhaus, and the tragic death of their daughter Manon. After Gropius's agonized decision to leave Nazi Germany in 1933, the book explores his life in exile in London and then his move to America in 1937, where he lived and worked until his death in 1969. Features more than 375 illustrations including letters, telegrams, sketches, drawings, photographs, posters, brochures, and other ephemera. The authors present the life of Walter Gropius as not just a key figure of 20th-century architecture, but as an extraordinarily generous person - a connector, protector, and benefactor who improved the lives and careers of all those with whom he came into contact. This is the first comprehensive illustrated biography of one of Modern architecture's most important figures. Trade Review'Iconic.' - Metropolis 'Traces the many lives and influences of architect Walter Gropius.' - Fast Company 'What one finds in his biography is not only related to modernism, it is related to a passionate, sophisticated man whose legacy should never be forgotten.' - Daily Art Magazine ‘[A] pleasant surprise for the most discerning eyes.’ - Sharp Magazine ‘Accessible and arguably the most accurate portrait of Gropius thus far.’ - Canadian Interiors 'Well-researched and very readable' - The Decorative Arts Society Journal

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Book SynopsisAs featured in Wallpaper*, The Wall Street Journal, Monocle, and New York Magazine’s, The Strategist The design, history, and cultural impact of turntables and vinyl technology: the twin powerhouses of the 'vinyl revival' phenomenon Interest in turntables and records is enjoying a renaissance as analog natives and new converts find their enduring style and extraordinary sound inimitable. Revolution, a follow-up to Phaidon's beloved Hi-Fi: The History of High-End Audio Design, explores the design and cultural impact of the turntable, the component at the center of the 'vinyl revival'. An essential book for audiophiles, collectors, and design fans, Revolution showcases the fascinating history of turntables and vinyl technology from the 1950s to today's cutting-edge designs. Written by Schwartz, author of Hi-Fi: The History of High-End Audio Design, who is an audio design expert and passionate about analog music, this book includes 300 illustrations from the world of turntables, from affordable to high-end, and everything in between. An essential addition to the bookshelf for analog natives and those new to the vinyl revival as well as music and design lovers.Trade Review 'An entertaining insight into the many ways that designers have shaped the simple record player over the decades... Excellent.' – Wallpaper*‘If you love vinyl, you’ll want to give hi-fi enthusiast Gideon Schwartz’s new book a spin.’ – Wall Street Journal‘Essential for both seasoned collectors and anyone new to the vinyl-revival movement.’ – New York Magazine, The Strategist 'A lavishly photographed survey of the ever-evolving turntable.' – Fast Company‘The turntable is once again in the spotlight.’ – HYPEBEAST 'A magnificent title.' – Ecoustics 'A celebration of the designs that brought music to life.' – Acquire 'Audiophiles will find curiosities to salivate over.' – WIRED 'Stunning devices [are] on display in this sumptuous book featuring inventive brands.' – Globe and Mail 'This coffee table book is loaded with stunning visuals and impressive details about the making of eye-catching record players.' – Cool Material 'A perfect marriage of sound and vision.' – Departures 'Captures the staying power of turntables.' – The Creative Factor 'A history rich with numerous luminaries of industrial design.' – Design Milk‘[A] favorite to spruce up someone's space and pique their intellectual curiosity.’ – Valet Mag 'Explores the cultural impact of a musical format that's still going strong.' – The Dieline 'Vinyl's resurgence shows no signs of slowing down and… audio design expert Gideon Schwartz…examines the impact of these machines from both a design and cultural standpoint.' – Uncrate 'Hundreds of images of turntables, their stories, and the rise, fall, and rebirth of the medium.' – The Awesomer 'Schwartz tracks the record player from its earliest days as a blueprint… through its current high-end/high-tech iterations… with no shortage of detail.' – Psychobabble

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Book SynopsisAs seen in Women’s Wear Daily, T: The New York Times Style Magazine, and The Telegraph LUXURY A decadent and extravagant celebration of interior style, featuring more than 220 maximalist residential interiors, from the 1600s to the present day This unique visual collection celebrates the very best contemporary Maximalist interior design as well as making the connection to a much longer historical tradition of excess. Maximalism is a style that has been with us, in one guise or another – for example in the castles, palazzi, chateaux, and historic homes of bygone ages – for more than 400 years. This richly illustrated volume, with metallic gold ink used throughout, features the most extraordinary Maximalist interiors from all over the globe, from centuries past and present, transcending both time and geography. An intense and thrilling journey through the magic and mayhem that is Maximalism – a book that is as much an experience as it is a book – its luxurious pages are layered, loud, and louche, chaotic, colorful, and controversial, but also romantic, joyous, and imbued with personality, history, and story telling Featured designers include: Jonathan Adler, Alidad, Sig Bergamin, Thomas Britt, Denning and Fourcade, Dorothy Draper, Tony Duquette, Ann Getty, Jacques Grange, India Mahdavi, Peter Marino, Juan Pablo Molyneux, Renzo Mongiardino, Alberto Pinto, Redd Kaihoi, and Elsie de Wolfe Historic interiors featured include: castles, country estates, and palaces in Austria, France, Germany, India, Italy, Mexico, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, the UK, and the USATrade ReviewAs featured in The Telegraph Luxury and 1stDibs ‘A comprehensive round-up of the best of flamboyant design.’ – Architectural Design Middle East ‘At a time when Scandinavian-inspired simplicity has become favorable in interior design, the book’s 220 decadent interiors provide a refreshing alternative.’ – T: The New York Times Style Magazine 'Simon Doonan humorously frames the unexpected excess that unfolds among the book's golden pages.' – Women's Wear Daily ‘Maximalism takes readers on an eye-popping journey through projects from modern-day design icons including Jonathan Adler and Kelly Wearstler, and original maximalists such as Elsie de Wolfe and Lorenzo Mongiardino.’ – GRAY Magazine ‘An intense and thrilling journey through the magic and mayhem that is Maximalism.’ – Curated Texan 'More than 200 deliciously detailed interiors, spanning about 400 years of history.’ – Dwell ‘The tome features some truly extraordinary spaces that make paging through feel like a full-on experience. From Jonathan Adler to Dorothy Draper, and far beyond, the only word to describe this book is “gilded.”’ – Design Milk ‘Striking.’ – Galerie ‘Lavishly illustrated.’ – The Atlanta Journal Constitution ‘Not only are the spaces a joy to behold, but Simon's introduction alone is worth the price of the book.’ – KCRW ‘Inside inspiration for the season ahead.’ – Modern Luxury Interiors ‘An extraordinary celebration of an eccentric decorative urge, presenting a new interpretation of a style that often spurs controversy and dismissal.’ – Upscale Living Magazine 'Simon Doonan certainly knows how to pump up the volume.' – Maison Global

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Book SynopsisPart of a new stationery range based on the bestselling colouring book Millie Marotta's Wild Savannah. A keepsake box containing 50 loose postcards of illustrations that feature in the bestselling Millie Marotta's Wild Savannah. Explore the savannah and you will find the crocodile and kangaroo, oryx and ostrich, dazzling zebras and leaping gazelles, all beautifully presented and ready to personalise with a touch of colour. These postcards can be sent just as they are to friends and family, coloured in, or even framed and hung on walls. These bite-sized cards of beauty can be used for a range of things but will delight anyone who receives one.

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Book SynopsisFrom the sensuality of Dali's Mae West Lips sofa to Schiaparelli's dramatic Tear dress, Surrealism produced some of the most extraordinary objects ever created. Now available in paperback, this book examines the movement's impact on the wider fields of design, photography and the decorative arts, and its sometimes uneasy relationship with the commercial world. Surreal Things features works from artists and designers such as Jean Cocteau, Pablo Picasso, Man Ray, Horst P. Horst, Alexander Calder, Max Ernst and Joan Miro and explores some of Surrealism's dominant themes. The range of objects spans painting, sculpture, works on paper, bookbinding, jewellery, ceramics, glass, textiles, furniture, fashion, film and photography.

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Book SynopsisFrench-American journalist Cole Stangler argues that the beating heart of the City of Light lies in the striving, working-class districts, where residents are now being priced out. Stangler brings the real Paris to life, combining gripping, street-level reportage, stories of today’s working-class Parisians, recent history and a sweeping analysis of the larger forces shaping the city.Trade Review‘A helpful reflection on contemporary France … Stangler takes us on a journey through the capital to see the city for ourselves. He walks the streets of La Goutte d’Or as a way of highlighting the contribution of immigrants to the fabric of the city, and he uses his visit to a squat in Montreuil to reflect on the material conditions in which the creative arts can flourish … [Paris isn’t Dead Yet] has a plausible and welcome humility'. -- Emile Chabal

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Book SynopsisThere is a layer of the public architecture that has become so familiar that we barely notice it. Street furniture has the capacity to define a city, to locate it and to anchor us within it. Benches, bollards, streetlights, signs, barriers, post boxes, phone booths – they are the physical manifestation of public infrastructure, a network of goods between architecture and the body. In this book, Edwin Heathcote, architecture and design critic of the Financial Times, looks at the cultural impact of street furniture using photography as a measure of how these things have become indispensable components of the cityscape. Based mainly in and on London – but including New York, Paris and Budapest – Heathcote uses history, personal reflection and the lenses of photographers to examine the status of these urban artefacts in both the contemporary imagination and the city streets themselves. It looks at the changing landscape of the cityscape and the way in which street furniture has been adapted to address new technologies, the culture of surveillance and shifts in taste, orthodoxy and material culture. On the Street looks at the language of street furniture reflected through the glaze of photography and contemporary culture. It is a book about the elements of the streetscape which can exert an increasing impact on our interaction with the cities we inhabit.

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Book SynopsisA concise and accessible introduction to throwing, with step-by-step instructions and tips. Throwing is an important skill for any potter to master, using only a few tools, the guidance of their hands, and the momentum of a wheel. This book is an essential companion for anyone attempting to master the art of forming pots on the wheel. Having spent his life making pots and teaching others to make them, Richard Phethean describes essential techniques for working on the wheel with an eye for the practical. Learn about a range of forms, from simple domestic pots such as mugs, jugs, bowls and teapots to more complex vessels with oval shapes or cut edges, with the aim of building your confidence in throwing techniques. The book features clearly illustrated step-by-step instructions and diagrams for creating each type of vessel. Finally, get some inspiration from the work of contemporary potters discussing their techniques and featuring some of their stunning pieces.Trade ReviewA stimulation of creativity and of ideas for the maker ... This is a good book, it has emerged fresh and smart from an update and deserves a place in your library. * London Potters News *I enjoyed Richard Phethean's book enormously ... [The book is all about] making and wanting to make. The inspiration comes from the continual need to improve, experiment and innovate, whether it's following a brilliant method of making oval dishes (no cutting, no scars), or a nice approach to a composite pot with a little off centre lean. To inspire further, there are little vignettes from some well-known potters ... Excellent glimpses into the working practice of those whose work is so admired and a spur to those whose work is developing. * Shards: South Wales Potter Newsletter *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction A Brief History of the Wheel 1. Getting Started 2. Basic Techniques 3. Domestic Pots 4. Advanced Techniques 5. The Artist Potter Glossary Suppliers Index

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Book SynopsisThis is a wonderful overview of the remarkable range of dog portraits--there are no human sitters--produced over the last 250 years. It features well-known works such as Rosa Bonheur's Brizo, (one of the best-loved portraits in The Wallace Collection), George Stubbs' Turk, Thomas Gainsborough's portrait of his two dogs Tristram and Fox, Lucian Freud's oil painting of Pluto, his pet whippet, and David Hockney's dachshunds Stanley and Boodgie.Over 50 works, arranged by theme, are drawn from major British collections, including the Royal Collection, the V & A, Tate Britain, the British Museum, and a wealth of regional museums and private collections. In addition memorabilia and souvenirs-bronzes, photos, brooches, and Faberge works, many relating to the British royals, especially Queen Victoria and her children- all evoke the sense of a cabinet of curiosities. This is a must-have for dog lovers.

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Book SynopsisFashion Reimagined features 50 outstanding examples of fashionable dress drawn entirely from the outstanding collection of the Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC, including men's and women's fashions from 1760 to 2022. The book is divided into three sections that reflect three aspects of historicism: Minimalism, Pattern and Decoration, and The Body Reimagined. Each catalogue entry addresses a theme and provides information and insights about the individual designers, fabric and construction details, and globalization that is embedded in both the textiles and fashions 1760 to the present. Ranging from court suits to street wear, highlights include an English 18th-century sack back dress, two English men's court suits, early 19th-century printed cotton dresses, wedding dresses from the mid and last quarter of the 19th century, as well as a rare 1920s wedding ensemble by Roman fashion artist Maria Monaci Gallenga, a very rare early 20th-century Ispahan mantle by Paul Poiret, an unusual mid twentieth century Black Narcissus dress by American designer James Galanos, several examples of 1960s and 70s mod and hippie chic style, and innovative contemporary fashions by Giorgio Armani, Romeo Gigli, Zandra Rhodes, Anna Sui, Yoji Yamamoto, Wale Oyejide for Ikire Jones, Anamika Khanna, and Iris van Herpen, among others.Trade Review"A must for collections supporting fashion, design, theater, or costuming. The insightful, well-researched annotations highlight the historical and cultural context of each garment, including the associated fashion trend, global textile history, designer, and garment construction. The photography, with close-up insets of unique patterns and decoration, is well done."—Library JournalTable of Contents6pp of full-page colour plates; Foreword by President & CEO Todd A. Herman, The Mint Museum; Acknowledgments; Prologue by Anna Sui; History of the Collection by Ellen Show; Minimalism by Annie Carlano; Catalogue entries by Annie Carlano and Lauren D. Whitley; Pattern and Decoration by Annie Carlano; Catalogue entries by Annie Carlano and Lauren D. Whitley; Catalogue entries by Annie Carlano and Lauren D. Whitley; The Body Reimagined by Annie Carlano and Lauren D. Whitley; Bibliography

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Book SynopsisOf herself she says "I am a very peaceful, quiet girl. I love discreet recreation outdoors, but don't like big cities. My hobbies are romantic music, movies, and reading French poetry in the park, which is my favorite pastime. I'm posing for Met-Art to try something new. Although I was very shy at first, I now find it interesting and revealing." Lilit's beauty is classic and timeless. Her slim frame is alluring and cap-tivating, but it's her incredible facial features that will leave you spellbound and craving for more. She has an innocent, pure look with an angelic face and a superb, lean nubile body. This girl is impossible to resist. Lilit A began her nude modelling career in 2015, and is presented in 26 portfolios on Metart, 11 portfolios on SexArt and 8 portfolios on MetartX.Discover the essence of beauty through the lens of Metart, an innovator in artistic nude photography and film for over two decades. With a passion for showcasing the world's most beautiful women, Me-tart presents a collection of enchanting erotic models who radiate natural allure. Witness the unveiling of their beauty as they bare their souls before the camera. Immerse yourself in the world's premier destination for erotic photography and film at Metart.com.

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Book SynopsisRarely is an architect as closely connected to his or her place of work as is the case with Armando Ruinelli, born 1954, and his native village of Soglio in Val Bregaglia, Switzerland. Yet, far from what one might expect with such a small and remote place of barely 100 inhabitants, the limitation in this case became a distinction. Ruinelli’s attitude and work have grown organically from the village’s strong stone-built dwellings. Thus, he has become an internationally revered master of building in existing fabric, in particular in an Alpine environment. This first monograph on Armando Ruinelli documents comprehensively his work over nearly four decades. It demonstrates the evolution of his architectural language from the first buildings in Soglio of the 1980s, to conversions of existing buildings and designs for new ones that continue local traditions but also meet today’s demands in housing, and to the latest works, such as the almost abstract studio for Swiss artist Miriam Cahn in Stampa. Photographs and plans, as well as a photo essay newly created for this book by Swiss photographer Katalin Deér, are supplemented with texts and conversations between Ruinelli and his equally renowned fellow architect Gion A. Caminada that illuminate the architect’s work and attitude and convey the particular features of his Alpine environment. Text in Italian and German.

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Book Synopsisdocumenta fifteen is no ordinary art exhibition. Envisioned under the guiding concept of lumbung, the Indonesian collective ruangrupa is less concerned with individual works than with models of collaborative practice. The Handbook offers insights and orientation to the processes that evolved in the creation of the exhibition. A comprehensive resource both for visitors of documenta in Kassel as well as people interested in collective practices, this Handbook presents all documenta fifteen collectives and artists through profiles by international authors familiar with their different artistic practices and cultural contexts. Using the pivotal question of “what is lumbung?” as a vantage point, the book is an introduction to the mindset and cultural background of documenta fifteen, featuring numerous documents and photographs that trace the collectives’ working process. A chapter gathering all of the show’s locations and venues in Kassel as well as a large fold-out city map and an introduction to the exhibition’s “Public Program” will prove to be especially useful for all visitors.

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Book SynopsisThe Kisokaidō route through Japan was ordained in the early 1600s by the country’s then-ruler Tokugawa Ieyasu, who decreed that staging posts be installed along the length of the arduous passage between Edo (present-day Tokyo) and Kyoto. Inns, shops, and restaurants were established to provide sustenance and lodging to weary travelers. In 1835, renowned woodblock print artist Keisai Eisen was commissioned to create a series of works to chart the Kisokaidō journey. After producing 24 prints, Eisen was replaced by Utagawa Hiroshige, who completed the series of 70 prints in 1838. Both Eisen and Hiroshige were master print practitioners. In The Sixty-Nine Stations along the Kisokaidō, we find the artists’ distinct styles as much as their shared expertise. From the busy starting post of Nihonbashi to the castle town of Iwamurata, Eisen opts for a more muted palette but excels in figuration, particularly of glamorous women, and relishes snapshots of activity along the route, from shoeing a horse to winnowing rice. Hiroshige demonstrates his mastery of landscape with grandiose and evocative scenes, whether it’s the peaceful banks of the Ota River, the forbidding Wada Pass, or a moonlit ascent between Yawata and Mochizuki. Taken as a whole, The Sixty-Nine Stations collection represents not only a masterpiece of woodblock practice, including bold compositions and an experimental use of color, but also a charming tapestry of 19th-century Japan, long before the specter of industrialization. This TASCHEN XXL edition revives the series with due scale and splendor. Sourced from the only-known set of a near-complete run of the first edition of the series, this legendary publication is reproduced in the finest quality, bound in the Japanese tradition and with uncut paper. A perfect companion piece to TASCHEN’s One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, it is at once a visual delight and a major artifact from the bygone era of Imperial Japan.Trade Review“A masterpiece of Japanese woodblock prints, an exquisitely designed illustrated book.” * Kulturzeit *“An incredible ticket to travel.” * L’Express *“Spectacular views, local delicacies, hot spring baths, and other more carnal pursuits.” * The New York Times *

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Book SynopsisThis volume covering Marc Newson's design career can, if you are ambitious enough, read like a catalog of how to live. Imagine waking up in the morning, taking a bath, drying your hair, getting dressed, putting on your glasses, spritzing yourself with perfume, sitting down to eat a breakfast of tea with eggs and toast, checking your watch, packing your suitcase, driving to the airport, catching a flight, and sailing off on a luxurious yacht. What's remarkable about this scenario, aside from its opulence, is that everything in it could be a Newson design: the bed, bathtub, hair dryer, clothes, shoes, glasses, perfume bottle, electric kettle, teapot, toaster, skillet, spatula, cooktop, plates, utensils, watch, chair, table, lighting, suitcase, car, plane, and even the yacht. No project is too small or too great for Newson, and his career is a testament to what one person with limitless ambition, ingenuity, curiosity, and versatility can achieve. From mass-produced objects

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Book SynopsisThis guide presents over 120 buildings and projects in the Georgian capital. It serves not only as a helpful guide for tourists but also as a documentation of the city’s social history. The selection of buildings covers a broad spectrum of sights that are not only aesthetically interesting but also shed light on the city’s historical developments. The book gives a comprehensive tour of the stylistic contrasts that enrich the city, filled with all manner of structures, from wooden homes to striking works of con-temporary architecture.

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Book SynopsisTadema Gallery was founded in 1978 by Sonya and David Newell-Smith in London's famed Camden Passage in Islington. They were successful photo-journalists who ventured into the field of 20th century abstract art and the decorative arts of the 19th and 20th centuries. By 1982 they had discovered a passion for artist-designed jewellery and showed in the gallery an eclectic choice of jewels from significant designers of the Revivalist, Art Nouveau, Arts & Crafts, Jugendstil, Art Deco, and Modernist movements. With over 500 unique jewellery pieces from the 1860s to 1960s, the book reflects the 40-year history of the gallery and the superb eye of its inspirational founders.Trade Review"A new book celebrates London dealer Tadema Gallery and the exceptional jewels that have made it a favorite of collectors." - Phyllis Schiller, Rapaport MagazineTable of Contents6 FOREWORD Richard Edgcumbe 8 TADEMA GALLERY Beatriz Chadour-Sampson CATALOGUE 20 THE NATURAL WORLD 24 Bats 28 Birds 44 Peacocks 52 Insects and Spiders 60 Butterflies 64 Dragonflies 68 Mammals and Lizards 73 Sea Creatures 82 Flowers and Flower Baskets 108 Leaves and Trees 126 Seeds and Fruit 138 Sun, Moon and Stars CONTENTS 140 THE HUMAN FIGURE 144 The Head 156 The Body 162 Flora: Goddess of Flowers 166 FAITH, MYTHOLOGY AND SYMBOLISM 170 Faith 188 Angels 194 Classical Mythology 205 Serpents and Snakes 212 Chimeras and Dragons 216 Fairies, Satyrs and Putti 222 Mermaids and Nautical Motifs 230 Expressions of Love 244 ART MOVEMENTS AND DESIGN STYLES 254 Classical, Medieval and Renaissance Revivals 272 Egyptian Revivals 284 Japonisme 296 Art Nouveau: Sinuous Curves 304 Jugendstil: Lines and Symmetry 318 Arts and Crafts: Celtic Knots and Entrelacs 328 Arts and Crafts: Gemstones in Britain and the United States 356 International Art Deco 374 Post War Modernism APPENDIX 398 CHECKLIST 446 JEWELLER AND ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES 490 BIBLIOGRAPHY 500 ‘A PETITE AND PERFECT JEWEL BOX’ Recollections and Tributes 527 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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Book SynopsisThis book introduces practices that are now part of what people see as ‘21st Century Skills’. The enjoyable essays in this book provide a panoramic view over the subject of design. The essays are written to encourage designers and students of design to reflect upon their field. Fundamental questions are raised about the nature of design, about designers themselves, and about the role of design within the broader contexts of business and society. And design, these days, is not just for designers - many different fields are learning from design to build creative practices, and this book seeks to help to open up design practices for general use. The book is for designers (to help them reflect on their practices, and develop them further) and for students of design across all designing disciplines.

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Book SynopsisNot all of us get to work on multimillion corporate identity projects for airlines and huge conglomerates. If you are new to the sector or honing their skills, this book if for people who have tackled identity projects in the real world, then this is for you. This is a broad introduction on identity design - not branding - don't worry, you'll learn the difference.If you want a book that tells you how to do it, this is for you - if you want a book about how other people have done it - then this isn't the book for you.This book is for graphic designers and people who commission corporate identity projects who want to understand the process and how to deliver one, be it new to the sector or honing their skills.

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