Illustration and commercial art Books
Unicorn Publishing Group The Graphic Design Sourcebook: 200 Years of
Book SynopsisThe Graphic Design Sourcebook delves into the vast array of graphic design that surrounds us wherever we go, and has done so ever since printing was invented. Yet everyday graphics have mostly been ignored as an art form. From Victorian song sheets to French perfume labels, early matchboxes to decorative greetings cards, appealing cigarette packets to enticing holiday brochures, colourful advertisements to racy night club tickets, these miniature masterpieces deserve artistic recognition. With over a thousand images, The Graphic Design Sourcebook is both an inspiring source book and a treasure trove of ideas; a true cornucopia of communication.Trade Review"eye-catching advertising goldmine" Daily Mail
£24.00
Dover Publications Inc. Eighty Drawings
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£11.24
Ebury Publishing Cut It Out 30 Papercut Designs to Cut Out and
Book SynopsisShows you how to transform a blank sheet of paper into a work of art. Using inexpensive equipment such as: a sharp scalpel, craft mat, and a bit of creativity, this title features simple step-by-step instructions that can help you make cards, masks, invitations, partyware and presents for birthdays, hen dos, weddings, Halloween and Christmas.
£15.60
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Propaganda Postcards of the Luftwaffe
Book SynopsisPropaganda Postcards of the Luftwaffe focuses on the efforts of the powerful Nazi propaganda machine to promote the technical achievements and might of the then newly created German airforce. The Luftwaffe had been announced to the world in March 1935, despite the restrictions contained in the Versailles Treaty signed after the First World War denying Germany the right to develop military aircraft. All major aircraft types used by the Luftwaffe together with many lesser known, obscure and secondary types are represented in this book. There is a section covering the main figures of the Luftwaffe and the leading aces who flew the aircraft. The German Air and Propaganda ministries worked together and, using professional photographers produced quality images, which were then made available to the general public in an attempt to inspire the nation and create strong moral.
£14.24
David Zwirner Liu Ye: The Book Paintings
Book SynopsisThe Chinese artist Liu Ye’s meticulous, colorful canvases convey his love of literature in the first publication dedicated to his paintings of books. The Beijing-based artist Liu Ye is known for his precise, deftly rendered representational paintings. Drawn equally from contemporary culture and old master painting, Liu’s wide-ranging visual touchstones include Piet Mondrian, Miffy the Bunny, and Prada advertisements. In this new publication devoted to his book paintings, the artist examines the book as both a physical object and cultural totem. Playing with geometry and perspective, Liu creates extraordinary and disorienting portraits of this most familiar subject. Liu’s Book Painting series, begun in 2013, depicts close-up views of books that are turned open to reveal empty pages, an approach that emphasizes the object’s form over its content. Rendering books’ material structure—endpapers, binding, spine—in sensual detail, these paintings indicate an obsession with the book as an object and a lifelong love of literature. Liu’s father was a children’s book author who introduced him to Western writers at a young age, fueling his curiosity and imagination. Many of the books in Liu’s father’s collection were banned in Cultural Revolution–era China and the artist read them secretly throughout his childhood. This formative experience figures in his popular Banned Books series and in his book paintings in general. Published on the occasion of a solo exhibition presented at David Zwirner, New York, in 2020, this catalogue includes new writing by the acclaimed poet Zhu Zhu, who traces the evolution of the book form in Liu’s work, as well as an interview with the artist by Hans Ulrich Obrist.
£32.00
Insight Editions Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald:
Book SynopsisInspired by the mischievous Niffler that lives in the case of NEWT SCAMMANDERTM, this FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE CRIMES OF GRINDELWALDTM Ruled Pocket Journal includes 192 ruled pages, an elastic band, ribbon marker, and back pocket for storing keepsakes and mementos.
£14.04
Titan Books Ltd The Art of Jim Burns: Hyperluminal
Book SynopsisThis is a new collection of art from one of the UK's most acclaimed sci-fi artists featuring everything from his initial sketches to his final works and published book covers. It includes covers from the SF greats - Greg Bear, Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, Anne McCaffrey, Robert Silverberg, Joe Haldeman, John Meaney, Ricardo Pinto, Peter F Hamilton, and Timothy Zahn and many more.Trade Review"Sci-Fi and Fantasy artist looking for the next big thing to draw or paint, look no further than "The Art of Jim Burns."" - Retrenders "Visually stunning" - The Last Thing I See "Yet another visually stunning, well put together offering from Titan Books" - Giant Freakin' Robot
£21.24
Ebury Publishing Tattoo Street Style: London, Brighton, Paris,
Book SynopsisCelebrate your uniqueness. Inspiring and captivating, Tattoo Street Style is a tribute to creativity and self-expression, a celebration of body, beauty and style, a manifesto for redefining the rules. Over four hundred original portraits capture extraordinary tattooed people from around the world, in New York, LA, Melbourne, Berlin, Amsterdam, Paris, London and Brighton. A curated and eclectic snapshot of today’s modern tattoo culture.Features profiles and interviews with some of the world’s most creative and exciting artists and studios. Also includes comprehensive infographic-style directories; perfect if you’re looking for inspiration.
£21.25
Collective Ink Colour Psychology Today
Book SynopsisColour Psychology Today reveals new colour psychology information that comes from the author's pioneering research and studies on colour. The book discloses unique knowledge on how colour psychology impacts on the business world and the individual, borne out of the author's extensive work as a colour consultant and trainer that spans more than thirty years. Colour Psychology Today is unlike any other colour psychology book available. It is a 'must have' for colour enthusiasts, branding experts, marketeers, advertising execs, graphic designers, and anyone who would like to expand and develop the application of colour in their field of work.
£12.34
Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd Edward Ardizzone: Artist and Illustrator
Book SynopsisEdward Ardizzone RA (1900-79) was one of relatively few British artists who defined the field of illustration for their generation. Although his work as an artist and illustrator was wide-ranging, it is for his illustrated children's books, almost continuously available since they were first published from the late 1930s onwards, that he is best known. This book provides the first fully illustrated survey of Ardizzone's work, analysing his activity as an artist and illustrator in the context of 20th-century British art, illustration, printing and publishing. Copiously illustrated with many previously unpublished images, Edward Ardizzone: Artist and Illustrator also contributes more broadly to the current reassessment and investigation of mid-20th-century British art and illustration. Alan Powers (author of the bestselling Eric Ravilious: Artist and Designer) has written a critically considered text which draws for the first time on the family's archives, those of Ardizzone's publishers, and conversations with those who knew the artist. This beautiful and enlightening book, which reflects in its design and production values the aesthetic of an artist who was closely involved in the production of his own illustrated books, will be a fascinating read both for specialists as well as for readers who have grown up with the unforgettable characters of Ardizzone's classic children's stories.Trade Review'Alan Powers has a keen sense of his subject's achievement, and is seriously knowledgeable on the history, practice, and art of illustration. I think Ardizzone would have approved.' Sir Quentin BlakeTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Life and Learning; 2. Becoming Ardizzone; 3. War Artist; 4. Little Tim and his Friends; 5. The Art of Illustration; 6. Beyond the book; 7. The Born Illustrator; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Image Credits; Index
£36.00
Sheldrake Press Very Heath Robinson: Stories of His Absurdly
Book Synopsis‘I have been ill and frightfully bored and the one thing I have wanted is a big album of your absurd beautiful drawings to turn over. You give me a peculiar pleasure of the mind like nothing else in the world.’ – H. G. Wells to W. Heath Robinson (1914) This book takes a nostalgic look back to the imaginative and often frivolous world of William Heath Robinson, one of the few artists to have given his name to the English language. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the expression Heath Robinson is used to describe ‘any absurdly ingenious and impracticable device of the kind illustrated by this artist’. Yet his elaborate drawings of contraptions are not the only thing to make this book very Heath Robinson. Full of quirky images from Romans wearing polka dots to balding men seducing mermaids, Very Heath Robinson presents an unconventional history of the world in which technology and its social setting get equal billing.
£32.00
Sheldrake Press Logomotive: Railroad Graphics and the American
Book SynopsisIn Logomotive Ian Logan's photographs are assembled into chapters and picture essays recalling the great days of lines such as the Santa Fe, the Union Pacific, and the Kansas City Southern. Some of his journeys are presented as travelogues in which he meets the Fat Controller, gets to sound the horn, and wanders into freight yards to see the last generation of streamline locomotives rusting amid the weeds. Animal motifs, Native American allusions, advertising slogans, names of famous trains such as the Super Chief and the Wabash Cannonball provide the subject matter for other picture features.Trade ReviewIn these times, the commercial design agenda is generally set by things like automobiles, sneakers, and financial institutions. We see their logos, typographic trends, and color schemes everywhere—on billboards, atop stadiums, beaming at us from our flatscreens and smartphones. Decades ago, though, the public design space was largely the province of railroads, as shown in Logomotive: Railroad Graphics and the American Dream, a beautifully produced compendium of railroad design from Sheldrake Press, a London-based publisher. The authors are Ian Logan, a noted practitioner on the British and European design scene; and Jonathan Glancey, a veteran writer and correspondent who covers design and architecture. Award-winning British architect Norman Foster offers an eloquent and insightful Foreword. The authors bring a fresh and utterly British sense of surprise to a subject that, for readers of this magazine, is likely quite familiar. I got a kick out of Logan’s story about his first trip to the United States, in 1968, and his encounter with a famous name on the side of a boxcar. “I couldn’t believe what I was seeing: the train was emblazoned with the name Rock Island. My uncle was the singer and songwriter Ewan MacColl, and I was brought up listening to folk, skiffle, and blues, so of course I knew Ronnie Donegan’s recording of the ‘Rock Island Line,’ but I hadn’t worked out that the Rock Island was a real, operational railroad.” The rest of the book chronicles similar revelations. Much of Logomotive is dedicated to exploring and showcasing the company logos and heralds that have enlivened the railroad scene since the late nineteenth century. You will see multiple iterations of all the classics—the Pennsylvania keystone, Santa Fe’s Warbonnet, MoPac’s buzzsaw, Seaboard’s red heart, B&O’s capitol silhouette—plus several obscure ones, accompanied by the authors’ sharp typographical and design analysis. One of the strengths of the book are the myriad visual contexts of the logos: on timetables and travel posters, along the flanks of diesels and freight cars and early streamliners, embedded into the walls and lintels of great stations, imprinted on matchbooks and ashtrays. It’s refreshing that not everything is presented in a pristine state. There is a poignancy to a weathered Western Pacific Feather River herald, riveted to the side of a tugboat funnel; or to an SP “Sunset” logo, struggling to be seen through the rust of an old freight car. As familiar as the subject might be, you can learn a lot from this book. I was fascinated by its take on designer Herbert Matter’s creation of the famous McGinnis-era New Haven logo, as well as Allan Fleming’s evolution of Canadian National’s superbly modernistic “CN,” first envisioned on a paper napkin. You’ll see the way New York Central’s oval transitioned from its early elegant serif font to the sans-serif sterility of the cigar band, or how Great Northern’s Rocky the mountain goat was updated. There were surprises, too, at least for me. I had never realized that the Cotton Belt logo of the 1880s derived from a cross-section of a cotton gin, and I was surprised to learn that design superstar Milton Glaser was responsible for Genesee & Wyoming’s versatile black-orange-yellow brand. The publisher has served its subject well, with a first-class horizontal treatment that includes sharp color printing, heavy paper, and a durable imprinted cover. Although the rather brief narrative is aimed at a general audience—some of the Brits’ observations are amusing, and a glossary at the end is as basic as can be—the book serves as an authoritative overview of the high tide of railroad design, written by professionals who really know their business. -- Kevin P. Keefe * Railroad Heritage Magazine *
£28.00
3DTotal Publishing Ltd Character Design Quarterly 15
Book SynopsisCharacter Design Quarterly (CDQ) is a lively, creative magazine bringing inspiration, expert insights, and leading techniques from professional illustrators, artists, and character art enthusiasts worldwide. Each issue provides detailed tutorials on creating diverse characters, enabling you to explore the processes and decision making that go into creating amazing characters. Learn new ways to develop your own ideas, and discover from the artists what it is like to work for prolific animation studios such as Disney, Warner Bros., and DreamWorks. The cover of issue 15 is graced by revered artist Bobby Chiu and features a fascinating interview with Bobby’s award-winning concept art studio, Imaginism. Industry professionals such as Klaus lighting artist Raquel Villanueva, Disney TV animator, Justin Rodrigues, and Art Director Tim Probert, of Aardman Nathan Love, share their art and invaluable knowledge with readers.
£10.45
Candy Jar Books The Invisible Artist
Book SynopsisSince 1976, Jeff Cummins has been a prolific artist on many book covers, album covers, and posters. Not only does this book cover his ''Doctor Who'' work; inside you''ll also find stories of The Beatles, of Paul McCartney and his wife, Linda, and you will discover the role Jeff had in the marketing of the blockbuster film ''Back to the Future''.
£16.19
Counter-Print Greetings from Javier Jaén Studio
Book SynopsisThe visual language of Javier Jaén is a symbolic and playful one. This celebrated artist has worked for clients such as The New York Times, The Guardian, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, National Geographic and Greenpeace. This timely monograph presents the preparation, thought process and resulting artwork from one of the creative world’s most fertile minds. The book has been lavishly illustrated with hundreds of coloured images to help showcase the depth and variety inherent with Jaén’s output and comes with a free concertina-folded sticker sheet featuring many of the artist’s iconic designs. Bilingual edition: Spanish and English
£28.00
Niggli Verlag The Thonet Brand: A Look at its Graphic Design
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£23.96
Taschen GmbH 20th-Century Fashion. 100 Years of Apparel Ads
Book SynopsisThe 20th century saw fashion evolve from an exclusive Parisian salon business catering for the wealthy elite into a global industry employing millions, with new trends whisked into stores before the last model has even left the catwalk. Along the way, the signature silhouettes of each era evolved beyond recognition. For women, House of Worth crinolines gave way to Vionnet’s bias-cut gowns, Dior’s New Look to Quant’s Chelsea Look, Halston’s white suit to Frankie B.’s low-rise jeans. In menswear, ready-made suits signaled the demise of bespoke tailoring, long before Hawaiian shirts or skinny jeans entered the game.20th-Century Fashion offers a retrospective of the last hundred years of style via 400 fashion advertisements from the Jim Heimann Collection. The images trace not only the changing trends but also the evolution in their marketing and audience, as fashion was adopted into popular culture and the mass market, decade by decade. An in-depth introduction and illustrated timeline detail the style-makers and trendsetters, and how historic events, design houses, retailers, films, magazines, and celebrities shaped the way we dressed—then and now.Trade Review“A stylish and fun retrospective on the century that redefined and reinterpreted fashion as we know it.” * The Globe and Mail *
£17.00
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
BAI NV Brecht Evens: Lontano
Book SynopsisA stunningly presented portfolio containing a sumptuous selection of the most spectacular full-colour splash pages from Brecht Evens' illustration, commercial and graphic novel oeuvre. Not bound, beautifully printed on a perfectly frameable format (30cm x 40cm).
£26.91
Victionary Palate Palette: Tasty illustrations from around
Book SynopsisPALATE PALETTE was inspired by a simple question that floated around the Victionary studio one day: ‘What do the best artists/illustrators around the world love to eat?’ Brimming with colourful and characterful artwork, the book features a variety of mouthwatering illustrations as well as charming personal anecdotes hand-drawn by the artists/illustrators themselves – making it a feast for the senses that will fill fans of visual appeal (and food) with delight. Besides savouring the scrumptious drawings, wannabe-gourmands who draw inspiration from the pages will be able to try out some of the recipes included!
£24.00
Victionary Lost in Reverie: Art & illustration inspired by
Book SynopsisAs adults in a fast-paced modern world, many can hardly afford to enjoy the simplest things in life today. With data and technology being at the forefront of our increasingly digital lifestyles, it is becoming almost impossible to make time for pure creativity, imagination, and freedom of expression – unless we start allowing our minds to wander fearlessly into the unknown and celebrate the art of doing nothing, whenever we can. LOST IN REVERIE sets out to capture the magic and mystique of dreamscapes, from the comforting to the unsettling and everything else in between. The book will comprise art and illustration featuring intriguing concepts and styles that explore the realms between the real and surreal; becoming a means of escape from the dreariness of everyday and a beautiful reminder to never stop dreaming.
£24.00
Laurence King Publishing Fashion Portfolio
Book SynopsisPersonal strategy and clear identity are key to successfully presenting yourself as a designer within the fashion industry. Fashion Portfolio: Create, Curate, Innovate is a practical guide to a forward-reaching portfolio, emphasizing the value of personalized storytelling. Its focus is in helping designers reach visual and conceptual clarity in representing their potential. As part of a personal brand strategy, the portfolio becomes a stronger sales tool. This is why the book also explores research, personal branding, presentation materials, online presentation, interview technique and follow up.The book also includes a section on different fashion professional paths providing invaluable career advice not just for aspiring designers but all those looking to evolve in the fashion industry. Case studies from successful recent graduates working across the world offer further insight on how to make your mark.
£25.50
Korero Press Nightmare On One Sheet: The Horror Art of Graham
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£22.94
PIE Books Pareidolia: A Retrospective of Both Beloved and
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£33.75
Yale University Press Design Form and Chaos
Book Synopsis“To have the preeminent graphic designer in America—the leading proponent of the Modern—intelligently and forcefully speak out makes this a document for today and the ages. Rand’s book is a classic.”—Stephen Heller (1993)Trade Review"Paul Rand's Design, Form, and Chaos is a classic. Not because he was a classic Modern graphic designer but because he could articulate in brief yet dynamic prose the idea that new and old-classic and modern-lived together in the same work."-Steven Heller -- Steven Heller
£40.38
SendPoints Publishing Co., Ltd Japanese Illustration
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£25.17
Yale University Press Back to the Drawing Board
Book SynopsisThe first book to consider the importance of commercial art and design for Ed Ruscha’s workTrade Review“Ruscha has captured the zeitgeist of American culture for decades, and Jennifer Quick helps us understand that an essential part of his talent for representing the popular, the spectacular, and the alluring is connected to his lifelong fascination with design.”—David Brody, Parsons School of Design, The New School“Jennifer Quick’s approach is timely and compelling, given the high profile of design in contemporary culture, but it is her close reading of Ruscha’s complex play with materials and form that ultimately make this such a rewarding account of his art.”—Ken D. Allan, Seattle University
£38.00
Dover Publications Inc. Devils Demons and Witchcraft
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£16.14
LEGARE STREET PR La photographie judiciaire
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£12.30
Heron-Middleton Great Expectations
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£33.75
Grolier Club of New York Animated Advertising – 200 Years of Premiums,
Book SynopsisA lively look at an underexplored niche in the history of American ads: pop-ups. Drawing from Ellen G. K. Rubin’s extensive collection of more than 7,000 pop-up books and related ephemera, Animated Advertising demonstrates how animated and dimensional paper devices have been used throughout US history to promote products, art, entertainment, and ideas. The book displays the creativity of advertisers in food, fashion, tobacco, pharmaceuticals, travel, music, politics, and more. Rubin’s diverse examples of historical paper pop-ups show how they leaped from the pack of standard marketing materials to catch the eye and inform patrons and clientele about the items being sold. Illustrated with two hundred and fifty color images, and published to coincide with a Winter 2023 exhibition at the Grolier Club’s New York headquarters, Animated Advertising is a lively look at an underexplored niche in the history of American marketing, graphic design, and paper engineering.Table of ContentsA Passion for Pop-ups: 40 Years of WOW!IntroductionCATALOG OF THE EXHIBITIONPharmaceuticals and Health CareFood Kellogg’s Brand Cereals Other Cereals Chocolate Other FoodIndustrial Design and InnovationPrinting and PublishingAutomotivePromoting Business Business CardsAlcoholic Beverages and Tobacco Absolut Vodka TobaccoFashion and BeautyClothingBeauty and AccessoriesHolidaysTravelArts, Entertainment, and PoliticsCulture Entertainment Music Sports PoliticsGlossary of Pop-up and Movable Paper Terms
£26.60
Octopus Publishing Group Codex Metallum: The secret art of metal decoded
Book Synopsis***Decode the secret language of metal.Metal music has a rich and powerful visual language like no other genre. From death and the devil to mythology and the occult, the artworks of its greatest albums carry a complex hidden code of deeper meanings.Codex Metallum is your unique guide to these visual themes. Featuring the covers of 250 iconic albums from Black Sabbath to Slipknot and Motorhead to Pantera, as well as bespoke illustrations by Rammstein collaborators Fortifem, this one-of-a-kind book decodes the imagery of metal and unlocks the secrets hidden within.Packaged in an embossed, leather-effect case with metallic foil finishes, Codex Metallum is a stunning collector's item and essential reading for any metalhead.
£24.00
Udon Entertainment Corp Street Fighter IV & Super Street Fighter IV:
Book SynopsisThe Street Fighter IV and Super Street Fighter IV games rejuvenated the fighting game genre, and solidified Street Fighter once again as the king of all fighting games. Collected in this volume is all the spectacular artwork behind the ultimate fighting game, including character designs, development sketches, promotional art, story boards, creator commentary, and more!
£28.79
Editions Flammarion Christian Bérard: Eccentric Modernist
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£44.00
Independently Published Digital Strategy: The Art of Digital Brand Design
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£10.21
Fantasmus-Art Imaginaire V
Book SynopsisThis is the 5th book in the Imaginaire Series. David M Bowers from USA is the guest of honour. A variety of internationally known artists in the genre Magic Realism is showing their own especially, selected work. Among those are of course David M Bowers (US), Michael Hiep (NL), Gil Bruvel (US), Patrick Woodroffe (GB), Mark Wilkinson (GB), Micha Lobi (RUS) and many, many more from all over the world.
£21.21
George Braziller Inc Jazz
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£16.10
Titan Books Ltd The Art of Home
Book SynopsisFrom DreamWorks, the studio behind Shrek and Madagascar, comes a fun twist on the alien invasion story. Starring a friendly alien and a teenage girl, Home follows this unlikely pair on a globe-trotting adventure to save the world from a different race of invading aliens. This hilarious movie is based on the celebrated children's book by New York Times best-selling author Adam Rex.
£21.24
F&W Publications Inc Archetypes in Branding A Toolkit for Creatives
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£36.00
Taschen GmbH AllAmerican Ads of the 2000s
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£27.00
Schiffer Publishing Ltd The Michelin Man
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£23.79
Lurzer GmbH Lurzer's Archive Special 200 Best Illustrators
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£18.75
Fantasmus-Art Imaginaire VII
Book SynopsisThe 7th book in the IMAGINAIRE series. Steven Kenny and Igor Grechanyk are the guests of honour. A variety of 40 internationally known artists in the genre Magic Realism is showing their own especially, selected work. Among those are David M. Bowers, Claude Verlinde, Claus Brusen, Rick Lelieveld, Ronald Burns, Michael Hiep, Tim Roosen, Jean Thomassen, Gil Bruvel and many more.
£22.46
Victionary BRANDLife: Concept Stores & Pop-ups: Integrated
Book SynopsisConcept stores are about discovery and experience. In a world of options, these stores pull together products from different lines and brands, odds and ends, to weave a story or cultivate a way of living that inspires. To keep it fresh and interesting, regular updates and narrative display help purvey this attitude, and a well-designed branding scheme solidifies their philosophy. In recognising the true power of design, the 60 concept stores and pop-ups featured in BRANDLife: Concept stores & pop-ups demonstrate how fashionable graphic identities and interiors help put forward lifestyle ideas beyond what their products are originally designed for. The showcase will examine retail settlements with diverse focuses, from food and fashion to a total lifestyle, that trades utilitarian products and cultural offerings.
£29.75
Harvard University Press Advertising Empire
Book SynopsisTracing commercial imagery across different products and media, this title shows how and why the 'African native' had emerged by 1900 to become a familiar figure in the German landscape, selling everything from soap to shirts to coffee.Trade ReviewAn original, finely crafted, accessible, and superbly researched work. A welcome combination of visual cultural analysis of modern advertising and German colonial history, Ciarlo's book is an important contribution. -- Janet Ward, University of Nevada Las VegasA stunning, breakthrough book; easily the most important new work on the colonial and racial imagination in pre-World War I Germany in nearly a decade. In startling detail, Ciarlo shows us a new landscape of consumer advertising that shaped German attitudes towards imperialism, the colonies, and racial hierarchies. He also convincingly demonstrates Germany's prewar drift into a deeper, troubling, racial modernity. Brilliant, eye-opening scholarship. -- Helmut Walser Smith, Vanderbilt UniversityA daring and imaginative book. Ciarlo sketches out a vision of German modernity in which domestic politics, colonial competition, and the transnational trade in products and prejudice combined with new methods of mass advertising to populate daily life with nightmarish images of racial antagonism. Ciarlo's startling work is sure to change how we view Imperial Germany and what was to follow. -- Jonathan Zatlin, Boston UniversityCiarlo's book shows, in original and compelling detail, just how richly historians will benefit from taking the study of the visual seriously. Whether in its analysis of advertising per se, or in its careful reading of the interrelations linking imperialist expansion, commodification, racial difference, and mass mediation, Advertising Empire joins a widening circle of exciting new scholarship on the contest of early twentieth-century German modernities. -- Geoff Eley, University of MichiganThis outstanding book has original arguments to make about the connection between the rise of modern advertising culture and the subjugation of colonial peoples. Ciarlo explains why racial images came to be so widely used in advertisements, and he analyses with great skill how those images worked. Boldly framed and sharply written, his thoughtful and important work shows just what historians can achieve through the careful, imaginative analysis of visual images. I recommend Advertising Empire with enthusiasm. -- David Blackbourn, Harvard UniversityCiarlo has written an extremely smart, provocative book linking the rise of German modern advertising and aesthetics with imperialism and racism at the fin-de-siècle...Throughout a profusely and richly illustrated text, Ciarlo concentrates on one aspect of German advertising, namely, the culture of race, through a discussion of images that were reproduced in a myriad of venues from newspapers, magazines, posters, store windows, matchbooks, and the sides of trams and buses, to tins and boxes. One forgets that the massive duplication of images is only about 100 years old; the Germans excelled at both the industrial and artistic techniques that produced new forms of advertising. -- M. Deshmukh * Choice *
£51.81
The University of Chicago Press En Guerre
Book SynopsisWith 2014 marking the hundredth anniversary of the commencement of World War I, this book offers an exploration of the impact of the Great War as viewed through the lens of French graphic illustration of the period.
£15.00
Akashic Books,U.S. No One Told Me Not To Do This: Selected
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£20.66
Titan Books Ltd Velocity
Book Synopsis"Velocity" is a stunning new visionary collection from the imagination of acclaimed illustrator Stephan Martiniere. The fantasy and SF artist has worked for numerous film studios, including Disney and Warner Bros., as well as video game companies. This book showcases his sci-fi book cover paintings, commercial and film art, video game designs, and other never before-seen artwork. This is an unmissable title.
£17.99
