Clarkson Potter, October 2019. Oversized Hardcover. A visual delight and an inspiration for every bibliophile with a growing home library, this dream-and-drool design book features some of the most jaw-dropping book collections of homeowners around the world. NAMED ONE OF JO'S FALL FAVORITES IN MAGNOLIA JOURNAL Interior designer Nina Freudenberger..... More
The Monacelli Press, November 2021. Hardcover. From Lewis Miller, the celebrated floral designer and Flower Bandit himself, an intimate and joyous behind-the-scenes look at his signature Flower Flashes as they introduced bright moments of natural beauty into the city when they were needed most. Before dawn one morning in October..... More
Metropolitan Museum of Art, December 1981. Cloth. Quarto {7 & 1/2 x 10} In dustjacket with rubbing edgewear & darkening at edges. One-inch closed tear top edge of front DJ panel. Brwon cloth covered boads with gold lettering along spine and stamped gold floral design with tooled gold circle. Soiling/residue..... More
Landmark Books Intl, June 1978. Cloth. Octavo. UK edition in very good dustjacket. Maroon cloth covered boards with gold lettering along spine. Numerous excellent black & white and color illustrations & photographs and maps. [201 pp.]. More
Princeton Architectural Pr, February 1992. Paper Back. Quarto. More
Duncan Baird, October 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Chinese characters captivate as much with their artistic expressiveness as with their fascinating layers of meaning: they are written reflections of a unique and beguiling culture. Drawing upon the latest scholarship, this book gathers 100 of the most significant sinographs, placing them within..... More
The MIT Press, 1993. Hardcover. The development of photomontage techniques during the early 1920s and 1930s in the United States, Germany, and the Soviet Union had a profound influence on contemporary art and mass media. Montage and Modern Life uncovers the roots of this complex relationship. Through unexpected juxtapositions and..... More
Art Institute of Chicago, January 1995. Oversize Softcover. More
Allworth Press, September 1998. Trade Paperback. This collection of essays, interviews, and course syllabi examines how changing professional standards in graphic design have revolutionized the way design is taught, learned, and practiced. Forty-two top designers and educators talk theory, offer proposals, and discuss a wide range of educational concerns, from..... More
W. W. Norton & Company, May 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Although the skeleton shapes of the letters of our alphabet hardly change, many skilled type designers have devoted much time, sometimes their whole lives, to drawing different versions of the outlines. This book serves as an introduction to the concept..... More
The MIT Press, 1993. Hardcover. The development of photomontage techniques during the early 1920s and 1930s in the United States, Germany, and the Soviet Union had a profound influence on contemporary art and mass media. Montage and Modern Life uncovers the roots of this complex relationship. Through unexpected juxtapositions and..... More
Little Brown and Company, January 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. By the author of Populuxe. This text explains how manufacturers play with the consumer's mind in an attempt to sell day-to-day products such as soap and breakfast cereal, each product sitting on a supermarket shelf having been carefully designed to promote..... More
Pearson Prentice Hall, February 2008. Oversize Softcover. 'Graphic Design History' traces the social and cultural role of visual communication from prehistory to the present, connecting what designers do every day to a history of innovative graphic forms and effects. 'Graphic Design History' traces the social and cultural role of visual..... More
University of Pennsylvania Press, November 2004. Hardcover. In 1939, Vogue magazine invited commercial designer Raymond Loewy and eight of his contemporaries--including Walter Dorwin Teague, Egmont Arens, and Henry Dreyfuss--to design a dress for the Woman of the Future as part of its special issue promoting the New York World's Fair..... More
The Gardiner Museum Toronto Canada, January 2008. Soft Cover. More
Red Globe Press, May 2001. Trade Paperback. This text provides an accessible critical introduction to a variety of different analytic strategies for understanding the range of objects (paintings, sculpture, adverts, furniture, textiles, photography, fashion, etc.) that make up visual culture. Beginning with a discussion of what understanding can be taken..... More
Routledge, April 2005. Trade Paperback. What is the point of graphic design? Is it advertising or is it art? What purpose does it serve in our society and culture? Malcolm Barnard explores how meaning and identity are at the core of every graphic design project and argues that the role..... More
Insight Editions, November 2019. Hardcover. Filled with gorgeous illustrations and artwork from HBO's hit series, The Art of Game of Thrones is the definitive Game of Thrones art collection. The official collection of behind the scenes concept art and production design from HBO's landmark TV show Game of Thrones. Learn..... More
Seven Dials, Castle & Company, December 2000. Paper Back. One of the world's leading maze designers displays his most spectacular and complex mazes, and reveals their powerful psychological secrets, mathematical structures, and how to solve them quickly. Over 150 illustrations, including 100 color photos, cover Greek minotaurs, Roman mosaic labyrinths..... More
Franco Maria Ricci, January 1972. First Edition. Cloth. (9-inces x 14-inches) Numbered & limited. #78/2000. In well worn cloth covered slipcase with one cracked corner. Book is in exquisite condition. The 2000 consisted of 1500 bound in black silk and 500 bound in leather. This copy is bound in black..... More
Chronicle Books (CA), August 2006. Paper Back. Made in Japanthese three simple words conjure playful wit, a delight in detail, formal elegance, and graphic energy. Author of Made in China, Reed Darmon has collected hundreds of images of everyday Japanese design and pop culture ephemera from the past century. Including..... More
Watson-Guptill Publications, January 1980. Hardcover. Light shelf wear, edge wear and a 5mm closed tear on the jacket. More
Dover Publications, August 1979. Oversize Softcover. Stained glass craftsmen can recreate the formal, chromatic elegance of the Victorians with this book of 96 authentic Victorian patterns. Well-known stained glass craftsman Ed Sibbert, Jr., has created these patterns from actual examples of Victorian work and adapted them to make the translation..... More
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, May 2010. Hardcover. Why design now? As issues of ecology and sustainable living continue to gain in urgency and topicality, design has come to the forefront of the arts as the discipline best equipped to meet today's challenges. Designers around the world are rising to..... More
