Allworth Press, October 2003. Trade Paperback. Design is one of the most powerful fields of study of our time. This anthology not only makes it immediately accessible to a vast audience, but also displays it in all its glory and humanity. It gives design an even better name.--Paola Antonelli, Curator..... More

The Gardiner Museum Toronto Canada, January 2008. Soft Cover. More

Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux, June 2020. Hardcover. An Architectural Record Notable Book A fascinating, thought-provoking journey into our built environment Modern humans are an indoor species. We spend 90 percent of our time inside, shuttling between homes and offices, schools and stores, restaurants and gyms. And yet..... 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

B E S Pub Co, July 1978. Hardcover. All ex-library features: glued-down jacket with remnants of jacket wrap, pocket removal scars, stamped edges; else, a good, solid copy. More

Assouline, March 2002. Hardcover. Internationally renowned artist Bernar Venet continues to challenge himself with a wholly original, fresh collection of furniture. Although designed to satisfy a non-artistic, purely domestic need, furniture fits naturally into the range of Venet's creative activities. Using a blowtorch to cut thick sheets of laminated, crude..... 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

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

Basic Books, December 2015. Hardcover. Look closely at any typically American article of clothing these days, and you may be surprised to see a Japanese label inside. From high-end denim to oxford button-downs, Japanese designers have taken the classic American look-known as ametora, or American traditional-and turned it into a...... 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

Dover Publications, June 1956. Paper Back. "Highly recommended as one of the very few books on the subject worthy of being used an an authoritative guide." -- Design "Illustrators, sculptors, and taxidermists who draw or model animals will welcome this new revised edition." -- Natural History Here are 288 remarkably..... More

Watson-Guptill Publications, January 1980. Hardcover. Light shelf wear, edge wear and a 5mm closed tear on the jacket. More

Gibbs Smith, April 2021. Hardcover. Patina style imbues Giannetti client homes in a variety of architectural styles. Steve Giannetti's architectural designs springboard from his image of ultimate beauty--a place where modern, classical and industrial elements merge to create a unique style with a modern sense of space and emotion drawn..... More

Princeton Architectural Press, October 2007. Trade Paperback. We all have something in our lives that while not obviously valuable, is displayed as though it were a precious and irreplaceable artifact. Inquire about the object's provenance and you'll likely be treated to a lively anecdote about how it came into your..... 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

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

Gibbs Smith, July 2019. Hardcover. Spirited interior décor inspired by a love of old, a quest for authenticity, and the artful blending of old with new. Holly Kuhn's signature style combines patina finishes, leather, classic home furnishings, and personal collections with ease and sophistication. Her style captures the great American..... More

University of Chicago Press, September 1989. Oversize Softcover. Although design infuses every object in the material world and gives form to immaterial processes as well, it is only recently that design itself has become the focus of intellectual debate. In Design Discourse, Victor Margolin gathers together a body of new..... More

HarperCollins Publishers, November 1989. Oversize Softcover. More

Artisan Publishers, October 2019. Hardcover. A reclusive designer living in a custom tiny house in the middle of the Montana wilderness. A couple who traded their expensive Bay Area apartment for a slip at a nearby marina, where they live on a docked sailboat. A family of five who decided..... More

Hatje Cantz, January 2009. Soft Cover. Ugly bump to top of spine. Otherwise this would be a fine copy. Oversized. More

Phaidon Press, April 2021. Hardcover. An unprecedented, essential field guide to more than a century of fascinating product and industrial design From legendary classics to anonymous objects that are indispensable in homes and offices, this one-of-a-kind collection of original patent documents celebrates the creative genius of designers, inventors, creators, innovators..... More

Peachpit Press, November 2000. Oversize Softcover. Helping students learn the basic principles of design, this book contains discussions and examples of visual metaphors, visual impact, grid theory, and problem solving. Included are lessons on how to work with colour, photos, and clip art. Focusing on specific projects, it is for..... More

The MIT Press, 1993. Cloth. 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

Graphics Pr, February 1997. Oversized Hardcover. Riveting ideas on presenting better information design. Few would disagree: Life in the information age can be overwhelming. Through computers, the Internet, the media, and even our daily newspapers, we are awash in a seemingly endless stream of charts, maps, infographics, diagrams, and data..... More

Laurence King Publishing, December 2000. Hardcover. This annual profiles the best of British advertising and design selected from over 14,000 entries. The D & AD - British Design and Art Direction - is an association working on behalf of the design and advertising communities in the UK. Its aim is..... More