History & Criticism

Future Beauty is the first comprehensive survey of Japanese avant-garde fashion of the last 30 years. Such designers as Issey Miyake, Yohji Yamamoto and Rei Kawakubo made an enormous impact on the world fashion scene in the late twentieth century,...

Discover the key ideas, innovations, and breakthroughs in the history of design.This book is the perfect introduction to the subject. It explores and explains the big ideas and key principles behind more than 90 celebrated design concepts and movements,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788891838582Author Ivan MiettonFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint RizzoliPublisher RizzoliWeight(grams) 2296g

POP! Design, Culture, Fashion 1955-1976 explores the impact of music, art and personality on the development of the design and fashion of the times. Published to accompany an exhibition at the Fashion and Textile Museum, London, July - October 2012. ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262048668Author Terresa MosesFormat HardbackPage Count 264Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 624gDimensions(mm) 236mm * 157mm * 23mm

Mickey Mouse: Emblem of the American Spirit tells the compelling story of how Walt Disney's beloved graphic alter ego, the most enduring pop icon ever created, was born, how it soon took on a life of its own, and became an instantly recognisable figure...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262546553Author Bruce M. TharpFormat PaperbackPage Count 640Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

The first monograph on the contemporary French fashion brand Zadig & Voltaire, published on the occasion of its 25th anniversary.Synonymous with an effortless rock and roll style, Zadig & Voltaire is a Paris-based French fashion brand founded by Thierry...

A history of design that is often overlooked-until we need it Have you ever hit the big blue button to activate automatic doors? Have you ever used an ergonomic kitchen tool? Have you ever used curb cuts to roll a stroller across an intersection? If you...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Winner of the 2017 AIGA 50 books 50 covers in the book and book cover design category..Book InformationISBN 9780262036504Author David ReinfurtFormat HardbackPage...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783931936969Author Mateo KriesFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Vitra Design MuseumPublisher Vitra Design MuseumWeight(grams) 1610gDimensions(mm) 279mm...

In the 1960s and 1970s, a generation of young Americans rejected the promise of prosperity and the suburban dream embraced by their parents. Furious about the war in Vietnam, fighting for civil rights at home, and eagerly exploring the effects of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262036610Author Nathan KravisFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781484737644Author Don HahnFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint HyperionPublisher Hyperion

The ever-popular blue jean originated in the Old West frontier of San Francisco in the late 1800s, and here is an extensive look at the entire era of Old West denim. Gathered from collections around the world, it presents never-before-seen pictures of...

Through 100 groundbreaking dresses, The Dress traces the past and present influences and reinterpretations in clothing design. From the Victorian crinoline to Vivienne Westwood's mini-crini of 1985, from Herve Leger's 1985 bandage dress to Christopher...

Ordinary clothes have extraordinary stories. In contrast to academic and curatorial focus on the spectacular and the luxurious, Everyday Fashion makes the case that your grandmother's wardrobe is an archive as interesting and important as any museum...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789493246300Author Christine SchranzFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint ValizPublisher Valiz

An Essential Collection of Essays and Musings on Graphic Design from One of the Field's Leading EducatorsIn this wide-ranging compilation, art director, writer, and lecturer Steven Heller shares his passion for graphic design with readers, whom he...

How new conceptions of human-environment interaction became central to design theories and practices in the 1970s At the end of the 1960s, new models of responsiveness between humans and their environments had a profound impact on theories and practices...

A Cultural History of Objects in Antiquity covers the period 500 BCE to 500 CE, examining ancient objects from machines and buildings to furniture and fashion. Many of our current attitudes to the world of things are shaped by ideas forged in classical...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789493148598Author Mariana PestanaFormat PaperbackPage Count 408Imprint OnomatopeePublisher OnomatopeeWeight(grams) 703gDimensions(mm) 241mm * 168mm * 28mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506715735Author Square EnixFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Publisher Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Weight(grams) 1429gDimensions(mm)...

In Hindi 'pukka' means genuine, authentic, complete. Design in India is not only determined by the aesthetic appeal of the object, but also by the significance of the object in the everyday life of its users. In some instances, the age-old practices...

"Forces even the most sophisticated to rethink and rework their ideas of how images work in the world."--School Library Journal.* Traces the history of the swastika, from religious symbol to reviled symbol * More than 175 illustrations * Powerful...

Moving Objects deals with emotive design: designed objects that demand to be engaged with rather than simply used. If postmodernism depended upon ironic distance, and Critical Design is all about questions, then emotive design runs hotter than this,...

An Introduction to Design and Culture provides a comprehensive guide to the changing relationships between design and culture from 1900 to the present day with an emphasis on five main themes:Design and consumptionDesign and technologyThe design...

This volume presents for the first time in English a curated selection of writings by the design thinker Gui Bonsiepe from the 1960s to the present day. Addressing as it does questions of non-Western design and a design practice that is both radical and...

"Meticulously researched and beautifully produced." Times Literary Supplement "A big and beautiful book." Journal of British Studies "A definitive history of the sports shoe." Amber Butchart, fashion historian "A necessary book [and] a great read."...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781581154962Author Debbie MillmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Allworth Press,U.S.Publisher Allworth Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm)...

Challenging the dominant design paradigm that centres humanity in its practice, Designing for Interdependence puts forward an ecocentric mode of designing that privileges a harmonious relationship between all life forms that share our planet. This book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262546119Author Pippin BarrFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Design is everywhere. Graphic design enters into everything. This is the scope of designer Steven Heller's latest essay anthology that covers the spectrum of graphic design and related art and culture. Looking at design as practice, language, culture,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783944669229Author Torsten BlumeFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Spector BooksPublisher Spector Books

A comprehensive celebration of the fashions of one of the world's most revered designers. On the eve of the company's fortieth anniversary, this lavish book focuses upon the key creations and important milestones in the history of the celebrated Italian...

This book can be read through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. It is funded by Knowledge Unlatched. The historiography of the Great War has been significantly renewed in recent years; yet, despite...

"Pop culture is often maligned as fleeting, but history shows that sometimes what is pop in one culture has time-honored resonance in later ones. This book is an attempt to show that pop culture, especially as seen through the lenses of design,...

This is an interrogation of the theory and practice of design through the thought of Gilles Deleuze. What can Deleuze's creative, immanent and practical philosophy offer to a field not only concerned with innovation and the creation of possible worlds,...

A Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2010. Designing the Modern Interior reveals how the design of the inside spaces of our homes and public buildings is shaped by and shapes our modern culture. The modern interior has often been narrowly defined by...

How design made America modern: masterpieces of furniture, metalware and plastics from the early 20th century During the 1920s and 1930s, the speed of modern life in the United States, accelerated by advances in transportation, communication,...