History & Criticism

The famous Italian designer Massimo Vignelli allows us a glimpse of his understanding of good design in this book, its rules and criteria. He uses numerous examples to convey applications in practice - from product design via signaletics and graphic...

Why does a book look and feel the way it does? What can it tell us about the circumstances of its creation? This is a fascinating exploration of the development of book design through some of the most treasured volumes in the British Library collections...

One of the most beautiful handcrafted typefaces in the world, Albertus is also one of the most enduring. The face of thousands of book jackets, and the chosen look for David Bowie, Coldplay, Star Wars and London street signs, Albertus is as as warmly...

From the Chanel suit to the Wonderbra, via Jackie Kennedy, Ziggy Stardust and Alexander McQueen, respected fashion journalist and editor Paula Reed explores each of the styles and visionaries that have defined the way we dress. Spanning fifty years -...

Design thinking is the core creative process for any designer; this book explores and explains this apparently mysterious design ability. This new edition is a completely revised, updated and extended version of a classic text. Focusing on what...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262047630Author Manuel LimaFormat HardbackPage Count 232Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Are We Human? rethinks the philosophy of design in a multi-dimensional exploration from the very first tools and ornaments to the constant buzz of social media. The average day involves the experience of thousands of layers of design that reach to...

From architects and product designers to textile artists and digital innovators, Women Design profiles a selection of the most dynamic female designers from the modern era, showcasing their finest work and celebrating their enduring influence. Design...

The classic elegant English typeface, still widely used as a book text more than 250 years since its creation. Baskerville is a transitional design, poised between the first metal types and modern styles, notable for its combination of fat and thin...

'If you go to Tokyo, I think it becomes very obvious that there's this almost seamless mixture of popular culture and Japanese traditional culture.' - Kazuo IshiguroFrom the youthful maximalism of Harajuku to the luxurious sophistication of Ginza, Tokyo...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262543569Author Matthew WizinskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

The celebrated and much sought-after issue of the magazine idea focusing on a towering gure in Swiss graphic design is now in print again.idea is a renowned Japanese magazine on international graphic art and typography. Its 333th edition lent 226 pages...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262027601Author Richard KenvinFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

This book argues narrative, people and place are inseparable and pursues the consequences of this insight through the design of narrative environments. This is a new and distinct area of practice that weaves together and extends narrative theory, spatial...

An inspiration to countless designers and the stomping ground of fashion's in-crowd, London is the capital of subculture.From Mary Quant to Alexander McQueen, from punks to goths, and from Twiggy to Naomi Campbell, Little Book of London Style is the...

For decades, anyone who cared about product design looked to the Braun label when choosing their appliances, radios, and other consumer items. Dieter Rams, the guiding force behind the Braun look, breaks down his design principles and processes in this...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262044899Author Michelle Millar FisherFormat HardbackPage Count 344Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

The latest publication by designer Kenya Hara following his acclaimed Designing Design. White is not a book about color. It is rather the author's attempt to explore the essence of "white," which he sees as being closely related to the origin of...

Foreword by Kaffe Fassett A visual journey through the decades, Vintage Knitwear takes a close look at the key periods, significant styles, iconic designers and cultural influences in fashion knitwear.Organized chronologically, this book enables the...

How Walt Disney and the Disney Studios wove the aesthetics of French decorative arts into the fairy-tale worlds of beloved animated films, from Cinderella to Beauty and the Beast and beyond Pink castles, talking sofas, and objects coming to life: what...

Vices or virtues: drinking and smoking provided marketers with products to be forged into visual feasts. In this lush compendium of advertisements, we explore how depictions of these commodities spanned from the elegant to the offbeat, revealing how...

This revised and expanded history of interior design from the 19th-century Arts and Crafts movement to the present day is packed with examples and analysis of all the major styles and trends, including Art Nouveau, Bauhaus, the Modern Movement and Art...

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...

In today's world of instant snapshots, 24-hour news, and round-the-clock connectivity, an illustrated press where the images are as important as the text has become an increasingly rare art form. This far-reaching compendium celebrates the golden age of...

"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,...

'Brings both house and garden vividly to life... A magnificent achievement' Gardens Illustrated 'A finely crafted work... it is an important record of the history of one of the country's most splendid estates' The English Garden The Palladian house...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781949484090Author Geoff KaplanFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint No Place PressPublisher No Place Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782080421944Author Jean-Louis CohenFormat HardbackPage Count 356Imprint FlammarionPublisher Editions FlammarionWeight(grams) 1400g

A larger-than-life figure in the design community with a client list to match, Paula Scher turned her first major project as a partner at Pentagram into a formative twenty-five-year relationship with the Public Theater in New York. This behind-the-scenes...

The 18th century has been hailed for its revolution in consumer culture, but Material Literacy in Eighteenth-Century Britain repositions Britain as a nation of makers. It brings new attention to 18th-century craftswomen and men with its focus on the...

Critical Design is becoming an increasingly influential discipline, affecting policy and practice in a range of fields. Matt Malpass's book is the first to introduce critical design as a field, providing a history of the discipline, outlining its key...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739897192Author Kazuo HozumiPage Count 1Imprint Herb Lester Associates LtdPublisher Herb Lester Associates LtdWeight(grams) 75gDimensions(mm) 210mm *...

How do we define taste? The only certainty is that it shifts and changes - sometimes abruptly. With the explosion of vulgar consumerism in the mid-nineteenth century, the Victorians seized upon the notion of good taste as a way of codifying...

Whether it's horror at plastic littering the world's beaches, or despair at the melting of the polar ice caps, the world is gradually waking up to the impending climate disaster. In The Green Imperative, Papanek argues for design that addresses these...

Exploring an unjustly overlooked figure in 20th-century British visual culture This book offers a comprehensive overview to the work and legacy of David King (1943-2016), whose fascinating career bridged journalism, graphic design, photography, and...

Since the establishment of his label in 1994, Rick Owens has transformed global fashion with his provocative clothing and subversive style. Distinguished by his grunge-meets-glamour aesthetic and defiant anti-fashion stance, Owens created a dark fashion...

"It's a fascinating journey, and with pages featuring brilliant images of rubies, emeralds, and Jaipur enamel work, it's a true feast for the eyes." - Natural Diamonds Inspired by India is an exploration of more than six centuries of trade, cultural...

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...

An essential examination of how emigration and resettlement defined modernismIn the fraught years leading up to World War II, many modern artists and architects emigrated from continental Europe to the United States and Britain. The experience of exile...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781786273970Author Stephen J. EskilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 472Imprint Laurence King PublishingPublisher Laurence King Publishing