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Designers Don't Read by Austin Howe 9781581156652
RRP: $29.23$25.90Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781581156652Author Austin HoweFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Allworth Press,U.S.Publisher Allworth Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 333gDimensions(mm) 216mm *... -
The Culture of Craft by Peter Dormer 9780719046186
RRP: $29.23$21.68Peter Dormer presents a series of lively, clearly argued discussions about the relevance of handicraft in a world whose aesthetics and design are largely determined by technology. One of the key questions discussed in the book is what makes the... -
Modern Beauty by Gestalten
RRP: $68.25$49.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783899558609Author gestaltenFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint gestaltenPublisher Die Gestalten Verlag -
Chairs: 1,000 Masterpieces of Modern Design, 1800 to the Present Day by Charlotte Fiell
RRP: $68.25$48.42From Alvar Aalto to Marco Zanuso, Chairs introduces over 1,000 groundbreaking innovations by the world's greatest designers. Tracing the history of the modern chair from 1800 to the present day, revered experts Charlotte and Peter Fiell comprehensively... -
Moving Objects: A Cultural History of Emotive Design by Damon Taylor
RRP: $48.73$42.47Moving 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,... -
Decorative Art 70s by Charlotte & Peter Fiell
RRP: $58.50$42.80Published annually from 1906 until 1980, Decorative Art, The Studio Yearbook was dedicated to the latest currents in architecture, interiors, furniture, lighting, glassware, textiles, metalware, and ceramics. Since the publications went out of print, the... -
Surf Craft: Design and the Culture of Board Riding by Richard Kenvin
RRP: $70.20$48.03Apologies 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 -
Women Design: Pioneers from the twentieth century to today by Libby Sellers
RRP: $31.18$22.09From 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... -
Japanese Design: An Illustrated Guide to Art, Architecture and Aesthetics in Japan by Patricia J. Graham
RRP: $33.13$19.89"Graham has crafted a compact, jewel-like resource for all who seek to understand the sources, evolution, impact, and value of Japanese aesthetics and design principles in our modern world." -Dr. Jane Schall, Sanders Sosland Curator of Modern and... -
Great Designs: The World's Best Design Explored and Explained by DK 9780241298817
RRP: $38.98$29.80A lavishly illustrated guide to the history of design, this book showcases more than 100 of the most groundbreaking and important design classics ever created - from the 1860s to the present.Discover the story of design and its evolution from the... -
Supreme: Downtown New York Skate Culture by Aaron Bondaroff
RRP: $87.75$66.71The first monograph on the iconic independent New York street fashion label Supreme. In April 1994, Supreme opened its doors on Lafayette Street in downtown Manhattan and became the home of New York City skate culture. Challenging the dominance of the... -
Illustrated Encyclopedia of Tartan by Iain Zaczek 9781780192758
RRP: $23.38$19.97This is a complete history and visual guide to over 400 famous tartans. It is a comprehensive and informative visual directory of tartans, both ancient and modern. It contains a fascinating account of how tartan is woven into every aspect of the story of... -
Seventeenth Century Women's Dress Patterns: Book Two by Susan North 9781851776856
RRP: $68.25$59.16Book Two in the V&A's groundbreaking new series presents 17 patterns for garments and accessories from a seventeenth-century woman's wardrobe. It includes patterns for a loose gown, a jacket, a pair of stays and a boned bodice, ivory and wooden busks,... -
The Little Book of the Little Black Dress: 100 Years of a Fashion Icon by Orange Hippo!
RRP: $11.68$9.17The iconic dress that has stood the test of time.Contemporary yet classic, the little black dress never goes out of style. Popularized by Coco Chanel in the 1920s, the style freed women from the corset and became the epitome of liberation. Dubbed the... -
The Nature of Dreams: Masterpieces of Art Nouveau from the Anderson Collection: 2020 by Paul Greenhalgh
RRP: $58.50$36.68Published to accompany a major new exhibition at the Sainsbury Centre, this book examines the spectacular and controversial vision of art practice that raged across the Western world from the end of the 19th century: Art Nouveau.The role of nature is a... -
Vignelli Canon by Massimo Vignelli 9783037782255
RRP: $39.00$27.87The 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... -
The Book by Design: The Remarkable Story of the World's Greatest Invention by P. J. M. Marks 9780712354042
RRP: $78.00$50.99Why 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... -
Bauhaus Graphic Novel by Valentina Grande
RRP: $38.98$30.05The main character of this extraordinary graphic novel is not a person but an idea-the school of Bauhaus, which arose in the wake of World War I, and emerged as the fundamental reference point for virtually every avant-garde artistic movement that... -
Albertus: The Biography of a Typeface (The ABC of Fonts) by Simon Garfield 9781399609241
RRP: $29.23$19.11One 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... -
The Design Museum - Fashion Evolution: The 250 looks that shaped modern fashion by Paula Reed
RRP: $48.75$36.31From 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 -... -
Out of the Box: The Rise of Sneaker Culture by Bobbito Garcia 9780847846603
RRP: $78.00$62.52Out of the Box: The Rise of Sneaker Culture showcases breakthrough sneaker's from the mid-nineteenth century for sports performance to present day cultural icon. Drawn from collections including Adidas, Nike, Reebok, PUMA, and Converse archives, as well... -
Adhocism: The Case for Improvisation by Charles Jencks
RRP: $52.65$37.87Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262518444Author Charles JencksFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 726g -
Design Thinking: Understanding How Designers Think and Work by Prof. Nigel Cross
RRP: $35.08$29.29Design 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... -
Graphic Design Rants and Raves: Bon Mots on Persuasion, Entertainment, Education, Culture, and Practice by Steven Heller 9781621535362
$29.48Design 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,... -
Classic Beauty: The History of Makeup by Gabriela Hernandez 9780764353000
RRP: $89.68$59.90Discover the captivating and ever-evolving journey of beauty standards throughout the ages in this comprehensive and updated reference book. Delve into the dynamic interplay among politics, society, and beauty rituals, shaping the concept of a beautiful... -
The Second Digital Turn: Design Beyond Intelligence by Mario Carpo
RRP: $44.85$29.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262534024Author Mario CarpoFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 203mm * 137mm * 13mm -
Baskerville: The Biography of a Typeface (The ABC of Fonts) by Simon Garfield 9781399609272
RRP: $29.23$19.11The 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... -
Decorating the 'Godly' Household: Religious Art in Post-Reformation Britain by Tara Hamling
RRP: $87.75$75.33The Reformation is generally regarded as a calamitous episode in the history of British art, with the rich artistic heritage of the medieval period eradicated and replaced by an austere Protestant culture of the word. This compelling new study presents a... -
Ruder Typography-Ruder Philosophy: Idea No.333 by Helmut Schmid 9783037785416
RRP: $58.50$40.85The 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... -
Moholy-Nagy in Britain: 1935-1937 by Valeria Carullo
RRP: $58.40$44.36One of the most innovative artists and thinkers of the first half of the 20th century, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946) emigrated to Britain after the forced closure of the Bauhaus, following his colleague Walter Gropius. This book examines the two years... -
Fashion in the Time of Jane Austen by Sarah-Jane Downing 9780747807674
RRP: $17.53$14.41The broader Regency period 1795 to 1820, stands alone as an incredible moment in fashion history, unlike anything that went before it. For the first time, England became a fashion influence, especially for menswear, and became the toast of Paris, as... -
Narrative Environments and Experience Design: Space as a Medium of Communication by Tricia Austin
RRP: $77.98$68.37This 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... -
Hiroshi Fujiwara by Hiroshi Fujiwara
RRP: $78.00$61.52Known internationally and variously described as the Godfather of Streetwear and one of the founding fathers of Tokyo's Harajuku scene, Hiroshi Fujiwara exerts a disproportionate influence over contemporary design culture. Fujiwara, who had collaborated... -
Walter Gropius: Visionary Founder of the Bauhaus by Fiona MacCarthy
RRP: $33.13$22.58* A Times and New Statesman Book of the Year ** BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week ** Illustrated with over 130 colour photographs and drawings *'A masterpiece.' Edmund de Waal'Commanding, intelligent, gripping.' The TimesFrom 1910 to 1930 Gropius was at the... -
Ten Principles for Good Design: Dieter Rams by Cees W De Jong
RRP: $77.98$58.46For 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... -
Walt Disney's Disneyland by Chris Nichols
RRP: $78.00$60.04Walt Disney dreamed for decades about opening the ultimate entertainment venue, but it wasn't until the early 1950s that his handpicked team began to bring his vision to life. Together, artists, architects, and engineers transformed a dusty tract of... -
How Games Move Us: Emotion by Design by Katherine Isbister
RRP: $38.98$26.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of This is a renaissance moment for video games -- in the variety of genres they represent, and the range of emotional territory they cover. But how do games create... -
Concrete Poetry: Post-War Modernist Public Art by Simon Phipps 9781910463123
RRP: $39.00$27.03Concrete Poetry is the first photographic survey of Modernist sculpture within the Brutalist context.About the AuthorSimon Phipps is a photographer and sculptor. He is the creator of the New Brutalism collection on Tumblr and Instagram (30,000 followers)... -
White: Insights into Japanese Design Philosophy by Kenya Hara 9783037781838
RRP: $42.90$30.46The 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... -
Valentino: Themes and Variations by Pamela Golbin
$114.33The name Valentino has been synonymous with high fashion for almost fifty years. Based in Rome, Valentino is only one of two couture houses recognized by the French government outside of Paris. His exquisite designs are coveted and worn by young...