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Poster in History
Paperback,
16/01/2002,
£21.99
£19.79
A profusely illustrated survey of posters from the French Revolution to the present.
Posters: A Concise History
Paperback,
08/05/1972,
£8.95
£8.06
Studies the artists and movements that have shaped and influenced the development of poster design during a one-hundred-year period.
How Posters Work
Paperback,
26/05/2015,
£19.95
£17.96
How Posters Work is more than a standard exhibition catalogue. Conceived as a useful and illuminating primer in visual thinking, this book explores principles of design through a range of historical and contemporary works, uncovering ideas relevant not just to the design of posters but to 2D design more generally.
Mid-Century Modern Icons of Design
Paperback,
04/04/2016,
£14.95
£13.46
Features exclusive illustrations of iconic mid-century designs, from Eames chairs to Poul Henningsen lamps and George Nelson clocks, all rendered in a distinctive graphic style. This title is suitable for design aficionados or those wishing to inject a little mid-century style into their home.
Edifice Complex: The architecture of power
Paperback,
01/04/2011,
£12.99
£11.69
From Hitler's vast Chancellery to Saddam Hussein's Mother of all Battles mosque, from Olympic stadiums to Donald Trump's excesses, the author examines the murky relationship between buildings, money and politics, revealing the power of architecture - and the architecture of power.
Great Painters
Paperback,
21/06/2004,
£14.99
£10.49
Spanning six centuries and 73 painters, this book examines what makes a painter one of the 'greats'. Their life and career, style and artistic approach are all described, and their work placed within the development of art history.
Baroness Elsa: Gender, Dada, and Everyday Modernity -- A Cultural Biography
Paperback,
29/08/2003,
£40.00
£36.00
The first biography of the enigmatic dadaist known as "the Baroness"--Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven.
Information (Whitechapel: Documents of Contemporary Art)
Paperback,
21/10/2016,
£16.95
£15.26
An art-historical reassessment of information-based art and exhibition curation, from 1960s conceptualism to current digital and network-based practices.
Seeing Things: A Kid's Guide to Looking at Photographs
Hardback,
26/07/2016,
£15.95
£14.36
Suitable for children between the ages of nine and twelve, this is an introduction to photography that asks how photographers transform ordinary things into meaningful moments. It takes readers on a journey through the power and magic of photography: its abilities to freeze time, tell a story, combine several layers into one frame, and more.
Photography and Exploration
Paperback,
01/06/2013,
£19.95
£17.96
This book by James R. Ryan shines new light on how photography has shaped the image of explorers, expeditions and the worlds they discovered.
Experiencing Architecture
Paperback,
01/01/1962,
£25.00
£5.99
A classic examination of superb design through the centuries.
Sketch Now, Think Later: Jump into Urban Sketching with Limited Time, Tools, and Techniques
Paperback,
27/09/2017,
£14.99
£13.49
Boston-based urban artist Mike Daikubara gives beginners a crash course in location sketching that you can use in any city in Sketch Now, Think Later.
My Year in Small Drawings: Notice, Draw, Appreciate
Paperback,
03/08/2017,
£10.99
£9.89
My Year in Small Drawings is a charmingly original visual diary, encouraging you to create and collect the details all around you every day.
365 Days of Art: A creative exercise for every day of the year
Paperback,
19/10/2017,
£14.99
£13.49
A draw-in, write-in journal to nurture creativity and mindfulness
How to Draw Anything
Hardback,
21/09/2017,
£9.99
£8.99
Remember how you used to draw with confidence and joy as a child? This book will help you harness that natural skill, and along the way you will discover how drawing will give your thoughts clarity, trigger memories, invigorate passions and find solutions.
How to Love Brutalism
Hardback,
05/04/2018,
£12.99
£11.69
A collection of 20 personal and passionate essays on why controversial Brutalist buildings are so loved. Illustrated with striking drawings by The Brutal Artist, the book is divided up into a series of mini essays that explains the brutalist world from a human aspect, as well as an architectural, historical and even pop cultural angle.
Design Roadmapping: Guidebook for Future Foresight Techniques
Hardback,
26/04/2018,
£35.00
£31.50
Between initiation and launch, different 'roads' lead to different products and services creations. Roadmapping supports hereby dialogues of cross- communication.
European Art: A Neuroarthistory
Hardback,
04/10/2016,
£45.00
£40.50
A bold revision of the history of European art, told through the lens of neuroscience
Beauty of Everyday Things
Paperback,
08/01/2019,
£9.99
£8.99
Long revered as the authority on craftsmanship and Japanese aesthetics, Yanagi devoted his life and writing to defend the value of craft. In an age of feeble and ugly machine-made things, The Beauty of Everyday Things is a call to deepen relationships with the objects that surround people.
Thinking is Making: Presence and Absence in Contemporary Sculpture
Hardback,
11/03/2013,
£29.95
£26.96
Explores the intriguing concept of modern scultpures as vanished objects, not encompassing the traditional connotations of weight, scale and material. This book questions both the presence and absence of objects and their makers within contemporary British sculpture.
Graphic Design the New Basics
Paperback,
07/07/2015,
£21.99
£19.79
Seven years after the publication of Graphic Design: The New Basics, coauthors Ellen Lupton and Jennifer Cole Phillips have updated the book with current content and extended key sections.
Arts & Crafts Churches
Hardback,
24/09/2020,
£49.99
£44.99
Arts & Crafts Churches provides a definitive guide to 735 of the finest Arts & Crafts churches in Britain, including detailed descriptions of 175
Grace
Hardback,
22/11/2012,
£30.00
£27.00
Overnight, the flame-haired the author became a heroine for fashion insiders and the general public alike. This title shares the excitement and vision that go into producing so many unforgettable fashion images.
Portrait Painting Atelier
Hardback,
22/04/2010,
£30.00
£27.00
Focuses on foundational principles of art. This book gives serious beginners to professional artists an understanding of the old masters' unparalleled approach to paint application. It includes ten step-by-step portrait demonstrations.
Unquiet Landscape: Places and Ideas in 20th-Century British Painting
Paperback,
27/02/2020,
£10.99
£9.89
'A minor modern classic, to my mind, uniting art history and landscape thought by means of dazzling, dancing, unsettling sentences ... I'm delighted it's back in print in a new edition' Robert Macfarlane
A Century of Colour in Design: 250 innovative objects and the stories behind them
Hardback,
29/09/2020,
£19.95
£17.96
50 Women Sculptors
Hardback,
02/04/2020,
£25.00
£22.50
With an overview of women sculptors from Harriet Hosmer to Sarah Lucas we explore the work of 50 great women artists who have forged a name for themselves in a male arena, broken rules, pushed boundaries and inspired us with their visionary creations. Includes: Maggi Hambling, Sophie Ryder, Helaine Blumenfeld, Rachel Ara and many more.
Circles and Squares: The Lives and Art of the Hampstead Modernists
Paperback,
18/02/2021,
£10.99
£9.89
Stories of Fashion, Textiles, and Place: Evolving Sustainable Supply Chains
Paperback,
07/10/2021,
£21.99
£19.79
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