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Tudor Textiles
ISBN: HB: 9780300244120, Yale University Press, April 2020
208 pp., 26.6x21.5 cm, 132 colour illus.
At the Tudor Court, textiles were ubiquitous in decor and ceremony. Tapestries, embroideries, carpets, and hangings were more highly esteemed than paintings and other forms of decorative art. Indeed, in 16th-century Europe, fine textiles were so cost...
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£35,00
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Vintage Advertising An A to Z
ISBN: PB: 9781851245406, Bodleian Library Publishing, April 2020
144 pp., 19.6x19.6 cm, 109 colour illus.
How did the advertisers of the past sell electric corsets, carbolic smoke balls or even the first televisions? Which celebrities endorsed products? How did innovations in printing techniques and packaging design play a part in the evolution of advert...
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£15,00
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Art of Advertising
ISBN: HB: 9781851245383, Bodleian Library Publishing, March 2020
256 pp., 25.9x23.7 cm, 200 colour illus.
Advertisers in the nineteenth and early twentieth century pushed the boundaries of printing, manipulated language, inspired a new form of art and exploited many formats, including calendars, bookmarks and games. This collection of essays examines th...
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£30,00
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Eco Design: Furniture
ISBN: HB: 9788417412401, Hoaki, February 2020
160 pp., 26.5x22.5 cm, fully illustrated in colour
Following the huge demand in contemporary societies to decorate homes in a "green" style, this book offers a more environmentally conscious approach to design and production processes by presenting a wide range of eco furniture products made with nat...
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£14,99
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R. Buckminster Fuller Pattern-Thinking
ISBN: PB: 9783037786093, Lars Muller Publishers, September 2019
350 pp., 24x16.5 cm, 300 colour and black&white illus.
"Pattern-Thinking" reassesses the work of Buckminster Fuller – unique hybrid between theoretician, architect, designer, educator, inventor, and author – as advancing contemporary models of design-research, practice, and pedagogy. Drawing extensively...
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£33,00
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Eco Design: Lamps New Edition
ISBN: HB: 9788416504596, Hoaki, December 2017
160 pp., 26.6x23.2 cm, richly illustrated
Green products and initiatives have become a key aspect of virtually all areas of our lives, and our interior surroundings are no exception to this. This book presents cutting-edge lighting and lamp designs that through their use of recycling techniq...
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£19,99
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Type is Beautiful The Story of Fifty Remarkable Fonts
ISBN: HB: 9781851244317, Bodleian Library Publishing, August 2016
288 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm, 50 black&white illus.
Behind every typeface is a story – who designed it, and why? What are its distinctive characteristics, and what cultural baggage does it carry? This book explores fifty of the most remarkable typefaces, dating from the birth of European printing in...
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£20,00
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Other
ISBN: PB: 9783037784815, Lars Muller Publishers, June 2016
2 pp., 24x21 cm, 28 illus.
In 1903, Adolf Loos, one of the sharpest and most influential architects and critics of the twentieth century, edited the astonishing journal "Das Andere" ("The Other"), subtitled "A Journal for the Introduction of Western Culture into Austria". Only...
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£25,00
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Kem Weber, Designer and Architect
ISBN: HB: 9780300206272, Yale University Press, November 2014
304 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 96 colour images, 205 black&white illus.
For German-born Kem Weber (1889-1963), design was not about finding a new expression; it was about responding to "structural, economic, and social requirements...characteristic of our daily routine of living". He sought to ensure that each design he...
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£50,00
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Jewelry by Artists In the Studio, 1940-2000
ISBN: HB: 9780878467501, DAP, MFA Publications, November 2010
280 pp., 26x24.1 cm, 200 colour illus., 20 black&white illus.
Not for sale in Estonia! Studio jewelry is defined not by an aesthetic or philosophy, but by its makers and their work process. Studio jewelers are independent artists in small workshops, directly handling their materials and producing one-of-a-kin...
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£50,00
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