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Marred for Life! Defaced Record Covers from the Collection of Greg Wooten
ISBN: HB: 9780999365526, DAP, J&L Books, April 2019
160 pp., 22.2x15.2 cm, 275 colour illus.
Not for sale in Estonia! "Marred for Life!" presents over 250 record covers, lovingly and mischievously vandalized by anonymous music lovers. The LP covers were selected from the collection of Greg Wooten, a Los Angeles – based collector, musician...
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£30,00
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Upcycling with Style A Step-by-Step Workbook
ISBN: PB: 9781869664961, Bookport, New Holland Publishers, March 2019
192 pp., 25x21 cm, 120 illus.
Rather than mimicking interior design trends this book provides both the inspiration and practical information to upcycle tired objects and give them a new lease of life. Give an old couch a revamp, make quirky cushions, revitalise a tired garden cor...
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£12,99
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Weaving Modernism Postwar Tapestry Between Paris and New York
ISBN: HB: 9780300232592, Yale University Press, March 2019
280 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 59 colour illus., 45 black&white illus.
With a revelatory analysis of how the postwar French tapestry revival provided a medium for modern art and a model for its discourse and marketing on both sides of the Atlantic, "Weaving Modernism" presents a fascinating reexamination of modernism's...
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£50,00
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Rise of Everyday Design The Arts and Crafts Movement in Britain and America
ISBN: HB: 9780300234985, Yale University Press, February 2019
256 pp., 27.9x22.9 cm, 210 colour illus.
In its spread from Britain to the United States, the Arts and Crafts Movement evolved from its roots in individual craftsmanship to a mainstream trend increasingly adapted for mass production by American retailers. Inspired by John Ruskin in Britain...
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£45,00
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Textiles of Japan The Thomas Murray Collection
ISBN: HB: 9783791385204, Prestel Publishing, February 2019
520 pp., 34x25.5 cm, 500 colour illus.
Textiles are an eloquent form of cultural expression and of great importance in the daily life of a people, as well as in their rituals and ceremonies. The traditional clothing and fabrics featured in this book were made and used in the islands of th...
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£75,00
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Japanese Motifs in Contemporary Design
ISBN: HB: 9789887928409, Bookport, SendPoints, January 2019
240 pp., 28x21.5 cm, colour illus.
For sale in Balkans only! This book presents over 600 traditional Japanese motifs, ranging from ukiyo-e, ghost stories, kamon and Noh plays to traditional patterns, which include introductions of their cultural backgrounds. It also showcases outsta...
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£34,95
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Otaku Life Comics, Video Games and Cosplay
ISBN: HB: 9789887928324, Bookport, SendPoints, January 2019
224 pp., 27x20 cm, colour illus.
For sale in Balkans only! The once denied and misunderstood subcultures, such as otaku/geek culture, are now making their ways to the mainstream and significantly influ-encing the trends and directions of arts. "Otaku Life!" presents otaku elements...
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£29,95
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bauhaus journal 1926-1931 facsimile edition
ISBN: PB: 9783037785881, Lars Muller Publishers, January 2019
412 pp., 29.7x21 cm, 702 illus.
One hundred years after the founding of Bauhaus, it's time to revisit bauhaus journal as significant written testimony of this iconic movement of modern art. In this journal, published periodically from 1926 to 1931, the most important voices of the...
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£65,00
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Art of Cutting (Second Edition) Traditional and New Techniques for Paper, Cardboard, Wood and Other Materials
ISBN: PB: 9788417412159, Hoaki, January 2019
160 pp., 24x22 cm, fully illustrated in colour
Trimming, piercing, slicing, snipping: just a few of the many words that relate to the idea of cutting. In this volume Jean-Charles Trebbi explores the traditional techniques of paper cutting, before examining current manifestations of this art form,...
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£25,00
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CrEATivity Delectable Culinary Branding
ISBN: HB: 9789881470430, Bookport, SendPoints, December 2018
352 pp., 36.1x21.2 cm, colour illus.
For sale in Balkans only! This book showcases a delectable worldwide selection of packaging, branding and interior design projects that will make us hungry for design through more than three-hundred "ready-to-devour" pages full of tasty ideas and u...
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£34,95
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