Even before the advent of haute couture, Paris was a great centre of fashion. During the second half of the nineteenth century, when the capital was transformed by an ambitious...
From shonen to shojo, kodomo and sentai genres, this book is a visual and comprehensive guide of the main characters in contemporary manga, including cool teenagers, superheroes, female ninja and...
James Magni’s highly sophisticated, modern home design is highly sought after the world over and showcased here for the first time. Magni Modernism displays the designer’s sensibilities through 14 private...
From clean-cut graphic design to glaring Hip Hop illustrations and installations. This monograph features Jaybo's font designs, logos, record covers and examples of his work as the Art Director of...
A beautiful photography book where the subjects reflect on their tattoos and tattoo artists. Indeed, it is the props to the artists -- where the tattoos featured are specifically credited...
More often than not, 'Swinging London' is the birthplace of design's most cutting edge trends, the most successful and popular cultural events, the 'coolest' lifestyles. How could it be otherwise?...
This is a beautifully illustrated guide to lingerie, starting with the early history of bras and girdles and progressing up to modern times. Lingerie has always been meant to both...
Containers are not just recipients; they're a part of the product. Still, there are many products that don't come in a container or that come in ones that aren't very...
This is a beginners' step-by-step guide to drawing vintage-inspired fashion like a real designer. The book is aimed at young people who are keen to learn how to draw figures...
This book for a popular audience interested in design and responsible consumerism highlights products whose production, use, and disassembly adhere to standards of environmental sustainability. Artfully conceived color photographs are...
In the world of furniture and design the name Tim Gosling is synonymous with sophistication, excellence, and craftsmanship. This beautifully produced, generously illustrated volume displays these qualities, which have earned...
Can great design transform people's lives? For a new generation of designers, such as Bruce Mau and Yves Behar, the answer is, Yes, it can. To them, design is more...
From Leonardo da Vinci's fantastic visions, to Richard Branson's plans to offer commercial space travel by 2010, visionaries and entrepreneurs have long dreamed of how we will travel in the...
Today surrealism may be firstly known as a school in literature and fine arts, but the influence of this 20th-century school on other domains cannot be underestimated. The world of...
This profusely illustrated and comprehensive examination of Formica surveys all aspects of the brand's artistic and cultural influence. Soon after its invention, Formica laminate was used as a decorative material,...
Especially since the beginning of the 1990s, flyers have acted as a key expression of youth culture and a specific movement in music. They then developed further into a major...
PEPIN is a series of thematic titles on various types of textile and dress - including unusual and overlooked styles. Each volume contains introductory text, fashion plates an/or historical images...
This exciting book looks at what's happening in Tokyo fashion now, focusing on a new generation of innovative designers. For more than three decades, Tokyo has been at the epicenter...
Extraordinary Graphics for Unusual Surfaces will show the finest and most innovative graphic design solutions for non-standard shapes. Each project will provide insights from the designers illustrating the design process...
The history of ceramics is wonderfully diverse, spanning crude clay utensils to highly decorative pieces of immense beauty and craftsmanship. This quintessential V&A book, now in paperback with a new...
