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...
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...
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...
Esprit Spherique offers a joyful profusion of globes, from Christmas ornaments, croquet balls and ammunition to magical, religious and artistic talismans. This rich and surprising selection, gathered obsessively by the...
A collection of hundreds of contemporary typefaces, introduced by the designers themselves. While countless books showcase the latest in typographical design, this one presents the best printed media from the...
One of the most extraordinary fashion designers of the twentieth century, Elsa Schiaparelli was an integral figure in the artistic movement of the times. Her collaborations with artists such as...
Mark Batty Publisher proudly commences the dot-font series, about design in the world around us, with two titles: dot-font: Talking About Design and dot-font: Talking About Fonts. Both books offer...
This innovative series highlights the crucial role of design in today's culture. Who are the creators of the things that surround us? What drives the thinking behind the development of...
The Bentwood chair, Bauhaus furniture, Dieter Rams' designs for Braun, Apple computers, and Ikea furniture have made their way into homes and offices around the world, but all these objects...
The modern and contemporary furnishing industry of Italy represents a unique paradigm, on account of its industrial design production created by the most important international architects and designers of the...
Manga is an exciting and dynamic art form that has become hugely popular across the world. This intriguing guide answers the questions What is Manga? How is it different from...
Similar in format to Phaidon's Contemporary World Architecture, Contemporary World Interiors is a thorough survey of the current state of international interior design, presenting some 450 projects around the world...
Other painting courses start the student off in black and white, slowly adding other colours one-by-one. But with a dynamic new method, Diane Edison gets you using the full range...
This book looks beyond graffiti to decipher Berlin's hidden language. Like many of the world's urban centers, Berlin is awash in signage that most people never see, let alone read....
