Ferrari is an extraordinary, evolutionary company that emerged in the aftermath of World War II. Impelled by the fierce ambition of its founder, Enzo Ferrari, and the almost religious dedication of his team, Ferrari has since become one of the world’s most iconic and desirable car brands
Drawing on rarely seen material, including personal ephemera, technical drawings, master models and striking product photography, Ferrari: Under the Skin offers an in-depth and revealing account of this fascinating success story
Features exceptional and noteworthy Ferraris, each one chosen for its particular significance in the history of the company
A must-have for Ferrari enthusiasts and car fans, as well as anyone wanting to know more about one of the most famous brands in history
The Design Museum brings you the 50 most important, pivotal bicycles from around the world
From the penny-farthing to high-performance cycles, conceptual bikes to practical run-arounds
Moquette is the carpet-like fabric covering the seats we sit on in London's Tubes, buses, trams and Overground trains - and here is a colourful guide to all its patterns
London Transport has always wanted the best design, be it Charles Holden's Art Deco Tube stations on the Piccadilly Line, its elegant Johnston typeface or Harry Beck's Tube map
Now, in conjunction with the London Transport Museum, which has the definitive London Transport moquette archive, Andrew Martin has written a delightful, surprising and covetable guide to all these patterns
A celebratory look back at one hundred years of passenger flight, featuring full-colour reproductions of route maps and posters from the world's most iconic airlines
From the first faltering flights over plains, water, and mountains to the vast networks of today, air travel has transformed the world and how people see it. Maps played their part in showing what was possible and who was offering new opportunities. As tiny operations with barely serviceable airplanes pushed out farther and farther, growing and merging to form massive global empires, so the scope of their maps became bigger and bolder, until the entire world was shrunk down to a single sheet of paper. Designs featured sumptuous Art Deco style, intricate artistry, bold modernism, 60s psychedelia, clever photography, and even underground map-style diagrams
For the first time, Mark Ovenden and Maxwell Roberts chart the development of the airline map, and in doing so tell the story of a century of cartography, civil aviation, graphic design and marketing. Airline Maps is a visual feast that reminds the reader that mapping the journey is an essential part of arriving at the destination
A first book of boats for the youngest enthusiasts, featuring 15 different boats and a bonus nautical flag per vessel
From sailboats to ferry boats, tankers to clippers, young readers will learn to identify and define a range of floating crafts. Each of 15 boats and ships are presented by name, illustration, and simple description, written as engaging, read-aloud text. In addition, each is adorned with a different nautical flag whose message is decoded as secondary text for the extra curious. Printed in four stunning Pantone colours, this refreshingly stylish and informative introduction to boats will pop off the shelf in the "things that go" section
Created for ages 1-4 years
The Insta Grammar series explores the most interesting corners of the incredibly popular social media site, Instagram
Hitch a ride with Cars, a collection of the most beautiful classic car shots
Beautiful Machines: The Era of the Elegant Sports Car
£45.00
Start your engines for a grand tour of the most stylish grand motoring automobiles ever created
Evoking an era when elegance, romance, and outright performance defined the automobile - and the fascinating stories that made them icons of the road. From the shark-inspired Maserati Ghibli to the fiery Lamborghini Miura, from European elegance with American firepower such as the Iso Grifo and Facel Vega to the groundbreaking designs of the Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 Stradale and Renault Alpine and the advanced technology behind the Jensen FF or Porsche 918 Spyder - these cars are less transportation and more testaments to beauty, freedom, ambition, innovation, and speed. Beautiful Machines was conceived and edited by gestalten
The stories are written by automobile expert Blake Z. Rong with a preface by Classic Driver's Jan Baedeker and gestalten's Robert Klanten
A landmark new history from design journalist Nick Hull, Land Rover Design – 70 years of Success offers a detailed insight to the company's design story, from the early days of Land Rover in Solihull to the latest generation of the Range Rover Velar in 2018
The Land Rover was born from a desperate need by the Rover Company to develop a stop-gap model to provide cashflow in the post-war years. The original aim of a simple 4x4 agricultural tool soon developed into a multi-purpose vehicle that became the mainstay of the British Army and produced numerous offshoots for the emergency services, police, forestry and aid agencies worldwide
This book details the personalities involved in the various projects since the late 1940s up to today: the designers, modellers and studio engineers. It charts the development of Land Rover and Range Rover projects in the UK, particularly those designed in the Gaydon studio that opened in 1996, and is still a key part of JLR’s design resource. From the early days of chalk drawings and wooden models to today’s digital renderings and milled clays for the latest Range Rover Evoque, Land Rover’s designers and technicians have never been short of creativity. This book tells their story, in their own words, and is a fitting tribute to the spirit and ethos of Land Rover design and engineering
A Life in Car Design gives a unique insight into design and project work for a number of leading companies in the motor industry, including Jaguar, Lotus, TVR and General Motors
The book recounts the author's experiences from within the industry, tracing the changes in the design process over a period of nearly 50 years, and follows his career at home and around the world. It shows how the change from imperial to metric measurements and the growing use of computers revolutionised the quality and accuracy of modern vehicles. It also covers the issues and challenges of meeting project targets, and some of the issues that can deflect those efforts. It features previously untold stories, and is thoughtfully illustrated with historical engineering drawings and photographs
As well as informing automobile enthusiasts it is also hoped that this book will inspire upcoming generations to consider a career in the creative field
Most people don’t know that racing cars from the likes of Porsche and Ferrari were given their looks not by marketing strategists or designers, but by chance
Go Faster is a collection of over one hundred examples of race car design that documents the carefree anarchy in which they were created. In the book, each colourful racing car is featured next to a blank, white model. Thanks to this juxtaposition, Go Faster shows its readers exactly how graphics modulate the look of the vehicle. The neutral models also give readers ample opportunity to imagine their own possibilities for graphic design in motor sports
An ideal gift for anyone interested in racing and high speeds
This book by Simon de Burton explores through some of the best car designs of the twentieth century.
From the Alfa Romeo 6C to the Porsche 996 GT3, the Author has chosen cars from each decade from 1930s up until the end of the twentieth century.
His choices made from the perspective of the enthusiast and collector.
All are considered ''milestone'' cars and all have risen greatly in value in the recent years.
These are the cars that should have been bought when they were new and kept for the future - now that they are truly desired.
Includes sumptuous colour photography and stunning close ups.
Better than the original and a long way from factories and assembly lines. Handcrafted, radical, and subversive, these custom cars are designed and made by a small number of specialists from around the globe who share a common goal: to create the ultimate driving machine
From early hot rods and low riders to modern tuning: this book presents a huge variety of unique cars from around the world
Automobiles have been tuned, restored, and rebuilt for years, but - whether made for leisurely cruising or peak performance - today's custom machines are more interesting than ever before
The Drive showcases the diversity and reach of this custom movement. Each car is utterly unique; each builder a true personality. Passion and craft meet in their workshops in North America, Europe, and Asia. The resulting vehicles - and this book - are for anyone for whom a car is so much more than just a way to get around
The automobile seems to be as popular now as it ever was. Posters of cars still adorn many a child’s bedroom wall, and school exercise books are full of doodles of cars. This new edition of a very popular book takes those notebook sketches and teaches you how to develop them into the car designs you see in magazines
Using simple to follow step-by-step drawings it guides you from pencil sketch to marker rendering, from doodle to highly visual computer generated artwork
Adrian Dewey has worked on designs as diverse as small sports cars to double decker buses, modified motors to concept Formula 1 cars, using various techniques and styles. In this book, he uses his knowledge of different styles to guide the reader in creating great artwork and designs of their own
The book shows in detail how to use different materials and how to get the most out of each one, whether it be a great pencil sketch or a photo realistic vector illustration
Neo Classics: From Factory to Legendary in 0 Seconds
£65.00
Faster, more powerful, more exclusive: whether they're called supercars or hypercars, these are turbo-charged fantasies in chrome. For most of us, however, they will remain dreams on wheels
In this book, Rene Staud brings the dream a little closer. Page after gleaming page, the "Master of Light" brings these shining stars to our coffee table-from the Bugatti Chiron to the Lamborghini Huracan Spyder to the Mercedes AMG One
The images are accompanied by expert texts from the seasoned automotive writer and aficionado, Jurgen Lewandowski
