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The Fashion Book - Mini Edition

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Spanning almost 200 years, this book contains all the biggest and brightest names in fashion – including designers, photographers, style icons, models and retailers Easy to use and filled with beautiful and memorable images, it is the perfect A-Z guide to 500 key clothes and accessory designers, photographers, models and iconic celebrities who make up the fashion industry Each entry is illustrated with a photograph or drawing that shows a quintessential aspect of the respective designer's work or style. An accompanying text describes where they fit into the fashion story and includes essential biographical information

New Old catalogue

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Published to tie in with the NEW OLD exhibition at the Design Museum, this book explores the potential for new design to enhance the experience of later life in the future Having more older people in society gives designers a major innovation challenge. From robotic clothing to driverless cars, this book looks at design for identity, community, home, working and mobility as our population ages rapidly Leading designers/ design teams will face the challenge of design for ageing and addresses the stereotypes and stigmas around ageing and the changing representations of older people in media, branding and advertising

Splat! by Jon Burgerman

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Splat! is a wonderfully playful debut picture book illustrated and written by the English-born internationally acclaimed artist Jon Burgerman Format: paperback Pages: 32 Dimensions: 24.5 x 24.5cm

Eduardo Paolozzi

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Artist and sculptor, Eduardo Paolozzi was a unique and prolific cultural figure. His work was instantly recognisable and chronicles the significant changes in British art from the 1950s to the post-post-modern late 1990s This imposing and stunningly illustrated hardback book provides an extensive overview of his prolific and complex work across from all periods and across all media including: sculpture, ceramics, tapestry, printmaking, collage and film An Italian Scot, Paolozzie began his studies at Edinburgh College of Art, before moving on to the Ruskin Drawing School and later the Slade. In the 1950s he became a founding member of the Independent Group, though he resisted the 'Pop' label, preferring instead to see his ground breaking interdisciplinarity as an expansion and extension of radical Surrealism Dedicating a chapter to each facet of Paolozzi's wide-ranging practice - including, in turn, his bronze, aluminium and public sculptures, as well as his early collages and his innovative screenprints - this book offers the definitive, illustrated, art-historical appraisal of an artist whose work continues to fascinate and inspire Eduardo's The Head of Invention sculpture for Terence Conran rests outside the entrance to the Design Museum

Did You Ever See?

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See the world through the eyes of a child looking at things for the first time Have you ever sped past in such a hurry that everything you passed was soft and blurry? And did you ever squeeze your eyes so tight that you saw lots of dots of coloured light? Why do things look tiny from above, enormous from below, backwards in a mirror, wobbly through water, and blurry from a distance? This book, by Joanna Walsh, puts into words a variety of visual experiences. Children will be inspired to notice both what they see and how they see the world around them, gaining new perspectives as they do Hardback 32 pages Weight 381g Dimensions: 23.7 x 26.4 x 1cm

The High Line

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The first-hand, behind-the-scenes account of the creative inspiration behind the High Line, the transformative public 'park in the sky' that has reshaped global perceptions of urban space The first full documentation that visually charts the journey of this global landmark from the designer's point of view Hundreds of illustrations showcase every aspect of the project and its unforeseen influence in its entirety Includes previously unpublished archival materials such as the drawings behind the original proposal and exclusive images of construction Hardback 452 pages Weight: 500g Dimensions: 23.2 x 34 x 4.4cm

Patterns: Inside the design library

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An insider's guide to the world's largest archive of patterns and textiles, the source of inspiration for the globe's top designers Designers including; Boden, Calvin Klein, Clinique and Nike look to the Design Library, the world's largest archive of surface design An exclusive and ultimate sourcebook of pattern and ornament A one-of-a-kind book, drawn from the Design Library’s archive 332 pages Dimensions: 22.2 x 30.5cm

Breakfast Lunch Tea

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Breakfast staples, light lunches and afternoon treats by Rose Carrarini, co-founder of the much imitated delicatessen Villandry in London in 1988, from her Rose Bakery in Paris This book includes recipes for 100 of Rose Bakery’s most popular dishes, from breakfast staples such as crispy granola to afternoon treats, including sticky toffee pudding and carrot cake, as well as soups, risottos and other dishes perfect for a light lunch Hardback 192 pages Dimensions: 21.2 x 2.2 x 27.9cm  Weight: 716g

My Life in Design Sir Terence Conran

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Terence Conran tells the story of the Conran brand over the last 60 years A diverse, remarkable career including the founding of Habitat, The Design Museum and his own extensive work in product design, furniture, catalogues and books Forward by Thomas Heatherwick, featuring more than 400 photographs and drawings

Peter Fischli David Weiss: How to Work better

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This pays tribute to an artistic partnership of more than a 30 years Richly illustrated it explores their acclaimed and influential body of work, known for its sly humour and profound meditations on the everyday They celebrated the sheer triviality of everyday existence, observing the world with bemused detachment This book shows their often humorous works offers a sustained reflection on the intertwined strands of leisure, productivity and playful absurdity that shape our lives Their work explores the poetics of banality through photography, videos, slide projections, films, books, sculptures and multi media installations Hardcover 400 pages Weight 1.5kg Dimensions: 20.5 x 24 x 3.3cm

The Monocle Guide to Better Living

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The guide is original, informative, comprehensive and entertaining that is full of writing, reports and recommendations It is an upbeat survey of products and ideas that are built to treasure and last, it is not about glitz Monocle is one of the most successful magazines to be developed in the past decade The better living guide is an intelligent publication that continually inspires a global readership who are interested in everything from diplomacy to design.  This is their first ever book and it focuses on a core theme: how to live well

Typography. Advertising. Book Design

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This book offers a comprehensive view of an area of work from Max Bill that has so far received little attention: typography, advertising and book design. One discovers Max Bill as the tireless creator of highly individual types and commercial logos as well as a designer with a sense of visual humour. Bill pursued two opposing principles and accordingly left behind two lines in his work: a graphic one and a sculptural one. This title is presented with texts by Gerd Fleischmann, Hans Rudolf Bosshard and Christoph Bignens 

Knife and Fork: Visual Identities for Restaurants, Food and Beverages

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Original and unconventional visual identities from the world of eating, drinking, and hospitality The hot topics of eating and drinking are spawning a range of small, creative companies with innovative concepts. These enterprises are making their own mustards, distilling their own liquor, selling handmade marmalades, or serving grandma's cake recipes in new ways Knife and Fork is a showcase of these unconventional visual identities and design concepts The book presents labels on jam jars that are inspired by shop furnishings and company stationery designed to match its owners' aprons. It includes menus that are written by hand on chalkboards and business cards in colours that are used to garnish the dishes served This book is an inspiration for anyone thinking about founding their own company and giving it an unforgettable look

Going once: 250 years of culture, taste and collections at Christie's

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A celebration of evolving taste, told through the stories behind 250 objects sold by the world’s largest auction house During its history the auction house Christie's has sold has sold the personal possessions of  historical figures such as artists Picasso and Leonardo da Vinci as well as Marilyn Monroe, Yves Saint Laurent, and Princess Diana Going once brings to life the shifts in aesthetic trends, fashion, and design over the centuries, showcasing 250 of the most outstanding objects in its storied history

Shiro Kuramata

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The first complete monograph on influential Japanese designer Shiro Kuramata (1934–91), presented across two volumes in a specially designed acrylic slipcase. The first volume includes text by Deyan Sudji, which covers Kuramata's whole life and the radical changes in Japan through which he lived, and explains in detail the ideas, relationships and technical innovations that made his work possible. Also presents a selection of Kuramata's writings that have been translated into English for the first time, giving the reader a sense of his poetic, humorous and thoughtful intellect. The second volume is a catalogue of works, presenting the over 600 pieces of furniture, products and interiors that Kuramata designed in his lifetime, most of which have never been published. Hardback, 416 pages 3 kg, 32 x 36.3 x 5.8 cm  

Marks of Excellence

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A revised and expanded edition of the best-selling Marks of Excellence title, including 500 new images plus 80 pages of additional material First published in 1997, Marks of Excellence offers a rigorous exploration of the trademark: its history, development, style, classification and relevance in today's world The book includes extensive discussion of its origins in heraldry, monograms, owner's marks and certificates of origins, and also contains a comprehensive taxonomy of trademarks and an alphabetical index of trademark themes