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The Ballets Russes and the Art of Design
Edited by Alston Purvis, Peter Rand and Anna Winestein
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: December 1, 2009
Price: $50.00
The Ballets Russes was a phenomenon of the early twentieth century, permeating daily life wherever the company traveled and leaving a lasting impact on dance, theater, and the visual arts. Sergei Diaghilev, impresario from 1909 until his death in 1929, fused the most avant-garde, groundbreaking movements in dance, choreography, art, design... Read more >
Edited by Alston Purvis, Peter Rand and Anna Winestein
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: December 1, 2009
Price: $50.00
The Ballets Russes was a phenomenon of the early twentieth century, permeating daily life wherever the company traveled and leaving a lasting impact on dance, theater, and the visual arts. Sergei Diaghilev, impresario from 1909 until his death in 1929, fused the most avant-garde, groundbreaking movements in dance, choreography, art, design... Read more >
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Star Pieces
The Enduring Beauty of Spectacular Furniture
Written by David Linley, Charles Cator and Helen Chislett
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $65.00
Furniture has star qualities unlike any other object:
It is both functional and decorative, yet it can connect us to history and far-flung places around the globe in the same way a Renaissance painting sends us back in time or a photograph takes us to a beloved overseas locale. Furniture also... Read more >
The Enduring Beauty of Spectacular Furniture
Written by David Linley, Charles Cator and Helen Chislett
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $65.00
Furniture has star qualities unlike any other object:
It is both functional and decorative, yet it can connect us to history and far-flung places around the globe in the same way a Renaissance painting sends us back in time or a photograph takes us to a beloved overseas locale. Furniture also... Read more >
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The World in Vogue
People, Parties, Places
Edited by Hamish Bowles and Alexandra Kotur
Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $75.00
This one-of-a-kind book of 300 photographs of some of the most celebrated actors, artists, models, First Ladies, and social figures draws on stories that have appeared in the pages of Vogue over the past four decades, as well as photographs from those stories that have never been published. These trendsetters and... Read more >
People, Parties, Places
Edited by Hamish Bowles and Alexandra Kotur
Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $75.00
This one-of-a-kind book of 300 photographs of some of the most celebrated actors, artists, models, First Ladies, and social figures draws on stories that have appeared in the pages of Vogue over the past four decades, as well as photographs from those stories that have never been published. These trendsetters and... Read more >
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The Bauhaus Group
Six Masters of Modernism
Written by Nicholas Fox Weber
Format: Hardcover, 544 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $40.00
Nicholas Fox Weber, for thirty-three years head of the Albers Foundation, spent many years with Anni and Josef Albers, the only husband-and-wife artistic pair at the Bauhaus (she was a textile artist; he a professor and an artist, in glass, metal, wood, and photography). The Alberses told him their own stories... Read more >
Six Masters of Modernism
Written by Nicholas Fox Weber
Format: Hardcover, 544 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $40.00
Nicholas Fox Weber, for thirty-three years head of the Albers Foundation, spent many years with Anni and Josef Albers, the only husband-and-wife artistic pair at the Bauhaus (she was a textile artist; he a professor and an artist, in glass, metal, wood, and photography). The Alberses told him their own stories... Read more >
Also available as an
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The Bauhaus Group
Written by Nicholas Fox Weber
Format: eBook, 544 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $40.00
Nicholas Fox Weber, for thirty-three years head of the Albers Foundation, spent many years with Anni and Josef Albers, the only husband-and-wife artistic pair at the Bauhaus (she was a textile artist; he a professor and an artist, in glass, metal, wood, and photography). The Alberses told him their own stories... Read more >
Written by Nicholas Fox Weber
Format: eBook, 544 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $40.00
Nicholas Fox Weber, for thirty-three years head of the Albers Foundation, spent many years with Anni and Josef Albers, the only husband-and-wife artistic pair at the Bauhaus (she was a textile artist; he a professor and an artist, in glass, metal, wood, and photography). The Alberses told him their own stories... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Wild Design
Ecofriendly Innovations Inspired by Nature
Written by Alan Marshall
Format: Trade Paperback, 168 pages
On Sale: July 14, 2009
Price: $18.95
In Wild Design, environmental designer and scientist Alan Marshall presents a manifesto on nature-inspired designs, including visionary concepts as well as exhibits of actual products, landscapes, and artwork from around the world. With elegant photographs and drawings, the book incorporates the ethos of sustainability by documenting many of the results of... Read more >
Ecofriendly Innovations Inspired by Nature
Written by Alan Marshall
Format: Trade Paperback, 168 pages
On Sale: July 14, 2009
Price: $18.95
In Wild Design, environmental designer and scientist Alan Marshall presents a manifesto on nature-inspired designs, including visionary concepts as well as exhibits of actual products, landscapes, and artwork from around the world. With elegant photographs and drawings, the book incorporates the ethos of sustainability by documenting many of the results of... Read more >
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Vogue Living
Houses, Gardens, People
Written by Hamish Bowles
Format: eBook, 400 pages
On Sale: May 20, 2009
Price: $75.00
This unique book of thirty-six spectacular houses and gardens—whose owners come from the worlds of fashion, music, art, and society—draws not only on stories that have appeared in the pages of Vogue and Vogue Living over the past two decades but also on images that have never before been published. Vogue... Read more >
Houses, Gardens, People
Written by Hamish Bowles
Format: eBook, 400 pages
On Sale: May 20, 2009
Price: $75.00
This unique book of thirty-six spectacular houses and gardens—whose owners come from the worlds of fashion, music, art, and society—draws not only on stories that have appeared in the pages of Vogue and Vogue Living over the past two decades but also on images that have never before been published. Vogue... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Art Nouveau Tiles
Written by Hans Lemmen
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: February 17, 2009
Price: $12.95
At the turn of the last century, Art Noveau, characterised by its natural, swirling lines and exuberant use of colour, held sway as the dominate style in architecture and design. The style defined the Edwardian period, with its departure from more formal Victorian styles. The leading tile manufacturers of the day... Read more >
Written by Hans Lemmen
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: February 17, 2009
Price: $12.95
At the turn of the last century, Art Noveau, characterised by its natural, swirling lines and exuberant use of colour, held sway as the dominate style in architecture and design. The style defined the Edwardian period, with its departure from more formal Victorian styles. The leading tile manufacturers of the day... Read more >
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The Toothpick
Technology and Culture
Written by Henry Petroski
Format: eBook, 464 pages
On Sale: November 26, 2008
Price: $15.95
A celebration culture and technology, as seen through the history of the humble yet ubiquitous toothpick, from the best-selling author of The Pencil.
From ancient Rome, where emperor Nero made his entrance into a banquet hall with a silver toothpick in his mouth, to nineteenth-century Boston, where Charles Forster, the father of... Read more >
Technology and Culture
Written by Henry Petroski
Format: eBook, 464 pages
On Sale: November 26, 2008
Price: $15.95
A celebration culture and technology, as seen through the history of the humble yet ubiquitous toothpick, from the best-selling author of The Pencil.
From ancient Rome, where emperor Nero made his entrance into a banquet hall with a silver toothpick in his mouth, to nineteenth-century Boston, where Charles Forster, the father of... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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Building Design Strategy
Using Design to Achieve Key Business Objectives
Edited by Thomas Lockwood and Thomas Walton
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: November 11, 2008
Price: $24.95
Read more >
Using Design to Achieve Key Business Objectives
Edited by Thomas Lockwood and Thomas Walton
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: November 11, 2008
Price: $24.95
Read more >
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The Toothpick
Technology and Culture
Written by Henry Petroski
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: November 4, 2008
Price: $15.95
A celebration culture and technology, as seen through the history of the humble yet ubiquitous toothpick, from the best-selling author of The Pencil.
From ancient Rome, where emperor Nero made his entrance into a banquet hall with a silver toothpick in his mouth, to nineteenth-century Boston, where Charles Forster, the father of... Read more >
Technology and Culture
Written by Henry Petroski
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: November 4, 2008
Price: $15.95
A celebration culture and technology, as seen through the history of the humble yet ubiquitous toothpick, from the best-selling author of The Pencil.
From ancient Rome, where emperor Nero made his entrance into a banquet hall with a silver toothpick in his mouth, to nineteenth-century Boston, where Charles Forster, the father of... Read more >
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Design Disasters
Great Designers, Fabulous Failure, and Lessons Learned
Edited by Steven Heller
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: October 28, 2008
Price: $24.95
Read more >
Great Designers, Fabulous Failure, and Lessons Learned
Edited by Steven Heller
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: October 28, 2008
Price: $24.95
Read more >
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Pop-Up Note Cards (Paisley Pop)
Written by David A. Carter
Format: Non-traditional book, 8 pages
On Sale: October 7, 2008
Price: $18.95
Read more >
Written by David A. Carter
Format: Non-traditional book, 8 pages
On Sale: October 7, 2008
Price: $18.95
Read more >
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Pop-Up Note Cards (Dots & Spots)
Written by David A. Carter
Format: Non-traditional book, 8 pages
On Sale: October 7, 2008
Price: $18.95
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Written by David A. Carter
Format: Non-traditional book, 8 pages
On Sale: October 7, 2008
Price: $18.95
Read more >
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Pop-Up Note Cards (Kaboom)
Written by David A. Carter
Format: Non-traditional book, 8 pages
On Sale: October 7, 2008
Price: $18.95
Read more >
Written by David A. Carter
Format: Non-traditional book, 8 pages
On Sale: October 7, 2008
Price: $18.95
Read more >
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Pop-Up Note Cards (Twister)
Written by David A. Carter
Format: Non-traditional book, 8 pages
On Sale: October 7, 2008
Price: $18.95
Read more >
Written by David A. Carter
Format: Non-traditional book, 8 pages
On Sale: October 7, 2008
Price: $18.95
Read more >
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Paris-New York
Design Fashion Culture 1925-1940
Edited by Donald Albrecht
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: September 9, 2008
Price: $50.00
A burst of creative energy in the fields of architecture, design, and fashion characterized the years between the two World Wars. Shaping new styles of buildings and furnishings, redefining contemporary dress, and giving visual form to avant-garde performing arts, architects and designers forged a still-influential modern aesthetic. The era's most creative... Read more >
Design Fashion Culture 1925-1940
Edited by Donald Albrecht
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: September 9, 2008
Price: $50.00
A burst of creative energy in the fields of architecture, design, and fashion characterized the years between the two World Wars. Shaping new styles of buildings and furnishings, redefining contemporary dress, and giving visual form to avant-garde performing arts, architects and designers forged a still-influential modern aesthetic. The era's most creative... Read more >
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Pop-Up Note Cards (Blossoms)
Written by David A. Carter
Format: Non-traditional book, 8 pages
On Sale: May 6, 2008
Price: $18.95
Read more >
Written by David A. Carter
Format: Non-traditional book, 8 pages
On Sale: May 6, 2008
Price: $18.95
Read more >
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Pop-Up Note Cards (Clicker)
Written by David A. Carter
Format: Non-traditional book, 8 pages
On Sale: May 6, 2008
Price: $18.95
Read more >
Written by David A. Carter
Format: Non-traditional book, 8 pages
On Sale: May 6, 2008
Price: $18.95
Read more >
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Pop-Up Note Cards (Curlycue)
Written by David A. Carter
Format: Non-traditional book, 8 pages
On Sale: May 6, 2008
Price: $18.95
Read more >
Written by David A. Carter
Format: Non-traditional book, 8 pages
On Sale: May 6, 2008
Price: $18.95
Read more >
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Pop-Up Note Cards (Wave)
Written by David A. Carter
Format: Non-traditional book, 8 pages
On Sale: May 6, 2008
Price: $18.95
Read more >
Written by David A. Carter
Format: Non-traditional book, 8 pages
On Sale: May 6, 2008
Price: $18.95
Read more >
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Teaching Motion Design
Course Offerings and Class Projects from the Leading Graduate and Undergraduate Programs
Edited by Michael Dooley and Steven Heller
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: March 18, 2008
Price: $21.95
How motion design is taught in more than 45 leading programs
This definitive study of motion design is essential reading for everyone teaching or studying design. Now, for the first time, authors Steven Heller and Michael Dooley present a comprehensive look at course offerings from more than 45 leading programs devoted to... Read more >
Course Offerings and Class Projects from the Leading Graduate and Undergraduate Programs
Edited by Michael Dooley and Steven Heller
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: March 18, 2008
Price: $21.95
How motion design is taught in more than 45 leading programs
This definitive study of motion design is essential reading for everyone teaching or studying design. Now, for the first time, authors Steven Heller and Michael Dooley present a comprehensive look at course offerings from more than 45 leading programs devoted to... Read more >
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Picture Postcards
Written by C.W. Hill
Format: Trade Paperback, 40 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $11.95
Read more >
Written by C.W. Hill
Format: Trade Paperback, 40 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $11.95
Read more >
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Vogue Living
Houses, Gardens, People
Written by Hamish Bowles
Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
On Sale: October 30, 2007
Price: $75.00
This unique book of thirty-six spectacular houses and gardens—whose owners come from the worlds of fashion, music, art, and society—draws not only on stories that have appeared in the pages of Vogue and Vogue Living over the past two decades but also on images that have never before been published. Vogue... Read more >
Houses, Gardens, People
Written by Hamish Bowles
Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
On Sale: October 30, 2007
Price: $75.00
This unique book of thirty-six spectacular houses and gardens—whose owners come from the worlds of fashion, music, art, and society—draws not only on stories that have appeared in the pages of Vogue and Vogue Living over the past two decades but also on images that have never before been published. Vogue... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Graphic Designer's Guide to Better Business Writing
Written by Barbara Janoff and Ruth Cash-Smith
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: May 15, 2007
Price: $19.95
At last! The book that helps visual thinkers write more effectively.
Visual-thinking graphic designers sometimes struggle to express themselves clearly and effectively in writing. Now there’s help! The Graphic Designer's Guide to Better Business Writing teaches graphic designers how to write compelling business communications. Created especially to address the needs of graphic... Read more >
Written by Barbara Janoff and Ruth Cash-Smith
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: May 15, 2007
Price: $19.95
At last! The book that helps visual thinkers write more effectively.
Visual-thinking graphic designers sometimes struggle to express themselves clearly and effectively in writing. Now there’s help! The Graphic Designer's Guide to Better Business Writing teaches graphic designers how to write compelling business communications. Created especially to address the needs of graphic... Read more >
