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  • Art Deco

    by Eric Knowles ...
    Series Book 9 - Shire Collections
    Although usually associated with the 1920s and the '30s, in fact the Art Deco style had begun to emerge in France prior to the advent of the First World War. But it was during the interwar years that the style, reaching full maturity, was adopted by the international elite as the perfect expression of modern opulence and elegance, and to this day Art Deco designs are redolent of the age of Jazz, ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

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  • The Allure of Chanel

    by Paul Morand ...
    Translated by Euan Cameron ...
    Series series Pushkin Press Classics
    With a foreword by Karl Lagerfeld, “this enchanting, tiny book”—a series of transcriptions from interviews with the fashion icon—is the closest anyone can get to a face-to-face with Coco [Chanel]” (The Spectator)Coco Chanel invited Paul Morand to visit her in St. Moritz at the end of the Second World War when he was given the opportunity to write her memoirs; his notes of their conversations were ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Susie Cooper

    by Alan Marshall ...
    Series Book 719 - Shire Library
    During her sixty-five-year career, Susie Cooper introduced more than 4,500 ceramic patterns and shapes, making her one of the most prolific, versatile and influential designers the industry has ever seen. Between the 1920s and 1980s she moved from the bold hand-painting of the 'Jazz Age' through delicate wash banding and aerograph techniques to sophisticated lithographic transfer printing on both ... Read more

    $9.69 USD

  • Design and the Question of History

    by Tony Fry, Clive Dilnot, Susan Stewart ...
    Series series Design, Histories, Futures
    Design and the Question of History is not a work of Design History. Rather, it is a mixture of mediation, advocacy and polemic that takes seriously the directive force of design as an historical actor in and upon the world. Understanding design as a shaper of worlds within which the political, ethical and historical character of human being is at stake, this textdemands radically transformed ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

  • Designing Business and Management

    Edited by Dr Sabine Junginger, Jürgen Faust ...
    Scholars and practitioners from management and design address the challenges and issues of designing business from a design perspective. Designing Business and Management combines practical models and grounded theories to improve organizations by design. For designing managers and managing designers, the book offers visual and conceptual models as well as theoretical concepts that connect the ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • Writing Design

    Words and Objects

    Edited by Grace Lees-Maffei ...
    How do we learn about the objects that surround us? As well as gathering sensory information by viewing and using objects, we also learn about objects through the written and spoken word - from shop labels to friends' recommendations and from magazines to patents. But, even as design commentators have become increasingly preoccupied with issues of mediation, the intersection of design and language ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

  • The History and Origin of Horse Brasses

    by Reginald A. Brown ...
    This vintage book contains a detailed treatise on horse brasses, being a guide to their origin and the symbolic meaning of various designs. This fascinating and profusely illustrated volume is highly recommended for horse brass collectors and those with an interest in the subject, and would make for a worthy addition to any collection. Contents include: “Horses – Sports and Utility”, “The Power of ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Émigré Cultures in Design and Architecture

    Edited by Elana Shapira, Alison J. Clarke ...
    This new volume addresses the lasting contribution made by Central European émigré designers to twentieth-century American design and architecture. The contributors examine how oppositional stances in debates concerning consumption and modernism's social agendas taken by designers such as Felix Augenfeld, Joseph Binder, Josef Frank, Paul T. Frankl, Frederick Kiesler, Richard Neutra, and R. M. ... Read more

    $141.99 USD

  • Street Furniture Design

    Contesting Modernism in Post-War Britain

    by Eleanor Herring ...
    Eleanor Herring's unique study of street furniture in post-war Britain considers how objects which are now familiar parts of our urban environment were designed to populate public spaces. Herring explores the design of lampposts, post boxes, parking meters, and signage in the context of a government backed by various bodies keen to propagate 'good' modern design, in a Britain whose towns and ... Read more

    $141.79 USD

  • Coffee Art

    Creative Coffee Designs for the Home Barista

    by Dhan Tamang ...
    Over 128 pages of 60 stunning designs from Britain's champion latte artist.From free pouring to etching, stencilling and more complicated designs for the black belt barista, you'll have fun emulating innovative designs such as The Swan, The Unicorn, and frothy 3-D babyccino animals. The book even includes 9 stencil patterns for you to trace and try.Starting with basic skills and patterns, readers ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Modernism in Scandinavia

    Art, Architecture and Design

    by Dr Charlotte Ashby ...
    Scandinavia is a region associated with modernity: modern design, modern living and a modern welfare state. This new history of modernism in Scandinavia offers a picture of the complex reality that lies behind the label: a modernism made up of many different figures, impulses and visions. It places the individuals who have achieved international fame, such as Edvard Munch and Alvar Aalto in a ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • A John Heskett Reader

    Design, History, Economics

    by John Heskett ...
    A John Heskett Reader brings together a selection of the celebrated design historian John Heskett's key works, introduced and edited by Clive Dilnot of Parsons, the New School, USA.Heskett, who passed away in early 2014, was a pioneering British-born writer and lecturer. His research was foundational for the study of industrial design, and his research into the relationship between design, policy ... Read more

    $39.99 USD