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Tupera Tupera Stripe Island ENThis colourful and totally stripetastic picture book drops you into the magnificent world of Stripe Island. Bright, beautiful illustrations and simple but imaginative text bring the magnificent island to vivid life. The action centres upon the Stripe Festival held in the stripy town square, where stripy singers, strongmen, inventors and acrobatic baboons entertain cheering crowds of stripy spectators. With its…
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Oleg Yavein Studio 44 Architects ENStudio 44 Architects is one of the largest private architectural firms in St. Petersburg and in Russia. Founded in 1991 and led by Nikita Yawein, the company now employs over 140 highly qualified specialists, including architects, restoration experts, structural designers, and engineers. Studio 44 has won over sixty prestigious awards and implemented over twenty-five public and residential building projects,…
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Martha Cooper, Henry Chalfant Subway Art ENIn 1984, photographers Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfant captured the imagination of a generation with Subway Art, a groundbreaking book documenting the work of graffiti writers who illegally painted subway cars in New York City. The 2009 edition of the book is now available in a new, slightly reduced format. Henry Chalfant's images of the trains retain their impact, while Martha Cooper's narrative pictures tell the…
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Martha Cooper, Henry Chalfant Subway Art 25th Anniversary Edition ENIn 1984, photographers Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfant captured the imagination of a generation with Subway Art, a groundbreaking book documenting the work of graffiti writers who illegally painted subway cars in New York City. 25 years on, the graffiti subculture it chronicled has blossomed into a global art movement, and Subway Art has become the most influential book ever to be published in the genre. Now with…
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Mary Wilson, Mark Bego Supreme GlamourSupreme Glamour builds a complete picture of the charm and sophistication of The Supremes. With the assistance of her close personal friend Mark Bego, founding member Mary Wilson tells the complete story of the band, both on- and off-stage, ...
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Amy Dempsey SurrealismSurrealism was launched as a literary and artistic movement by French poet André Breton in 1924, and by the time of his death in 1966 had become one of the most popular art movements of the 20th century. Its very name has entered ...
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Ulf Nilsson Swedish Details ENA home isn't simply the sum of its rooms and furniture, but also a number of larger or smaller details. To prove this, illustrator Annika Huett and photographer Ulf Huett Nilsson went on a journey from the north to the south of Sweden, peeking into people's homes. What they found was an inspiring myriad of personal details-from cramped shelves of kitchen cupboards, to toilet-paper holders, plants, outlets and coat…
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Janet Colletti, Helene Boström Swedish Modern ENLight-filled, minimalist, contemporary Scandinavian design has long been a source of inspiration for designers and design-lovers alike. Inspired by the legendary Swedish interior design and furniture company Svenskt Tenn—founded in 1924 by the pioneering design entrepreneur Estrid Ericson and joined ten years later by Austrian designer and architect Josef Frank—the Swedish Modern Coloring Book is a playful…
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Sakura Nomiyama Takenobu IgarashiIn the mid-1970s designer Takenobu Igarashi began a prolific, decade-long exploration into possibilities of three-dimensional typography. His first experiments with axonometric lettering appeared on magazine covers, posters, and record sleeves ...
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TarkovskyAndrey Tarkovsky was the most important Russian filmmaker of the post-war era, and one of the world’s most renowned cinematic geniuses. He directed the first five of his seven films – Ivan’s Childhood, Andrei Rublev, Solaris, Mirror and Stalker ...
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David Thomson Television ENIn just a few years, what used to be an immobile piece of living room furniture, which one had to sit in front of at appointed times in order to watch sponsored programming on a finite number of channels, morphed into a glowing cloud of screens with access to a near-endless supply of content available when and how viewers want it. With this phenomenon now a common cultural theme, a writer of David Thomson s stature…
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John Gillow Textiles of Islamic World ENThis volume offers a sumptuously illustrated, region-by-region survey of textiles made, worn, used and displayed in the Islamic world. The text includes details of dozens of textile techniques, such as loom types, materials, forms of decoration and local specialities, paired with specially taken colour images of textiles on display, photographs of weavers and dyers in action, and rare historical material.
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Charllotte Kwon, Tim McLaughlin, Rosemary Crill Textiles of the Banjara ENThe first English-language survey of the intricate embroidery and colorful dyes of Banjara textiles, among the most dazzling produced in India The Banjara, an ethnic group composed of semi-nomadic tribes found throughout the Indian subcontinent, are renowned for their highly colorful textiles. Embellished with mirrors, shells, and intricate embroidery, Banjara work displays a surprisingly modern aesthetic. Created…
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John Gillow Textiles of the Islamic World ENThis volume offers a sumptuously illustrated, region-by-region survey of textiles made, worn, used and displayed in every corner of the Islamic world. The text includes details of dozens of textile techniques, such as loom types, materials, forms of decoration and local specialities, while hundreds of glorious illustrations including specially taken colour images of textiles on display, photographs of weavers and…
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Angels Navarro The 10 Best Games of All Time ENThe 10 Best Games of All Time introduces children to ten classic pastimes in one beautifully crafted compendium. From well-loved favourites like Solitaire or Snakes and Ladders to lesser-known treats like Bizingo or the Goose Game, theres lots of fun here for everyone!
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Thomas Pavitte The 1000 Dot-to-Dot Book: Animals ENIts dot-to-dot gone wild in this latest addition to the series, as author Thomas Pavitte sets out to explore the animal kingdom. Enjoy bringing your favourite animals to life with The 1000 Dot-to-Dot Book: Animals, featuring popular pets such as cats and dogs, as well as the more exotic beasts of feathers, fur, and scales... With 20 incredible drawings for you to complete at home each consisting of no fewer than a…
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Thomas Pavitte The 1000 Dot-to-Dot Book: Masterpieces ENAfter the phenomenal worldwide success of the 1000 Dot-to-Dot Series, for his fourth outing author and artist Thomas Pavitte is taking on the challenge of recreating some of the worlds finest pieces of art in 1000 dots! With Thomas' unique style, 20 masterpieces by the likes of Van Gogh and Hokusai are rendered in exquisite line drawings for you to complete yourself.Not only will you discover the satisfaction of…
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Joseph Connolly The A - Z of Eating out ENThe AZ of Eating Out is a wonderfully light-hearted, humorous and anecdotal guide to all aspects of eating away from home, offering a wealth of guidelines, suggestions, top tips, cautions, advice and insider knowledge to help everyone get the most out of their dining experience. Organized into 146 AZ entries, each of which is followed by a handy list of related topics, the book is not a restaurant guide but rather a…
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Pete Barry The Advertising Concept Book ENThis is the third edition of the highly successful Advertising Concept Book. As well as substantially expanded chapters on interactive advertising and integrated advertising, an entirely new chapter on branded social media has been added. This new edition contains fifty specially drawn new illustrations of key campaigns. It covers every aspect of the business, from how to write copy and learn the creative process to…
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Sarah Greenough The Altering Eye ENIn 1949 Georgia O’Keeffe chose the National Gallery of Art as the custodian of nearly 1,600 photographs by Alfred Stieglitz, the Key Set as it has become known. With the formation in 1990 of the Gallery’s department of photographs under Sarah Greenough, the collection has grown to 14,000 works of art, an assemblage that both charts the development of the medium and reveals the beauty and dynamic versatility of…
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Joanna Ebenstein The Anatomical Venus ENBeneath the original Venetian glass and rosewood case at La Specola in Florence lies Clemente Susini’s Anatomical Venus (c. 1790), a perfect object whose luxuriously bizarre existence challenges belief. It or, better, she – was conceived of as a means to teach human anatomy without need for constant dissection, which was messy, ethically fraught and subject to quick decay. This life-sized wax woman is adorned with…
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Patrick Baty The Anatomy of ColourWhy were primary colors popular in postwar kitchens? Why did the Art Deco era prefer clean lines and pastel shades? This comprehensive illustrated history of the use of color and paint in interior decoration answers these questions and many more. Drawing on his huge specialist archive, historian and paint expert Patrick Baty traces the evolution of pigments and paint colors together with color systems and standards,…
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Molly Donovan, Tina Fiske The Andy Goldsworthy Project ENThis is the most substantial scholarly volume devoted to British sculptor Andy Goldsworthy’s work in twenty years and the first to underscore his permanent oeuvre. In January 2003 Goldsworthy was invited to create a work of art for the National Gallery of Art, Washington. The project began with a series of ephemeral works on Government Island in Stafford County, Virginia. From this phase a series of photographic…