Category: Design
Design is a multi-disciplined approach to problem-solving that has always uniquely reflected humankind's aspirations, needs and desires. It has both shaped and mirrored the spirit of our times. The Story of Design' is a fascinating multi-stranded account that is truly comprehensive in its scope ...Show more
Category: Design
"I'm fascinated by the creative process and the 'eureka' moment behind the innovations and designs we know and love." - Author, Chris Pearson "Chris Pearson's monthly column, Design Moments, has appeared in Australian House & Garden magazine for five years. Each one zeroes in on the A-ha moment tha ...Show more
Category: Design
Bauhaus Diaspora and Beyond- Transforming Education in Art, Architecture and Design presents an extraordinary new Australasian cultural history. It is a migrant and refugee story- from 1930, the arrival of so many emigre, internee and refugee educators helped to transform art, architecture and design in ...Show more
Category: Design
Forty five key women of the Bauhaus movement.Bauhaus Women: A Global Perspective reclaims the other half of Bauhaus history, yielding a new understanding of the radical experiments in art and life undertaken at the Bauhaus and the innovations that continue to resonate with viewers around the world today ...Show more
Category: Design
Iconic Designs is a beautifully designed and illustrated guide to fifty classic 'things' - designs that we find in the city, in our homes and offices, on page and screen, and in our everyday lives. In her introduction, Grace Lees-Maffei explores what makes a design 'iconic', and fifty essays by leading ...Show more
Category: Design
A comprehensive exploration of the life and works of French ceramicist Th odore DeckTh odore Deck was a central figure in the revival of ceramic art in France and one of the most esteemed ceramic artists in the late nineteenth century. He completely transformed the art of faience, and was internationall ...Show more
Category: Design
From the cutting-edge London design agency Here Design - writer and poet Philip Cowell, and award-winning designer Caz Hildebrand, author of The Herbarium, this playful, original, beautifully designed book brings to life the punctuation marks we use every day, including:The dashing dash - So-called "quo ...Show more
Category: Design | Series: All Wrapped Up Ser.
All Wrapped Up is a series of gorgeous stationery books celebrating the work of Australia's best and brightest artists. Australia celebrates native flora, fauna and kitsch as seen through the joy-filled print and colour prism of illustrator Alice Oehr. Love the pattern? Rip it out and wrap ...Show more
Category: Design
Do ewe no what homophones are? They're words that sound alike but are spelled differently and have completely different meanings - it's knot always easy to get it right. Based on his blog Homophones, Weakly, Bruce Worden's Homophones Visualized uses simple but clever graphics to help illustrate the diff ...Show more
Category: Design
A brand-new edition of the world's most widely used drawing instruction book, expanded and updated with more than 50 per cent new material. If you enjoy sketching but feel stuck at a childlike level, this classic handbook will give you the drawing skills you have always wanted. If you are already drawin ...Show more
Category: Design
A behind-the-scenes look at the extraordinary and meticulous design of graphic objects for film sets Although graphic props such as invitations, letters, tickets, and packaging are rarely seen close-up by a cinema audience, they are designed in painstaking detail. Dublin-based designer Annie Atkins invi ...Show more
Category: Design
Delve into the lives of 50 of the most important figures of the Bauhaus movement through the recollections of former Bauhaus students, teachers, and friends. Although it flourished for only fifteen years, the Bauhaus school remains one of the most influential art and design movements of the 20th century ...Show more
