Industrial / Commercial Art & Design

Behind nearly every item in the modern wardrobe is a first of its kind - the definitive item, often designed by a single company or brand for speci...

The extraordinary design of the Braun company seen from a variety of angles: In twenty essays, collectors and design enthusiasts, art historians, B...

An essential guide for a new generation of artists to learn professional-level art skillsno student loan required!Now a successful artist, illustra...

Part look-book, part memoir, and part history, this beautifully illustrated monument to a singular designer who helped inspire the growing Indigeno...

The application of future thinking in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) has gained significant importance in recent years. The integration of specul...

Good Dogs encapsulates the diverse and whimsical artistic interpretations of dogs across breeds, from the Mastiff to the Maltese. From the ancient ...

Folk Fusion collates a resurgence of old folk tales and traditions through the contemporary brushstrokes of artists who seamlessly blend the old wi...

Designed Experiments for Science and Engineering is a versatile and overarching toolkit that explores various methods of designing experiments for ...

Available again, this beautifully produced collection of fashion illustration celebrates the richness of fashion drawing in Vogue magazine. William...

This book showcases cutting-edge research papers from the 9th International Conference on Research into Design (ICoRD 2023) the largest in India i...

This stunning exploration of Chinese and Central Asian textiles draws from one of the world's major collections. In private hands, it features obje...

Contributions by Vlad Dima, Laura Hatry, Alicia Kozma, Lynette Kuliyeva, Madhuja Mukherjee, Frank Percaccio, Gary D. Rhodes, Courtney Ruffner Grien...

Highlighting many examples of previously unseen and unusual garments from one of the preeminent kimono collections, this dazzling volume explores t...

Drawing obsessionsThe ALBERTINA modern exhibition presents Alfred Kubins view of the world of evil, the predominant theme of his life and work. The...

How human behavior brought our world to the brink, and how human behavior can save us.The world is a mess. Our dire predicament, from collapsing so...

Life is nothing if not a series of endings. School. Jobs. Friendships. Love. Walter Willem's death was fast and unexpected. His was an unremarkable...

Logos form an essential part of brand identity - the allow people to quickly and easily identify and connect with a brand, its products and service...

Architectural, industrial, and graphic design in the United States from the 1950s through to the 1970s - generally known as mid-century modern - is...

Scholars have argued that postmodernism is dead and that we are entering into a new era that some have labelled altermodernism, digimodernism, perf...

A Cultural History of Color in the Medieval Age covers the period 500 to 1400. The medieval age saw an extraordinary burst of color - from illumina...

A Cultural History of Color in Antiquity covers the period 3000 BCE to 500 CE. Although the smooth, white marbles of Classical sculpture and archit...

The 18th century saw the height of court culture in Europe as well as the beginnings of its demise with conflicts such as the American and French R...

The 16th and 17th centuries in Europe witnessed a significant paradigm shift. Rooted in medieval beliefs and preoccupations, the exploration so cha...

Originally published in 1937 and reprinted as a fourth edition in paperback in 1979, this is a history of dress in England from the Norman Conquest...

Originally published in 1958, this book deals with the details of dress formal and informal from the time of Charles II to the end of the eightee...

What do designers, scientists, entrepreneurs, and politicians have in common? They want to shape the future. But how can you make the future that ...

Dee-Ceased is no ordinary comic book. Its literally three books in one. Part comic book, part chapter book, and part history lesson. Youll get all ...

Eighteenth-century fashion was cosmopolitan and varied. Whilst the wildly extravagant and colorful elite fashions parodied in contemporary satire ...

During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries the production of dress shifted dramatically from being predominantly hand-crafted in small qua...

During the medieval period, people invested heavily in looking good. The finest fashions demanded careful chemistry and compounds imported from gr...

Over the last century there has been a complete transformation of the fashion system. The unitary top-down fashion cycle has been replaced by the p...

The first book from the AD100 interior designer renowned for joyful, vibrant, intensely personal homes imbued with art, pattern, and craftsmanship ...