Industrial / Commercial Art & Design

The use of intelligence in manufacturing has emerged as a fascinating subject for academics and businesses everywhere. This book focuses on various...

This book is an edited collection of key lectures and foundational publications by Professor Nigel Cross on creative design thinking. This is an ex...

With photographs spanning Sam McKnight s entire career, this book is a dramatic anthology of looks from retro to androgynous, romantic to ...

Since 1983, when David Yurman debuted its now-legendary Cable bracelet, the twisted helix has been the American jeweller's signature. As Yurman him...

Spark your child's curiosity with this collection of beautifully designed fact-packed posters, covering everything from mighty dinosaurs to fearles...

Tom Ford and Tom Ford 002 slipcased together as one deluxe package, with a unique printing of the slipcase which will be white type with black clot...

In 1975 Laura Mulvey published her seminal essay on the male gaze, ushering in a new era in understanding the politics and theory of looking at the...

Fashion is a subject that has long been marginalized in art history and in museums. And yet, one of the most well-known artists in the twentieth ce...

Winner of the Association of Dress Historians Book of the Year Award, 2021 In 1939, fashion became an economic and symbolic sphere of great import...

Italy is a major player in the global fashion industry, yet little has been written about its contribution to fashion curation. This book explores ...

Traditional dress is a common phenomenon across much of Western Europe, often originating in elaborate practices for rural religious events. Yet de...

The history of mens needlework has long been considered a taboo subject. This is the first book ever published to document and critically interroga...

The aim of this book is to enable students, educators and designers in the early stages of their careers to learn and practise design in a socially...

Reading Graphic Design History uses a series of key artifacts from the history of print culture in light of their specific historical contexts. It ...

Consuming the Body examines contemporary consumerism and the commodified construction of ideal gendered bodies, paying particular attention to the ...

What do things mean? What does the life of everyday objects reveal about people and their material worlds? Has the quest for the real thing become ...

The book is a comprehensive guide for students and practitioners who want to take a collaborative approach in their design practice. Authors Marty ...

Once one understands the nature and magnitude of defuturing as the negation of world futures, how one has to account for the history and making of ...

What is the relationship between the soul, or inner life, and what we wear in the making of identity and belief? What bearing do religious and poli...

Information may be beautiful, but our decisions about the data we choose to represent and how we represent it are never neutral. This insightful hi...

This multi-disciplinary study examines the exceptional Turkey red textile dyeing process and product. Prized for its brilliant colour and durabilit...

From rumps and stays to muffs and handkerchiefs, underwear and accessories were critical components of the 18th-century womans wardrobe. They not o...

I adored this book and cant recommend it highly enough CATHY HORYN Beautifully executed NORMA KAMALI A visual feast GILES DEACON Entertaining, t...

After the successful and innovative first two editions, now in a new, restructured 3rd edition, this remains the most authoritative introduction fo...

In this highly original book, Susan E. Hiner looks behind fashions seams and focuses on the women fashion producers both working- and middle-class...

From the editors of Another Man magazine, an epic journey into the world of men's style. Another Man magazine is revered around the world as the ul...

It's an intersection of pop culture, politics, celebrity, entertainment and fashion, all colliding together for one stellar night out on the iconic...

In the last half of the 19th century, the women of America were beginning to develop their own sense of style. Although influenced by European fash...

designing designing is one of the most extraordinary books on design ever written. First published in 1984 and reprinted with this title and cover ...

Published during the war's centennial, this is the story of the First World War through forty propaganda posters. Essays explain each poster, unpac...

The second volume of Modern Heraldry contains a vast resource of trademarks, based on heraldic symbology, from all over the world. Featuring the wo...

This book delves into the nuanced interplay of colour in human perception and its applications across diverse fields, highlighting the transformati...

Create your own Chibi and manga-style dolls with this adorable book!Plushies are squishable, stuffed dolls. Mochi are the cute, limbless little do...