Industrial / Commercial Art & Design

In 1931, the Chicago Tribune introduced the public to an exciting new comic strip destined to become a classic: Dick Tracy. Tracy's creator, Che...

A unique cross-disciplinary survey of design history, A History of Design from the Victorian Era to the Present offers a concise overview of the mo...

The V&A is home to 5,000 years of human ingenuity in art, design and performance. Among its treasures are notebooks, working sketches and patte...

A celebration of a graphic design genius, published to mark what would have been his 80th birthday. The Wild World of Barney Bubbles celebrates...

When she was 16, Tala Raassi went to a party. She talked to boys, and wore a mini-skirt. She was punished with 40 lashes and five days in jail.Grow...

The photograph of a stage design model is an illusion; it creates the impression of the performance having already taken place. Models have a discr...

Behind every typeface is a story who designed it, and why? What are its distinctive characteristics, and what cultural baggage does it carry? T...

A comprehensive study of dress in Northern Europe from the early fourteenth century to the beginning of the Renaissance, this new book is the first...

This entertaining A to Z follows the success of the popular V&A guides to Style and Hollywood Style. Compiled by Kate Bethune, it brings togeth...