
Architectural Regionalism
In this rapidly globalizing world, any investigation of architecture inevitably leads to considerations of regionalism. But despite its omnipresenc...
View full detailsIn this rapidly globalizing world, any investigation of architecture inevitably leads to considerations of regionalism. But despite its omnipresenc...
View full detailsThe book argues for a shift of orientation in architectural thought, from what the building is to what it does; it also shows that the workings or ...
View full detailsCats, cats, and more cats! Expressive or aloof, affectionate or enigmatic, cats have complicated characters that make them compelling artists' muse...
View full detailsDaddy Wouldn't Buy Me a Bauhaus collects the unparalleled writings of legendary British wordsmith Janet Abrams for the first time. From pivotal fig...
View full detailsIn an age of globalization and connectivity, the idea of 'mainstream culture' has become quaint. Websites, magazines, books, and television have al...
View full detailsThe drawings of the Dublin based Studio Grafton Architects, one of the most up and coming and hype studio in contemporary architecture, formed by I...
View full detailsHerbert Bayer (1900-1985) was one of the most influential graphic designers of the twentieth century, with a prolific career spanning more than six...
View full detailsIn 1958, artist Joan Miró and critic Yvon Taillandier sat down for an in-depth discussion on Miró's life and work. Their conversation, one of the m...
View full detailsWhat goes on inside a paragraph of printed text? Cyrus Highsmith's Inside Paragraphs is an essential primer on the basics of typography that focuse...
View full detailsWhat was your first artwork to receive recognition? What materials do you use, and how did they come into your practice? What advice would you give...
View full detailsInside an art gallery, it is easy to forget that the paintings there are the end products of a process involving not only creative inspiration, but...
View full detailsThe life and work of visionary American architect Frank Lloyd Wright launches our new activity book series, Meet the Architect!, an expansion of ou...
View full detailsMeet The Artist! Henri Matisse provides an overview of Matisse's artistic career, reflecting on each pivotal period, including sculpture, fauve pai...
View full detailsDiscover the magnificent art of Leonardo da Vinci, Renaissance master, through this newest addition to the popular Meet the Artist series. Leonardo...
View full detailsMeet The Artist! Pablo Picasso takes young readers on an interactive journey through the remarkable life of the legendary Spanish painter. This eng...
View full detailsMeet the Artist! Vincent van Gogh takes young readers of all ages on a colourful, interactive journey through the work of this revered Dutch painte...
View full detailsAmerican architect Michael Graves divides architectural design into three distinctive moments: referential sketches, preparatory studies, and final...
View full detailsIt's everywhere, including the moon (on the commemorative plaque left by Apollo 11 astronauts), Nike sneakers, the artworks of Barbara Kruger, Ed R...
View full detailsDesign is a way to engage with real content, real experience,' writes celebrated essayist Michael Bierut in this follow-up to his best-selling Seve...
View full detailsBest-known for his corporate brand logos and art direction, Paul Rand (1914-1986) transformed commercial art from craft to profession, introduced E...
View full detailsIf Paul Rand was the most influential American graphic designer of the twentieth century, then Paul Rand: A Designer's Art is the most important on...
View full detailsAs one of the most influential and inspirational graphic designers of the twentieth century, Paul Rand defined modern American graphic design. His ...
View full detailsPaul Rudolph (1918–1997) authored some of Modernism's most powerful designs and served as an influential educator while chair of Yale's School of A...
View full detailsSeymour Chwast (1931-) is an American graphic designer known for his diverse body of work and lasting influence on visual culture. He has authored ...
View full detailsSilkscreen Masters is a groundbreaking project, both a manual on screen printing and a showcase of the world's leading printers. The manual covers ...
View full detailsOne of the most celebrated living architects, Ando is best known for crafting serenely austere structures that fuse Japanese building traditions wi...
View full detailsThe Bauhaus, the legendary school in Dessau, Germany, transformed architecture and design around the world. This book broke new ground when first p...
View full detailsA challenging and polemical argument about the Autonomia movement in Italy, a group of Italian intellectuals who produced a powerful and rigorous c...
View full detailsThis Is What Democracy Looked Like, the first illustrated history of printed ballot design, illuminates the noble but often flawed process at the h...
View full detailsWiel Arets' sketches, like his architecture, play with contrasts. Exacting, oversized perspective views are alternated with schematic diagrams, fix...
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