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One hundred creative, intelligent, and interesting women--some well-known, some not--reveal their inner selves through candid, tender, and often humorous snapshots--both visual and textual--of a single object or corner of their bathroom. For many women, the bathroom is the most intimate of...

Paris has been the international capital of fashion for more than 300 years. Even before the rise of the haute couture, Parisians were notorious for their obsession with fashion, and foreigners eagerly followed their lead. From Charles Frederick Worth to Gabrielle "Coco†? Chanel, Christian...

Patent Pending – Graphene The two worlds of Melanie and Kennedy are far apart. One young woman is a fifteen year old in high school, nerdy and overweight. Kennedy is a hot young supermodel travelling from one hot party to another as she globe trots around the world. Melanie is shy, unsure of herself...

So you probably won't be attending your own movie premiere or collecting a Grammy Award this year. That doesn't mean you can't look like you're ready for the red carpet and fawning paparazzi. In Effortless Style, June Ambrose, the celebrity fashion stylist and designer who's shaped the looks of some...

The Toronto Ink Company was founded in 2014 by designer and artist Jason Logan as a citizen science experiment to make eco-friendly, urban ink from street-harvested pigments. In Make Ink, Logan delves into the history of inkmaking and the science of distilling pigment from the natural world. Readers...

Mothmeister is the nonstop morphing alter ego of two artistic soulmates based in Belgium, home of surrealism. In their eerie Post-Mortem Fairy Tales, they portray a series of masked, grotesque characters - often accompanied by startling stuffed animals and a variety of curiosa from their private collection. Just...

Este libro recoge tres conversaciones entre el diseñador Milton Glaser y el editor Peter Mayer que fueron publicadas originalmente en inglés en tres libros distintos dedicados a la obra del diseñador. Tres momentos puntuales (1973, 2000 y 2008) a lo largo de un lapso de tiempo dilatado, en los...

Do you keep a journal? Not necessarily a diary, but a few short words that you keep to remember your accomplishments and achievements over a given period of time. When you recall those accomplishments do you imagine them in color or three-dimensional? Have you ever considered yourself a creative...

Be as in love with your jeans, sweatpants, or flannels as you want, it’s hard to refute the sumptuous feel of a finely tailored suit—as well as the statement of power that comes with it. For over a century the suit has dominated wardrobes, its simple form making it the go-to attire for boardrooms,...

Bridging theory and practice, this accessible text provides an introduction to fashion from both cultural studies and fashion studies perspectives, and addresses the growing interaction between the two fields. Cultural studies relies on fashion to exemplify change as well as continuity, examine...

This book gives accounts of different strategies showing an impact on urban safety and security in European and non-European cities – being it the main goal or only a “secondary effect” of the observed urban policies, and being their result effective or only perceived. The essays describe the...

El propósito de este libro es ofrecer una introducción panorámica a las diferentes intersecciones entre arte, ciencia y tecnología que se han visto potenciadas a raíz de la introducción de las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación (TIC) en todos los ámbitos de la sociedad.

Valorar la viabilidad técnica de encargos de reprografía de distinta naturaleza. Interpretar la información de la consola de los equipos de reprografía y del software de impresión y grabación relacionándola con las necesidades de reproducción de los originales. Realizar la reproducción de...