General Design category: 1730 books
Experimental Corsets
Inspiration and techniques for wearable and sculptural garments
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2016
An exploration of the corset as a motif for textile artists, with practical tips and examples. Used for the last 400 years to contort the female body into a variety of fashionable silhouettes, the corset has become a fascinating and hugely popular motif for modern textile artists who wish to represent...
by Debbie Millman
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2013
Debbie Millman's illustrated essays and visual poems are part philosophy, part art, part deeply personal memoir exposing the universal triumphs and tribulations of being human. Her hand-lettered typography - sometimes tender, sometimes gritty, always breathtaking in its visceral candor - makes Self...
The Art of Arthur Rackham: Celebrating 150 Years of the Great British Artist
Celebrating 150 Years of the Great British Artist
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2017
This book, The Art of Arthur Rackham, celebrates 150 years of one of the best and most loved artists in British history. Over his long and illustrious career, he contributed to an extensive number of books, magazines and periodicals, resulting in a vast array of original artworks. In this book, Pook...
Clothing and Landscape in Victorian England
Working-Class Dress and Rural Life
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2018
At the beginning of the Victorian period, most of England's population lived in the countryside; by its end, the balance had tipped towards living in urban and suburban spaces. In the context of this rapidly changing world, Rachel Worth explores the ways in which the clothing of the rural working...
Textile Nature
Textile techniques and inspiration from the natural world
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2016
An inspirational guide to using nature in textile art, with step-by-step projects Plants, flowers, gardens, insects and birds are a rich source of inspiration for artists and designers of all kinds. This beautiful guide demonstrates how to get the most out of your surroundings to create original and...
by Patricia Wardle
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2011
“Embroidery Most Sumptuously Wrought” takes a look at historical Dutch embroidery, focusing on exquisite examples contemporarily held in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Including interesting historical information as well as expert descriptions and analyses, this profusely-illustrated...
Balancing Acts
Three Prima Ballerinas Becoming Mothers
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2015
There are few jobs more rarefied or as physically and mentally demanding as prima ballerina. And yet, despite very real professional risks, three dancers from the world-class San Francisco Ballet all decided to have children at the pinnacle of their careers. In Balancing Acts, photographer Lucy Gray...
by Anon.
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2017
This vintage book contains some concise but useful facts about leather, boots, and shoes. Although old, much of the information contained within this volume is timeless and will be of considerable utility to modern readers. From the manufacturing of leather to things to consider when buying leather...
by J. H. Walker
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2017
Facts Worth Knowing About Leather, Boots, and Shoes is a concise guide to shoe manufacturing and the shoe industry, published by Chicago shoe manufacturers “Walker Tannery”. It includes information on a variety of related subjects, as well as details concerning the company, it's ethics and ethos,...
by Jackson S. Schultz
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2017
This vintage book contains a detailed treatise on the leather industry in late-nineteenth century America, being a dissertation on the methods employed in and the economics of tanning. This volume is highly recommended for those with an interest in the history and development of the American tanning...
Crisi d'identità
Costruire un’identità visiva senza sapere da che parte iniziare
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 25, 2016
Quando lavori in proprio ti concentri tantissimo su quello che andrai a vendere, prodotto o servizio che sia. Però poi, quando inizi a comunicarlo, ti rendi conto che hai trascurato qualche cosina.
C'è da pensare al logo, ai colori, alle immagini per i post, alle grafiche per il sito: una marea...
Arte in cattedra ai mercati di Traiano
Liceo Artistico Statale “Enzo Rossi” 1966-2016
Language: Italian
Release Date: April 13, 2016
La mostra allestita presso i Mercati di Traiano segna ancora una volta una tappa fondamentale nella storia del Liceo Artistico “Enzo Rossi”, già Istituto d’Arte Roma 2: momento di sintesi e di valutazione, manifestazione visibile dell’impegno e dell’entusiasmo che da sempre caratterizzano...
by Soetsu Yanagi
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2019
The daily lives of ordinary people are replete with objects, common things used in commonplace settings. These objects are our constant companions in life. As such, writes Soetsu Yanagi, they should be made with care and built to last, treated with respect and even affection. They should be natural...