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British Auto Legends: Classics of Style and Design

The British motor industry has created many of the world’s landmark car designs. Its famous names – Jaguar, Bentley, AC, Rolls-Royce, Aston Martin – are inextricably linked with some of the most recognized and coveted cars ever made. This ......

1500 Chinese Design Motifs

These crisp, black-and-white images will lend a distinctive Far Eastern accent to any project. Geometrics, abstracts, and other intriguing configurations adapt easily for use as spot illustrations and other applications. Professional and amateur ......

Drawing for Fashion Designers

From simple line drawings to collage, painting, and computer graphics, Drawing for Fashion Designers is the most complete guide to depicting the clothed human figure. Students of fashion will appreciate the technical information and step-by-step ......

The Art of Faery

From the gothic fantasies of Amy Brown to Myrea Pettit’s gentle, playful creatures, this breathtaking collection of superbly reproduced paintings celebrates the finest in fairy art. Each illustrator has chosen his or her favorite pieces, and all ......

Dubai Architecture & Design

Only a few decades ago, Dubai was merely a tranquil Bedouin city. Today, the skyline of a boomtown rises from the desert. Reports about it are distinguished by superlatives. In particular, reports regardign new buildings in this country of ......

Stadium Design

In ancient Greece, the term stadium was defined as a footrace over a distance 192 m. This distance measurement was then later used as a description for the competition facility. Nowadays a stadium is considered a total competitive sporting ......

Spectrum 12: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art

The increasing popularity of fantasy and science fiction themes in art is celebrated in the annual Spectrum series. The premier venue for such art, each lavishly illustrated volume is an invaluable resource, eagerly awaited by art directors, ......

Icons Of Fashion: The 20th Century

This book is an invitation to rediscover the history of the 20th century through its fashion. What was en vogue, tres chic, le dernier cri in fashion, "in" and then immediately "out" again? What was an absolute "must"? "Icons of Fashion" offers ......

In Detail: Building Skins

The external facades of a building are more than a protective mantle or a skin regulating temperature and light. They determine a building's very appearance. Increasingly, external surfaces are designed to reflect their status as an integral ......

Print & Finish

Enhance graphic design with great print and finish techniques * Dozens of print and finish techniques, each showcased with examples by top designers * Handy, small format * Highly visual throughout, with informative text and clear layout How can ......

Bamboo Style: Exteriors Interiors Detail

The many uses of beautiful bamboo Besides feeding pandas and making a yummy addition to many Asian dishes, bamboo is also used as a building material, both functional and decorative. The dried stems are extremely sturdy and lend themselves to a ......

Valentines: Vintage Holiday Graphics

While it may be true that our annual celebration of love began as a pagan feast of the flesh in third century Rome, that shouldn't stop anyone from enjoying this charming collection of Valentine's Day ephemera. From cards to candy boxes, party ......

Creating Creatures of Fantasy and Imagination

Fantasy continues to be hot, and it`s not just for kids interested in comics. Many fine artists love mythological creatures like mermaids, centaurs, and dragons. And with Creating Creatures of Fantasy and Imagination, they`ll learn how to make ......

Pin-up Grrrls: Feminism, Sexuality, Popular Culture

Subverting stereotypical images of women, a new generation of feminist artists is remaking the pin-up, much as Annie Sprinkle, Cindy Sherman, and others did in the 1970s and 1980s. As shocking as contemporary feminist pin-ups are intended to be, ......

An Ornament to the City: Old Mobile Ironwork

The "iron lace" that graces the businesses, homes, squares, and cemeteries of Mobile, Alabama, is as vital a part of that southern port city as it is of New Orleans, Charleston, and Savannah. Until now, its story has never been fully told. In ......

The Packaging Designer's Book of Patterns

Fifteen years after the first edition of this landmark resource, "The Packaging Designer`s Book of Pattern" continues its long tradition as a useful tool in the ever-changing world of packaging design. This third edition features more than fifty ......

The Art Of Comic-Book Inking

Gary Martin's two volumes of The Art of Comic-Book Inking have become the industry-standard manuals for aspiring inkers seeking to take their work to the next level or for working professionals looking to broaden their skills base. Now, these ......

Carried Away: All About Bags

The bag is one of the most universal and oldest objects invented by humankind. What began as a prosaic item for everyday use can now be a luxurious treasure that confers instant status. In this unique, lavishly illustrated volume, published to ......

Scrum Bums: A Get Fuzzy Collection

Bucky Katt is a rather obstinate Siamese who constantly battles his "owner" Rob for control of their home. Satchel Pooch, the Labrador-Shar-pei mix who's sweet and lovable, makes a nice lackey for Bucky. Bucky knows he's smarter than everyone ......

Martin Parr

A comprehensive mid-career retrospective of the work of well-known Magnum photographer Martin Parr, including previously unpublished early work....

VJ: Audio-Visual Art and VJ Culture (+ DVD)

A major change has taken place at dance clubs worldwide: the advent of the VJ. Once the term referred to the video jockey who introduced music videos on MTV, but now it defines an artist who creates and mixes video, live and synced to music, in ......

Modernism: Designing a New World

The first book to explore Modernism from a truly international perspective, Modernism: Designing a New World offers a reassessment of the concept and reveals the fundamental ways in which it has shaped our world and its visual culture. Modrnism ......

Arabic Script

One of the world's major forms of writing, Arabic script is the language of the Koran and it became widespread as a result of Islamic conquests of much of the world. The Koran places great importance on writing, and in the first verse of the ......

Spider-Man: Maximum Carnage

The perennial fan-favorite collection, back in print! Carnage, the spawn of Venom, has assembled an army of Spider-Man`s criminally insane adversaries to spread his message of hostility, chaos and wholesale slaughter: Carrion, Demogoblin, Shriek ......

Wordplay: The Philosophy, Art, and Science of Ambigrams

Take a second look at the cover of this book - this time, turn it upside down. The title, "Wordplay", is an ambigram, which means you will be able to read it both right side up and upside down. You may be familiar with the John Langdon`s ......

How to Draw Cars Like a Pro

In this long-awaited follow-up to the best-selling first edition of "How to Draw Cars Like a Pro", renowned car designer Thom Taylor goes back to the drawing board to update his classic with all-new illustrations and to expand on such topics as ......

Ghost Rider Visual Guide (Visual Guides)

Ghost Rider, one of Marvel's most extreme and popular characters, roars onto the big screen in February 2007, and this is the book that takes readers behind the scenes and into the dark and desperate world of a fearsome crusader for justice....

Pornogami: A Guide to the Ancient Art of Paper-Folding for Adults

Master Sugoi's origami normally features classical figures, animals, creatures, and design, but Pornogami shows a new side of his talent. A piece of pornogami folded in the right setting, he discovered, can produce smiles and laughter in a way ......

Creative Glass Techniques: Fusing, Painting, Lampwork

D.I.Y. Design It Yourself

Not satisfied with the new T-shirts on sale at the local mall? Maybe you'd like a wedding invitation that expresses your own vision, not your party planner's? How about some personalized stationery? An upgrade to your website? A business card? A ......

The Goblins of Labyrinth : 20th Anniversary Edition

In 1986, the magical fantasy movie Labyrinth introduced the world to a set of unforgettable goblins from the minds of Jim Henson and Brian Froud. Not only has the film become a classic with a huge cult following, but Brian Froud's long out- ......

Goth-Icky: A Macabre Menagerie of Morbid Monstrosities (A Pop Ink Book)

A Pop Ink Book by Charles S. Anderson Design Company From Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde to B horror movie icons to The Addams Family and beyond, macabre misfits have thrived in the fertile soil of American modern-age media and pop culture. Brought to ......

Graffiti World: Street Art from Five Continents

Ever since anonymous spray-can art began appearing on city walls in New York and Philadelphia in the late 1960s, graffiti has been a ubiquitous presence in the urban landscape, its artists largely unsung heroes. As hip-hop culture spread from ......

Eat. Work. Shop.: New Japanese Design

Vibrant color photography and compelling text make this the ultimate guide to modern Japanese life. Readers the world over will marvel at this collection of 21st-century commercial sites in Japan. Seven of the country`s foremost architects ......

The Acme Novelty Library

With all his literary accolades and awards, it's easy to forget Ware is one of the warmest, funniest cartoonists in America. The Acme Novelty Library collects a few issues of Ware's comic book series by the same name and adds plenty of new pages ......