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Vendor:Laurence King
History of Modern Design (Second Edition)
David Raizman Softcover | 22.48 x 3.81 x 30.23 cm | 432 pp Laurence King | 2010 | 9781856696944 This insightful, wide-ranging book surveys the applied arts and industrial design from the eighteenth century to the present day, exploring the dynamic relationship between design and...- £27.50
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Now You See Me: An Introduction to 100 Years of Black Design (Non-mint)
Charlene Prempeh Hardcover | 17.78 x 2.31 x 24.41 cm | 224 pp Prestel | 2023 | 9783791388472 Previously marginalised, overlooked, or even erased from history, Black designers are finally given their due in this first book to celebrate a century of groundbreaking work by...- £12.50
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Extra Bold: A Feminist, Inclusive, Anti-racist, Nonbinary Field Guide for Graphic Designers
Softcover | 15.37 x 2.41 x 22.99 cm | 176 pp Princeton Architectural Press | 2021 | 9781616899189 Extra Bold is the inclusive, practical, and informative career handbook for designers that we've all been waiting for. Written collaboratively by a diverse team of authors, the...- £15.00
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Coffee Lids: Peel, Pinch, Pucker, Puncture
Louise Harpman & Scott Specht Softcover | 14 x 2 x 15 cm | 256 pp Princeton Architectural Press | 2018 | 9781616896560 The ubiquitous plastic coffee cup lid combines indentations, protrusions, tabs, and score lines that can be pinched, pulled, pushed, punctured, and tucked...- £10.00
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Design and Designing: A Critical Introduction
Steve Garner & Chris Evans Softcover | 24.4 x 18.9 cm | 512 pp Berg Publishers | 2012 | 9781847885760 Design and Designing provides a broad and critical understanding of what is essentially a practical subject. Designing today is less a craft and more a part...- £12.00
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Formica Forever
Softcover | 16.51 x 3.05 x 23.88 cm | 408 pp Metropolis | 2013 | 9781938922152 Formica Forever, published to celebrate Formica®’s centennial, takes us on a lively, informative walk through the life of this much-loved material: from its beginnings as electrical insulation; to its adoption by...- £12.00
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Green Patriot Posters: Images for a New Activism
Edward Morris & Dmitri Siegel Softcover | 24.1 x 1.3 x 31.8 cm | 128 pp Metropolis | 2010 | 9781935202240 This book brings together the strongest contemporary graphic design promoting sustainability and the fight against climate change. Featuring 50 tear-out posters by leading and emerging...- £7.50
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Vendor:Gestalten
High Touch: Tactile Design and Visual Explorations
Robert Klanten & Matthias Hübner Hardcover | 24 x 2.4 x 28.5 cm | 208 pp Gestalten | 2012 | 9783899554441 High Touch is a powerful collection of cutting-edge tactile design. The choice selection of three-dimensional work defines a visual language for presentation and storytelling whose effectiveness...- £20.00
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Designing Here/Now: A Global Selection of Objects, Concepts and Spaces for the Future
Alan Chochinov & Eric Ludlum Hardcover | 22.86 x 3.81 x 27.43 cm | 448 pp Thames and Hudson | 2014 | 9780500517482 A survey of entrants and winners of the Core77 Design Awards - an in-depth look at the spirit and preoccupations of the design...- £12.00
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Vendor:Ilex
Central Saint Martins Foundation: Key Lessons in Art and Design
Lucy Alexander & Timothy Meara Softcover with exposed-spine half-binding | 19.05 x 3.7 x 24.6 cm | 256 pp Ilex Press | 2019 | 9781781575994 Explore and expand your creative skill set with Central Saint Martins Foundation. Guided by key lessons from college tutors, you'll learn to...- £8.00
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Vendor:Abbeville Press
A Century of American Toys and Games: The Story of Pressman Toy
Hardcover | 33.78 x 2.79 x 26.16 cm | 256 pp Abbeville Press | 2022 | 9780789214447 Rare & Collectible From Chinese checkers to the Wheel of Fortune board game, this is the story of how one family business shaped the way Americans play. Abundantly illustrated...- £25.00
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Vendor:Yale University Press
Wunderkammer
Tod Williams & Billie Tsien Hardcover | 19 x 2.5 x 15.9 cm | 240 pp Yale University Press | 2013 | 9780300197983 An alluring glimpse into magnificent Cornell-like boxes created by some of the world's leading architects and designers Inspired by the idea of the...- £5.00
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Vendor:BIS Publishers
Sketching: The Basics
Koos Eissen & Roselien Steur Softcover | 18.92 x 2.03 x 25.78 cm | 204 pp BIS Publishers | 2019 | 9789063695347 Sketching: The Basics concerns the study of drawing form for designers. It is aboutlearning to draw efficiently by employing different techniques, both manual and digital. Drawing...- £17.50
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Design Basics: From Ideas to Products
Gerhard Heufler, Michael Lanz & Martin Prettenthaler Softcover | 16 x 1.5 x 21 cm | 244 pp Niggli | 2019 | 9783721209884 Design Basics offers a professional yet compact introduction to industrial design, written by specialists in the field with years of experience as...- £15.00
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The Battle for Better Design: The History of the Royal Fine Art Commission
Roger Bargery Hardcover | 22.86 x 1.07 x 25.4 cm | 196 pp Unicorn Press | 2024 | 9781911397960 Prince Albert was the first Chairman of the first Royal Fine Art Commission, appointed by Queen Victoria to commission art for the new Houses of Parliament....- £20.00
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Tom Eckersley: A Mid-century Modern Master
Paul Rennie Hardcover | 22.1 x 2.79 x 22.1 cm | 256 pp Batsford | 2021 | 9781849946049 From iconic posters for the Post Office and London Transport to designs for brands such as Guinness, this richly illustrated book explores the work of influential British...- £12.50
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Notes on the Type, Time, Letters & Spirits (The Contemporary Condition)
Dexter Sinister Softcover | 11.94 x 0.51 x 18.8 cm | 64 pp Sternberg Press | 2017 | 9783956793455 This book presents three interconnected palimpsest essays - A Note on the Type, Letter and Sprit and A Note on the Time. A Note on the...- £6.50
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Vendor:Cooper-Hewitt Museum
Top This and Other Parables of Design: Selected Writings by Phil Patton
Softcover | 10.92 x 2.03 x 17.53 cm | 296 pp Cooper-Hewitt Museum | 2017 | 9781942303152 In September 2015 the world lost Phil Patton – prolific design writer, teacher and tantalising wordsmith. Patton’s insatiable curiosity, sense of humour and keen eye made for the...- £7.50
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Vendor:MIT Press
Pretense Design: Surface Over Substance
Per Mollerup Hardcover | 16.03 x 1.88 x 26.19 cm | 224 pp MIT Press | 2019 | 9780262039482 How some design appears to be something that it is not - by beautifying, amusing, substituting, or deceiving. Pretense design pretends to be something that it...- £10.00
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Vendor:Laurence King
100 Classic Graphic Design Journals
Jason Godfrey Hardcover | 24.77 x 2.54 x 29.85 cm | 224 pp Laurence King | 2014 | 9781780673363 100 Classic Graphic Design Journals surveys a unique collection of the most influential magazines devoted to graphic design, advertising and typography. These journals together span...- £15.00
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