Practical Guides | Techniques | Projects

Bethan Ash Hardcover | 21.6 x 1.6 x 27.6 cm | 128 pp Batsford | 2011 | 9781849940092 Bethan Ash’s rich, colourful quilts are created using improvisational collage techniques. Working instinctively, she simply layers fabric shapes onto a prepared background and fuses them down,...

J. I. Biegeleisen & M. A. Cohn Softcover | 15.24 x 1.27 x 23.5 cm | 192 pp Dover Publications | 2014 | 9780486204338 Something of a collectible curiosity, this handbook was originally published in 1958 as Silk Screen Stenciling as a Fine Art. This 2014 reprint...

6a architects Softcover | 21.59 x 1.52 x 15.24 cm | 80 pp Park Books | 2015 | 9783038600077 You may have braved IKEA, where the promise of a brighter and better living space comes sealed in a cardboard box. But what do we lose...

Louise Taylor Hardcover | 23.5 x 2.92 x 26.92 cm | 287 pp Chronicle Books | 2011 | 9781452101620 Brimming with more than 700 full-colour photos and illustrations, this is the definitive guide for serious ceramics practitioners. Inside are step-by-step instructions on moulding, firing, and...

Peter Jenny Softcover | 10.5 x 1.6 x 14.7 cm | 216 pp Princeton Architectural Press | 2012 | 9781616890568 The Artist's Eye shows how to see the world with fresh eyes and to discover art in everyday objects. An invitation to give fantasy...

Peter Jenny Softcover | 10.48 x 1.27 x 14.92 cm | 168 pp Princeton Architectural Press | 2012 | 9781616890544 Drawing Techniques encourages you to think of drawing as a form of communication. Gesticulating, touching, feeling, doodling, and moving are just some of the actions...

Peter Jenny Softcover | 10.6 x 1.6 x 14.7 cm | 208 pp Princeton Architectural Press | 2015 | 9781616893736 Unlearning to Draw looks to the art of children and outsider artists for inspiration, advocating a return to carefree, untrained drawing and a renewed focus on...

Softcover | 24.77 x 1.27 x 35.56 cm | 88 pp Laurence King | 2013 | 9781780671017 This was the first book to look at an increasingly popular form of street art: the paste-up or 'wheatie'. Many street artists don’t graffiti or stencil any more...

Rita Isaac Hardcover | 16.89 x 1.65 x 21.59 cm | 128 pp Laurence King | 2020 | 9781786275707  Acrylic is the second book in the popular 'Do More Art' series, which explores the myriad creative possibilities of working with acrylic. Discover everything from basic...

Jeanette Barnes  & Paul Brandford Hardcover | 19.63 x 2.49 x 25.27 cm | 272 pp Batsford | 2022 | 9781849946902 Acclaimed Royal Academy artist Jeanette Barnes and Paul Brandford breathe new life into sketching for town and city dwellers everywhere. Mercurial, inspirational, practical and...

C. June Barnes Hardcover | 21.59 x 1.27 x 27.94 cm | 128 pp Batsford | 2012 | 9781849940252 Quilt art doesn't have to be flat. These days, the most innovative quilt artists are creating intricate raised structures, using various folding, gathering, pleating, stuffing, padding,...

Alistair O'Neill Hardcover | 21.79 x 3.28 x 26.97 cm | 304 pp Lannoo | 2021 | 9789401476058 Developed in collaboration with the fashion programme at Central Saint Martins, Exploding Fashion examines the impact of innovative pattern-cutting in several key examples of 20th century fashion design....

Kelcey Gray Softcover | 18.03 x 2.41 x 22.86 cm | 192 pp Princeton Architectural Press | 2021 | 9781648960475 Let's Make Letters! is a playful and informative workbook that encourages play, creativity, and even making mistakes along the way. The book features instructional, speculative,...

Michael Segalov & Owen Jones Softcover | 14 x 1.8 x 19.7 cm | 208 pp Laurence king | 2018 | 9781786272171 Resist! is the indispensable how-to guide for people looking to make a stand. Included are solid pieces of advice, practical tips and inspirational stories from those...

Anne Gorman & Miriam Delaney Softcover | 12.5  x 3.7 x 17.6 cm | 528 pp Laurence King | 2015 | 9781780676579 First Edition PLEASE NOTE: This book is a NON-MINT item due to imperfections to the covers and the plastic dust jackets. Also...

Dana K. Gulling Hardcover | 25.72 x 3.18 x 29.85 cm | 352 pp Laurence King | 2018 | 9781786271334  Manufacturing Architecture is the first reference guide to customising repetitive manufacturing for architects. Clear diagrams, photographs, and narratives explain 20 of the most common manufacturing processes for typical building...

Mark Burry & Jane Burry Softcover | 23.5 x 21.7 cm | 272 pp Thanks & Hudson | 2017 | 9780500292495 Prototyping for Architects has four sections: an introduction that charts the rise of prototyping in design history, more specifically in architecture; an overview of techniques; a survey...

Juan Serra Lluch  Softcover | 17.65 x 2.03 x 21.46 cm | 192 pp Princeton Architectural Press | 2019 | 9781616897949 As far back as the earliest Greek temples, colour has been an integral part of architecture but also one of its least understood...

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...

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...