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David Dabner and Sheena Calvert have updated their professional advice in the Graphic Design School: A Foundation Course for Graphic Designers Working in Print, Moving Image and Digital Media. It improves upon previous editions by providing a more fully developed introduction to the study of graphic design, firmly locating it within the professional activities it [...]

Even fashion gurus need to start somewhere with some practical advice on how to become a fashion professional. So take the Fashion Design Course: Principles, Practice and Techniques: The Ultimate Guide for Aspiring Fashion Designers.
In this book, students will learn various methods of designing fashion, how to create and use inspirations, how fabric and [...]

This is the book for someone who has everything else!  Ellen von Unwerth: Fraulein, the glamour book of the decade, is edited by Ingrid Sischy contributing editor of Vanity Fair. It exposes one of the world’s most original and intimate fashion photographers and pays homage to the most delectable women walking on the earth right [...]

Sumptuously illustrated Art Deco Complete: The Definitive Guide to the Decorative Arts of the 1920s and 1930s celebrates the classical period of the twentieth century, where high levels of excellence in art and design were attained throughout the world of decorative arts. In its purist form Art Deco is characteristically Parisian – supreme luxury combined [...]

Style and design are not usually terms we hear describing the period now known as the ’70’s. However it only goes to prove that we always need to be open minded and that in order to unveil a masterpiece we need to delve deeper than the surface of a great shag carpet to find out [...]

Nearly a century of setting style, and what is in vogue, is celebrated in this beautiful production of Paris “Vogue” Covers: 1920-2009 by Sonia Rachline.
This book brings together a selection of the best, most iconic “Paris Vogue” covers from the last 90 years. A magazine thats documented trends for nearly a century provides [...]

By studying all forms of art we can feel elated or uplifted or, just as easily respond in a negative way. How we respond depends on our knowledge or, how our imagination is stimulated visually. In Understanding Paintings: Bible Stories and Classical Myths in Art author Patrick de Rynck demystifies much of the iconography found [...]

Creators, collectors and connoisseurs, in February 2009, were all competing to buy 733 pieces from the Christie’s sale of Pierre Bergé’s and Yves Saint Laurent’s art collections. Baroque bronzes, antique silverware, statues, cameos, and paintings by Picasso, Brancusi, Matisse, Mondrian, in addition to Art Deco furniture all found new homes at record prices. 100 of [...]

Writer Nadine Coleno, herself a fashionista, has published several books in her native French on French fashion icons. Scarves are the ultimate costume accessory in many cultures much admired for their beauty and versatility. Hermes, ancient Greek messenger of the Gods,  is delivering a message to say The Hermes Scarf: History and Mystique is [...]

Powerful, political, thought provoking images by performance artist Zhang Huan deal with complex issues of identity, spiritualism, vulnerability, and transgression. They have made him the current enfant terrible of the global contemporary art scene, which hails his works as being unorthodox, innovative, and/or avant-garde.
One of the most important and innovative artists in contemporary China, [...]