Arkitektur og design

Sibylline Meynet shares her artistic journey and advice, illustrated with characters who are vibrant, elegant, and charming all at once.

Marvel at this spectacular collection of full-colour graphic art of Godzilla and other Toho movie monsters by renowned artist KAIDA Yuji.

The thinking man's guide to timeless style

This sourcebook is a season-by-season fashion evolution of the Forties, featuring original photos and illustrations. Includes analysis of the social, economic and cultural factors that influenced this period, and information about the major designers.

Diese Einführung in die kritischen Theorien der Kunstanalyse wurde aktualisiert, um die neueste Forschung in der zeitgenössischen Kunst widerzuspiegeln. Unter anderem wurde der Text in kleinere Abschnitte unterteilt, um die Klarheit und Zugänglichkeit zu verbessern. Das Buch beginnt mit einem überarbeiteten Diskurs über den Unterschied zwischen Methode und Theorie, wendet in den folgenden Kapiteln die verschiedenen Ansätze auf Kunstwerke an, und endet schließlich mit einem aktualisierten Fazit darüber, wie das Kunststudium von der Theorie geprägt wird.

Showing you what others only tell you. From airports to Ziggurats, explore the world's greatest buildings with fascinating illustrations that take you right to the heart of the world's landmark buildings. Featuring all major historical styles and covering all parts of the world, discover how building has evolved from extravagant royal palaces to the towering headquarters of today's global corporations. Perfect for any architecture enthusiast, this is the definitive visual guide to discovering 5,000 years of architectural design, style and construction.

Brian Blomerth first fused his singularly irreverent underground comix style with heavily-researched history in 2019¿s Brian Blomerth¿s Bicycle Day, a Technicolor retelling of the discovery of LSD. Now, the illustrator and graphic novelist continues his wild and woolly excursions into the history of mind expansion with Mycelium Wassonii, an account of the lives and trips of R. Gordon and Valentina Wasson, the pioneering scientist couple responsible for popularizing the use of psychedelic mushrooms. A globetrotting vision of hallucinatory science and religious mysticism with appearances by Life Magazine, the CIA, and the Buddha, Mycelium Wassonii is a visual history and a love story as only Blomerth¿s Isograph pen can render it.

Netflix and podcasting superstars The Minimalists have written a guide to decluttering your life so that you canprioritize the relationships that matter most.

Marking the 125th anniversary of William Morris's death, this is the most wide-ranging, comprehensive - and beautiful - illustrated study of William Morris ever published.

New in the bestselling Catwalk series: the first comprehensive overview of Versace's womenswear collections, from Gianni Versace's debut in 1978 to today.

An indispensable guide to denim: essential reading for everyone working in fashion

The definitive monograph on Swedish modernist architect Sigurd Lewerentz, offering the most comprehensive survey to date of his manifold work, featuring a wealth of previously unpublished material from Lewerentz's estate held at ArkDes, Sweden's national center for architecture and design, alongside new essays by leading experts.

Welcome to the more is more world of decorating, or as it's more commonly know in the business, Maximalism. A style that embraces the all out: beautiful colour palettes, luxurious textiles, patterns and embellishment. Maximalism is the epitome of passion, one in which Scandi-style, stripped bare and pared back interiors have no place.

A giftable design tome of more than 250 cooking tools.

A long-awaited survey on Charlotte Perriand, pioneer of European modernism and one of the most influential architects and furniture designers of the twentieth century. Traces her exceptional career, influential artistic network and established legacy.

This attractive series reveals the V&A's spectacular and extensive pattern collections. Each title in the series includes a free CD of high resolution images. William Morris showcases the work of William Morris and Morris & Co. These popular repeating patterns possess a timeless quality and have a modern appeal surprising in work created over 120 years ago.

Sketching Techniques for Artists is the modern guide for learning essential sketching and watercolor techniques for creating landscapes, cityscapes, architecture, figures and faces, still lifes, and more.

A practical and visual guide to hand-lettering from renowned design studio House Industries, covering the history, methods and techniques of lettering.

After twenty years, return to the wild world of Crash Bandicoot with this epic behind-the-scenes look at the new Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time!

All the guidance and inspiration you need to paint landscapes in watercolour.

Revised edition: 20 additional methods, three new case studies and a new chapter to introduce life-centred design. This book introduces the reader to the changing role of design as a way of thinking and a framework for solving complex problems and achieving systemic change.

Learn to bring dynamism and energy to your cityscapes, capture people on location and experiment using different mediums with the expert guidance of Sketch Club: Urban Drawing.

An eye-opening, visual-led exploration of the fundamental aspects of character design, including narrative, shape language, proportion, and expression.

Explore the intriguing work of artist Zheng Wei Gu, whose manga-inspired drawings are as gritty as they are surreal.

The definitive visual guide to the cityscapes and buildings of the most celebrated and influential anime movies.