Milan: Skira Editore SpA, 2011. First Edition. Softcover. The first book ever published to survey waste as a building material. Focusing on the projects, this book gives readers the tools they need to grasp the language and forms of a new architectural language and offers scientific and non-biased overviews to..... More
San Francisco, California: Perfect Strangers, 2018. Softcover. Delve into our first issue to read about Korean dramas in Panama. Or English literature in Tehran. Or how an Argentinian-Thai couple work together to create locally-inspired desserts in Shanghai. Or how about a Turkish entrepreneur’s global vision for streaming movies? Or the..... More
Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1991. Shin Kimura (photos). First Edition, 3rd printing. Hardcover (Outsized). More
London: Thames & Hudson, 2007. First UK Edition. Softcover. Principles, practice and techniques: here is the ultimate coursebook on designing ceramics with confidence. Focusing on design themes and principles of balance and form, it also includes instruction in studio techniques for rendering ideas a reality. Whether the reader's aim is..... More
Chicago: Rand McNally & Co, 1969. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. More
UK: Penguin Classics, 2008. Bruno Munari (cover art), YES (cover design). Reissued Penguin Classics Edition. Reprint. Paperback. One of the last surviving members of the futurist generation, Bruno Munari's Design as Art is an illustrated journey into the artistic possibilities of modern design translated by Patrick Creagh published as part..... More
Milan, Italy: Electa, 1999. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. The world-famous Italian car designer studio celebrates its 80th anniversary. A new edition of this popular book produced in close collaboration with Pininfarina and its leading designers. From the thirties, Pininfarina has been an enormous influence on Italian car design. The..... More
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1964. Joseph Bourke Del Valle (book design). First Edition (presumed). Softcover. More
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1990. First Edition. Softcover (oblong). Includes over 500 drawings filed with the United States Patent Office in the years 1930-1945. More
UK: Penguin Books, 2016. Reprint. Paperback. Grayson Perry’s book will overturn everything you thought you knew about “art” Now Grayson Perry is a fully paid-up member of the art establishment, he wants to show that any of us can appreciate art (after all, there is a reason he’s called..... More
Singapore: The Design Society, 2012. Design by H55. First edition (stated). Softcover. Initiated by H55’s Creative Director, Hanson Ho, and produced in collaboration with researcher-writer Justin Zhuang, INDEPENDENCE is the first book documenting the history of graphic design in Singapore since the 1960s. The cover features a black flag..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2003. First Edition. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Published in association with Women and War, a major exhibition at the Imperial War Museum, London. More
Tokyo: Kodansha International Ltd, 1982. Ryo Hata (photos), Kinji Kuwata (line drawings). First Edition (stated). Hardcover (Outsized). More
London: The Herbert Press, 1992. Revised Edition. Softcover. A revised edition of the bestselling primer that teaches the basics of plastic arts. With a foreword by Gyorgy Kepes. More
New York: Alfred Van Der Marck Editions, 1985. Thom Dower (designer), Pater Sato (cover painting). First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. A collection of more the 170 works once commissioned by Playboy and acquired as part of its permanent collection. Ray Bradbuy supplies the text. With art b the likes of..... More
Amsterdam: Architectural Press, 2006. First Edition, Fifteenth Printing. Softcover. Clearly demonstrates the specific characteristics that make for comprehensible, friendly and controllable places; 'Responsive Environments' - as opposed to the alienating environments often imposed today. By means of sketches and diagrams, it shows how they may be designed in to places..... More
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