London: Ticktock, 2015. Softcover (Outsized). This 128 page pad is a must-have accessory for any young fashion enthusiast. With plenty of room to design outfits, handbags and whatever takes their fancy, this book provides the essential next step for children needing inspiration. Creative and inventive, the pad brings kids into..... More
London: Thames & Hudson, 2006. Softcover. Outsized. Stock photo shown. This is a reprint of the 2001 original edition circa Edition Langlaude, Paris. More
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
New York: Allworth Press, 2009. First Edition. Paperback. Austin Howe is a creative director, writer, advocate, and cheerleader for design-but not a designer. Howe places immense value on curiosity and passion to help designers develop a point of view, a strong voice. He explores the creative process and conceptualization, and..... More
Chicago: Rand McNally & Co, 1969. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. More
Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1982. Second Paperback Printing. Softcover. Design with Type was first published in 1952 and appeared in this multi–award-winning revised edition in 1967, which was the first Canadian work to be named Book of the Year by the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA). Its author..... 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
New York: Vintage Books, 1992. First Vintage Books Edition. Paperback. The perfect gift for engineers and curious minds: a work that looks at our deepest notions of progress and perfection, tracing the fine connection between the quantifiable realm of science and the chaotic realities of everyday life. How did..... 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
Hong Kong: Being Media Ltd, 2019. Autumn 2019. Softcover with jacket. Creative Director: Stanley Wong Editorial Director: Jessica Wong Art Director: Chau Kin-wai Photo Director: Tse Ho-yin 2019 秋季號 本期簡介: 今年夏天，我們在年青人身上見到香港的未來。18／22是每個人都會經歷的人生階段-----一個快將離開學校、步入社會，在生活方式、價值取向和理想追尋都在探問和成形的時期。不同年代的年青人，或者會有不同的成長背景和行為習慣，但是回歸到人的精神，亦存在著跨越世代的核心價值。《就係香港》2019秋季號廣邀十多位協作者，從「人本」出發，以不同形式、特別用紙，連結不同世代的香港青年。 精彩內容包括： REconnect// 對談：跨世代共同價值 ─ 來自五、六十年代出生的BabyBoomers、七十年代的Gen X、八九十後的Gen Y（Millennials）以及九十年代中期後出生的 Gen Z （Post Millennials) 的四位創作人周耀輝、黃修平、蔡寶賢和林子穎進行對談，從跨世代共同價值的角度出發，嘗試尋找Reconnect的可能。... More
Cincinnati: North Light Books, 1991. Reprint. Paperback. More
London: Laurence King Publishing Ltd, 2013. Reprinted, mini edition. Softcover. This is the first comprehensive survey of Modernist graphic design as it emerged in America in the period from 1920 and 1960 in various media—advertising, information design, brand identity, magazine design, book design, and posters. It examines the great works..... 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
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