Timeless Design
Timeless Design-Beyond Decorating Trends is a decorating book for today and every day. Don't let marketing dictate how you decorate your home. Trends are created as marketing tools to sell merchandise. In truth, there is no good or bad design style, color scheme, or decade in which design originates... only good or bad design. Why is it that the trend you were so eager to adopt suddenly becomes outdated in eight years? Does design have a shelf life? Does it go bad when the next trend comes along? No, good design is timeless. It should be difficult to identify the year it was done. Every period has good and bad design. So the key is to recognize good design and apply it to your personal taste. Get off the design treadmill and create a home that suits your needs, comfort, and design style, a home that doesn't need to be redecorated until you are ready to do so. Timeless Design gives you simple principles that can be applied to any room at any time. Each principle is accompanied by a room interior as an example. Timeless Design-Beyond Decorating Trends is the book for anyone who wants to make their home their own and not what marketing dictates.
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Dior by Dior
A beautiful gift edition of the autobiography of famed fashion designer Christian Dior Christian Dior (1905-1957) found fame with his first collection in 1947 when the "New Look" took the world by world by storm. This charming autobiography gives a fascinating insight into the workings of a great fashion house, while revealing the private man behind the high-profile establishment. Originally published in English in 1957, with a translation by Antonia Fraser, this beautifully designed new edition features three updated plate sections, including iconic photographs of Dior creations by Richard Avedon, Cecil Beaton, and Horst P. Horst.
Decoding Palm Culture
A comprehensive exploration of the cultural, historical, and artistic significance of palm trees through the lens of Francesco Ragazzi's photography. Palm trees have played a significant role throughout history, symbolizing sustenance, shelter, and spirituality across various cultures. This new book by Francesco Ragazzi - Founder and Creative Director of Palm Angels - curated by Stefano Tonchi, is thoughtfully structured to offer a comprehensive exploration of the multifaceted significance of the palm tree as a powerful cultural and artistic symbol. Tonchi's foreword sets the tone, providing insight into the enduring allure of palm trees in art and fashion. Giovanni Aloi follows with a short essay that examines the relationship between nature and art, detailing the historical significance of palm trees and their representation in contemporary art. Philosopher Emanuele Coccia contributes a text on the symbology of palms, delving into their rich symbolic history and philosophical implications across different cultures. The focal point of the book is an evocative photographic essay by Ragazzi, which meticulously captures the palm tree--an emblem central to his brand, Palm Angels, featuring fifty unique photographs and enriched by contributions from interdisciplinary artists and friends of the brand.
Glossary of Undisciplined Design
A feminist unpacking of the field of graphic design, including visual essays, poems, speculative tales and moreD for Dummy Woman, M for Monster's Tools, S for Style Defense, U for Unstable Signs--The Glossary of Undisciplined Design presents a feminist unpacking of the field of graphic design, offering "undisciplinarity" as the solution to a discipline that has historically featured a multitude of dogmatic rules, discriminatory structures and a particularly one-sided canon. Carried by a decidedly fragmentary and collective backbone, The Glossary of Undisciplined Design combines a multitude of theories and narratives of varying densities and forms, from visual essay, to hands-on experiment, to interview or advertorial, to poem, to speculative tale and scholarly writing. With around 55 contributions by 20 international designers, activists, educators and theorists, the handbook progresses alphabetically, exploring role models, tools and methods of dissent within a colorful and graphic handbook, featuring qualities akin to those of an artist's zine.
An Anthology of Blackness
An adventurous collection that examines how the design field has consistently failed to attract and support Black professionals--and how to create an anti-racist, pro-Black design industry instead. An Anthology of Blackness examines the intersection of Black identity and practice, probing why the design field has failed to attract Black professionals, how Eurocentric hegemony impacts Black professionals, and how Black designers can create an anti-racist design industry. Contributing authors and creators demonstrate how to develop a pro-Black design practice of inclusivity, including Black representation in designed media, anti-racist pedagogy, and radical self-care. Through autoethnography, lived experience, scholarship, and applied research, these contributors share proven methods for creating an anti-racist and inclusive design practice. The contributions in An Anthology of Blackness include essays, opinion pieces, case studies, and visual narratives. Many contributors write from an intersectional perspective on race, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, and ability. Each section of the book expands on community-driven concerns about the state of the design industry, design pedagogy, and design activism. Ultimately, this articulated intersection of Black identity and Black design practice reveals the power of resistance, community, and solidarity--and the hope for a more equitable future. With a foreword written by design luminary Elizabeth (Dori) Tunstall, An Anthology of Blackness is a pioneering contribution to the literature of social justice. ContributorsKprecia Ambers, Jazmine Beatty, Anne H. Berry, John Brown VI, Nichole Burroughs, Antionette D. Carroll, Jillian M. Harris, Asher Kolieboi, Terrence Moline, Tracey L. Moore, Lesley-Ann Noel, Pierce Otlhogile-Gordon, Jules Porter, Stacey Robinson, Melanie Walby, Jacinda N. Walker, Kelly Walters, Jennifer White-Johnson, Maya Aduba Williams, S. Alfonso Williams
Stencil in Use
Known for their bold impressions characterized by strategic bars and openings, stencil fonts are more than just fonts seen on spray-painted shipping crates, military-inspired paraphernalia or street art. Instead, they are an expressive type family that emphasize spacing, size, and arrangement to create impactful and dynamic text elements, often with a focus on geometric precision to convey a sense of strength and contemporaneity. A continuation of the Sans/Sans Serif in Use collection, this edition features a curated selection of stencil type specimens, their design applications, and the thoughts that go behind the craft. Stencil in Use collates the best typefaces for big canvases and serves as a reference point for inspiration-seeking designers and typographers alike.
The Fashion Oracle
Nothing to wear? Lost your fashion path? Is your look, and life, in need of divine inspiration? Consult the fashion oracle and discover your style destiny, with style advice and 70 newly formed archetypes inspired by the House of Chanel. With 70 beautifully illustrated archetypes inspired by the House of Chanel, this beautiful oracle is a brand new mode of divine guidance. Style and life insights from reiki master Nieve Tierney and esoteric thoughts inspired by Coco Chanel's lifelong passion for divination are accompanied by fascinating stories of Coco herself and her iconic House, and how she fulfilled her destiny to become the most celebrated couturi癡re of all time. To use the oracle, hold it close to your heart and turn to the left, then turn to the right, while holding your sartorial conundrum in your mind. Open the book and discover the day's style inspiration within. Featuring stunning images by renowned fashion illustrator Joanna Layla, this is a gorgeous and eclectic gift book for fashion lovers.
Footwear Tooling Design Guide
Footwear Tooling Made Simple: Build Your Brand with ConfidenceBringing a footwear brand to life is an exciting journey, but understanding tooling design, development, and costs can feel overwhelming. The good news? You don't have to navigate it alone. Footwear Tooling Design Guide is your go-to resource for making smart tooling investments that will set your brand up for success.The right tooling is the foundation of every great shoe. From outsole molds to cutting dies and 3D-printed prototypes, this guide walks you through the entire process-helping you design, manage, and budget for the equipment that brings your vision to reality. With clear explanations, real-world examples, and expert insights from industry veteran Wade Motawi, you'll gain the confidence to make informed decisions and avoid costly mistakes.Avoid Costly MistakesWade Motawi-known as The Shoe Dog-has spent 25 years in the footwear industry, overseeing millions of dollars in tooling investments. From cast steel to CNC-cut aluminum, compression molding to injection tooling, he's seen it all. Now, he's sharing his experience so you can learn from the best, sidestep common pitfalls, and make tooling decisions that support your brand's growth and profitability.Whether you're a new brand owner, a designer, or a product developer, this book simplifies the complex world of footwear tooling. You'll learn how to select the right molds, collaborate with factories, and optimize production without overspending. Plus, with additional video instruction, detailed factory tooling drawings, and expert reviews, you'll have everything you need to take your brand to the next level.Investing in footwear tooling doesn't have to be intimidating. With the right knowledge, you can create high-quality shoes, control costs, and build a brand that lasts. Get your copy of Footwear Tooling Design Guide today and take the next step in your footwear journey!
Mid-Century Modern Designers
An homage to the design pioneers who defined the Mid-Century aesthetic through their work in furniture, glassware, ceramics and textilesMore than 50 years later, the fascination with mid-century design is stronger than ever before. Explore the popular movement's distinctive style in this A-Z guide to the 300 influential designers who helped to define it.From popular icons such as Alvar Aalto, Lina Bo Bardi, Tony Duquette, Charles & Ray Eames, Pierre Jeanneret, Florence Knoll, and Gio Ponti to the movement's lesser-known figures, the book showcases an expansive, richly illustrated portrait of Mid-Century Modernism across the globe.Detailed texts about each designer appear alongside hundreds of images of post-war designs, from furniture to glassware, lighting to textiles, ceramics to tableware, revealing the vibrant cross-pollination of ideas among the designers who defined the era's aesthetic.
For the Love of Diamonds
The Fine Jewelry BookFor the Love of Diamonds: A glittering illustrated book from the wonderful world of jewellery Marylin Monroe knew it well: "Diamonds are a girl's best friend" - shiny, timeless, valuable and therefore perhaps the most beautiful form of investment. This glamorous illustrated book is not only a trip to the red carpet, where stars and influencers bask in the glitter of high-carat jewellery, but also a piece of future-proofing: inspiration for your own glittering jewellery dreams ? la "diamonds instead of foreign currency". A glamorous homage to the wonderful world of jewellery, which attracts everyone's attention as an elegant coffee table book! Designers, diamonds, high-calibre stars - this coffee table book is a real gem! Whether it's a seductive bangle, high-carat ring, elegant bracelet, shimmering pearl necklace or sparkling earrings - this coffee table book is a summit meeting of luxury brands and their jewellery! Magnificent photos and inspiring texts, spiced up with amusing anecdotes, present the most famous jewellers and jewellery designers. The fire of timeless classics, it-pieces of film stars, fashion icons and pop culture influencers, designer jewellery with cult character - all "for the love of diamonds"! A style guide offers inspiration for your own jewellery dreams, rounded off with insights into gemmology and the magical world of goldsmithing. The perfect illustrated book gift with a treasure trove of iconic pieces of jewellery Jewellery journalist Rachael Taylor is internationally renowned for her expertise on diamonds, pearls and more. In addition to her numerous publications on glittering pieces of jewellery and luxury watches, including in The Financial Times, The Telegraph, The Independent, Rapaport and Cond矇 Nast magazine, she is highly respected in the industry as a judge at jewellery competitions. With her flair for gemstone icons and glittering pop culture trends, she has compiled the best of the wonderful world of jewellery in this top-class illustrated book - perfect as a gift for anyone who shares her "love of diamonds".
Fashion, Popular Culture and Political Economy
This book delves into the intricate interplay of political, economic, and philosophic forces that have shaped popular culture, fashion, social movements and societies. Exploring the developments of the twentieth century and the transition into the new millennium, this work traces the causality between culture, fashion, philosophical discourses, and political economy. It analyses political-economic and philosophical factors to demonstrate how fashion emerges as a pivotal force that guides and shapes post-modern democratic societies and market economies.The volume weaves together insights from sociology, cultural studies, feminist studies, fashion history, cinematography, media, entertainment industry, and social policy research. It examines how postmodern societies shaped by post-structuralist critique and neo-liberal ideologies, navigates the complexities of democracy and market economies, evolving from deeply entrenched systems of colonialism and feudalism to achieve modernization and massive technological progress and reach a social reality of postmodernist paradigms.Topical and lucid, this invigorating work shows how fashion leads to social engineering. It will be of interest to scholars and researchers of fashion studies, popular culture, cultural studies, sociology, gender studies, political economy and political studies. This book also provides valuable perspectives for policymakers, film critics, women's rights groups, social policy researchers, film censor boards, and journalists.
Alessandro Mendini
The first complete monograph on the provocative work of influential Italian designer, architect, and critic Alessandro MendiniBorn in Milan in 1931, Alessandro Mendini created vivid, boundary-pushing, eccentric work that sits in an aesthetic universe of its own. He was at the heart of Italy's Radical design movement in the 1960s and 1970s and, later, Postmodernism, championing a sensitive and intellectual approach to design; he edited Domus magazine in the early 1980s; and he collaborated with brands ranging from Alessi, Swarovski, and Herm癡s to Supreme. Along with his contemporaries Ettore Sottsass and Gaetano Pesce, Mendini helped to redefine the concept of Italian design and architecture.This comprehensive monograph - the first on Mendini's complete portfolio of work - features a wealth of previously unpublished documents and images. Written by critic Stefano Casciani, who worked with Mendini for many years, the book offers a uniquely personal account illustrated by photographs, ephemera, and many of Mendini's idiosyncratic and playful sketches.Presented in a dynamic package inspired by Mendini's distinctive aesthetic, the book is a design object in its own right, with a pink cloth cover featuring one of Mendini's iconic magazine covers on the front, a sketch of his famous Proost chair on the back, and die-cut laminated tip-in chapter openers with wavy edges.
Paul Cocksedge
The exquisitely produced first monograph on innovative and influential British designer Paul CocksedgeThe internationally acclaimed, London-based designer Paul Cocksedge has spent the last two decades building a reputation for experimental multidisciplinary work infused with a sense of simplicity, joy, and wonder. With his keen interest in science and a fascination with how people interact with design, Cocksedge channels his curiosity into creating thought-provoking pieces that challenge perceptions of everyday objects.This career-spanning and highly personal first monograph showcases in extraordinary detail Cocksedge's lighting, product design, architectural projects, installations, and sculpture, including work for Flos, Moooi, Swarovski, Herm癡s, Friedman Benda, and Carpenter's Workshop.Designed to feel like an exploration of Cocksedge's own sketchbook, the beautifully produced volume features hundreds of previously unpublished images from his archives, including sketches, drawings, Polaroid photos, and ephemera. Interspersed throughout on tipped-in tracing paper are interviews and essays from key figures in the design industry including Marc Benda and Ron Arad.
Illustrated Sheet Music in the U.S., 1830-1930
Illustrated sheet music was one of the most democratic forms of visual imagery in the U.S., owned by millions of Americans wooed by compelling lithographic covers, who displayed and performed compositions on home pianos. Advancements in printing technologies in the 19th century, together with an emergent commercial system that facilitated the publication and broad distribution of popular music, led to a surge of elaborately illustrated sheet music. This book features essays by cutting-edge scholars who analyze the remarkable images that persuaded U.S. citizens to purchase mass-produced compositions for both personal and social pleasure. With some songs selling millions of copies as printed musical scores, music publishers commissioned artists to draw every conceivable subject as promotional illustrations, including genre scenes, portraits, political and historical events, sentimental allegories, flowers, landscapes, commercial buildings, and maritime views. As ubiquitous and democratic material culture, this imagery affected ordinary people in far greater ways than unique objects, like paintings and sculpture, possibly could. The pictures, many in saturated color with bold graphics, still intrigue, amaze, and amuse viewers today with their originality, skill, and content. Rooted in visual analysis, topics in this collection include perennially significant themes: race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, class, politics, war, patriotism, propaganda, religion, transportation, regional centers of production, technology, Reconstruction, romance, and comedy, as well as bodies of work by specific illustrators and lithographic firms. In recognizing the role that individuals have played in preserving these remarkable objects, it also features interviews with enthusiasts who own two of the largest private collections of sheet music in the U.S.
Fashion: Seductive Play
In Germany, 1969, Eugen Fink's Fashion: Seductive Play was published. This first English language edition, updated with an introduction by Stefano Marino and Giovanni Matteucci, makes available Fink's philosophical investigation into fashion to an English-speaking audience. One of the greatest figures in the "phenomenological movement," Fink here investigates fashion at various philosophical levels - aesthetic, ethical, social - and in relationship to other forms of human culture, especially contemporary culture. Although there have been many transformations and changes in the world of fashion since the late 1960s, from pr礙t-?-porter to fast fashion, fashion's connection to both high culture and popular culture, and the new relationship between fashion and the advent of social media, Fink's insights allow wide-ranging and far-reaching inquiries into fashion's philosophical essence. Fink's extraordinary lucidity and his unique conceptual capacities have made his work crucial to the study of the philosophy of fashion today. His work, like that of Simmel's, Veblen's or Benjamin's, is as essential and important now as when it was first published.
Universal Methods of Ethical Design
Cultivate a socially responsible design process with Universal Methods of Ethical Design, the first comprehensive survey of ethically centered design practices. Are you eager to make a positive social impact through your designs? Join the growing number of practitioners and third-sector organizations who are using ethics-focused design methods to resist dark patterns and other unethical practices by incorporating value-centered approaches. Universal Methods of Ethical Design gets you started with a collection of design supports for ethical awareness, action, and reflection to build socially responsible features, products, and services. These supports appear in this book in varied forms, including methods, theoretical frameworks, conceptual frameworks, and principles. Explore an expansive landscape of resources across different designer intentions, including: Breaking your design and evaluating outcomesIdentifying and applying valuesFinding new user and stakeholder perspectivesAligning your team in building ethical consensusBuilding a sense of responsibility toward the impact of design workIn this book, you'll find diverse methods that include a focus on ethics or values, which can support designers and technologists to engage in more ethically aware or value-sensitive design practices. Universal Methods of Ethical Design contains accessible formats to engage with critical concepts such as feminism; design activism; privacy, security, and legal policy; and governance perspectives. Each method is presented in a two-page format. The left-hand page contains a succinct definition, a full description of the principle, examples of its use, and guidelines for use. Sidenotes appear to the right of the text and provide elaborations and references. The right-hand page contains visual examples and related graphics to support a deeper understanding of the method. This landmark reference is the standard for designers, engineers, managers, and students who seek to broaden and improve their ethical design expertise. The titles in the Rockport Universal series offer comprehensive and authoritative information and edifying and inspiring visual examples on multidisciplinary subjects for designers, architects, engineers, students, and anyone who is interested in expanding and enriching their design knowledge.
Disorder
Chris Ashworth balances a career as a sought-after creative director with a second life as an experimental designer and typographer, a path he first took in the early 1990s, designing flyers for clubs in the north of England. His inimitable hands-on approach to graphic design, exemplified in his work on two classics of '90s music magazine culture--Blah Blah Blah in the UK (designed with Neil Fletcher) and Ray Gun in the US--has won him legions of fans. His creative approach, termed "Swiss Grit," "is a blend of Swiss principles fused with a typographic street aesthetic that brings some soul," he says.Ashworth sees his work--craft-based, handmade--as a counterpoint to our screen-dependent digital culture. It's the manifestation of an alternative view that argues that creative development away from the computer offers unique and precious merits. Disorder celebrates this approach to graphic design over nearly five hundred pages. Beginning with his influential work for Ray Gun and covering a wide range of printed and published work from 1997 to the present day, the book is concerned with the human craft of creativity and analog design, the details, imperfections, and happy accidents. An AI-free zone.
Graphis Advertising Annual 2025
Winning Entrants: This year's Advertising 2025 Platinum Winners are ARSONAL, Barlow.Agency, Canyon, Chang Liu, Darkhorse Design, Eight Sleep, Lewis Communications, Ogilvy Brazil, PETROL Advertising, PPK, and Vanderbyl Design.Judges: All entries were judged by a jury of award-winning leaders in the advertising world: Scott Bucher from Traction Factory, Steve Chavez from The Buntin Group, Quinnton Harris from Retrospect, Mike Kriefski from Shine United, Dan Magdich from Brunner, and Courtney Richardson from Droga5.Contents: This Annual includes amazing Platinum, Gold, and Silver Award-winning print and video advertisements, as well as Honorable Mentions. Also featured is a selection of award-winning judge's work and our annual In Memoriam for the advertising talent we've lost over the last year.Credits & Commentary: Platinum and Gold Winners describe their assignments, the creative process behind the finished product, and the results of their work.Selling Points: The book contains full-page images of Platinum and Gold Award-winning work from many prestigious advertising agencies. Images Silver-winning work and Honorable Mentions are also included. All work is equally presented and permanently archived at Graphis.com.Audience: This Annual is an important tool and a much-needed source of information and inspiration for advertisers, professors, students, and anyone with an interest in the visual arts and advertising.
The Green Runway, Redefining Fashion Through Ecology and Ethical Choices
From Fast Fashion to Forever, Ecology and Ethics in the Clothing Industry
