Bvlgari Polychroma
The new 2025 Bulgari High Jewelry collection explores the link to color and creation, going to the heart of the brand's DNA. Every year, Bulgari launches its High Jewelry collection, featuring 150 mesmerizing, one-of-a-kind pieces. This year, the focus of the design is the symbolism and richness of the world of color--a luxurious journey through shapes, hues, and a multitude of creative forms. The colors of gems have always provided a source of inspiration and innovation for Bulgari. This year's jewelry collection goes to the roots of the brand famous for forging new creative paths. Bulgari's ever-evolving aesthetic goes hand in hand with its commitment to high-end Italian craftmanship. This unique volume presents Bulgari's craftmanship and artistry and provides a lavish catalogue at the highest level of the jeweler's art and contributions of artists exploring the world of colors with their works.
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
The Blonds
If you've seen images of the biggest entertainers--Mariah Carey, Miley Cyrus, Katy Perry, Lil Kim, Britney Spears, Rihanna, J. Lo, or Madonna--on stage in a crystallized costume, you've seen the work of The Blonds. The Blonds is an invitation to designer Phillipe Blond and creative director David Blond's inclusive, wild, and high-octane world. Since 2006, The Blonds have catered to the entertainment industry with glamor-usly over-the-top designs. Celebrities rely on the duo's intricate corsets, catsuits, and dresses for performances, award shows, editorials, and any other special occasion where they need to move and shine. Their first book, as riotous as the brand's legendary New York Fashion Week shows, unfolds in several acts, starting with an introduction to Phillipe and David, detailing their inspirations and how they built their rebellious brand over the last two decades. A chapter on their legendary runway shows includes details of their most iconic looks. The centerpiece showcases editorial and stage photography of celebrities, surrounded by anecdotes from the stars about their performances, life on stage, and their love of The Blonds. Including an in-depth look at the duo's high-profile partnerships, runway shows, and the craftsmanship behind each piece, The Blonds is a backstage pass from sketch to stadium.
Illusion in Design
Cutting-edge examples of the use of optical illusion in design--from trompe l'oeil to anamorphosis--to solve various challenges, be they space or budget related, or that act as aesthetic features in architecture and the fields that rub elbows with it: art, design, and furniture. This magical volume presents the startling world of illusion in design as employed by today's architects, interior designers, furniture designers, and others at work bending the appearance of reality for purposes of aesthetics or practicality or fun. From a faux bookcase that masks a room or Prohibition-style bar, to the mind-boggling Escher-like effects achieved by Casa Ceramica, whose optical illusion of a floor dips into valleys and rises into mounds (but is in reality flat), the book is a revelation and an inspiration. It offers to us the possibility that nearly anything can be done, if it can be imagined--even in our own homes. The authors look at residences across the globe, as well as spaces beyond the home, that utilize a myriad of surprising techniques. Included are projects by conceptual designers such as Studio Malka and Vector Architects, as well as established practitioners such as Ferguson and Shamamian, G. P. Schafer, Peter Pennoyer, Redd/Kaihoi, and others, and all will surprise and engage the inspired viewer who will see that nearly anything can be done, if it can be imagined.
Vogue: The Gown
A collection of over 300 images from Vogue's archive of photography, curated by former Vogue features editor Jo Ellison Illustrated with fabulous images from Vogue's archive, Vogue: The Gown is the ultimate book for fashion lovers. In Vogue: The Gown, Jo Ellison has gathered more than 300 images and grouped them into five thematic chapters: Classical, Fantasy, Drama, Decorative and Modern. The book provides an evocative celebration of almost a century of fashion history, showcasing the work of photographers including Tim Walker, Nick Knight, David Bailey, Herb Ritts, Norman Parkinson, Corinne Day, Cecil Beaton and Horst. Something about a gown's intrinsic construction, unashamed opulence and sheer feminine romance ignites in us the promise of fairy-tale adventure and unparalleled glamour. The magical gowns featured here give full reign to those fantasies, be they the sublime yet simple classical creations of Madame Gr矇s, the heavenly bodies sculpted by Azzedine Ala簿a, the lean, seductive lines of a Deco-inspired silhouette or huge tulle poufs fit for a princess. Now available with a luxurious cloth cover, this is essential reading for fashionistas everywhere.
Rethinking Plastics in Product Design
This book addresses the urgent need to reduce our use of virgin fossil plastics. It provides a framework for designers and manufacturers to re-evaluate their use of plastics and promotes the use of alternative materials with lower environmental impacts. Lightweight, strong and cheap plastics are often the obvious choice when designing consumer durables, but their use is resulting in devastating health and environmental consequences. Recycled plastics and bioplastics are often suitable replacements; however, mechanical and aesthetic differences mean working with these materials is often challenging and expensive. In this book, Geoff Isaac outlines strategies for developing more environmentally friendly design solutions and provides practical guidance for designers who seek to use plastics more sustainably. Chapters include case studies selected from sixty chairs made from renewable plastics, as chairs are often developed to showcase the potential of new materials and their suitability for applications across other consumer products. The book also features interviews with a range of industry representatives and international designers including Philippe Starck, Barber Osgerby, Konstantin Grcic, Bertjan Pot and Karim Rashid to illustrate recent designs using renewable plastics. This book provides an empowering blueprint for designers to make environmentally responsible decisions in today's business landscape
Rethinking Plastics in Product Design
This book addresses the urgent need to reduce our use of virgin fossil plastics. It provides a framework for designers and manufacturers to re-evaluate their use of plastics and promotes the use of alternative materials with lower environmental impacts. Lightweight, strong and cheap plastics are often the obvious choice when designing consumer durables, but their use is resulting in devastating health and environmental consequences. Recycled plastics and bioplastics are often suitable replacements; however, mechanical and aesthetic differences mean working with these materials is often challenging and expensive. In this book, Geoff Isaac outlines strategies for developing more environmentally friendly design solutions and provides practical guidance for designers who seek to use plastics more sustainably. Chapters include case studies selected from sixty chairs made from renewable plastics, as chairs are often developed to showcase the potential of new materials and their suitability for applications across other consumer products. The book also features interviews with a range of industry representatives and international designers including Philippe Starck, Barber Osgerby, Konstantin Grcic, Bertjan Pot and Karim Rashid to illustrate recent designs using renewable plastics. This book provides an empowering blueprint for designers to make environmentally responsible decisions in today's business landscape
Designing Retail Experience in the 21st Century
Covering 2001 to today, Designing Retail Experience in the 21st Century presents readers with a critical, cross-disciplinary perspective on retail design, bringing together scholarship from design, architecture, branding, cultural studies and social studies. Our retail experience has changed profoundly over the past two decades, largely due to the impact of digital technologies. While the rise of smartphones and online commerce threatened to displace 'bricks and mortar' stores, physical shopping has survived and, in some cases, thrived. Today, the most successful brands design experiences that engage customers both within the physical store and in the digital realm. In this book, D.J. Huppatz analyses how corporations design these experiences, how we interact with them, and how they align with broader social, cultural and economic changes. Eight case studies reveal how some of the largest global retail chains, including Apple, Amazon, Nike, Zara, IKEA and LEGO, and smaller chains such as Aesop and Gentle Monster, utilize design to create engaging experiences. Unlike in the past, such corporations consider design in a continuum that extends from architecture and interiors to product and service design, and from website and digital interactions to social media. At the intersection of design and cultural studies, this book provides a critical survey and understanding of design and retail experience in the 21st century.
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.
Display in Use
Renowned for their bold and attention-grabbing nature, display fonts are a brand's go-to if it is looking to stand out visually in a sea of competition. Known for their intricate details, expressive style, playful elements, and varied weights, they are adaptable across diverse design contexts, seamlessly integrating into print, digital, and beyond. Display fonts also play a crucial role in determining a brand's personality and impressions at first glance. A continuation of the Sans/Sans Serif in Use collection, this edition features a curated selection of display type specimens, their design applications, and the thoughts that go behind the craft. Display in Use collates the best typefaces for big canvases and serves as a reference point for inspiration-seeking designers and typographers alike.
The Art of Couture Embroidery
Dive into the fascinating world of fashion embroidery, with practical tricks and techniques, and examples of some of the most iconic designs from the catwalk. With a focus on the most influential designers and couture and catwalk pieces from the past four decades, The Art of Couture Embroidery unravels the intricate relationship between high fashion garment construction and the embroidery that makes it sing. This beautifully presented book is perfect for embroiderers of all levels, from hobbyists to students and professionals. Looking at the finest embroidery used in high fashion, this book reveals the inside story of each leading designer, the history of the design house and the untold stories of their most groundbreaking collections. In each chapter, dedicated to a different leading designer or design house, Jessica Pile and Robert Ossant consider a single outstanding and iconic embroidered garment, showing the reader how they can apply the same techniques in their own designs.
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!
Words from a Fashion Icon: Guccio Gucci
The Fashion Icons Quote Series is a series of gift books full of inspiring and fabulous quotes from fashion icons across the generations. Words from a Fashion Icon: Guccio Gucci is a fully illustrated collection of quotes with Megan Hess' iconic and hugely popular illustrations, profiling one of fashion's most popular icons. Bringing her trademark wit and warmth alongside her beloved illustrations, this will be a unique insight into the key thoughts and moments surrounding Guccio Gucci's life and his impact on fashion.
Stetson
Celebrating the style and heritage of Stetson, one of America's oldest and most iconic brands, this beautiful book features the full range of its classic, handcrafted hats and the stylish ways cowboys and artists, movie stars and pop stars, jazz musicians and country singers have worn them over the years. Nothing symbolizes the dream of the American West, from its rugged, dramatic landscapes to its cowboy culture, like Stetson. It was founded in 1865 by John B. Stetson, an explorer and adventurer who, during a long Western expedition, fashioned a hat with a high crown and a wide flat brim that could withstand the elements. It worked so well that he decided to mass-produce it. Renowned for its handmade, high-quality hats, Stetson soon came to represent quintessential American values: innovation, resilience, and trailblazing independence. This book celebrates the profound impact and influence of Stetson, and the cowboy aesthetic, on American culture. In sections including "Stetson in Song" and "Stetson on Screen," stunning photographs show a diverse range of musicians who lay claim to the Stetson as part of their image, from Gene Autry and Loretta Lynn to Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson to Beyonc矇--and a who's who of American movie stars from Robert Redford and Clint Eastwood to Jane Fonda and John Travolta up through Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling in Barbie showing the many different ways to look good in a Stetson. A throughline of iconic style runs through the book, with images of such American icons as Georgia O'Keeffe, Patti Smith, and Lyndon Johnson depicting the timeless look of the Stetson. Heirloom objects, these hats are still handcrafted, and the book explores the couture-like way they're created, including the many ways they can be customized and individually shaped. With evocative archival imagery and glamorous advertisements tracing the history of the brand and highlighting key moments and trends in American history and culture along the way, and with essays by cultural historians contextualizing the significance of Stetson in American culture, this book is an exciting and stunning look at America's most important heritage brand.
Hiroshi Fujiwara: Fragment #3
A must-have for lovers of streetwear style and its influence on high fashion, this third volume follows up on Rizzoli's best-selling monographs on the work of Fujiwara. Documenting the continuing adventures of the "godfather of streetwear," the book is at once a visual catalog of his most recent collaborations and an ever-evolving record of his enduring impact on contemporary fashion, art, and design. Fujiwara is recognized the world over as a pioneer in streetwear, music, and art, and the ultimate arbiter of cool. Known internationally as one of the founding fathers of the 1990s Ura-Harajuku scene, Fujiwara exerts a disproportionate influence over contemporary design culture. With recent collaborations from Fendi to Maserati and with his mainstay work at Nike, Nintendo, and Moncler and Medicom, Fujiwara refines an aesthetic immersed in punk, hip-hop, anime, and skate culture and translates it into pure luxury. A musician and producer originally from western Japan, Fujiwara is one of the most prolific of sneaker designers, and his kicks remain some of the most sought-after collectibles. In addition to his very visible and long-standing collaborations with major Western brands, he has long associations with Japanese disruptors like Jun Takahashi of Undercover, and is at the head of the Tokyo-based Fragment Design. This book catalogues his current preoccupations, with chapters on his highly sought-after artwork and graphics, sneakers, product design, and curated personal effects. Heavy on graphic design, this book provides a unique glimpse into one of the most influential tastemakers of our time.
Journey of a Jeweler
A showcase of the renowned Brazilian jeweler's work with artisans around the world, this elegant volume reveals how their ancient techniques play a starring role in her incomparable creations. Furmanovich travels the globe, uncovering age-old crafts that become a foundation for her exquisite designs, which at their heart are traditional jewelry--rings, necklaces, pendants, brooches, and earrings--all crafted with precious stones, combined with wood marquetry and other nontraditional materials. With fine jewelry taking pride of place, the collections featured in this book expand to include handbags, furniture, and smaller luxury home goods. Collaborations with artisans are at the heart of Furmanovich's practice, and in recent years her curiosity has led her far and wide. She has explored miniature painting in India, discovered bamboo work in Japan, and witnessed intricate marquetry techniques in her native Brazil and a host of other traditional techniques from Central Asia to Southeast Asia. This book reveals her close relationships with these highly skilled makers and presents the resulting pieces, which hold a rare and special beauty.
Connecting the Dots
Connecting the Dots showcases the remarkable contribution of one designer, Garry Emery, to Australian culture internationally over 60+ years. It publishes a selection of Emery's writings, alongside notes he calls 'ramblings' as well as presenting EmeryStudio's design work. Connecting the Dots collects ad-hoc design thinking, comments, insights, thoughts, quotations, snippets, questions, answers, essays, articles, meditations, opinions, ambiguities, dogmas, observations, ideas, remnants, contradictions, realities, episodes, moments, fantasies, threads, traces, snapshots, ramblings, ruminations, not so many facts, no certainties.
Manolo Blahnik
A stunning, handbag-sized visual history of one of the world's most iconic shoe designers. Discover the story of the renowned shoe designer who has a devoted global following thanks to his flair for playful yet sophisticated design. Packed with photographs and information covering his entire career, you'll discover how he made shoes for lizards as a youngster growing up in the Canary Islands before establishing himself as a designer of extraordinary talent. Learn about the anatomy of a Manolo, examine the iconic designs in more detail, relive those forever-famous Sex and the City moments and take a closer look at the shoes he designed for Margot Robbie's press tour for Barbie. This is the perfect gift for lovers of fashion and footwear.
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.
Fashion Victims
A thoughtful, lavishly illustrated, and highly readable account of the fabulous French fashion world in the pre-Revolutionary period This award-winning book, now available in paperback, chronicles one of the most exciting, controversial, and extravagant periods in the history of fashion: the reign of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette in eighteenth-century France. Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell offers a carefully researched glimpse into the turbulent era's sophisticated and largely female-dominated fashion industry, which produced courtly finery as well as promoted a thriving secondhand clothing market outside the royal circle. She discusses in depth the exceptionally imaginative and uninhibited styles of the period immediately before the French Revolution, and explores fashion's surprising influence on the course of the Revolution itself. The absorbing narrative demonstrates fashion's crucial role as a visible and versatile medium for social commentary, and shows the glittering surface of eighteenth-century high society as well as its seedy underbelly. Fashion Victims presents a compelling anthology of trends, manners, and personalities from the era, accompanied by gorgeous fashion plates, portraits, and photographs of rare surviving garments. Drawing upon documentary evidence, previously unpublished archival sources, and new information about aristocrats, politicians, and celebrities, this book is an unmatched study of French fashion in the late eighteenth century, providing astonishing insight, a gripping story, and stylish inspiration.
Drawing Analogies
By exploring diagrams, diagramming and the diagrammatic across a range of disciplines and arts-led practices, this open access book addresses the gap between diagrams as a widely valued mode of visual representation and their under-examined status within arts and art education Informed by Charles Sanders Peirce's understanding of a diagram as an analogy of relations, Drawing Analogies draws on its authors' creative use of diagrams as artists, educators and arts researchers, and on fields of inquiry that bring the arts into alignment with other disciplines - most notably anthropology, critical theory, pedagogy, philosophy, psychology, semiotics and the physical and life sciences. This range of disciplines is evident in the artists and writers discussed, such as Gregory Bateson, Black Quantum Futurism, Salvador Dali, Phillipe Descola, Aristotle, Hilma af Klint, Rosalind E. Krauss, Yayoi Kusama, Louis Hjelmslev, Susanne Leeb, Jacques Lacan, Pauline Oliveros, and George Widener. While the authors approach diagramming as both a technical and poetic activity, their emphasis is on creative, embodied and exploratory modes of diagramming practices, which are capable of engendering new forms, thoughts and experiences. By taking an artistic approach to diagrams and diagramming, by incorporating diagramming as a method of enquiry within chapters, and by exploring their interdisciplinary and multi-perspectival potentials, Drawing Analogies proposes giving new life to the art of diagramming and widening the arena of artistic practice and creative research. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by University College London.
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.
Islamicate Textiles
Textiles and clothing are interwoven with Islamic culture. In Islamicate Textiles, readers are taken on a journey from Central Asia to Tanzania to uncover the central roles that textiles play within Muslim-majority communities. This thematically arranged book sheds light on the traditions, rituals and religious practices of these regions, and the ways in which each one incorporates materials and clothing. Drawing on examples including Iranian lion carpets and Arabic keffiyeh, Faegheh Shirazi frames these textiles and totemic items as important cultural signifiers that, together, form a dynamic and fascinating material culture. Like a developing language, this culture expands, bends and develops to suit the needs of new generations and groups across the world. The political significance of Islamicate textiles is also explored: Faegheh Shirazi's writing reveals the fraught relationship between the East - with its sought-after materials and much-valued textiles - and the European countries that purchased and repurposed these goods, and lays bare the historical and contemporary connections between textiles, colonialism, immigration and economics. Dr Shirazi also discusses gender and how textiles and clothing are intimately linked with sexuality and gender identity.
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.
Political Illustration
Political Illustration introduces students of illustration, visual communication, art, and political science to how political illustration works, when it's used and why. Through a variety of examples - from the coins of Julius Caesar to contemporary art challenging Indigenous American stereotypes - the book covers propaganda, the impact of media, censorship, and taboo, and the role of contentious politics and dissent art. A wide range of contemporary illustration mediums are included, including street art, the graphic novel, and mixed assemblage illustration, in order to examine the role of media and technique in political messaging. The book features breakout interviews and case studies on prominent global political illustrators (like Edel Rodriguez, Anita Kunz and Fabian Williams) and full color examples. The authors include an introduction to semiotics, visual grammar, and visual communication theory, and how these approaches contribute to the decoding of political messages - and how these tactics are used by those ruling, and those being ruled. In particular, the authors look at political illustration, protest art and propaganda related to: - American and European Imperialism- Japanese internment- The World Wars- The Soviet Union and China- Dictatorships in Africa and South America- Civil Rights movements - Contemporary protests and marches, including the Women's March (2017) and the Egyptian Revolution (2011)- ...and many more periods, events and movements
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.
The Green Runway, Redefining Fashion Through Ecology and Ethical Choices
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 Pocket Chanel
This beautifully concise guide tells the story of the couturier Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel and the luxury fashion brand she founded.A charismatic character, Chanel created relaxed clothing, made for comfort and activity, liberating women from the confines of corsets. This unofficial and unauthorized pocket-sized celebration of her life and work reveals her humble origins, rise to fame and key pieces.From the little black dress and the 2.55 handbag to costume jewelry and Chanel No. 5 perfume, her simple and elegant designs were so novel and original that they changed fashion for ever.Gemini PocketsFrom little guides to soothe your soul to all-access passes to the lives of pop icons, and from quizzes and puzzles for literature lovers to books on food, nature, fashion, and more, Gemini Pockets are the perfect fit for your life and interests.
From Fast Fashion to Forever, Ecology and Ethics in the Clothing Industry
Graphis Design Annual 2025
Immerse in a powerful visual journey through the eyes of over 500 award-winning graphic designers from around the globe. In one of the most coveted industry award competitions, Graphis Design 2025 celebrates design excellence through the captivating and influential work of the past year from solo designers and global firms. Juried by acclaimed international designers, these works can be seen across animation, branding, books, entertainment, packaging, posters, product design and other disciplines.This inspiring collection of work revolves around all categories of graphic design, demonstrating once again the importance of design in culture, commerce, and lifestyle. Read about the creative process from Platinum and Gold Winners regarding their assignments and the approaches they took to reach their award-winning solutions.
Package Design Book 8
Packaging is no longer just for containing goods--it's a statement, a revolution, a glimpse of the future. The Package Design Book 8 captures this evolution, with the most boundary-pushing designs from the 2023 and 2024 Pentawards competition. Meet the heroes who are propelling form and function to unprecedented levels, with new ideas, purpose, and materials. This book explores the rise in "Design with Impact", underscoring a growing shift, wherein packaging doesn't just sell products, it sparks change. We see it in Bosai's earthquake kit and Raras' 'imperfect' bottles that raise awareness of rare diseases. From One Good Thing's edible packaging to Dell's 100% recyclable laptop box, discover how sustainability is becoming a driving force, with 'reduce, reuse and recycle' front of mind.Whether through inclusive design, waste reduction, or storytelling that improves the user's experience, the achievements in this collection show that packaging can inspire, connect, and leave a lasting legacy. Witness an industry at a turning point, championing designs that don't just function, but resonate.
