Mismatch - How Inclusion Shapes Design
$29.99 AUD
Category: Art and Design | Series: Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life Ser.
Sometimes designed objects reject their users- a computer mouse that doesn't work for left-handed people, for example, or a touchscreen payment system that only works for people who read English phrases, have 20/20 vision, and use a credit card. Something as simple as color choices can render a product ...Show more
Ai Weiwei's Blog - Writings, Interviews, and Digital Rants, 2006-2009 by Ai Weiwei
$44.95 AUD
Category: Art and Design | Series: Writing Art | Reading Level: very good
In 2006, even though he could barely type, China's most famous artist started blogging. For more than three years, Ai Weiwei turned out a steady stream of scathing social commentary, criticism of government policy, thoughts on art and architecture, and autobiographical writings. He wrote about the Sichu ...Show more
The Illustrated Story of Art by Dorling Kindersley
$49.99 AUD
Category: Art and Design
Great art movements and the paintings that inspired them. The Illustrated Story of Art is an innovative approach to understanding the history of art, from cave painting to the modern day, with pivotal works of art examined in the context of history, culture and the lives of their creators. This invaluab ...Show more
Fashion - The Whole Story by Marnie Fogg
$39.95 AUD
Category: Art and Design | Series: The Whole Story Ser.
This ambitious and fascinating book traces the history of fashion in every part of the world, from Greco-Roman woven-cloth clothing and the silk court dress of the Chinese Tang dynasty to contemporary sportswear designers and Japanese street culture. Organized chronologically, the book traces the evolut ...Show more
Woodwork Step by Step by Dorling Kindersley
$24.99 AUD
Category: Art and Design
Over 100 woodworking techniques from joints to finishing. With Woodwork Step by Step you can tackle every type of carpentry project with confidence- create a shelf, a coat rack or even a chair. In an age where household objects are mass produced, nothing beats working with wood to create a unique object ...Show more
How to Write About Contemporary Art by Gilda Williams
$24.99 AUD
Category: Art and Design | Reading Level: very good
How to Write About Contemporary Art is the definitive guide to writing engagingly about the art of our time. Invaluable for students, arts professionals and other aspiring writers, the book first navigates readers through the key elements of style and content, from the aims and structure of a piece to i ...Show more
The Paris of Toulouse-Lautrec: Prints and Posters from the Museum of Modern Art by Sarah Suzuki
$59.95 AUD
Category: Art and Design
Though deeply engaged with painting and drawing, Toulouse-Lautrecs lasting contribution to artistic practice was as a graphic artist. Through his prints and posters, advertisements, and contributions in reviews and magazines, he brought the language of the late-nineteenth-century French avant-garde to a ...Show more
Visual Impact : Creative Dissent in the 21st Century by Liz McQuiston
$49.95 AUD
Category: Art and Design
An accessible and richly illustrated exploration of how art and design have driven major social and political change in the 21st century. Visual Impact highlights the extraordinary power of art and graphic design to effect social and political change. Richly illustrated with over 400 images, this is a ...Show more
Vintage Home - 20th-Century Design for Contemporary Living by Judith Miller
$59.99 AUD
Category: Art and Design
Vintage Home is both a practical collector's guide - what to look out for - and a celebration of the period. It covers both serious and costly designer creations, which sell in major auction houses worldwide, and cheerful mass-produced kitsch, which you can pick up in car boot sales, charity shops, flea ...Show more
Eye of the Sixties by Stein, Judith E
$37.99 AUD
Category: Art and Design
A man with a preternatural ability to find emerging artists, Richard Bellamy was one of the first advocates of pop art, minimalism, and conceptual art. The founder and director of the fabled Green Gallery on Fifty-Seventh Street, the witty, poetry-loving art lover became a legend of the avant-garde, sho ...Show more
Looking at Paintings: A Private View by Richard Cottrell
$69.95 AUD
Category: Art and Design
This book draws together an eclectic and highly personal mix of painters: from Picasso to Carpaccio, from Cranach to Nolan. The connecting thread between these diverse works, which span six centuries, is international theatre director Richard Cottrell's fascination with the human story and an intense in ...Show more
Face: Australian Portraits 1880-1960 by GRAY Anne
$39.95 AUD
Category: Art and Design
Featuring 54 portraits by 34 artists, this book takes a fresh look at Australian portraiture from the 1880s late Colonial period to the mid-1960s and the move into abstraction. "Face" considers the international influences upon Australian portrait painting and the more distinctive turns that Australian ...Show more