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Illustrator and concept artist Devin Elle Kurtz shares her journey, from childhood ambitions to be an artist and finding the best educational fit, to working in the industry as she continues to develop her craft. 

The Art of Devin Elle Kurtz bursts with the stunning color, light, and storytelling that Devin has mastered, using traditional and digital methods. This is a unique opportunity to learn from a young industry professional. Devin recalls navigating educational opportunities, looking for the combination of formal classes and personal study that suited her needs. Color and light play a huge part – whether she uses traditional or digital techniques – and specially commissioned tutorials give aspiring artists the chance to sample her methods while evolving their skills. Readers will also enjoy the intriguing subject of storytelling, as Devin explores the themes that feature the most in her own work, including where they originated from. These insights and reflections are not only fascinating, but also help readers unlock their own authentic storytelling potential. Devin has been handpicked to join the ranks of superstar artists who have produced their “Art of” books with 3dtotal Publishing, creating the unique blend of advice, tutorials, inspiration, and galleries that we love to see.

About the Author:

Devin Elle Kurtz is a 23-year-old digital illustrator, visual development artist, and background painter, with a focus on fantasy creatures and colorful environments. She works full-time on the Netflix animated series Disenchantment as lead background artist, but still makes time to focus on personal projects and business interests. Of particular note is Devin’s love of nature, with her whimsical scenes often featuring animals, fantastical creatures, and people within richly-lit scenes.

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With only some beads, a spool of wire, and a few simple tools, you can begin straight away, as Linda tells you everything you need to know to create beautiful twisted wire and bead pieces. With chokers, brooches, delicate chains, rings, earrings, bangles, and more, Wire and Bead Celtic Jewelry offers something for everyone.

Every piece is inspired by Celtic design, from a Celtic harp brooch and Lindisfarne choker, to lariats and bracelets echoing the forms of animals and elements of nature.

The projects are set up like recipes with materials lists and step-by-step instructions so they are perfect for beginners, but her unique designs will inspire those already experienced in the craft.

A powerful and inspired collection of essays and real-world advice on style, beauty, and motherhood from the popular blogger LaTonya Yvette

LaTonya Yvette, the blogger and stylist behind the eponymous site, is unapologetically candid about life’s trials, including motherhood, love, death, and racism. Her first book, Woman of Color, is part memoir, part lifestyle guide ― packed with moving essays, gorgeous original and archival photographs, and practical style and beauty advice. At the very heart, though, it’s about LaTonya’s experience growing up as a woman of color in Brooklyn.

Each beautifully designed chapter covers a different topic―the meaning behind her name, how vitiligo has shaped her definition of beauty, her childhood hairstyles, raising her children as a 20-something mom ― and ends with thoughtful advice and lifestyle takeaways like how to tie a headwrap or incorporate new, bold colors into your wardrobe. Woman of Color is real life, real style for women from all walks of life. In it, LaTonya has written a love letter to women, filling this book with vulnerable, imperfect truths from a black woman blogger, a voice not often seen on bookstore shelves.

This is the catalogue of the important exhibition dedicated to Wanda Miletti Ferragamo, which focuses on female empowerment in various domains from the 1960s onward.

This catalogue accompanies the exhibition Women in Balance at the Museo Salvatore Ferragamo in Florence. The project arose as a tribute to Wanda Miletti Ferragamo, who guided the Salvatore Ferragamo company from 1960 until her death in 2018.

The volume aims to tell the story of the women who balanced their roles as mothers and wives with their work during the years of the Italian “economic miracle” and beyond. The story of Wanda Ferragamo’s life is accompanied by the voices of women from diverse fields who embodied their time and helped to shape it.

Focus is placed on women who have been pioneers in their fields (politics, literature, photography, cinema, art, music, business, science, and technology). This catalogue seeks to trigger reflections on gender relations in contemporary society and the balance needed to reconcile women’s private lives with their passions and professional aspirations.

About the Author:

Stefania Ricci studied art history at the University of Florence. She has been the director of Museo Salvatore Ferragamo since 1995 and of Fondazione Ferragamo since March 2013. Elvira Valleri has a degree in humanities and a PhD from the European University. Her research focuses on contemporary history and autobiography and biography from a gender perspective.

A spellbinding journey into the world of Chanel haute couture, captured by one of fashion's most acclaimed photographers.

In exclusive shoots with the house of Chanel, photographer Cathleen Naundorf gained rare access to their haute couture collections--which entail thousands of hours of handwork, crafting, and embellishing. The result: a book of ethereal, cinematic photographs of gowns against theatrical backdrops that capture the ensembles' exquisiteness and the magical allure of haute couture. This is what sartorial dreams are made of.

For more than two decades, Naundorf has used her expert photographic skills to pay homage to the haute couture aesthetic. Combining her experiences in travel, art, and photojournalism, Naundorf elaborately arranges each detail of her images using storyboards and extensively researches the lighting for every image. Captured with analogue large-format cameras, each photograph is a singular vision suggesting romance, surrealism, exoticism, and above all else, fantasy.

About the Authors:

Cathleen Naundorf is a fashion and travel photographer whose photographs have been published by Condé Nast and Harper's Bazaar. Her artwork is exhibited internationally, including at Hamiltons Gallery in London, Edwynn Houk Gallery in New York, and Holden Luntz Gallery in Palm Beach. It is featured in the collections of the Musée Rodin, Victoria & Albert Museum, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Jérôme Neutres is the director for strategy and development of the Réunion des Musées Nationaux and the Grand Palais, and the president of the Musée du Luxembourg in Paris. He is the author of essays and books on literature and the arts.

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Wreaths explores the art of creating wonderful floral pieces, to gift or keep, through a collection of 20 beautiful and natural designs. Learn how to play around with colour, foliage, texture and architectural forms with a craft that is no longer just for Christmas.

Packed with ideas, skills and techniques, Katie and Terri will inspire you to bring a touch of nature indoors as they offer a fresh and modern approach to wreath design. Going beyond the traditional shapes, this book will equip you with the know-how to create impressive statement pieces, tropical and dried wreaths, as well as beautiful garlands and a late summer chandelier.

Presented through exquisite photography and step-by-step instructions, Wreaths shows how best to maintain and display these botanical creations in your home. Discover the joy of foraging and master the art of making natural wreath frames with this irresistible book – a must-have for lovers of floral arrangements and interiors alike.

About the Authors:

Katie Smyth and Terri Chandler make up WORM London. They quit their jobs after feeling stuck in a rut and started up a flower business, designing flowers for weddings, supper clubs and parties. They also work as flower stylists for magazines, book and TV shoots. Katie and Terri are inspired by seasonal wild, foraged materials and the meaning of flowers. 

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Celebrating fifty years of America’s most beloved fashion brand, this book chronicles the legendary career trajectory of Ralph Lauren as documented by WWD.

Synonymous with timeless American style, Ralph Lauren metamorphosed from a small collection of men’s neckties into a global empire offering everything from casual polo shirts and luxury womenswear to athletic apparel and home goods. WWD has chronicled the company’s every step since its founding in 1967, from that first wide necktie and iconic advertisements to Lauren’s innovative venture into online media. Offering insight into this trailblazing visionary, Ralph Lauren: 50 Years of Fashion is an illustrated volume that details his meteoric rise and the highlights of his career.

Through never-before-seen archival photographs and award-winning fashion writing and business articles from the pages of WWD, this volume showcases the brand’s most noteworthy achievements, how it has shaped the fashion industry, and its status as the arbiter of classic American style. Celebrating Ralph Lauren’s fiftieth anniversary, this book is a must-have for fashion aficionados, lovers of Americana, and everyone in between.

About the Author:

WWD has been the daily media of record and the industry voice of authority for executives in the global women's and men's fashion, retail and beauty communities as well as consumers eager to stay informed. Bridget Foley is a fashion journalist, critic, and the executive editor of WWD.

Louis Vuitton, the global luxury fashion house, and world-famous artist Yayoi Kusama partner again, and in the storied history of the brand’s epic collaborations with artists, this is the most ambitious to date.

In this important volume about this powerhouse collaboration, artwork by trailblazing artist Yayoi Kusama is featured alongside the groundbreaking fashion collection she designed with Louis Vuitton, and is organized around the seminal artistic themes that inspired the project.

Edited by Ferdinando Verdi and Isabel Venero, the volume includes contributions from renowned experts in both fashion and art, including writer Jo-Ann Furniss who explores the collaboration, designer Marc Jacobs who initiated the house’s relationship with Kusama, and curators Mika Yoshitake and Philip Larratt-Smith, both of whom have organized important exhibitions on the artist’s work. And Hans Ulrich Obrist, the renowned curator and Artistic Director of Serpentine Galleries, London, Hans Ulrich Obrist talks with longtime Kusama expert Akira Tatehata.  

In the spirit of this iconic partnership and with a nod to the popular fascination with Kusama, the book includes musings from some of the most important contemporary artists and musicians working today — including Arca, Katherine Bradford, Anne Imhoff, Ryan McNamara, Raúl de Nieves, Ryan Trecartin, Nora Turato, and Jacolby Satterwhite — talking about Kusama’s impact and her extraordinary ability to build fantastical worlds through her signature polka dots and mirror balls, which are joyful representations of her deeply thoughtful philosophy about art and the universe.

About the Authors:

Jo-Ann Furniss is an editor, creative director, and writer. She was the editor-in-chief of Arena Homme+ from 2004 to 2011, and writes regularly for I-D, The Face, and AnOther Magazine, as well as the New York Times. Mika Yoshitake, PhD, is an independent curator with expertise in postwar Japanese art. She received her MA and PhD in Art History from UCLA.

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This illustrated book retraces the renowned and eclectic Chinese designer Yin Jiulong, featuring his prolific body of work spanning his twenty-year career.

This is the first comprehensive monograph on Yin Jiulong’s creations. Lavishly illustrated with 200 photographs and illustrations, this book provides complete documentation of the history, inspiration, and details of his eclectic career. Straddling graphic design, art, space and product design, and branding, Yin Jiulong’s creative output mixes traditional Chinese aesthetics, sought after materials, and contemporary artworks. His work has been extensively published in important magazines and newspapers such as AD, Ideat, Elle Decor, Vogue, Pattern, Life magazine, and Modern Weekly. It has also been exhibited in China, Japan, the Netherlands, and London; and at the Museum Prinsenhof Delft (Delft), Beijing Design Week, Design Shanghai, and Chengdu MoCA (Chengdu).

This volume offers beautifully photographed products and exhibition views of the designer’s charming artworks, while also featuring important projects made in collaboration with artists and fashion brands, including renowned Chinese artist Zhang Xiaogang, curator Lü Peng, and celebrated sneaker brand Feiyue.

About the Authors:

Yin Jiulong was born in Dazhou, Sichuan Province, in 1975. He graduated from Chengdu University in 1996. He is a famous artist and designer, with a twenty-year career in the field. In recent years, he started shifting from graphic design to space and product design, focusing on cultural design, creative industries, and brand marketing. In 2021 he founded the brand Material Imagination in Chengdu.

Lü Peng born in Chongqing in 1956, is an independent art historian, critic, and curator. He teaches at China Academy of Art, Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts, and Macau University of Science and Technology. He has published some of the most important Chinese artists’ monographs and the most complete volume on modern Chinese Art History, A History of Art in 20th-century China and curated a number of solo and group exhibitions in China and internationally.

Bao Qian is an independent art critic, curator and cultural planner, graduated from China Academy of Fine Arts. She has won the Chinese Contemporary Art Theory and Criticism National prize multiple times and has participated to major national planning projects such as “Gulangyu Cultural Development Plan" and "Quanzhou Ancient City Cultural Development Plan”.

Follow the trajectory of Yoshitomo Nara, one of the most prominent contemporary artists, whose work has grown in complexity and nuance over the past three decades.

Thirty years after Yoshitomo Nara rocketed to fame with his paintings of sinister figures, the artist has developed his practice to reflect his unique, empathic eye. This book presents the full range of Nara’s work. Along with his most recognizable pieces, such as his ubiquitous portraits of wide-eyed figures on monochromatic backgrounds, readers will discover his earliest paintings, sketched on surfaces ranging from envelopes to cardboard made during his time in Germany, as well as an installation that re-creates his drawing studio. His most recent works are also represented, including his large-scale bronze and ceramic figurines and portraits made following the 2011 earthquake that devastated Japan. Comparing and contrasting these pieces through Nara’s distinctive musical lens, the catalogue also features “liner notes” written by the artist about various albums in his personal collection, published in English for the first time. Viewers will see the evolution of a dynamic artist who has become more contemplative with age.

About the Author:

Yoshitomo Nara is one of the most popular and influential artists of his generation. His work has been featured in more than forty exhibitions around the world. He lives in Tochigi, Japan.

Invitations provide the perfect personal touch for everything from private events to opening nights. You’re Invited! is the definitive guide to this versatile and charming medium.

We all love to be invited. The wedding of a relative; a friend's garden party; the launch of a new fashion label. Whether private party or corporate affair, a special occasion deserves a special invitation. You’re Invited! provides alluring invitations fashioned with hand-lettering techniques, fine paper choices, innovative printing methods, and more.

Carefully crafted, the examples within span the spectrum from the whimsical to the elegant: a wedding invitation takes inspiration from the board game Jumanji with a detail of dice inviting all to join the adventure of matrimony; Rifle Paper Co. designs notepads to shoes with the owner’s own wedding being the catalyst for her creative business venture; and Aurora Creative Studio thrives on creativity and eschews templates. Brands are allowed a freedom of expression through the intimate nature of an invitation. Clients enjoy receiving tokens from corporate affairs or garden parties. Friends treasure a handmade reminder for years to come. You're Invited! welcomes you to open, and even push, the envelope.

In her first book, noted hostess Stephanie Booth Shafran shares her secrets for planning and giving brilliantly executed parties at home.

Taking at-home entertaining to an entirely new level, sophisticated L.A. hostess Stephanie Booth Shafran--recently named by the Salonniere as one of the top hostesses in Los Angeles -- has a gift for celebration. From the table settings to the decor to the color-coordinated menus, every party she hosts showcases a myriad of inspired elements. In her first book, she shows readers how to set the stage for eight parties, from an elegant housewarming in her Jeffrey Bilhuber-decorated home to a classic California pool party to a festive Christmas brunch. She also shares advice on palette creation--blue and white for a ladies' charity luncheon, and deep burgundies for a gentleman's wine and cigar party. Each chapter ends with tips for that theme, whether it is entertaining alfresco or having parties for a charitable purpose. Shafran also includes a guide to her party essentials: inspiration, invitations, flowers, tablescape, linens, seating, the bar, and select recipes.

About the Authors:

Stephanie Booth Shafran is a fifth-generation Angeleno and is one of Los Angeles's preeminent hostesses. She serves on the board of UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital and is a member of the Colleagues, support group of CII, Children's Institute Inc. She and her family divide their time between Los Angeles, New York City, and Sun Valley, Idaho. Preeminent American decorator 

Jeffrey Bilhuber is the author of four books, including Everyday Decorating. Celebrated photographers Gemma and Andrew Ingalls are the authors of In Full Flower.

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This playful, colorful, and glamorous volume celebrates the South Korean handmade women's shoe brand by Yuul Yie, the founder and pioneering woman behind the scenes.

To celebrate ten years of Yuul Yie's unstoppable rise, this is the first illustrated monograph dedicated to the Korean women's shoe brand founded by Sunyuul Yie in 2010. The footwear line combines cultured artistic, architectural, and pictorial references with the skillful use of Italian leather and a single goal for its couture: simple and high-quality design and workmanship accompanied by a sober and sophisticated style. The label prides itself on its unique and unexpectedly elegant designs. From its color-blocked mules to its pearl-heeled boots, Yuul Yie's distinct aesthetic is trendy yet timeless, thoughtful, daring, and undeniably chic.

It's no secret that Asian footwear brands are taking the Western fashion world by storm, and Yuul Yie's designs continue to dominate among fashion tastemakers across the globe.

About the Author:

Sunyuul Yie studied women's fashion design at the Esmod Seoul fashion school and won the grand prize while there. Afterward, she worked in a couple of fashion houses in Seoul and got involved in the shoe industry thanks to her shoe-designer friend's offer. Yie created her own shoe brand, Ma Vie En Rose, in 2010, but renamed the brand YUUL YIE a few years later. Alessandra Bruni Lopez y Royo is currently a Research Associate of the School of Arts, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, and an Associate Fellow of the Critical Institute.

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An exclusive homage to – and retrospective of – the iconic fashion designer's couture accessories

'One can never overstate the importance of accessories. They are what turns a dress into something else. I like dresses to be sober and accessories to be wild', Yves Saint Laurent, 1977.

Yves Saint Laurent Accessories is the first book to date to shed light on the breathtaking accessories created by one of the most influential fashion designers of all time. From his first collection in 1962 to his acclaimed final presentation in 2002, Yves Saint Laurent created exquisite jewellery, hats, shoes, and handbags to complement and enhance each of his couture creations. Beautifully designed, in a small format evocative of a jewellery box, the book offers an unprecedented glimpse into the highly confidential archives of The Yves Saint Laurent Foundation in Paris, which is home to over 20,000 remarkable accessories.

The book features specially commissioned photography of the accessories alongside a treasure trove of rare materials including preparatory sketches, intimate portraits of Saint Laurent at work, behind-the-scenes snapshots of models, catwalk photographs, and advertising campaigns. Yves Saint Laurent Accessories introduces readers to a prominent yet rarely seen side of Saint Laurent's art, leading them backstage and through the history of a house that helped to shape the course of fashion.

About the Author:

Patrick Mauriès is a French writer, editor, and journalist. He has written over forty titles, including books on Christian Lacroix, Karl Lagerfeld, Yves Saint Laurent, Jean-Paul Goude, and Chanel. He is a regular contributor to Vogue, Purple Magazine, AD, and The World of Interiors.

A unique visual journey exploring Asia's influence on Yves Saint Laurent

Yves Saint Laurent was always fascinated by the art and culture of Asia. Taking his cue from elegant brocades, lavish embroidered silks and delicate lacquerwork, he used his collections to construct his own imaginary vision of the East, a dreamlike realm of luxury and delight. Influences from India, China and Japan are brought together here in a glittering showcase of Asian-inspired couture, alongside the designer’s original sketches and a selection of striking art objects from his personal collection.

Contents List:

Introduction • India • China • Opium • Japan

About the Authors:

Aurélie Samuel is Director of Collections at the Yves Saint-Laurent museums in Paris and Marrakesh.
Olivier Flaviano is the Director of the Yves Saint-Laurent Museum in Paris.