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Paul Smith has created one of the world’s most successful fashion brands. In this richly illustrated book - which includes many photos taken by Paul Smith himself - excerpts from interviews with the designer recount his history and explain how he approaches design.
This talented creator finds inspiration everywhere: personal photographs, musicians, scrawled messages on Post-it notes, electronic gadgets, and more. From A for Architecture to Z for Zebra, this alphabetical manual not only highlights the eclectic sources of inspiration behind his unforgettable designs, but also the unique way in which Paul Smith sees the world, suggesting how he has continually been able to anticipate and reimagine trends in popular culture since opening his first small boutique in 1970.

An essential book packed with exquisite photographs and amazing floral displays for planning every aspect of the wedding day and beyond, from London’s leading floral designer.

Paula Pryke taps into the desire of every bride to make her wedding day special, and the choice of flower color, fragrance, and display is one of the most effective and fun ways to do so. She gives the bride the confidence and ability to design her own floral theme and work with a florist to execute it, or perhaps even undertake some of the arrangements herself for a truly personal touch.

The book explores wedding traditions as well as suggestions on how a modern bride can depart from them. It addresses every type of seasonal concern; distinguishes decorative, ceremony, and reception flowers; provides great ideas for floral accessories; and, of course, devotes much consideration to the all-important choice of the bouquet. With step-by-step instructions throughout, the book demonstrates how brides, bridesmaids, friends, and family can make some of Pryke’s most popular wedding flower arrangements themselves.

About the Author

Paula Pryke has had over twenty-five years of experience at creating beautiful weddings. Her work has been featured regularly in all the leading magazines. Her highly successful Flower School was launched in London in 1994 and attracts students from all over the world. She is the author of many best-selling books, including Everyday Flowers, Decorating with Flowers, Table Flowers, and Paula Pryke’s Flower School. Always a trendsetter, Pryke continues to innovate with this latest title.

The four hundred marks reproduced in this book represent the diverse array of identity work produced by Pentagram's partners, past and present, since the company was founded in 1972. Over the past four decades, Pentagram has designed marks for large corporations and small businesses, government agencies and non-profit institutions, clubs and societies and even individuals, all of whom were seeking a representative symbol to appear on letterhead and books, buildings amd websites and everywhere else imaginable.
Previously only distributed in a limited edition, this invaluable book is now available in a paperback version and will provide inspiration for all graphic designers working on identity projects.

Pentagram originated in London in 1972 and opened offices in New York in 1978, San Francisco in 1986, Austin in 1994 and Berlin in 2002. It provides design services across the full spectrum of graphics, identity, architecture, interiors and products to both local and international clients.

The extremely elegant and feminine Cheongsam is a quintessential Chinese women’s dress of the 20th century – in its modern form, a fusion of traditional Chinese costume and western fashion. This book contains a wonderful selection of historical and new photographs, cutting schemes, embroidery details and vector drawings of typical decorative elements such as dragons, peacocks and floral designs.

This, the first book in the PEPIN series, contains a wonderful selection of photographs of some of the most beautiful Cheongsams from all decades of the 20th century, as well as many historical photographs. Also included are cutting schemes, embroidery details and vector drawings of typical decorative elements such as dragons, peacocks and floral designs.

The new PEPIN Fashion, Textiles & Patterns series contains large-format, stunningly illustrated volumes on a wide range of styles. Each volume in the series will include concise, authoritative texts as well as information about technical aspects and a wealth of inspiration and visual resource material. The illustrations include photographs of clothes, historical images (including fashion plates), cutting schemes, decorative details and reproductions of fabric designs. Each volume includes a CD with ready-to-use files.

The term “flower power” is an expression associated with the peace movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s. It permeated practically all forms of popular culture of the time, including music, painting and design. In fashion, flower power represents a striking style, using lots of strong and contrasting colours and bold, flowery imagery.

This second volume in the PEPIN series contains more than 100 reproductions of typical flower power designs, as well as photographs of many amazing and beautiful flower power garments, such as flared trousers, tent dresses, jumpsuits and mini skirts.

The new PEPIN Fashion, Textiles & Patterns series contains large-format, stunningly illustrated volumes on a wide range of styles. Each volume in the series will include concise, authoritative texts as well as information about technical aspects and a wealth of inspiration and visual resource material. The illustrations include photographs of clothes, historical images (including fashion plates), cutting schemes, decorative details and reproductions of fabric designs. Each volume includes a CD with ready-to-use files.

A beautifully made scent can encapsulate a particular feeling, transport you to a very specific time in life with clarity, or remind you of a special loved one or friend. And just like wearing your favourite outfit or shoes, your favourite perfume can make you feel invincible. The question is, how do you find such a creation? With the number of new releases steadily increasing, it can be bewildering even attempting to find a perfume you like, let alone love.

In Perfume, Neil Chapman guides readers through a world that can at times seem overwhelming. Fragrances of every variety are listed ‘note by note’ in clearly divided categories that will steer you in the direction of a perfume you not only like, but love and cherish as ‘your’ signature scent. Chapters explore popular notes (for example, vanilla, sandalwood, jasmine, rose, patchouli, chocolate) or a broader identifiable group (such as ‘oceanics’, ‘green florals’ or ‘anti-perfume’), giving an insight into that particular category as well as a clear sense of the similarities and differences between the scents described within it.  

Featuring over 700 scents, from vintage perfumes to department store classics, rarities and niche boutique fragrances, Perfume is a true portal into the beautiful world of perfume. The further you go on this journey, the more you will be amazed by how many beautiful creations do exist if you take the time to look.

Persia had a distinct tradition of ornamental design, setting it apart from other countries in the region. While sharing with them an interest in geometric patterns and ornate calligraphy, traditional Persian design is special in its emphasis on the natural world and its treatment of figurative elements, such as birds and other animals; it is most famously employed in the creation of rugs. Persian Designs presents a diverse collection of patterns and designs, ranging from simple and elegant elements to complex and highly ornate interlocking patterns. It also contains some examples of practical applications of the designs.

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Persian Designs is a completely revised edition of one of Agile Rabbit’s best-selling volumes. All designs have been re-traced and perfected, and a vast number of exciting designs have been added.

Agile Rabbit Editions contain stunning images for use as a graphic resource, or inspiration. All the illustrations are stored in high-resolution format on the enclosed free CD-ROM and are ready to use for professional quality printed media and web page design. The pictures can also be used to produce postcards, or to decorate your letters, flyers, etc. They can be imported directly from the CD into most design, image-manipulation, illustration, word-processing and e-mail programs; no installation is required. For most applications, single images can be used free of charge.

Persian Rugs and Carpets: The Fabric of Life presents a pictorial journey around Persia, reflecting the weaving and pattern styles of the many regions and tribes - including Esfahan, Kashan, Nain, Qum, Kerman, Tabriz, Bakhtiari, Senneh, Malayer and Qashqa'i - showing the vast range of carpets woven in Persia from about 1850 to the third quarter of the 20th century. The introductory text to each section explains the particular aspects of that region's weaving style. In addition, each caption gives an in-depth account of the carpet, not only the date and region in which it was woven, but also the motifs and patterns, the technique used, even the weaver, and, in the case of pictorial carpets, the fascinating stories being depicted.

The introductory essay takes the reader through the history and geography of the Persian rug, including information on structure, weaving and knotting, the different output of the city and urban workshops compared to tribal and village weaving, flatweaves, and identification. It also features points of note for the collector, such as conservation and cleaning, as well as highlighting the difficulties in dating rugs, and the problems with fakes.

Lavishly illustrated in colour throughout, Persian Rugs and Carpets: The Fabric of Life shows these carpets at their very best, with incredible clarity of detail, bringing together in one place the diversity of weaving styles and the great variety of patterns, allowing the reader to compare carpets at a glance.

This exquisite book - an essential addition to the bookshelves of all carpet collectors and aficionados - is a testament to the rich and vibrant art form of Persian carpets.

Born in Iran to a family with a long history of dealing in Persian carpets, perhaps it was inevitable that Essie Sakhai should become a respected expert on Oriental and Persian carpets, gaining much of his great knowledge from his father Benayahoo Sakhai. Essie lives in North London, though he spends most of his time at ESSIE CARPETS on the corner of Albemarle Street and Piccadilly in London's Mayfair, carrying on the family tradition started in the 18th century.

Essie is a true enthusiast and hopes through his extensive lectures, interviews and writing (his previous books include The Story of Carpets, which has been translated into many languages, and The Buyers' Guide) to share his knowledge and passion for carpets with a wider audience.

This book combines Robert W. Gill’s two classic volumes – Basic Perspective and Creative Perspective – to provide a complete, clear and simple explanation of the principles of perspective. It demonstrates that an understanding of them – even in our technology-led world – is the key for architects and designers who want to produce great work.

Perspective: From Basic to Creative provides:
• The all-in-one authoritative guide to perspective that all designers, architects and students need on their shelves.
• Accessible text and timeless illustrations giving explanations of visual principles and step-by-step demonstrations of how to create accurate and convincing artwork.
• A complete set of creative tools enabling you to gain a mastery of the illusion of perspective on page or screen.

* Комплект из трех книг, каждая из которых содержит уникальный материал по классике промышленного дизайна
* Описание наиболее инновационного, законченного и показательного продукта, с точки зрения дизайна, созданного за последние 200 лет.
* 999 объектов, выбранных группой экспертов, в которую вошли дизайнеры, архитекторы, коллекционеры, критики, кураторы, журналисты и ученые.
* Каждый предмет сопровождается текстом, написанным одним из пятидесяти специалистов в области дизайна, с   подробной информацией о каждом продукте, его дизайнере, его производителе и истории его создания.
* Иллюстрированный материал с большим количеством оригинальных эскизов, патентов, прототипов и редких фотографий, полученных в результате кропотливой работы исследователей и собранных из первых рук.

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* A three-volume set containing the ultimate selection of design classics
* Featuring the most innovative, beautiful and influential products created in the last 200 years
* 999 objects selected by a panel of experts that includes designers, architects, auctioneers, critics, curators, journalists and academics
* Each object is accompanied by a text written by one of over fifty experts from the field of design, with precise information about each product, each designer, each manufacturer and their history
* Illustrated with a wide range of photographs, original sketches, patents, prototypes and rarely seen archival images, painstakingly researched and collected directly from designers, archives and manufacturers

Philippe Starck is one of the world's most prolific and famous designers. Well known for his luxurious hotels and restaurants, he is equally celebrated for his inspirational reworkings of everyday household items.

Whether it be his iconic lemon squeezer, dubbed the 'Juicy Salif', or his colourful stylized toothbrushes, Starck's works are some of the earliest examples of 'democratic design'. This idea, that exceptional products should not be exclusive and elite, but be accessible and affordable, would eventually revolutionise modern design.

Starck has worked privately for French president Francois Mitterand, decorating a suite in the Palais d'Élysée in Paris in 1982. He has designed products for a number of internationally renowned organisations including Microsoft, Lacie, Eurostar, Alessi and Fossil.

These volumes will introduce in a practical manner the personalities and the works of the world's major designers by way of an historical-critical introduction to the work and life of each individual designer. An accurate selection of the designer's most famous objects arranged in chronological order and a critique of his or her work summarising the most significant reviews published in magazines and newspapers will complete the subject.

Christina Morozzi is the editor of Design magazine and works as a curator of exhibitions in Italy and abroad. She is also a visiting professor at Domus Academy of Milan and University of Art and Design, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Полное, развернутое описание всех возможностей последней версии лучшего графического редактора — Adobe Photoshop Creative Suite 4 — сопровождается рекомендациями по практическому применению функций и инструментов программы. Большое количество примеров позволяет получить навыки работы в Photoshop. Особое внимание уделено нововведениям CS4, в частности возможностям версии Photoshop CS4 Extended. Материал структурирован таким образом, чтобы облегчить читателю поиск необходимой информации. Часть иллюстраций представлена на цветной вклейке. Прилагаемый компакт-диск содержит видеоуроки, дополнительные фильтры, макросы и многое другое.
Для всех пользователей Photoshop, а также для тех, кто хочет научиться эффективно работать в этой программе.

Оглавление.

Отрывок.

Лучший способ научиться что-нибудь делать — это попробовать. Книга, которую вы держите в руках, поможет вам в этом. Приведенные примеры не просто научат эффективно использовать возможности Photoshop CS4, но и обеспечат дизайнерскими рецептами на все случаи жизни. Вы сможете сразу перенести описанные приемы на практику. Много полезного содержит компакт-диск: дополнительные фильтры, кисти, макросы, а самое главное — видеоуроки и цветные иллюстрации к книге. Самые важные рисунки вынесены на цветную вклейку.
Для всех, кто хочет быстро получить практические навыки работы в Photoshop, а также иметь под рукой сборник готовых дизайнерских решений.

Отрывок.

Picnic is the compliation of the best works from the new-wave of international artists, setting new directions in retro-inspired modernist and folkloric illustration. Their old-school methods of using silk-printed graphics, collage photocopying, engraving, hand-drawing, lettering and stencilling, lend the work a strong personality and originality, far removed from the more sterile, minimal cutting-edge design trends seen over the last decade. This refereshing work is a nod to the golden age of graphic design in the 50s and 60s in 20th century Europe.

This book recalls the techniques used by the grand maestros of design and illustration, Saul Bass, John Hubley (Mr.Magoo), Friz Felang (Pink Panther and legends of pop graphic design, Milton Glaser, Paul Rand and Edelman.