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Royal Shoemakers Rayne was founded by Henry & Mary Rayne in London in 1885, and were the pre-eminent British ladies luxury shoe brand throughout the Twentieth Century

Books Rayne is the name synonymous with the best in British 20th-century shoe design. Re-launched as a British-owned company in 2013, the remarkable design achievements of the company in the 20th century are illustrated in this sumptuous book. The business began in the late 19th century as a theatrical costumier and soon added shoes to its products, with a factory in Bermondsey near the current Fashion & Textile Museum. Early clients included the Ballet Russes and Nijinsky. By the 1920s, members of the British Royal family and aristocracy were clients, and a shop was opened on Bond Street with a new factory based at King’s Cross. By 1950, the company had three royal warrants, had supplied shoes for the wedding of Princess Elizabeth (now Queen Elizabeth II) in 1947, and had a strong American presence with Delman Shoes at Bergdorf Goodman, NYC, amongst other locations.

Sir Edward Rayne became a celebrity in his own right and collaborated with many famous designers such as Roger Vivier, Bruce Oldfield, Jean Muir, and the “Fashion Knight” Sir Norman Hartnell, and Hardy Amies. In the 1970s, Bill Gibb designed collections for Rayne, and Rayne supplied the shoes for several leading French couturiers houses such as Lanvin and Nina Ricci. In the 1980s Bruce Oldfield designed collections for them. Oliver Messel re-designed the famous Bond Street Store, which attracted stars of stage and screen, such as Elizabeth Taylor, as well as society ladies. Beautifully illustrated, this book offers a complete history of this remarkable brand.

A revelatory look at the influential and enigmatic designer behind Comme des Garçons

The great pantheon of fashion designers produces only a handful of creators who are masters of their métier. Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garçons is one of them. Widely recognized among her contemporaries as the most important and influential designer of the past forty years, she has, since her Paris debut in 1981, defined and transformed the aesthetics of our time. This lavishly illustrated publication examines Kawakubo’s fascination with interstitiality, or the space between boundaries. Existing within and between dualities — whether self/other, object/subject, art/fashion — Kawakubo’s work challenges the rigid divisions that have come to define received notions of identity and fashionability, inviting us to rethink fashion as a site of constant creation, re-creation, and, ultimately, hybridity. Featuring brilliant new photography, and thought-provoking texts by Andrew Bolton, this book expresses the conceptual and challenging aesthetic of this visionary designer. An insightful interview and illustrated chronology of Kawakubo’s career provide additional context.

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Photography by Nicholas Alan Cope, Inez & Vinoodh, Katerina Jebb, Kazumi Kurigami, Ari Marcopoulos, Craig McDean, Brigitte Niedermair, Paolo Roversi, and Collier Schorr

This catalogue accompanies The Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute exhibition.

''What I've only ever been interested in are clothes that one has never seen before, that are completely new, and how in what way they can be expressed. Is that called fashion? I don't know the answer.'' —Rei Kawakubo

Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garçons is widely recognized as among the most important and influential designers of the past 40 years. Since her Paris debut in 1981, she has blurred the divide between art and fashion and transformed customary notions of beauty, identity, and the body.

This lavishly illustrated publication weaves an illuminating narrative around Kawakubo's experiments in oppositions and the spaces between boundaries. Brilliant new photographs of more than 120 examples of Kawakubo's womenswear for Comme des Garçons accompanied by Kawakubo's commentary on her designs and process, reveal her conceptual and challenging aesthetic as never before. A chronology of Kawakubo’s career provides additional context, and an insightful conversation with the author offers a fascinating glimpse into the mind of this fashion visionary.

Also includes a bonus foldout poster featuring 2 Dimensions, autumn/winter 2012–13 and Invisible Clothes, spring/summer 2017. Photograph © Paolo Roversi, 2017.

About the Author:

Andrew Bolton is the Curator in Charge of the Costume Institute at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

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Пролистать книгу Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between на Google Books.

Since the end of the 19th century, our aesthetics have been challenged by various avant-garde artistic ideas, especially astounded by the chaotic visuals. But there are many more stories behind the chaos in art. This book digs into chaotic art heritage in human history, and features the most exciting graphic designs distinguished with chaotic styles, which have been broken down into four different approaches: distortion, redundancy, diversity, and randomness. As a tribute to the chaotic art refined by the courageous predecessors, as well as an applause to the chaotic visuals nourished by our contemporary designers, it serves as a bridge between artistic ideals and graphic communication, between puzzled readers and expressive designers.

If visuals could scream, wail or attack, what would they be like? Maybe you can find the answers in this book. Since a long time ago, there has always been some artists who resort to a fierce visual language to release their emotional powder kegs.

These visuals are shocking, stinging, terrifying, or even depressing. Unsettling as they are, we believe that such visual fierceness offers unique aesthetic value and can inspire generations. In this book, we will look into this extreme visual language, and try to find out how our early predecessors as well as our contemporary visual artists created the most striking images.

A glorious celebration of the beauty, diversity, importance and sheer wonder of plants, with exquisite illustrations from the collections of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Plants feed us, clothe us, shelter us, help transport us, and can both intoxicate and cure us. From food staples to exotic and enchanting flowers, plants are essential for the well-being of ourselves and our planet.

Helen and William Bynum are expert guides to the intriguing histories and uses of over 80 key plants. Rich in cultural, historical, botanical and symbolic associations, the plants, from every corner of the globe – both familiar and bizarre – have fascinating stories to tell. Starting with foods that laid the foundations for the development of civilizations, such as wheat, rice and maize, and those that enliven our diet, such as saffron and spices, sections look at plants that have helped to create our material world, including bamboo and the oak, and crops that have made people rich, such as tea, coffee and sugar cane. Many plants have been used medicinally and others, for instance eucalyptus or giant redwoods, have come to epitomize entire landscapes. Some are the objects of obsession, including the tulip, the rose and the lotus, and some are distinctly strange, such as the world’s largest flower, rafflesia, which smells of rotting flesh!

For anyone interested in the extraordinary beauty and diversity of flora around us, this stunning book, illustrated with botanical drawings, paintings and artworks will be an inspiration and a delight.

About the Author:

William and Helen Bynum are historians of science and medicine and also have a particular interest in gardening and plants and their importance in human culture and society. They have written or edited numerous books, including Great Discoveries in Medicine and Botanical Sketchbook, both published by Thames & Hudson.

Effortless sophistication and timeless elegance are the hallmark of René Gruau’s fashion illustration. Filled with iconic full-page reproductions, detailed drawings, and biographical insights, this glorious celebration traces a career that is inextricably linked to the history of Parisian haute couture.

Before photography became the primary medium for marketing fashion, there was René Gruau with his pens, brushes, watercolors, and inks. Beginning in 1940 when he helped create the Miss Dior campaign, and for more than two decades, Gruau was at the forefront of fashion design. In addition to his long and fruitful partnership with Dior this book features sublime reproductions of Gruau’s work with luxury designers such as Givenchy, Balmain, Balenciaga, Lacroix, and Schiaparelli. It looks at the artistic influences — from Toulouse-Lautrec to Kabuki theater — that shaped his use of pigment and line and demonstrates how, with just a few strokes and a splash of color, he managed to capture the perfection of a woman’s hat, or make tangible a perfume’s alluring scent. A gorgeous introduction to French fashion’s golden age, this definitive volume is also an indispensable reference for anyone interested in fashion design, haute couture, and commercial illustration.

About the Author:

Holly Brubach is a widely published journalist whose work has appeared in the New Yorker, The New York Times, Vogue, The Atlantic, W Magazine, Vanity Fair, and Architectural Digest, and many other publications. She is the author of Becoming a Curator, A Dedicated Follower of Fashion, and Girlfriend: Men, Women and Drag. She lives in Pittsburgh, PA.

About the Editor:

Joëlle Chariau, a renowned expert in the field of fashion illustration, is the editor of Drawing Fashion: A Century of Fashion Illustration, published by Prestel. She is an intimate connoisseur of René Gruau's work and has worked closely with him over years.

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Пролистать книгу René Gruau: Master of Fashion Illustration

The constant innovation of modern graphic design and the improvement of people’s aesthetic sensibilities have demanded a higher level of taste and a deeper level of cultural connotation in designs. By presenting the projects from excellent designers and studios around the world, this book invites readers to step into a time machine and get to know the various schools and styles in different historical periods, with the aim to explore the diverse application and visualization of retro elements in modern graphic designs.

This third book in the background illustration series takes us on a sentimental journey through the scenes of our most cherished memories

Do you remember a moment in your life when you wished the time would stop? Artwork in this book captures precious moments such as these, evoking your own precious memories that you cherish in your heart.

The artwork showcased in this book illustrates sentimental moments with delicate colors and unique angles, looking back at those moments when you were alone with your crush after school, or the path that you took with your childhood best friend, the unforgettably beautiful views from summers long gone, and the rain-splashed window you gazed out from after your first broken heart. In a departure from the first title in the series, Everyday Scenes from a Parallel World, this title focuses on more touching, delicate and emotional scenes, gathering together a collection of cityscapes, countryside, a beach, a classroom after school, and a building rooftop at dawn and dusk, sunrise and sunset. Furthermore, each artist's strong sense of depth and transparency successfully illustrates the fragility and preciousness of life.

Featuring 33 artists who are quickly gaining popularity on social media in Japan (including 13 creators who have been newly added for this book), we guarantee that this book will touch readers' heartstrings and will inspire all kinds of artists and comic illustration fans.

About the Author:

PIE International specializes in books for graphic designers, and high quality visual books on photography, art, and Japanese Culture (Traditional and contemporary), as well as manga and comic art, and more.

For the first time, talented French illustrator and character designer Sibylline Meynet not only shares her beautiful artwork in this beautifully crafted book, but also presents specially commissioned tutorials, step-by-step techniques, and the story of her journey as a professional artist.

Rêverie: The Art of Sibylline Meynet is a must-have for aspiring artists and illustrators in need of career inspiration and a creative re-boot. Sibylline launched herself as a freelance illustrator straight out of high school in her native France, and now works as a comic artist, character designer, and illustrator for magazines and books. Her artwork features in abundance the girls and animals she loves to draw, characters who exude charm and whimsy as well as great narrative strength and depth. Behind her artwork is a career in film and print, on projects from Scoob! (Warner Bros.) and Garfield (BOOM! Studios), to Cursed and Orange is the New Black (Netflix). In this book, Sibylline shares her experiences working in the industry, juggling work commitments with exhibiting, collaborations, and personal projects.

For artists seeking new creative exercises, career inspiration, advice, and a chance to peruse the gallery of a talented and unique professional artist, this exciting new book is essential.

About the Author:

Sibylline Meynet became a freelance illustrator straight out of high school in her native France, working as a comic artist, character designer, and illustrator for magazines and books. She has worked in Europe and the US with high-profile clients including Warner Bros, Boom Studios, Netflix, and Hachette. Sibylline sells prints, books, and accessories featuring her creations in her shop, but this will be the first time she has worked with a book publisher.

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The life and legacy of eminent designer Peter Schreyer

Meet one of the most influential designers of our time — a book about heritage, creative vision, and leadership, and what design can do for the future. Roots and Wings explore the life and work of Peter Schreyer, one of the most influential car designers of our time. A Renaissance man with an eye for detail and foresight for innovation, he geared himself toward success. Responsible for the births of some of the most iconic cars ever, his industry experience with Volkswagen, Audi, Kia, and Hyundai brought instant classics to the road.

Schreyer embodies a conduit between the West and East — bridging his homeland’s history of automotive design with South Korea, a country that has experienced stratospheric growth on the world stage in just a few decades. Looking at the formative moments and pivotal artistic discoveries that shaped his creative mindset, Roots and Wings is the story of how a man helped two polarizing cultures merge to create something unique and left a mark on history, and the future, in the process.

Born in 1953 in Bad Reichenhall, Peter Schreyer grew up on his parents’ farm, developing a passion for flying and skeleton bob racing. From 1975-1979 he studied industrial design at the University of Applied Sciences in Munich and began to work with Audi first as a student in 1978, subsequently earning an Audi scholarship to study transportation design at the Royal College of Art in London.

In 1980, Schreyer began working with Audi in exterior, interior, and conceptual design, before moving to the Volkswagen group‘s prestigious design studio in California in 1991. After becoming VW’s head of exterior design in 1993, he decided to return to Ingolstadt, shaping Audi’s design strategy as the Director of Design between 1994-2002. Having been part of the Volkswagen group for more than 25 years, Schreyer left his position as Head of Design of the VW group to become Chief Design Officer for Kia Motors in 2006. In 2013, seven years after his arrival in Korea, Schreyer stepped up from his role at Kia to become President of all Kia and Hyundai design centers worldwide and is now, as President & Head of Design Management of the Hyundai Motor Group, responsible for the company’s long-term design vision.

Schreyer has received numerous awards and prizes throughout his career, including an honorary doctorate from the Royal College of Art in recognition of his contributions to automotive design, the “Design Team of the Year” award in 1999 for Audi as well as the Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany in 2002.

If you could saunter down the runway and slip backstage on the heels of Irina Lazareanu, who would you meet, what antics would ensue, and what on earth would you wear? Irina ― Karl Lagerfeld’s muse, Kate Moss’s BFF, and Pete Doherty’s former fiancée ― introduces you to her inner circle ― models, fashion designers, editors, Hollywood starlets, and rockers ― to pilfer the secrets to their individually cool and universally coveted rock ’n’ roll style. She details a host of wardrobe tips and essentials, including dos and don’ts for creating your own folk, retro, punk, or glam rock look. Including scrapbook collages and lively anecdotes from her life on the fashion and concert circuits, the captivating Romanian-Canadian top model-cum-singer shares showstopping sartorial nuggets that will give your threads ― and attitude ― a rock ’n’ roll edge.

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This book is a love letter to the magical people I’ve been blessed to meet throughout my twenty years in fashion, including Kate Moss, Karl Lagerfeld, Inez & Vinoodh, Edward Enninful, Carolyn Murphy, Hedi Slimane, Amy Winehouse, Mark Ronson, Yoko Ono and more. Some challenged me, some taught me how to dress, others taught me how to love. In this book I’ll share what I’ve learned from them about style and attitude. And while beauty may seduce you on the road to truth, getting through the voyage in style certainly never hurts.

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Acclaimed designers Sagmeister & Walsh explore the essence of beauty and the transformative power of beautiful design

In this groundbreaking highly visual book, world-renowned designers Stefan Sagmeister and Jessica Walsh set out on a mission: to find out what beauty is and the many ways that it impacts our lives. They turn to philosophy, history, and science to understand why we are drawn to beauty and how it influences the way we feel and behave. 

Determined to translate their findings into action, Sagmeister & Walsh show us how beauty can improve the world.

About the Authors:

Stefan Sagmeister, of Sagmeister & Walsh, is a designer and art director from Austria who currently lives and works in New York City. His clients include the Rolling Stones, the Talking Heads, Lou Reed, and the Guggenheim Museum, among many others.

Jessica Walsh, of Sagmeister & Walsh, is a designer and art director who lives in New York City and works with a variety of clients, including Jay-Z, Barneys, the New York Times, Levi's, and The Museum of Modern Art, New York.

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О книге Загмайстер и Уолш: О Красоте:

Всемирно известные дизайнеры Стефан Загмайстер и Джессика Уолш исследуют сущность красоты и преобразующую силу эстетически красивого дизайна.

В этой новаторской визуальной книге они поставили перед собой задачу: выяснить, что такое красота и как она влияет на нашу жизнь. Они обращаются к философии, истории и науке, чтобы понять, почему нас привлекает красота и как она влияет на наши чувства и поведение. Будучи преисполнены решимости воплотить свои открытия в жизнь, Загмайстер и Уолш показывают нам, как красота может сделать мир лучше.

Для кого эта книга:

Для дизайнеров, иллюстраторов, архитекторов, фотографов, художников и всех, чья работа связана с визуальными видами искусства.
Для всех, кто неравнодушен к красоте и стремится понять ее сущность.

Фишки книги:

От одного из самых известных графических дизайнеров нашего времени 
О красоте в дизайне и искусстве 
Увлекательное и вдохновляющее чтение

Об авторах:

Стефан Загмайстер — самая яркая звезда в мировом графическом дизайне 2000-х. Родился в 1962 году в старинном австрийском городе Брегенц. Окончил Венский университет прикладных искусств, потом учился в Институте Пратта, Нью-Йорк. Работал в рекламном агентстве Leo Burnett в Гонконге (1991–1993).
С 1993 года работает в Нью-Йорке в собственной дизайн-студии Sagmeister Inc. Студия работает в четырех направлениях: музыкальный дизайн, социальный дизайн, корпоративный дизайн (он приносит основной доход) и авторский дизайн.
Загмайстер был удостоен наград практически всех международных фестивалей дизайна, включая две Grammy (в 2005 и в 2010 годах). Клиентами его студии являются такие мега-бренды, как HBO, Guggenheim Museum, Rolling Stones, Aerosmith и другие легендарные музыкальные коллективы.

Джессика Уолш — дизайнер, арт-директор и преподаватель. Вошла в список Forbes «30 креативных дизайнеров будущего моложе 30 лет». Ее работы были отмечены множеством наград на самых известных конкурсах в области дизайна. Среди клиентов Джессики — Музей современного искусства, Еврейский музей, Jay-Z, Snapchat, Barneys, The New York Times, Levi’s и Adobe.

От авторов:

Красота как высший эстетический идеал впала в немилость. Самые уважаемые представители сферы современного дизайна утверждают, что она их не интересует. Художники избегают ее, опасаясь, что их работы причислят к декоративному или коммерческому искусству. Можно пролистать целую стопку книг по архитектуре и ни разу не встретить даже упоминания слова «красота». Когда-то к красоте стремились все, но в начале двадцатого века это возвышенное чаяние рухнуло оземь.

Именно тогда школы дизайна стали пропагандировать принципы модернизма — течения, в котором ценится единообразие, сетка квадратных ячеек, прямоугольная композиция, черный, белый и бежевый. Подход к дизайну зданий, товаров и графики стал чисто аналитическим, выбор материалов — сугубо рациональным. Всякий дизайн стал стремиться к функциональности. Архитекторы и дизайнеры часто доходили в этом до крайностей и начинали плодить одинаковость с маниакальной одержимостью.

Авторы этой книги считают, что отвергать красоту просто глупо. Мы объясним, почему это так, на примере нашего исторического исследования философии красоты. Эту информацию мы используем, чтобы доказать: в красоте нет ничего поверхностного; напротив, красота — не просто рабочая функциональность и приятная глазу оболочка; красота — это гораздо больше. Красота — нечто истинно человеческое, присущее только нам, и красота улучшает нашу жизнь. Красивые вещи не только приносят радость — они и намного лучше функционируют.

Цитаты из книги:

Не пора ли вернуть красоту?
В XXI веке художников по-прежнему считают «авангардными», когда те выставляют в качестве произведений искусства промышленные товары, хотя этой концепции уже сто лет и она жевана-пережевана. На наш взгляд, нет ничего скучнее и банальнее, чем взять какую-либо вещь и объявить ее предметом искусства в 2018 году.

Стив Джобс и красота
Красота заботила Стива Джобса всю жизнь. Разрабатывая свои невероятно крутые продукты, он явно придерживался мнения, что красота не менее важна, чем функциональность. И миллионы людей подтвердили свое согласие с ним, голосуя кошельком.

Мода: последний оплот
Пожалуй, единственная сфера прикладного искусства, которую никогда не покидала красота, — это мода. Красотой можно поступиться, когда речь идет о городах и домах, но когда дело доходит до одежды, многим важно, чтобы форма была красивой. Функционалисты неоднократно пытались воздействовать на моду, и каждый раз женщины отказывались носить их серые робы.

Больше эстетики!
Фантазия дизайнера способна преобразить даже заброшенную парковку, сделав ее местом, где радостно проводить время. Любое неприглядное пространство можно изменить так, чтобы люди захотели там находиться или, по крайней мере, не ужасались бы каждый раз, проезжая мимо.

Практично, но безобразно
Мы провели в Instagram опрос «Какой ваш любимый цвет». Победил светло-голубой. А вот коричневый никто не любит. Мы также провели опрос с фигурами. На последнем месте оказалась прямоугольная коробка. Значит, прямоугольная коробка коричневого цвета — самая безобразная вещь в мире. Но почему-то именно эта форма именно этого цвета была самой популярной в архитектуре последнего столетия.

Красота преображает
Красота способна менять наши эмоции и поведение, влиять на наш выбор — где провести каникулы, куда вложить деньги, платить или не платить налоги. Известно, что в заброшенных общественных пространствах больше мусорят, они чаще подвергаются вандализму.

Just as film, art, music, and literature have the power to move people, Stefan Sagmeister's innovative work shows that graphic design, too, can cut to the emotional quick. His desire is to transform stale thinking, and Sagmeister: Made You Look does just that.

Compelling, honest, and intensely personal, Made You Look covers 20 years of Sagmeister's graphic design. With a text by design historian Peter Hall and annotated with Sagmeister's own writing, the book features images from the studio archive, as well as specific influences and reference points for his projects and ideas. Fully illustrated with a red PVC slipcase and silver-gilded pages, this monograph is a compilation of practically all the work Sagmeister and his studio ever designed up to 2001, even the bad stuff

About the Authors:

Stefan Sagmeister, born in Austria, received his MFA in graphic design from the University of Applied Arts in Vienna and, as a Fulbright scholar, a master's degree from the Pratt Institute in New York. Following stints at M&Co. in New York with Tibor Kalman and as creative director at the Hong Kong office of the advertising agency Leo Burnett, Sagmeister formed the New York-based Sagmeister Inc. in 1993. Peter Hall is a design critic and educator who has written widely about design in publications including Metropolis, Print, I.D. Magazine, The New York Times and The Guardian. He has previously served as the Senior Editor for the University of Minnesota Design Institute, written several books on design and currently teaches design at the University of Texas in Austin.

One million units shipped worldwide! We'll show you everything behind the scenes of the popular game, Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin, with one million units sold worldwide!

Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin is a Japanese-style action role-playing simulation video game (RPG) in which the main character becomes stronger by growing fine rice. The beautiful scenery of ancient Japan, the exhilarating action of battling demons, and the wonderfully authentic rice cultivation have created a huge buzz not only in Japan but also around the world.

This book contains the production storyboards and artworks, featuring not only the designs of the characters that appear in the game but also the design of small gadgets, weapons, and food, along with the background art that is essential to creating the beautiful Japanese world of the game.

An added bonus is detailed explanations from game designer Nal, scenario creator Koichi, and character designer and concept artist Ryota Murayama. This book is a must-have for fans who want to know everything about Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin and for anyone wanting to be a game creator.

About the Authors:

Nal is the director of Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin, working on game design, programming, visual effects, sound effects, and display. 

Koichi is the lead artist for Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin, working on character modeling, background modeling, planning support, scriptwriting, and title logo design.

Ryota Murayama: Character design, concept art

In the world of typography, it is not uncommon to see combinations of serif and sans serif typefaces in the same design. However, it takes skill to combine them in order to avoid tension and clashes, and ensure maximum readability of the text in the design.

From font weights to classifications, each font has its own distinct personality, and should be carefully paired to convey the right tone and mood of the design. Featuring a selection of type specimens and their design applications, Sans In Use collates the best combinations of the two typeface categories and serves as a reference point for inspiration-seeking designers and typographers.