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Color is one of the mosl effective tools in architecture and interior design. One of its most important aspects is the effect it has on a person's mood: color has the power to contribute to the mental well-Being of the occupants of a house. Harmo...

Showcases the variety of innovative ways that small spaces can be transformed into spacious living areas. The open concept of living 'small' can be customized to suit most any taste, and this book guides us through a lot of small spaces.

500 идей, собранные в этой книге, показывают возможные решения, которые для удобства распределены по темам. Первые главы рассматривают отделочные материалы и то, как их использовать, чтобы квартира визуально казалась больше. Речь пойдет о натуральных...

Relive the nostalgia of 1950s style with this compendium of clothing advertisements from the decade that brought us hoop skirts, sweater sets, cuff jeans, cat's eye glasses, and the classic James Dean jeans-and-T-shirt look. The era's most memorable ...

This compendium of clothing advertisements brings back the most prevalent looks from the Swinging Sixties. The ubiquitous miniskirt is here in all its glory, along with mod fashions, Gidget/Beach Boys surfer looks, Corrèges space age clothing and suc...

The Crown Jewel of Comics. The DC universe as never seen before In 1935, DC Comics founder Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson published New Fun No. 1 — the first comic book with all-new original material — at a time when comic books were ...

The crown jewel in any comics fan s library: Our award-winning XL edition was too heavy for you? Here s the smaller version with its own book stand In 1935, DC Comics founder Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson published New Fun No. 1, the f...

Spectacular Specimens. Albertus Seba’s unrivalled catalogue of animals, insects and plants Art meets science in this beautiful catalogue of botanical illustration. Drawn from the archives of the National Library of Vienna, these exquisite co...

Heaven on Earth. Botanical masterworks from the National Library of Vienna In pursuit of both knowledge and delight, the craft of botanical illustration has always required not only meticulous draftsmanship but also a rigorous scien...

The history of western advertising is a long one, starting as early as the 1630s, when Frenchman Théophraste Renaudot placed the first advertising notes in La Gazette de France, or in 1786, when William Tayler began to offer his services as "Agent to...

From a delivery boy to one of the most important industrialists in American history, George Eastman`s career developed in a particularly American way. The founder of Kodak died in 1932, and left his house to the University of Rochester. Since 1949 th...

Finnish architect Alvar Aalto (1898–1976) was strongly influenced by both the landscape of his native country, as well as the political struggle over Finland's place within European culture. After early neoclassical buildings, Aalto turned ...

Alvar Aalto (1898–1976) made a unique modernist mark. Influenced by both the landscape and the political independence of his native Finland, he designed warm, curving, compassionate buildings, wholly set apart from the slick, mechanistic, geome...

With roots in early Cubism and Futurism and reaching maturity in Op art and Minimalism, Abstract Art encompasses all forms of non-figurative expression. This book explores the diverse ways artists from the early 20th century, beginning with Kandinsky...