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Designing Modern Norway - A History of Design Discourse (Hardcover): Kjetil Fallan Designing Modern Norway - A History of Design Discourse (Hardcover)
Kjetil Fallan
R4,920 Discovery Miles 49 200 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Designing Modern Norway: A History of Design Discourse is an intellectual history of design and its role in configuring the modern Norwegian nation state. Rather than a conventional national design history survey that focuses on designers and objects, this is an in-depth study of the ideologies, organizations, strategies and politics that combined might be said to have "designed" the modern nation's material and visual culture. The book analyses main tropes and threads in the design discourse generated around key institutions such as museums, organisations and magazines. Beginning with how British and continental design reform ideas were mediated in Norway and merged with a nationalist sentiment in the late nineteenth century, Designing Modern Norway traces the tireless and wide-ranging work undertaken by enthusiastic and highly committed design professionals throughout the twentieth century to simultaneously modernise the nation by design and to nationalise modern design. Bringing the discussion up towards the present, the book concludes with an examination of how Norway's new-found wealth has profoundly changed the production, mediation and consumption of design.

Yves Saint Laurent: Icons of Fashion Design & Photography - Icons of Fashion Design & Photography (Hardcover): Marguerite Yves Saint Laurent: Icons of Fashion Design & Photography - Icons of Fashion Design & Photography (Hardcover)
Marguerite
R707 Discovery Miles 7 070 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

An incredible collection of Yves Saint Laurent’s designs, beautifully captured by the leading fashion photographers of the 20th century Yves Saint Laurent: Icons of Fashion Design & Photography is a gorgeous homage to the uncrowned king of haute couture. Originally published in 1988, the book traces the success of Saint Laurent’s haute couture and readytowear designs from 1962 to 1988 through the lens of the world’s leading fashion photographers, including Richard Avedon, Helmut Newton, William Klein, and more. Inside, 135 photographs document Saint Laurent’s groundbreaking designs worn by the most beautiful women of the ’60s, ’70s, and ’80s: Audrey Hepburn, Twiggy, Jean Shrimpton, Mounia, and Veruschka. Saint Laurent was equipped with an infallible instinct for reading the aesthetic signs of the times, and this enabled him to have a profound effect on fashion. With an introduction by Marguerite Duras, this classic volume documents Saint Laurent’s everevolving artistry and the combined efforts of the world’s most talented fashion photographers, and is as beautiful and rewarding as one of Saint Laurent’s creations.

Gordon Parks: Pittsburgh Grease Plant, 1944-1946 (Hardcover): Peter W. Kunhardt, Jr., Danleers Gordon Parks: Pittsburgh Grease Plant, 1944-1946 (Hardcover)
Peter W. Kunhardt, Jr., Danleers; Contributions by Philip Brookman, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Mark Whittaker
R1,239 Discovery Miles 12 390 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Risk, Opportunity, Uncertainty and Other Random Models (Hardcover): Alan Jones Risk, Opportunity, Uncertainty and Other Random Models (Hardcover)
Alan Jones
R2,261 Discovery Miles 22 610 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Risk, Opportunity, Uncertainty and Other Random Models (Volume V in the Working Guides to Estimating and Forecasting series) goes part way to debunking the myth that research and development cost are somewhat random, as under certain conditions they can be observed to follow a pattern of behaviour referred to as a Norden-Rayleigh Curve, which unfortunately has to be truncated to stop the myth from becoming a reality! However, there is a practical alternative in relation to a particular form of PERT-Beta Curve. However, the major emphasis of this volume is the use of Monte Carlo Simulation as a general technique for narrowing down potential outcomes of multiple interacting variables or cost drivers. Perhaps the most common of these in the evaluation of Risk, Opportunity and Uncertainty. The trouble is that many Monte Carlo Simulation tools are 'black boxes' and too few estimators and forecasters really appreciate what is happening inside the 'black box'. This volume aims to resolve that and offers tips into things that might need to be considered to remove some of the uninformed random input that often creates a misinformed misconception of 'it must be right!' Monte Carlo Simulation can be used to model variable determine Critical Paths in a schedule, and is key to modelling Waiting Times and cues with random arisings. Supported by a wealth of figures and tables, this is a valuable resource for estimators, engineers, accountants, project risk specialists as well as students of cost engineering.

Patterns - Design and Composition (Hardcover): I. S. Moxon, M.A. Hann Patterns - Design and Composition (Hardcover)
I. S. Moxon, M.A. Hann
R4,488 Discovery Miles 44 880 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In Patterns: Design and Composition, M. A. Hann and I. S. Moxon present guidelines for the original design and composition of regular patterns alongside an understanding of the inherent structures of these patterns. Starting with the compositional elements, Hann and Moxon take the reader through patterns in the environment, early forms of patterns and aspects of classification based on circles, squares, triangles and symmetry. With 250 images sourced from past examples as well as student work, this essential read for design students and researchers demonstrates how simplicity begets complexity in the design and composition of regular patterns.

The Hidden History of the Smock Frock (Paperback): Alison Toplis The Hidden History of the Smock Frock (Paperback)
Alison Toplis
R769 Discovery Miles 7 690 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Winner of the Association of Dress Historians Book of the Year Award, 2022 Traditionally associated with rural ways of life in England, often hand-crafted and held up as one of the only items of English folk dress to survive into the 20th century, the smock frock is an object of curiosity in many museum collections. Drawing on a wide variety of sources from surviving garments to newspapers and photographs, this book reveals the hidden history of the smock frock to present new social histories. Discussing the smock frock in its widest contexts, Alison Toplis explores how garments were handmade and manufactured by the ready-made clothing industry, and bought by men of different trades. She traces the smock frock’s usage across England as well as in export markets such as Australia. Following the garment’s decline in the late 19th century, the book investigates how this essentially utilitarian style of workwear came to be held up as an example of disappearing ‘peasant’ craft in an emotional response to urbanisation, and how it was preserved by collectors under the influence of the Arts and Crafts movement. Around the turn of the 20th century, the smock frock was reinvented as both women’s and children’s wear and is now regularly revived in fashion collections by the likes of Molly Goddard. Drawing together extensive visual and material cultures, Alison Toplis unravels a new history of the smock frock.

Global Design History (Paperback): Glenn Adamson, Giorgio Riello, Sarah Teasley Global Design History (Paperback)
Glenn Adamson, Giorgio Riello, Sarah Teasley
R1,247 Discovery Miles 12 470 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Globalism is often discussed using abstract terms, such as 'networks' or 'flows' and usually in relation to recent history. Global Design History moves us past this limited view of globalism, broadening our sense of this key term in history and theory. Individual chapters focus our attention on objects, and the stories they can tell us about cultural interactions on a global scale. They place these concrete things into contexts, such as trade, empire, mediation, and various forms of design practice. Among the varied topics included are: the global underpinnings of Renaissance material culture the trade of Indian cottons in the eighteenth-century the Japanese tea ceremony as a case of 'import substitution' German design in the context of empire handcrafted modernist furniture in Turkey Australian fashions employing 'ethnic' motifs an experimental UK-Ghanaian design partnership Chinese social networking websites the international circulation of contemporary architects. Featuring work from leading design historians, each chapter is paired with a 'response', designed to expand the discussion and test the methodologies on offer. An extensive bibliography and resource guide will also aid further research, providing students with a user friendly model for approaches to global design. Global Design History will be useful for upper-level undergraduate and postgraduate students, academics and researchers in design history and art history, and related subjects such as anthropology, craft studies and cultural geography.

ABHB Annual Bibliography of the History of the Printed Book and Libraries - Volume 6: Publications of 1975 and additions from... ABHB Annual Bibliography of the History of the Printed Book and Libraries - Volume 6: Publications of 1975 and additions from the preceding years (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1977)
H. Vervliet
R1,419 Discovery Miles 14 190 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This sixth volume of ABHB (Annual bibliography of the history of the printed book and libraries) contains about 2500 entries and added entries, selected from some 4000 periodicals, the list of which follows this introduction. They have been compiled by the National Committees of the following countries: Australia Ireland (Republic of) Austria Italy Belgium Luxembourg Bulgaria The Netherlands Poland Canada Denmark Portugal Finland Rumania France South Africa German Democratic Republic Switzerland German Federal Republic USA Great Britain USSR Hungary Yugoslavia From next volume on, there is some expectation that Spain can be covered by this bibliography and that a committee responsible for Latin America can begin to work. Benevolent readers are requested to signal the names of bibliographers and historians from countries not mentioned above, who would be willing to co-operate to this scheme of international bibliographic collaboration. The editor will greatly appreciate any communication on this matter. VIII INTRODUCTION Subject As has been said in the introduction to the previous volumes, this bibli ography aims at recording all books and articles of scholarly value which relate to the history of the printed book, to the history of the arts, crafts, techniques and equipment, and of the economic, social and cultural environment, involved in its production, distribution, conservation, and description."

Binding Space: The Book as Spatial Practice (Paperback): Marian Macken Binding Space: The Book as Spatial Practice (Paperback)
Marian Macken
R1,682 Discovery Miles 16 820 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Books orient, intrigue, provoke and direct the reader while editing, interpreting, encapsulating, constructing and revealing architectural representation. Binding Space: The Book as Spatial Practice explores the role of the book form within the realm of architectural representation. It proposes the book itself as another three-dimensional, complementary architectural representation with a generational and propositional role within the design process. Artists' books in particular - that is, a book made as an original work of art, with an artist, designer or architect as author - have certain qualities and characteristics, quite different from the conventional presentation and documentation of architecture. Paginal sequentiality, the structure and objecthood of the book, and the act of reading create possibilities for the book as a site for architectural imagining and discourse. In this way, the form of the book affects how the architectural work is conceived, constructed and read. In five main sections, Binding Space examines the relationships between the drawing, the building and the book. It proposes thinking through the book as a form of spatial practice, one in which the book is cast as object, outcome, process and tool. Through the book, we read spatial practice anew.

Book Parts (Paperback): Dennis Duncan, Adam Smyth Book Parts (Paperback)
Dennis Duncan, Adam Smyth
R664 Discovery Miles 6 640 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

What would an anatomy of the book look like? There is the main text, of course, the file that the author proudly submits to their publisher. But around this, hemming it in on the page or enclosing it at the front and back of the book, there are dozens of other texts — page numbers and running heads, copyright statements and errata lists — each possessed of particular conventions, each with their own lively histories. To consider these paratexts — recalling them from the margins, letting them take centre stage — is to be reminded that no book is the sole work of the author whose name appears on the cover; rather, every book is the sum of a series of collaborations. It is to be reminded, also, that not everything is intended for us, the readers. There are sections that are solely directed at others — binders, librarians, lawyers — parts of the book that, if they are working well, are working discreetly, like a theatrical prompt, whispering out of the audience's ear-shot Book Parts is a bold and imaginative intervention in the fast growing field of book history: it pulls the book apart. Over twenty-two chapters, Book Parts tells the story of the components of the book: from title pages to endleaves; from dust jackets to indexes — and just about everything in between. Book Parts covers a broad historical range that runs from the pre-print era to the digital, bringing together the expertise of some of the most exciting scholars working on book history today in order to shine a new light on these elements hiding in plain sight in the books we all read.

Publish and be Free - A catalogue of clandestine books printed in The Netherlands 1940-1945 in the British Library (Paperback,... Publish and be Free - A catalogue of clandestine books printed in The Netherlands 1940-1945 in the British Library (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1975)
A. E. C. Simoni
R1,425 Discovery Miles 14 250 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

In May 1970 the 25th anniversary of the liberation of the Netherlands was celebrated in the King's Library of the British Museum with an ex hibition of Dutch clandestine printing. The books shown were part of the considerable collection assembled in the intervening years by Miss Anna Simoni in the course of her official duties in the Department. It has been decided that the size and quality of this collection justify the publication of a catalogue. For this, and the full indexes which have been provided, credit is also due to Miss Simoni. The British Library Board wishes to express its deep appreciation of the generosity of the donors and helpers whose names are mentioned in the introduction. K. B. Gardner Principal Keeper Department of Printed Books INTRODUCTION The Second World War saw German rule extended over many countries where most of the people were fundamentally opposed to the Nazi ide ology. In all these enslaved nations Resistance movements sprang up and they took various forms, one of the most important of which was the work of the illegal press. In the Netherlands, as elsewhere, under ground newspapers were of the greatest political importance. At the same time a large number of pamphlets helped to strengthen the peo ple's will to continue the struggle and to form public opinion on future developments."

ABHB Annual Bibliography of the History of the Printed Book and Libraries - VOLUME 4: PUBLICATIONS OF 1973 and additions from... ABHB Annual Bibliography of the History of the Printed Book and Libraries - VOLUME 4: PUBLICATIONS OF 1973 and additions from the preceding years (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1975)
H. Vervliet
R5,249 Discovery Miles 52 490 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This fourth volume of our Annual bibliography of the history of the printed books and libraries contains more than 3400 entries and added entries, i.e. some six hundred more than the preceding volume. This increase is due mainly to the collaboration of the new members, Portugal, USA and Yugo slavia. The items recorded in this volume have been selected by the National Committees of the following countries: Austria J.Juxembourg Belgium The Netherlands Bulgaria Norway Denmark Poland Finland Portugal France Rumania German Democratic Republic South Africa German Federal Republic Switzerland Great Britain USA Hungary USSR Ireland (Republic of) Yugoslavia Italy From next volume on, there is some reasonable expectation that Canada and Australia will collaborate to this bibliography. Benevolent readers are requested to signal the names of bibliographers and historians from countries not mentioned above, who would be willing to co-operate to this scheme of international bibliographic collaboration. The editor will greatly appreciate any communication on this matter. VIII INTRODUCTION Subject As has been said in the introduction to the previous volumes, this bibli ography aims at recording all books and articles of scholarly value which relate to the history of the printed book, to the history of the arts, crafts, techniques and equipment, and of the economic, social and cultural environment, involved in its production, distribution, conservation, and description. Of course, this ideal of a complete coverage is impossible to attain."

Art Nouveau Vector Designs (Paperback): Alan Weller Art Nouveau Vector Designs (Paperback)
Alan Weller
R1,686 Discovery Miles 16 860 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

At the turn of the 20th century, Art Nouveau design blossomed with undulating patterns of luxurious swirls, curves, and highly stylized images. This collection of 203 Vector-based illustrations beautifully captures the period in an amazing assortment of functional forms. Includes a gallery of design ideas and a complete tutorial section.

ABHB Annual Bibliography of the History of the Printed Book and Libraries - Volume 1: Publications of 1970 (Paperback,... ABHB Annual Bibliography of the History of the Printed Book and Libraries - Volume 1: Publications of 1970 (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1973)
H. Vervliet
R4,065 Discovery Miles 40 650 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The history of printing, books, and libraries, is confined only to a limited extent within the boundaries of individual countries. There are, indeed, few historical developments which have played a more universal role, in reaction against all kinds of particularism, than type design, printing, book production, publishing, illustration, binding, librarianship, journal ism, and related subjects. Their history should be assessed and studied primarily in an international, not in a local, context. The bibliographical resources, however, which the historian of these sub jects has at his disposal correspond hardly at all to the essentially inter national character of the object of his studies. Since the appearance of the retrospective bibliography of BIG MORE and WYMAN, covering the subject comprehensively up to 1880, the only current bibliography has been the lnternatwnale Bibliographie des Buch-und Bi bliothekswesens. Covering a representative part of newly published liter ature, it appeared from 1928, but did not survive the Second World War. More recently, several useful, but limited, bibliographies have appeared."

Annual Bibliography of the History of the Printed Book and Libraries - Publications of 1971 and additions from the preceding... Annual Bibliography of the History of the Printed Book and Libraries - Publications of 1971 and additions from the preceding year (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1973)
H. Vervliet
R1,409 Discovery Miles 14 090 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This second volume of our Annual bibliography of the history of the printed books and libraries contains about 2600 entries, i. e. some one hundred more than the preceding volume. by the National Committees of the They have been selected and recorded following countries: Austria Hungary Belgium Luxembourg Bulgaria The Netherlands Denmark Norway Finland Poland France Rumania Germany (Democratic Republic) South Africa Germany (Federal Republic) Switzerland Great Britain USSR is a reasonable expectation that beginning with the next volume, There the literature published in following countries will also be included: Czechoslovakia Spain Iceland Sweden Italy USA Portugal Yugoslavia The editor will, of course, continue his endeavours to persuade other countries than those mentioned above, to enter in this joint venture of international scientific collaboration. VIII INTRODUCTION Subject As has been said in the introduction to the previous volume, this bibli ography aims at recording all books and articles of scholarly value which relate to the history of the printed book, to the history of the arts, crafts, techniques and equipment, and of the economic, social and cultural environment, involved in its production, distribution, conservation, and description. Excluded are books and articles on modern technical processes. The history of techniques not primarily connected with book production is only admitted if the publication in question has a bearing on the history of the book, e. g. engraving is only admitted in its book-illustration context. Only items of a scholarly nature are recorded."

Design for Behaviour Change - Theories and practices of designing for change (Hardcover): Kristina Niedderer, Stephen Clune,... Design for Behaviour Change - Theories and practices of designing for change (Hardcover)
Kristina Niedderer, Stephen Clune, Geke Ludden
R4,503 Discovery Miles 45 030 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Design impacts every part of our lives. The design of products and services influences the way we go about our daily activities and it is hard to imagine any activity in our daily lives that is not dependent on design in some capacity. Clothing, mobile phones, computers, cars, tools and kitchenware all enable and hold in place everyday practices. Despite design's omnipresence, the understanding of how design may facilitate desirable behaviours is still fragmented, with limited frameworks and examples of how design can effect change in professional and public contexts. This text presents an overview of current approaches dedicated to understanding how design may be used intentionally to make changes to improve a range of problematic social and environmental issues. It offers a cross-disciplinary and cross-sectoral overview of different academic theories adopted and applied to design for behaviour change. The aim of the volume is twofold: firstly, to provide an overview of existing design models that integrate theories of change from differing scientific backgrounds; secondly, to offer an overview of application of key design for behaviour change approaches as used across case studies in different sectors, such as design for health and wellbeing, sustainability, safety, design against crime and social design. Design for Behaviour Change will appeal to designers, design students and practitioners of behavioural change.

A Design Driven Guide for Entrepreneurs - Strategies for Starting up in a Multiverse (Paperback): Rhea Alexander, Rose Pember,... A Design Driven Guide for Entrepreneurs - Strategies for Starting up in a Multiverse (Paperback)
Rhea Alexander, Rose Pember, Kiely Sweatt, Joseph Press
R1,069 Discovery Miles 10 690 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A new wave of entrepreneurs is leading a global paradigm shift towards values-driven business. This book empowers you to challenge the status quo and create value through its unique and adaptive approach to venture-building by design. Authored by a multidisciplinary team of practicing design strategists, business leaders, academics, and entrepreneurs, this hands-on guide models strategic design as a mindset for starting up: framing problems, applying methods, identifying opportunities, and creating pathways forward through futures and systems thinking. Carefully curated case studies of young impact-driven entrepreneurs along with resources, including action-based frameworks, diagrams, and templates for founders to replicate, and a reader's checklist to enable the transformation of daily practice (and a company), will open new dimensions that amplify the global shift towards a more regenerative world and a multiverse of possibilities. Are you ready to journey to places where ideas for products, services, and experiences transform how we live and work? Then this guide is for you: the Design-driven Entrepreneur.

Design for Policy (Hardcover, New Ed): Christian Bason Design for Policy (Hardcover, New Ed)
Christian Bason
R4,503 Discovery Miles 45 030 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Design for Policy is the first publication to chart the emergence of collaborative design approaches to innovation in public policy. Drawing on contributions from a range of the world's leading academics, design practitioners and public managers, it provides a rich, detailed analysis of design as a tool for addressing public problems and capturing opportunities for achieving better and more efficient societal outcomes. In his introduction, Christian Bason suggests that design may offer a fundamental reinvention of the art and craft of policy making for the twenty-first century. From challenging current problem spaces to driving the creative quest for new solutions and shaping the physical and virtual artefacts of policy implementation, design holds a significant yet largely unexplored potential. The book is structured in three main sections, covering the global context of the rise of design for policy, in-depth case studies of the application of design to policy making, and a guide to concrete design tools for policy intent, insight, ideation and implementation. The summary chapter lays out a future agenda for design in government, suggesting how to position design more firmly on the public policy stage. Design for Policy is intended as a resource for leaders and scholars in government departments, public service organizations and institutions, schools of design and public management, think tanks and consultancies that wish to understand and use design as a tool for public sector reform and innovation.

BrandLife: Cafes & Coffeehouses - Integrated brand systems in graphics and space (Paperback): BrandLife: Cafes & Coffeehouses - Integrated brand systems in graphics and space (Paperback)
R884 R825 Discovery Miles 8 250 Save R59 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Brandlife examines immersive brand experience across a variety of consumer or service related businesses in the fields of hospitality, retail and dining. Each volume explores a distinct business type and how the standouts work to build a cohesive brand strategy through the integration of graphic identity with space design. This volume looks at cafes and features projects by multidisciplinary studios as well as collaborative teams of graphic designers, makers, and architects, alongside interviews revealing how they work together to realize their unique visions.

The Missing Pages - The Modern Life of a Medieval Manuscript, from Genocide to Justice (Paperback): Heghnar Zeitlian Watenpaugh The Missing Pages - The Modern Life of a Medieval Manuscript, from Genocide to Justice (Paperback)
Heghnar Zeitlian Watenpaugh
R650 Discovery Miles 6 500 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

In 2010, the world's wealthiest art institution, the J. Paul Getty Museum, found itself confronted by a century-old genocide. The Armenian Church was suing for the return of eight pages from the Zeytun Gospels, a manuscript illuminated by the greatest medieval Armenian artist, Toros Roslin. Protected for centuries in a remote church, the holy manuscript had followed the waves of displaced people exterminated during the Armenian genocide. Passed from hand to hand, caught in the confusion and brutality of the First World War, it was cleaved in two. Decades later, the manuscript found its way to the Republic of Armenia, while its missing eight pages came to the Getty. The Missing Pages is the biography of a manuscript that is at once art, sacred object, and cultural heritage. Its tale mirrors the story of its scattered community as Armenians have struggled to redefine themselves after genocide and in the absence of a homeland. Heghnar Zeitlian Watenpaugh follows in the manuscript's footsteps through seven centuries, from medieval Armenia to the killing fields of 1915 Anatolia, the refugee camps of Aleppo, Ellis Island, and Soviet Armenia, and ultimately to a Los Angeles courtroom. Reconstructing the path of the pages, Watenpaugh uncovers the rich tapestry of an extraordinary artwork and the people touched by it. At once a story of genocide and survival, of unimaginable loss and resilience, The Missing Pages captures the human costs of war and persuasively makes the case for a human right to art.

Fashion And Cultural Studies (Paperback, 2nd edition): Susan B. Kaiser, Denise N. Green Fashion And Cultural Studies (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Susan B. Kaiser, Denise N. Green
R752 Discovery Miles 7 520 Ships with 15 working days

Bridging theory and practice, this accessible text considers fashion from both cultural studies and fashion studies perspectives, and addresses the growing interaction between the two fields. Kaiser and Green use a wide range of cross-cultural case studies to explore how race, ethnicity, class, gender and other identities intersect and are produced through embodied fashion. Drawing on intersectionality in feminist theory and cultural studies, Fashion and Cultural Studies is essential reading for students and scholars. This revised edition includes updated case studies and two new chapters. The first new chapter explores religion, spirituality, and faith in relation to style, fashion, and dress. The second offers a critique of “beauty” and considers dressed embodiment inclusive of diverse sizes, shapes and dis/abilities. Throughout the text, Kaiser and Green use a range of examples to interrogate the complex entanglements of production, regulation, distribution, consumption, and subject formation within and through fashion.

Fashion & War in Popular Culture (Paperback): Denise N. Rall Fashion & War in Popular Culture (Paperback)
Denise N. Rall
R605 Discovery Miles 6 050 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Aside from the occasional nod to epaulets or use of camouflage, war and fashion seem to be strange partners. Not so, argue the contributors to this book, who connect military industrial practices as well as military dress to textile and clothing in new ways. For instance, the book includes a series of commentaries on the impact of military dress in the airline industry, in illustrated wartime comics, and even considers today's muscled soldier's body as a new type of uniform. Elsewhere, the impacts of conquest introduce a new set of postcolonial aesthetics; this is because military and colonial regimes disrupted local textile production and garment making. In another chapter, it is argued that textiles and fashion are important because they reflect a core practice, one that bridges textile artists and designers in an expressive, creative, and deeply physical way to matters of cultural significance. And the book concludes by calling the very mode of "military chic" into ethical question.
The premier text to illustrate the impact of war on textiles, bodies, costume, art, and design, "Fashion and War in Popular Culture "will be warmly welcomed by scholars of fashion design and theory, historians of fashion, and those interested in theories of warfare and military science.

The Design Method (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1966): Sydney A. Gregory The Design Method (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1966)
Sydney A. Gregory
R2,702 Discovery Miles 27 020 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Wayfinding, Consumption, and Air Terminal Design (Hardcover): Menno Hubregtse Wayfinding, Consumption, and Air Terminal Design (Hardcover)
Menno Hubregtse
R4,495 Discovery Miles 44 950 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book investigates how international air terminals organize passenger movement and generate spending. It offers a new understanding of how their architecture and artworks operate visually to guide people through the space and affect their behaviour. Menno Hubregtse's research draws upon numerous airport visits and interviews with architects and planners, as well as documents and articles that address these terminals' development, construction, and renovations. The book establishes the main concerns of architects with respect to wayfinding strategies and analyzes how air terminal architecture, artworks, and interior design contribute to the airport's operations. The book will be of interest to art historians, architectural historians, practising architects, urban planners, airport specialists, and geographers.

William Burges's Great Bookcase and The Victorian Colour Revolution (Hardcover): Charlotte Ribeyrol William Burges's Great Bookcase and The Victorian Colour Revolution (Hardcover)
Charlotte Ribeyrol; Contributions by Tea Ghigo
R1,234 Discovery Miles 12 340 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Charlotte Ribeyrol presents a fascinating (book)case study exploring the story of an extraordinary object, William Burges’s (1827–1881) Great Bookcase. No fewer than 13 major artists, including Edward Burne-Jones, Edward Poynter, and Albert Moore, took part in the painting of this unique piece of furniture, which has now returned to the Ashmolean Museum after an absence of over 80 years. Ribeyrol throws new light on the chromophilia of the “Pre-Raphaelite” architect William Burges and his key role in shaping aesthetic debates about color in the 1860s. This crucial decade, which saw the advent of the first synthetic dyes, transformed the experience of color for many painters and poets in Burges’s circle. Interweaving art, literature, and chemistry, Ribeyrol reads the eight painted panels of the Great Bookcase in the context of this ‘color revolution’, which brought to the fore new approaches to color while simultaneously triggering a revival of the polychromy of the Pagan and Christian past. Drawing on pioneering interdisciplinary research and featuring new photography throughout, this book provides a definitive account of one of Burges’s most cherished and complex artworks.   Exhibition Schedule: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (September 2023–February 2024) 'The Colour Revolution: From Turner to Whistler'

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