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Laurence King Publishing offers a delightful range of children’s books that spark curiosity and imagination. From playful educational titles like Animal Family Match to engaging storytelling in Make Your Own Fairy Tale: Hansel & Gretel, their books blend fun with learning, often featuring charming illustrations and interactive elements.

Readers can also explore quirky takes on familiar themes, including humour-infused games and activity books such as James Bond Bingo and Farm Bingo. Whether diving into the depths with Deep Sea Discovery or exploring history and wildlife, these books bring creativity and joy to young readers and families alike.

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  • Prototyping and Modelmaking for Product Design
    Now in its second edition, Prototyping and Modelmaking for Product Design, by practising product development consultant Bjarki Hallgrimsson, is essential reading for both students and design professionals. Prototyping and Modelmaking for Product Design goes behind the scenes to illustrate how prototypes are used to help designers understand problems better, explore more imaginative solutions, investigate human interaction more fully, and test...
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  • Product Design Styling
    'One of the only books on the subject and directly applicable across several modules and levels.' - Matt Bassett, Coventry University In this, the first product design book devoted purely to styling, Peter Dabbs helps students and professionals to understand how to style their own consumer-focused products. Providing a clear and simple breakdown of the stages in the styling process,...
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  • Planning Learning Spaces
    'A welcome and timely addition to the subject of school design at a time of great change.' - Professor Alan Jones, President of the Royal Institute of British Architects 'Comprehensive but also very practical approach.' - Andreas Schleicher, Director for the Directorate of Education and Skills in Paris, France 'Any community building a new school should read this book.' -...
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  • Pattern Cutting Second Edition
    This practical guide explains how to take accurate measurements, introduces key tools and takes you from simple pattern-cutting ideas to more advanced creative methods. Step-by-step illustrations show how to create and then fit basic bodice, sleeve, skirt, dress, and trouser blocks, and how to adapt these to create patterns for original designs. New material includes advice on fitting toiles and...
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  • Pattern Cutting for Menswear Second Edition
    Pattern Cutting for Menswear is a comprehensive guide to cutting patterns, from basic skills to advanced techniques. With over twenty complete patterns, including new jacket and trouser styles, this revised edition features additional sections on the leg stride relationship in the development of certain trouser styles, fabric properties and their effect on cut and drape, fitting techniques for structured jackets,...
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  • Morbid Curiosities
    A fascinating insight into the strange world of collectors of the macabre, Morbid Curiosities features 18 unique collections and an extensive interview with each collector, explaining how and why they collect, and showcasing the most remarkable pieces from each collection. The collections include skulls, mummified body parts, taxidermy, occult objects, and various carnival, side-show, and criminal ephemera. Detailed captions tell...
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  • Louise Bourgeois
    Jean-François Jaussaud met Louise Bourgeois for the first time in 1994, at her studio in Brooklyn. But it was not before she had interrogated him about every aspect of his life that he earned her trust. A first photo session was set up in Spring 1995, under one condition: she would destroy the photographs if she didn’t like them... Jaussaud...
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  • Living with Flowers
    Learn the basics every budding florist should know and fill your house with flowers! Rowan Blossom's debut book, Living with Flowers, is perfect for those who want to bring seasonal blooms into their home. Rowan Blossom is a Notting Hill-based florist who specialises in wild and natural creations using seasonal blooms. In her new book, Rowan draws from her experiences...
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  • Icons of Men's Style mini
    Icons of Men's Style mini by Josh Sims examines how menswear evolves over time, unlike womenswear, which progresses rapidly as women readily embrace the radical or outrageous. In contrast, menswear evolves slowly, often based on items that were ‘first of their kind’. These definitive items, frequently designed by a single company or brand for specialist use, form the basis for...
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  • How to plant a room
    Whether you're a total novice, a newly minted plant parent or an experienced indoor gardener, this book will help you take the next step to having a well-planted home. Featuring cool plant projects and styling ideas to make the most of your houseplants, this friendly guide will help you discover how to make a mounted wall garden, a kokedama and...
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  • How to Make Repeat Patterns
    This book explains, in simple steps and non-mathematical terminology, how to create repeat patterns in a line, on the plane, as tiles and as Escher-like repeats. The book also shows how to make "wallpaper repeats", where the elements of the pattern merge into each other, apparently seamlessly. Using letters as the basic elements, How to Make Repeat Patterns demonstrates how...
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  • Fundamentals of Art History
    This invaluable guide enables students to get the most from their art history course. Written in an accessible style, the book introduces two basic art historical methods—formal analysis and contextual analysis. In this new edition, revising author Michael Cothren has extended the discussion on iconography and iconology, as well as adding discussions on the effects of the market and museums...
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  • For the Love of Cats: 20 Individual Notecards and Envelopes
    20 notecards with envelopes featuring artwork from The Book of Cat Poems illustrated by Sarah Maycock. Features the feline friends inspired by the poems of John Keats, Margaret Atwood, and Oscar Wilde among others, alongside short quotations from the works on the back. Beautifully packaged in a presentation box. The cards are blank inside for your personal message.
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  • Find Your Animal
    Are you an owl, a cat or perhaps a whale? Connect with your animal guardian and embark on a journey of self-discovery and empowerment. Your animal may come to you in dreams or through manifestations and signs. You may also recognise your animal from one of the 40 descriptions in this book. Your animal guide will bring you power, protection,...
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  • Filmmakers on Film
    Through a curated selection of quotations, images and interviews, Filmmakers on Film reveals what matters most to the masters. Discover how the giants of filmmaking - from Sofia Coppola to Agnes Varda - developed their distinctive visual styles, the core ideas that underpin their practice and, most importantly, what their films mean to you.
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  • Film Fourth Edition
    Updated and expanded for a new edition, this is the perfect starter text for students of film studies. Packed full of visual examples from all periods of film history up to the present, Film: A Critical Introduction illustrates film concepts in context and in depth, addressing techniques and terminology used in film production and criticism, and emphasising thinking and writing...
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  • Fashion Writing
    Fashion Writing now enjoys its highest-ever profile as the digital world has multiplied the number of platforms on which it is available. No longer confined to restrictive print schedules or occasional broadcast slots, fashion has become an ever-present content driver. With retailers, brands, and designers all in on the act, plus citizen fashion coverage from the social media community, the...
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  • Fashion Portfolio
    Personal strategy and clear identity are key to successfully presenting yourself as a designer within the fashion industry. Fashion Portfolio: Create, Curate, Innovate is a practical guide to a forward-reaching portfolio, emphasising the value of personalised storytelling. Its focus is on helping designers reach visual and conceptual clarity in representing their potential. As part of a personal brand strategy, the...
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  • Fashion Bags and Accessories
    Fashion Bags and Accessories explores fashion bags and related accessories, such as purses, wallets, clutches, cases, gloves, and belts, through various approaches to creative design, product development, technological innovation, materials development, component design (hardware), and branding. Readers will become familiar with key constructions and gain grounding in both traditional craft-making techniques and contemporary digital manufacturing processes. Traditional accessory materials like...
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  • Fabric for Fashion
    A bestseller for over 10 years, Fabric for Fashion: The Swatchbook is a unique resource with 142 swatches and yarns of the most recognised and widely used varieties of fabric to encourage consideration of not just their aesthetic appeal but also their structure, feel and weight. Natural fabrics such as cottons, silks, wools and linens are included, as are a...
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  • Encyclopedia of Detail in Contemporary Residential Architecture
    This comprehensive reference work contains scale drawings of every type of detailing used in contemporary residential architecture. Each section contains at least 50 drawings, drawn to a set range of scales: 1:5, 1:10, or 1:50, with detailed keys explaining construction and material. Each drawing is cross-referenced to other details from the same house. The opening section of the book forms...
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  • Draping: The Complete Course
    Covering beginner draping to more advanced techniques, this new series of master classes from bestselling author Karolyn Kiisel provides a complete course. Projects include dresses, skirts, trousers and jackets, highlighting key fashion garments from the runway to the red carpet and iconic costumes from films such as Breakfast at Tiffany's and In the Mood for Love. Starting with the basics...
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  • Detail in Contemporary Timber Architecture (paperback)
    This book provides analysis of both the technical and the aesthetic importance of details in modern timber architecture. Featuring the work of renowned architects from around the world, Detail in Contemporary Timber Architecture features 50 of the most influential timber designs for both residential and commercial architecture. Each project is presented with colour photographs, site plans and sections, and elevations,...
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  • Detail in Contemporary Residential Architecture 2
    Detail in Contemporary Residential Architecture 2 follows on from the success of the first book in the series, and contains entirely new projects. Featuring the work of renowned architects from around the world, this book presents 50 of the most recently completed and influential house designs. It also analyses both the technical and the aesthetic importance of details in modern...
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  • Designing Type Second Edition
    This comprehensive guide to type design is hailed as a must-have for typographers, graphic designers, and students. It has been fully refreshed and updated with the introduction of more contemporary typefaces, more explanatory diagrams, and a closer connection between text and corresponding images. The new edition of Designing Type also features more in-depth discussion of the processes behind developing typefaces,...
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  • Designing Knitted Textiles
    Designing Knitted Textiles guides readers through the fundamental skills of machine knitting, while encouraging them to be creative and experimental. It takes a contemporary approach, exploring the countless possibilities of machine-knitted textiles within multiple fashion contexts. Part 1 offers a practical introduction to the subject, with step-by-steps and detailed information on tools, stitch types, fibres and techniques. Part 2 covers...
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  • David Yarrow
    Learn how renowned wildlife photographer and conservationist David Yarrow manages to get his incredible shots. For two decades, Yarrow has been venturing further and further afield in search of amazing animals to photograph. Here, he shares the incredible knowledge and stories he has gathered along the way and distils them down into the key lessons to take into your own...
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  • Dangerous Experiments for After Dinner
    Bored of the same old dinner-party chitchat? Spice up your soirées, impress your guests, and show up your brother-in-law with Dangerous Experiments for After Dinner, a book full of hilarious, and sometimes dangerous, after-dinner tricks and challenges. Twenty-one daredevil tricks are illustrated along with step-by-step instructions and explanations of the science behind them. From sabering a bottle of champagne to...
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  • Build Your Own Mars Colony
    The perfect gift for little astronauts with big imaginations! This space-age set contains everything an explorer needs to create the ultimate Mars colony, from colourful astronauts and space vehicles to adorable astro-pets. Simply unfold the poster to reveal the surface of Mars, pop out the pieces and assemble them (no scissors or glue required) for hours of extraterrestrial fun. Easy...
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  • Art in Renaissance Italy, 4th edition
    With a freshness and breadth of approach that sets Italian Renaissance art in its context, this book explores why works were created and who commissioned the palaces, cathedrals, paintings and sculptures. It covers Rome, Florence, Venice and the Veneto, Assisi, Siena, Milan, Pavia, Genoa, Padua, Mantua, Verona, Ferrara, Urbino and Naples. Chapters are grouped into four chronological parts, allowing for...
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  • Albert Watson
    Let legendary fashion and portrait photographer Albert Watson guide you through how he captures his amazing images. In a series of bite-sized lessons, Watson unveils the stories behind his most-famous shots and gives you the inspiration, tips, and ideas to take into your own photography—from how to work with lighting and lenses, to learning to embrace your creativity and advice...
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  • A Greener Life
    If you want a sustainable garden and a better relationship with nature, A Greener Life is the guide you need. Packed with inspirational images and practical tips, the book covers garden planning, organic composting, and vegetable growing, as well as sustainable planting, rewilding, and wildlife-attracting environments. Learn traditional gardening techniques like propagating and growing from cuttings to make your garden...
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  • 200 Words to Help you Talk about Sexuality & Gender
    If you have ever felt at a disadvantage when joining in a conversation on a subject that you aren't confident about, this new series is for you. Each book features definitions of two hundred words frequently used to describe and discuss a smart subject. Gender and Sexuality can seem like a big subject to decode. Let Kate Sloan guide you...
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  • 200 Words to Help You Talk About Art
    Have you ever felt at a disadvantage when joining in a conversation on a subject that you aren't confident about? If yes, this new book series is for you. Each book features definitions of two hundred words frequently used to describe and discuss a smart subject. 200 Words to Help You Talk About Art is designed to demystify jargon-based art...
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  • 100 Ideas that Changed Art
    A concise and accessible pocket guide to the forces that have shaped world art. Provides a compelling look at the ideas that have changed art through the millennia. Compiled as a mix of beautiful images and informational text, this book covers the history of art in an innovative way. Illustrated with historical masterpieces and packed with fascinating contemporary examples, it...
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  • A Pocket Guide to Dr. Martens
    Dr. Martens, the beloved British boot with its unmistakeable AirWair soles, is a symbol of subcultural style throughout the world, from punk to grunge, glam to goth. In this illustrated guide, style writer Hannah Kane explores Dr. Martens' colourful history of rebellious self-expression. From its origins as a modest workwear boot to its status as one of the most iconic...
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  • The Tattoo Colouring Book
    Packed with stunning illustrations, this unique colouring book celebrates the art of the tattoo. The tattoo designs—all specially drawn for the book—range from traditional motifs such as hearts, sailors, girls, skulls, and roses to more elaborate compositions with a contemporary edge. The Tattoo Colouring Book is a perfect gift book that will appeal to anyone who loves tattoo imagery or...
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  • The Story of Impressionism 500 pieces
    Piece together the Paris of the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painters and discover the people and places that helped create the modern world in this 1000-piece art jigsaw puzzle. Raise a glass with Edouard Manet at the Folies Bergeres. Take a front row seat for the Can-Can with Henri de Toulouse Lautrec at the Moulin Rouge. Get to the point with...
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  • Make Your Own Fairy Tale: Hansel & Gretel
    Press out and play along as you read! Eight press-out sheets give you all the characters and props you need to re-enact the story of Hansel and Gretel. From the children and the wicked stepmother to the witch and her gingerbread house, you can act out the story while you read it or invent alternate versions! Comes with a fully...
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  • Flip and Find: Pet Detectives
    The pet detectives need your help! Race around the board, flipping tiles to find matching pairs of pets faster than your opponents! This brand new memory boardgame has a tactical twist, perfect for kids and families to play together time and time again. Flip and Find: Pet Detectives is a family game designed for children ages 6 and up, suitable...
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  • Dinopedia Jigsaw Puzzle
    Dinopedia Jigsaw Puzzle by Good Wives and Warriors offers 180 pieces in two different sizes: big pieces for little hands and little pieces for bigger hands. They all fit together to create one complete puzzle, allowing the entire family to enjoy working together - kids and grown-ups, beginners and experts alike! Spot all your favourite dinosaurs while piecing together the...
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  • Beat the Cheetah!
    Are you faster than a cheetah? Can you camouflage like a chameleon? Spit water further than an archerfish? Or look grumpier than a black rain frog? Compete against 50 weird and wonderful animals in this card game filled with chaos and fun! Discover 50 fun facts then test yourself against the extraordinary animals. With challenges suitable for every group size,...
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  • Above & Below
    Match two cards to reveal what's going on high above or deep below. Discover what's happening up in space or down in the ocean, under the ground or up in the clouds. Flip the cards over and remember where the pairs are to win the game! But watch out, not everything is always as it seems... 25 SCENES TO MATCH:...
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  • Where's Warhol?
    Andy Warhol: Top of the Pops, devout Catholic, silver-wig wearer and now the star of Where's Warhol? Spot Warhol in the corridors of the Bauhaus or the Sistine Chapel as he and his famous friends pop up in 12 spectacles of art history. Expand your art horizons and indulge in some celebrity spotting: all ages will enjoy this original take...
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  • TTT: Tattoo
    TTT: Tattoo is a visually stunning, high-quality art book that explores contemporary tattoo culture across the world. The book features the work of over 300 of the world's best studios and individuals, including Rock of Ages, Saved Tattoo, Into You, the Leu family, Scott Campbell, Duncan X, Maud Dardeau, Stephanie Tamez, Tomas Tomas, and Kenji Alucky. Exploring the connections between...
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  • The Book of Skulls
    The skull is one of the most recognisable symbols of today's contemporary visual culture. Adorning T-shirts, badges, and rock memorabilia as the ultimate symbol of anarchy and rebellion, the image of the skull has found its way into the vocabulary of urban life. In response to this cultural phenomenon, The Book of Skulls presents a cool visual guide to the...
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  • Dorodango
    The exquisite Japanese hikaru dorodango, or shiny mud ball, is created by rolling earth by hand into a perfect sphere and polishing it until it gleams. Not only are the results truly impressive, but this calm and meditative practice, once a playground game, has been rediscovered as a peaceful pastime. Known for inducing flow, the ultimate state of happiness, this...
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  • 100 Ideas that Changed Architecture
    100 Ideas that Changed Architecture chronicles the most influential ideas that have shaped architecture. Entertainingly written by an expert on architecture, it provides a concise history of the subject, and offers a fascinating resource to dip into for the general reader. Starting with the basic building 'components' of door, window, column and beam and the Classical orders, this inspiring book...
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  • Use This if You Want to Take Great Photographs
    Discover a whole new way of seeing the world while honing your photography skills across composition, exposure, lighting, lenses, and observation. Use This if You Want to Take Great Photographs is packed with fun photography prompts and inspiring images by master photographers so you can get creative with your camera. Create your own highly personal photobook by sticking in your...
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  • The Book of the Tree
    The Book of the Tree is a celebration of trees in art featuring works by some of the world's leading artists, photographers, and illustrators. "The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way." - William Blake From stately old oaks to beautiful forests and woods,...
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  • The Book of the Flower
    Art is the flower, life is the green leaf - Charles Rennie Mackintosh Haphazard bunches, formal bouquets, chance arrangements, quiet and thoughtful rural encounters - The Book of the Flower is a sylvan collection of beautiful depictions of flowers by artists, photographers and illustrators. Interspersed through the illustrations are short texts about the artists and their interest in particular flowers,...
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  • Regenerative Fashion
    As our climate, ecological and social crises converge, urgent action is needed to maximise our chances of survival. A new commercial approach is possible, but it requires a systemic shift, with companies learning to operate as part of a wider 'ecosystem', allowing fashion to restore what it has taken. Regenerative Fashion presents a roadmap for new ways of doing fashion....
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  • How to be a Graphic Designer...2nd edition
    Graphic designers constantly complain that there is no career manual to guide them through the profession. Adrian Shaughnessy draws on a wealth of experience to provide just such a handbook. Aimed at the independent-minded, it addresses the concerns of young designers who want to earn a living by doing expressive and meaningful work and avoid becoming a hired drone working...
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  • How Should One Read a Book?
    'Where are we to begin? How are we to bring order into this multitudinous chaos and so get the deepest and widest pleasure from what we read?' Published for the first time as a standalone volume, Virginia Woolf's short, impassioned essay, How Should One Read a Book? celebrates the enduring importance of great literature. In this timeless manifesto on the...
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  • Hokusai
    A stunning visual biography of one of Japan's most famous historical artists, this book beautifully illustrates the story of Katsushika Hokusai. Enter the world of Katsushika Hokusai – the enigmatic creator of Japanese art's all-time most iconic image. This vivid graphic biography tells the story of Hokusai's intriguing life and pioneering works, details the fascinating historical context of Edo-era Japan,...
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  • Creativity Begins With You
    Can creativity be 'taught'? Or is it simply innate? This book will help you find your creativity through your own unique identity and experience, challenging you to fight those negative voices, get out of your habitual comfort zones and—most importantly—play. Part practical workshop and part provocative guide, Creativity Begins With You is an invaluable companion for any student working across...
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  • BAWA Staircases
    Aimed at architecture students and professionals, BAWA Staircases offers the reader a primer on how staircases are often the most dynamic and theatrical spatial elements of a building or landscape. It is a compelling addition to the literature on Sri Lanka’s preeminent architect, Geoffrey Bawa, and showcases his numerous and varied architectural and landscape designs for residential, public works, gardens,...
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  • Where's the Dude?
    "A great stocking filler for the slacker in your life" - Scottish Daily Record As featured on the Dudeism Facebook group - Unofficial and Unauthorised - You know The Dude. As the hapless hero of the Coen brothers' 1998 comedy, The Big Lebowski, this shaggy, laid-back burnout (memorably brought to life by Jeff Bridges) has become something of an unlikely...
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  • The Short Story of Architecture
    The Short Story of Architecture is a pocket book guide to key styles, buildings, elements and materials—a new and innovative guide to the subject of architecture that explores 50 key buildings, from the Great Pyramids to high-tech, sustainable skyscrapers. Accessible and concise, the book links the 50 key works to the most important architectural materials, elements and styles, giving readers...
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  • The Little Book of Ick
    When they mistime a beat drop in the car When their toenail scrape you in bed When they sit at a bar stool and their feet hang awkwardly When they run out of what they want to order in a restaurant and they say, 'I was really looking forward to that' ... You've been dating someone for a while and...
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  • The Illustration Idea Book
    This book serves as an introduction to the key elements of good illustration. The Illustration Idea Book presents 50 of the most inspiring approaches used by masters of the field from across the world. Themes covered include creating characters, symbol and metaphor, illustrated lettering, inventing worlds and caricature. The result is an instantly accessible, inspiring and easy to understand guide...
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  • Structural Packaging
    Unlike other packaging titles, which simply provide templates to copy, Structural Packaging enables designers of all packaging types to create 3-D packaging forms that are specific to their needs rather than based on an existing design. It teaches a simple 'net' construction system—a one-piece 2-D configuration of card seen when a 3-D package is opened out and flattened—which enables the...
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  • ReFashioned
    The area of recycling and upcycling is a rich and growing source of innovative design in the fashion and accessories industries. In a fast-fashion world of throw-away clothing, it is the ultimate expression of the slow-fashion movement, with each piece individually conceived and crafted from scratch, using different materials each time. ReFashioned features 46 international designers who work with recycled...
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  • ProMakeup Design Book
    ProMakeup Design Book follows on from the success of Lan Nguyen-Grealis's first book, Art & Makeup, and invites the reader to use their artistic flair and get hands-on with practical application. Hundreds of stunning photographs provide how-to inspiration and advice for creating key looks for magazine editorials, celebrities, fashion shows, and advertising campaigns. Organised by technical themes, dozens of different...
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  • Feminist Oracles (Mini Deck)
    Be guided and motivated by 45 of the world's most inspiring women with this creative set of oracle cards. Seek wisdom from iconic authors like Margaret Atwood, music legends like Beyoncé, pro athletes like Serena Williams, activists like Malala Yousafzai and Angela Davis, or artists like Yoko Ono and Judy Chicago. Simply pick a card and let 45 feminist gurus...
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  • Fashion Design
    This introduction to fashion is aimed at students of fashion design across the world. By following the design process, from historical and commercial industry context to final collection presentation, the book provides a clear guide for students as they discover what designing for fashion entails. Along the way, they will explore a wide variety of hands-on, creative methodologies of design...
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  • Architectural Styles
    Have you ever wondered what the difference is between Gothic and Gothic Revival, or how to distinguish between Baroque and Neoclassical? This guide makes extensive use of photographs to identify and explain the characteristic features of nearly 300 buildings. The result is a clear and easy-to-navigate guide to identifying the key styles of western architecture from the classical age to...
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  • 500 Patterns
    500 Patterns is a comprehensive sourcebook of over 500 patterns across six design styles, making it a must-have for anyone involved in textiles and the decorative arts. Delicate florals, bold stripes, geometric prints, and sumptuous brocades—delve into the world of textile pattern design with this showcase of over 500 patterns. Close-up, highly detailed images of both designer creations and everyday...
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  • Tree Bingo
    FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY - everyone will love this traditional game featuring 64 of the world's best loved and fascinating trees. PLAY AND LEARN - this board game comes with a leaflet containing interesting information and quirky facts about all the trees featured in the game. Learn about familiar trees such as the chestnut, oak, magnolia, and ash, as...
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  • This is How You Make a Movie
    Learn movie-making techniques through the movies you know and love with This Is How You Make a Movie! Using key scenes from some of the best-loved movies of all time, Tim Grierson explores everything from cinematography to the secrets of talking to the camera. Deep focus is explored through Citizen Kane, forced perspective through Elf, and slow motion through Reservoir...
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  • The Logo Design Idea Book
    The Logo Design Idea Book is an accessible introduction to the key elements of good logo design, including insights into the logos of iconic brands. This guide is an indispensable resource for anyone looking to learn the basics about designing a logo. The book introduces the key elements of good logo design and is perfect for graphic design and branding...
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  • Joel Meyerowitz: Where I Find Myself
    Where I Find Myself is the first major single book retrospective of one of America's leading photographers. As the title indicates, it is organised in inverse chronological order and spans the photographer's whole career to date. It covers all of Meyerowitz's great projects: his work inspired by the artist Morandi, his work on trees, his exclusive coverage of Ground Zero,...
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  • How to Set Up & Run a Fashion Label
    A new edition to the hugely successful book aimed at fashion students and graduates. All you need to know about the fashion business, from legal structures and finance to digital marketing and social media. This new edition includes case studies from both startups as well as international chains and is a must-have for any aspiring entrepreneur.
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  • How to Build a Bike (in a Weekend)
    The bike that is most fun to ride is the bike that you have made yourself, and the good news is that anyone can do it. This simple guide walks you through the process, from working out what you need, creating the specification, sourcing parts, to the enjoyable weekend spent building your new bike from scratch. When your bike is...
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  • Girl on Girl
    Girl on Girl looks at how women are using photography, the internet, and the female gaze to explore self-image and female identity in contemporary art. A new generation of women is taking the art world online and offline by storm. In an image-obsessed culture saturated with social media, these 40 artists are using photography and the female gaze to redefine...
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  • Folding Techniques for Designers Second Edition
    Many designers, from jewellers to architects, use folding techniques to make three-dimensional forms from two-dimensional sheets of fabric, cardboard, plastic, metal and other materials. This unique handbook explains key folding techniques, such as pleated surfaces, curved folding and crumpling. It has been updated with a new chapter covering some lesser-known techniques, suggesting yet more creative possibilities. The techniques are accompanied...
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  • Cut and Fold Techniques for Promotional Materials
    Cut and Fold Techniques for Promotional Materials is a unique collection of more than 40 attention-grabbing cut-and-fold designs that promote and advertise services and products. This revised edition includes four new projects: Credit Card Wallet Reversing Cubes Photo Frame Baseball Cap Following the elegant, easy-to-follow style of Paul Jackson's other titles for Laurence King, this book is an essential resource...
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  • Biomorphic Structures
    From leaves to liquids, caves to crystal formations, nature has always been a major source of inspiration for architects. This book examines how nature can act as a precedent for design solutions through twelve case studies. Packed with computer drawings, sketches, models and photographs, Biomorphic Structures will be an ideal resource of ideas for students in their studio work, as...
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