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Thomas Struth Unconscious Places
ISBN: HB: 9783791386683, Prestel Publishing, September 2020
264 pp., 24x22.8 cm, 128 colour illus., 100 black&white illus.
Thomas Struth is one of the best-known photographers to come out of the school of Bernd and Hilla Becher. In this celebrated volume, Struth presents a series of urban streetscapes from cities such as Edinburgh, Lima, Pyongyang, Naples, and New York C...
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£35,00
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Pop-up Workshop for Kids Fold, Cut, Paint and Glue
ISBN: PB: 9788417656225, Hoaki, September 2020
144 pp., 26x23.5 cm, fully illustrated in colour
It is difficult not to surrender to the magic of pop-up books. Whether we're little or grown up, we cannot fail to be amazed every time we turn a page and suddenly find something that has been built in three dimensions before our eyes. "It must be so...
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£16,99
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Data Centers Edges of a Wired Nation
ISBN: HB: 9783037786451, Lars Muller Publishers, September 2020
320 pp., 26x19 cm, 160 illus.
Often hidden in plain sight, data centers are the backbone of our Internet. They store, communicate, and transport the information we produce and access along invisible pathways. Unlike industrial plants, data centers come entwined with an iconograph...
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£30,00
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Typography for Screen Type in Motion (Second Edition)
ISBN: HB: 9788417084134, Hoaki, September 2020
240 pp., 28.5x21 cm, fully illustrated in colour
"Typography for Screen" features various creative typography projects for screens in different devices and applications, such as motion graphics, webpage design, and conceptual experiments and explores typographic application in visual and informatio...
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£39,99
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Imogen Cunningham A Retrospective
ISBN: HB: 9781606066751, Getty Publications, September 2020
256 pp., 0x0 cm
Thoroughly researched and beautifully produced, this catalogue complements the first comprehensive retrospective in the United States of Imogen Cunningham's work in over thirty-five years. Celebrated American artist Imogen Cunningham (1883-1976) enjo...
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£45,00
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Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta A Sixteenth-Century Calligraphic Manuscript Inscribed by Georg Bocskay and Illuminated by Joris Joefnagel
ISBN: HB: 9781606066584, Getty Publications, September 2020
424 pp., 0x0 cm
In 1561-62 the master calligrapher Georg Bocskay (died 1575), imperial secretary to the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I, created Mira calligraphiae monumenta (Model Book of Calligraphy) as a demonstration of his own preeminence among scribes. Some thi...
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£65,00
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Collector The Story of Sergei Shchukin and His Lost Masterpieces
ISBN: PB: 9780300254815, ISBN: HB: 9780300234770, Yale University Press, September 2020
304 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 32 colour illus., 3 black&white illus.
Sergei Shchukin was a highly successful textiles merchant in the latter half of the nineteenth century, but he also had a great eye for beauty. He was one of the first to appreciate the qualities of the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists and to a...
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£11,99
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£25,00
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David King Designer, Activist, Visual Historian
ISBN: HB: 9780300250107, Yale University Press, September 2020
240 pp., 29.2x20.3 cm, 260 illus.
This book offers a comprehensive overview to the work and legacy of David King (1943-2016), whose fascinating career bridged journalism, graphic design, photography, and collecting. King launched his career at Britain's Sunday Times Magazine in the 1...
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£30,00
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Going There Black Visual Satire
ISBN: HB: 9780300245745, Yale University Press, September 2020
240 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 76 colour illus., 44 black&white illus.
In this groundbreaking study, Richard J. Powell investigates the visual forms of satire produced by black artists in 20th- and 21st-century America. Underscoring the historical use of visual satire as antiracist dissent and introspective critique, Po...
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£40,00
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Bernd & Hilla Becher Basic Forms
ISBN: HB: 9783791386652, Prestel Publishing, September 2020
160 pp., 24x17 cm, 61 colour illus.
During their 40-year career, Bernd and Hilla Becher created their own architectural typology as they photographed buildings in a unique style. Basic Forms represents the culmination of their career. Although the subject matter is unglamorous – mine s...
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£24,99
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